Sociologist George Ritzer is commonly known for writing about the life experiences in adults‚ and other people throughout the world in the ways in which he viewed them. His book‚ “The McDonaldization of Society”‚ was the our first look on the ways in which he saw the world‚ and the ways that we function as a whole. One particular topic became what he now focuses his attention on. McDonaldization. McDonaldization is a term Mr. Ritzer used to describe the research he studied when discovering the ways
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It is certainly obvious that without any form of government in a particular geographical location the political‚social and economic stand of the state is going to fall. This brings about the topic “the relevance of government in the development of the society”‚ which I am going to discuss in the following paragraphs. First and foremost the term government means the act and process especially the control and administration of public policy in a political unit‚ the office‚ function‚or authority of
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When one thinks of oppressive governments‚ Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime‚ Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union‚ and Mao Zedong’s Communist China come to mind. These draconian regimes resulted in millions of deaths and the dehumanization of people. These governments took away the rights of its citizens‚ and made live unbearable. George Orwell‚ a satirist‚ comments on oppressive governments‚ such as Hitler’s‚ Stalin’s‚ and Zedong’s. Orwell comments on these governments through many of his works‚ namely his novel
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According to George Ritzer‚ in his book The Mcdonaldization of Society‚ he defines this theory of Mcdonaldization of having four main components. They are: 1.Predictability having emphasis on discipline‚ systematization and routine so that things are the same from one time or place to another. 2.Efficiency who can obtain what they need more quickly with less effort 3.Calculability being able to produce and obtain large amounts of things in a very rapid and timely fashion 4.Control this is replacing
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In 1796‚ George Washington planned on leaving office. James Madison wrote Washington some notes for this type of address‚ but in 1792‚ when he originally thought he was going to leave the office. He did not leave office and set the notes aside. In 1796‚ Washington took out those notes and used them to make a address. Once Washington wrote this draft‚ he sent the draft to Alexander Hamilton‚ and they went back and forth revising the address. Then Alexander Hamilton got criticism from John Jay. In the
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growth‚ and independence. During 508 B.C.‚ the Athenians revolted against their government system and established a democracy. In 750 A.D. the Umayyad Dynasty was overthrown in the Abbasid Revolution. Many years later‚ in the 1300’s‚ the Scottish fought for independence from England. England then fought in another revolution from 1765-1783 led by the colonies established in America. John Adams‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and George Washington were three of the most influential men during this Revolutionary Era
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independence‚ “Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.” Government surveillance programs and apparatuses cross the line between protection and oppression when they violate civil liberties and threaten the privacy of everyday Americans. In our society today‚ with our rapidly expanding surveillance complex‚ our civil liberties are more at risk than ever before as the country’s surveillance expands in the open-ended war on terrorism. In George Orwell’s
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John Locke argued that a legitimate government would be validated through the consent of the people it governed and protected‚ specifically the protection of a citizens natural rights of life‚ liberty‚ and estate. He also believed that citizens had the right of rebellion in the event that a government was acting against the rights and interests of its citizens‚ ultimately allowing those governed to replace the government with another in the interests of the people. Locke believed that the state of
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The origin of government is traced back to the civilizations existing before centuries—which belonged to ancient Egypt‚ China‚ India or Mexico. Apparently‚ the retrospective governments‚ such as that of the Chinese empires or of England before the 19th century‚ had existed in a form called absolute monarchy‚ in which a king‚ or a queen‚ an emperor possesses the utter might of reigning over a nation without the existence of laws limiting his or her authority. In respect of this tyrannical system‚
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George Orwell brings up the idea of a totally totalitarian government to the reader in his novel 1984. He does this to instill fear into the reader’s mind to show them that they need to watch out for what is to come in the world. The world today is not all the way to being one like in the novel 1984‚ but it is close‚ and although people can see everything you do that’s not always a bad thing. Orwell wrote his novel as a worst case scenario situation but the citizens of this world don’t understand
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