Social order requires social behaviour to be predictable and individuals to cooperate. Amongst the explanations of social order are five outlined by Hechter and Horne: (shared) ‘meaning’‚ ‘values and norms’‚ ‘power and authority’‚ ‘spontaneous interaction’ and ‘networks and groups’. Following Hechter and Horne‚ describe how at least TWO of these explanations might account for social order‚ and discuss the extent to which you find those explanations convincing. Social order is one of the most central
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Article 92 Good order and Military discipline: The Disciplinary Regulations of the United States Army define military discipline as "a strict and honorable compliance by all servicemen with the order and rules prescribed by laws‚ military regulations and orders of commanders (superiors)." Military discipline is a special form of military relations. Its specifics lie in coordinating the conduct and actions of military personnel and in serving to establish such relations as are required for
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island shipwrecked along with other people with no food‚ no water and no way of escaping. What would people do to survive? How would people be able to work together and who would be the one to take control? As the great philosopher Thomas Hobbes once said‚ “Government is necessary‚ not because man is naturally bad...but because man is by nature more individualistic than social”(Hobbes) This notion explains how people would likely behave on that desolate island. People would only care about themselves
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EXECUTIVE ORDER Donald Trump did not change the existing immigration policy. He signed an Executive Order threatening to withhold Federal funding in order to force sanctuary cities to comply with the existing law. Trump’s Executive Order requires the Director of Homeland Security to compile a weekly list of all crimes committed by non-citizen. Depending on the severity of the crime‚ the order in which they should be deported was decided. The Order calls for a list of all undocumented immigrants
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The Importance of Following Orders Following orders is one of the most important things you do being in the Army‚ or any branch in the armed services‚ enlisted or reserve. Obedience is what enables the military to operate in an organized and effective manner which is clearly very important during challenging military situations. While many individuals can question the notion of obedience in daily their life‚ this luxury is often not available to us in the military‚ where the grand goals and aims
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Outline and evaluate one or more explanations of why people obey There is a choice given to people‚ either to obey or to disobey orders give by others. Some psychologists have researched into why people obey‚ and what factors cause them to do so. An autonomous state is where an individual or individuals are aware of the consequences of their actions and chose voluntarily to behave in a certain way. This can be changed however‚ and particularly shown in the study of Milgram’s obedience‚ into an
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a lifetime opportunity that I could do as a scout. Being in a special type of honor society for scouting was something that I wanted to be a part of for the longest time when I started scouting at the age of eleven and was something that I had always envisioned myself completing while in scouting along with becoming an Eagle Scout. However‚ as a seven-teen-year-old‚ I had forgotten about my goal and what it had meant to me to complete the ordeal for the Order of the Arrow (OA) due to new goals and
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Protective Order Angelenette Perham CHJS/430-BSFN1EC4I4 October 20‚ 2014 Joseph Maffia Protective Order A personal protection order in the state of Michigan is an order that is issued the court to in order to stop an individual physical harming another individual. In the state of Michigan there are two different forms of personal protection orders also known as a (PPO). One personal protection order is known as a Domestic PPO. If an individual requests a Domestic PPO from the courts they
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The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order By Samuel Huntington Introduction to Sociology December 1‚ 2010 The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order is a continuation of the 1993 article written by Samuel Huntington. The book gives a new post Cold War order; prior to the Cold War societies were divided by ideological differences. Huntington main thesis argues‚ “The most important distinctions among peoples are no longer ideological‚ political or economic
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AP US History Friday‚ September 7th‚ 2012 Journal 1 1. Some concepts stated in the Mayflower Compact were the need to set in place a stable form of government. It also explains how there needs to be order and rule in the formation of people‚ as well as being sure that the law and constitutions stay “just and equal” to avoid corruption. 2. The Mayflower Compact reflects the old and new world by speaking heavily of Lord King James‚ hinting that the settlers of New Plymouth are still hanging on
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