Legitimacy enables a state to depend not on shear force or coercion‚ rather the idea of consent of the governed. Consent of the governed is a principle that goes back to the English philosopher John Locke‚ stating that a government’s legitimacy and moral right to use state power is justified and legal when it is consented by the people or society that the power is being exercised over. Consequently‚ this makes legitimacy an integral component of any successful modern state. Various forms of political
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Attitudes towards Cultural Differences Between the Company and the Foreign Cultures Shadow (何莹影) Student ID: 201030500489 School of Business Administration South China University of Technology Question 2: Would you describe Green’s and Martin’s attitudes as being ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚ or geocentric? What factors do you think have influenced their attitudes? Abstract Hydro Generation (HG)‚ a U.S. based company built the power plant in Uganda which was its first project in Africa. James Green
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government is a republic and the United States is a democratic republic. In the Roman republic there were three branches which are very similar to the three branches of the United States democratic republic. Ancient Rome had two social classes the plebeians which was the lower class and the patricians which was the upper class. Both the ancient Roman Republic and the United States democratic republic have one document that spells out all of the laws of the area. The United States democracy is more democratic
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movie theaters and public parks. 4. newspapers and magazines. 5. radio and television. 2. Which statement best supports the conclusion that society can control whether to adopt a new technology? 1. No new nuclear power plants were built in the United States for 25 years after the accident at Three Mile Island. 2. About half of all email messages are spam. 3. Despite decades of research‚ fusion power is an elusive goal. 4. People do not have to listen to Rush Limbaugh if they do not want to. 5. Some
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Introduction The United States is the largest destination of foreign direct investment (FDI). This article analyse the reason why the United States is so attractive to foreign investors. The analysis can be divided into two parts. In the first part‚ the author discusses the open economy of the United States in the global environment. The political and economic environment enables the United States to absorb large amount of FDI. The second part focuses on domestic level. The United States is the third
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at mostly Northern states where slavery never really took root. Northern states‚ which are in colder climates and in more mountainous regions‚ were never suited for the plantation-style slavery that took root in the South. And‚ after the Revolutionary War‚ many of these states abolished slavery during this period. But‚ again‚ these freed slaves were only a small minority of slaves held in the United States as the primary slave-holding area was the South and not the Northern states that abolished slavery
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United States Expansionism In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century‚ the United States developed a reputation as an overseas empire and a power country. The United States built this reputation by its involvement of imperialism‚ which expanded‚ colonized and competed against other power countries such as Germany‚ France‚ Britain and Japan. However‚ nineteenth and early twentieth century imperialism was not a continuation of past United States expansionism. It is clear that this development
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QUESTION: It has been argued that united states constitution came about primarily through an evolving series og meetings‚ conventions‚ and congresses. support‚ modify‚ or refute this contention using specific evidence. In Philadelphia‚ 1787 the united states constitution was drafted in a series of meetings and conventions. None of the delegates were interested in a meeting to talk about the weak A.O.C‚ but once they were lured to Philadelphia the delegates realized that they need something
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entire difference between economic form of both north and south is the fundamental reason that lead to the war. The north’s economy was based on commerce and capitalism.They built industrial factory and produced mechanical components.So they didn’t need much slave because local people could handle the work needed for the industrialized production.However‚ the south’s economy was largely based on agricultural manufacture—cotton.Being the biggest part of sectionalism‚ economic difference increased
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to a section‚ country‚ or a region as a whole. In America‚ sectionalism can be defined in terms of social structures‚ lifestyles‚ and the political values of the South and the North. It was heightened in the period beginning from 1800 to 1850 when the North was urbanized and industrialized with successful factories whereas in the South it was covered with agricultural plantations which were based on slave labor. The Southern communities tried to excuse the use of slaves with a claim that factory
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