jurors (all male‚ mostly middle-aged‚ white‚ and generally of middle-class status) who are uncomfortably brought together to deliberate after hearing the ’facts’ in a seemingly open-and-shut murder trial case. They retire to a jury room to do their civic duty and serve up a just verdict for the indigent minority defendant (with a criminal record) whose life is in the balance. The film is a powerful indictment‚ denouncement and expose of the trial by jury system. The frightened‚ teenaged defendant is
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continued to rise‚ but very slowly. Much more‚ the nature of this work was white collar‚ such as typing‚ sales‚ and stenography‚ and reserved largely for white women only. Although women continued to be politically active‚ it was not with the single-minded fervor which the campaign for the vote had given them. While suffrage did not produce the immediate results hoped for by its supporters nor did it include minority women in the successes it did effect‚ it did lay the groundwork for future women to
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motivates participation in democracy‚ especially in today’s atmosphere. Farrell has observed that partisanship‚ in some ways‚ has “saved” citizenship because it has increased participation – at the cost of consensus. He emphasizes‚ “The rebirth of civic participation this year [2008] is not a product of experiments in deliberative democracy or a new interest in league bowling. Rather‚ it is based on party politics‚ coupled with and accelerated by new opportunities provided by the Internet” (Farrell
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organizations in civil society are vital for democracy. They result in building social capital‚ trust and shared values‚ which politically‚ help hold society together. Putnam’s civil society is the idea that positive outcomes in government are a product of civic community‚ for example‚ networks of trust such as‚ soccer club or choral society (Putnam). However‚ social capital may also lead to negative outcomes if the political institution and democracy in a specific country is not strong enough and therefore
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where there is declining social capital‚ there is worsening social isolation. However‚ new studies have contradicted findings toward the previous researchers. According to Rankin and Quane’s experiment in ghetto community‚ people still have active civic engagement with low social capital. In this condition‚ besides social capital‚ there are other factors that promote people’s engagement in the community activities. Therefore‚ in extreme poor neighborhood‚ social
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display the seasons of the year and was commissioned by a merchant in Antwerp for his own personal collection. The Harvesters has a civic intention‚ being a part of a community‚ and uses artistic detail to create scenery a person can identify with and become a part of. Studying the painting helps identify the subtle detail that strengthen an argument for the civic purpose of the painting. To begin the analysis‚ there appears to be two separate portions of the piece divided by a line created through
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The Corporate Values & Beliefs Good Corporate Governance rests on ethical business behaviour of being fair and civic minded‚ fulfilling duties to the varied stakeholders and building integrity and faith across all its operations. It ensures application of sound business principles keeping in view the interest of shareholders‚ health and welfare of employees‚ needs of customers‚ and all other stakeholders. This calls for greater responsibility requiring openness‚ transparency and accountability.
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role of the youth in nation-building. As such‚ it aims to encourage the youth to become civic and/or military leaders and volunteers whom could be called upon by the nation in cases their services are needed. Compared with the ROTC which specializes in military training‚ and the E-ROTC which granted three options for students yet was limited in implementation‚ the NSTP law ensured that the three components – Civic Welfare Service‚ Literacy Training Service‚ and Reserve Officers Training Corps – will
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Lions Clubs International Lions Clubs International (LCI) is a secular service organization with over 45‚500 clubs and more than 1‚368‚683 members in 205 countries around the world founded by Melvin Jones in 1917. Headquartered in Oak Brook‚ Illinois‚ United States‚ the organization aims to meet the needs of communities on a local and global scale. History Lions Clubs International‚ a service membership organization of 1‚368‚683 members
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outside of school. Secondly‚ this class is just a hodge podged Civics class‚ so why not instead of having an entire year of civics have a year long Civics/CSI class hybrid‚ combine the curriculums‚ and dedicate time over the entire year to the CSI project? That way‚ you could kill two birds with one stone and also have a year-long Sociology class rather than just having it for one semester. That‚ and also if you were to teach the Civics/CSI hybrid class during Senior year as
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