M. Velas FUNCTIONS OF LEISURE Relation to Increased Production and Consumption The function of leisure is largely determined by the kind and amount of free time and by the ideas of the age. When spare time consists of short breaks between long periods of sustained labor‚ its function is thought of as recreation – relaxing the worker so that he can work more efficiency after the break. When the goals are efficiency of work‚ increased production‚ more power and more wealth‚ the function of leisure
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After World War II was over‚ two super powers emerged in a tight bipolar system - the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War began in 1947 when the U.S. “openly stated its opposition to Soviet expansion” (Roskin & Berry‚ 2010‚ p. 9). However‚ as the 1960s approached‚ it was becoming clear that the influences of these truly great powers were declining (Hermes‚ 2001). Kennedy’s doctrine couldn’t have come at a more appropriate time. His attest to the importance of flexibility essentially
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The Sanctions Debate and the Logic of Choice/Diplomacy (David Baldwin) Sanctions are understood to be one policy option for influencing other states. (N.B other options include: diplomacy‚ propaganda‚ military force‚ do nothing) This article highlights the need to distinguish between: 1) Whether sanctions “work” (are they effective?) 2) Whether they should be used It is not enough to discuss the disadvantages of implementing sanctions‚ rather one should go one step further in discussing
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atomic bomb‚ scholars and citizens subscribed to the original version of the story: the President acted to avoid the invasion of Japan and lose anywhere from 200‚000 to 500‚000 American lives. Then in 1965‚ Gar Alperovitz published a the book “Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima and Potsdam”. He argues that the dropping of the atomic bomb “was not needed to end the war or to save lives” but was a message to the Soviet Union. Fifty years after the atomic bomb was dropped‚ Alperovitz said that the final answer to
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Life-time examples: 1. In the Deliotte report‚ it is said 44% of respondents list business intelligence systems as enablers or disruptors that may threaten their business model‚ which makes it second most concerning technology threat. 2. One example of how business intelligence systems have been maximised is at women’s underwear manufacturer Maidenform. Their CIO Bob Russo said recently after implementing BI‚ “Providing targeted information at the right place and time is central to improving the
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4. Nigeria’s Foreign Policy in relation to Economic Diplomacy Today’s governments are facing immense competition from other actors such as religious groups‚ private sector‚ media‚ immigrants and all other possible entities of the civil society who are demanding from the government that they do have a say in making and implementing foreign policy. Economic diplomacy which is gradually overtaking the politics oriented traditional diplomacy. With the growth of transactional economic interactions‚ the
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terrorism‚ there are a number of different ideas and strategies about the best way to counter terrorism. These counterterrorism strategies and ideas range from military force in a theatre of war‚ such as in Afghanistan‚ to other methods such as diplomacy‚ nation building‚ intelligence sharing and the use of law enforcement. However‚ there is no one perfect counterterrorism option‚ instead a grand strategy combining parts of all of these separate strategies must be used (Lutz & Lutz 2004‚ p239). This
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1. Define doctrine and identify why a president would want to announce one. A doctrine is a philosophy‚ actions‚ and set of principles particular or adopted by a president or a group in general. It is adopted to guide actions for that particular group or individual. In international relations it is mostly used to explain the foreign policy under a president. When elected a president differentiate himself by establishing am ideology‚ a set of policies that will dictate what course of action will
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Not all presidents were considered peace-loving‚ and sometimes their approaches like the “Big Stick Diplomacy” produced effective results. However‚ Preston Smith Brooks‚ although never a president‚ found his own way to implement his version of the big stick diplomacy. Arguments should be won with words and not violence‚ but some see that beating a message into somebody as the most effective method. Although the unbelievable situation appears mildly amusing to us now‚ the attack on Charles Sumner
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Write three-to-four (3-4) new pages that address the following: 1.Define presidential doctrine and summarize the regional or global events during the Cold War leading up to the formation of the presidential doctrine you wrote about in Assignment 1. 2.Select one country you wrote about in Assignment 1 and describe the Cold War relationship that existed between the country you selected and the U.S. before the presidential doctrine was announced. 3.Describe the relationship that currently exists
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