Authority Authority‚ power and legitimacy are perceived as fundamental elements of contemporary society for the sole reason that these are the defining features of a culture with political and social organisations and hierarchies. The term ‘authority’ is commonly misused by academics as a synonym for ‘power’ or ‘legitimacy’ which has led to confusion regarding the entire concept of authority. Authority is generally defined as a person (or group of people) who has the power or right to give orders
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The growth of ’legal transnationalism’‚ that is‚ the reach of law across nation-state borders and the impact of external political and legal pressures on nation-state law undermines the main foundations of sociology of law. Modern sociology of law has assumed an ’instrumentalist’ view of law as an agency of the modern directive state‚ but now it has to adjust to the state’s increasingly complex regulatory conditions. The kind of convergence theory that underpins analysis of much legal transnationalism
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Rules and Choice in Economics. London: Routledge‚ 1994. ———. “Rational Choice versus Program-Based Behavior: Alternative Theoretical Approaches and Their Relevance for the Study of Institutions.” Rationality and Society 14‚ no. 1 (Summer 2002): 7–53. Veblen‚ Thorstein B. The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study in the Evolution of Institutions. New York: Macmillan‚ 1899. ———. “The Limitations of Marginal Utility.” Journal of Political Economy 17‚ no. 9 (November 1909): 620–36. Vromen‚ Jack
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References: Allen‚ J. (1992). Post Industrialism and Post Fordism. Modernity and its Futures‚ S. Hall & T. McGrew (eds.)‚ 169-220. London: Open University Press. Bauman‚ Z. (1996). From Pilgrim to Tourist- or a Short History of Identity. Questions of Cultural Identity‚ pp. 18-36. London: SAGE. Castelles‚ M. (1996). The information Age: Economy‚ Society and Culture‚ Vol. 1: The Rise of the Network Society. Oxford:
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A STUDY ON THE CHANGE IN DEMAND FOR OUTBOUND TRAVEL DUE TO THE GLOBAL RECESSION‚ FOR RESIDENTS OF BANDRA‚ MUMBAI. UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI LALA LAJPAT RAI COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMICS MUMBAI‚ MAHARASHTRA Submitted By: Dhruv Gupta Class: TYBMS – A V Semester Project Guide: Prof. Arun Poojari Academic Year : 2012-2013 CERTIFICATE This is to certify
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Literature and Social Reality Sherra Weldon University of Phoenix Literature and Social Reality There were many social forces that influenced literature from 1865 to 1912. The most relevant social force was the growing divide in economic and social status. Numerous events occurred during this period that influenced the divide. One of the first and possibly the most influential‚ the Civil War. According to Reesman and Krupat (2008): The Civil
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SUPPLY supply curve - in economics‚ graphic representation of the relationship between product priceand quantity of product that a seller is willing and able to supply. Product price is measured on the vertical axis of the graph and quantity of product supplied on the horizontal axis. In most cases‚ the supply curve is drawn as a slope rising upward from left to right‚ since product price and quantity supplied are directly related (i.e.‚ as the price of a commodity increases in the market‚ the
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Sea Stars (no longer considered called Star Fishes) are marine animals‚ part of the class Asteroidea. They are carnivorous invertebrates and can live up to 35 years. Despite the number of arms on a sea star averaging 5‚ they can grow up to 40 limbs. Sea Stars can be found almost anywhere but those located in the Pacific Ocean are getting hit with a mysterious condition. This condition starts out as a white or black lesion on the sea star’s body. From there‚ it spreads all over the body‚ causing
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Dictionary: The science or study of the origin‚ history and constitution of human society. Seeing the strange in the familiar. As Peter Berger says in his book‚ ‘the first wisdom of sociology is this: thing are not what they seem’. Or as Zygmunt Bauman says in his book‚ we need to ‘defamiliarise the familiar’. For instance‚ observing sociologically
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came from lower ranks within the bureaucracy. The terms were coined in a 1981 essay by the British Marxist historian Timothy Mason.[1] Notable functionalists have included Raul Hilberg‚ Christopher Browning‚ Hans Mommsen‚ Martin Broszat‚ and Zygmunt Bauman. Notable intentionalists have included Andreas Hillgruber‚ Karl Dietrich Bracher‚ Klaus Hildebrand‚ Eberhard Jäckel‚ Richard Breitman‚ and Lucy Dawidowicz. Intentionalist This intentionalist interpretation of this debate focuses directly on the
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