police officer‚ lawyer‚ or detective a person must have a good general knowledge of the law enforcement field terminology. This paper will explain and define some law enforcement terms such as Pseudospeciation‚ social constructions‚ bigotry‚ racism‚ hegemony‚ disparity‚ and discrimination. Pseudospeciation This term refers to the “cultural differences that cause humans to separate into different social groups‚ with different language‚ dress‚ and customs”. For example‚ Jews and Germans back in World War
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by a number of paradigms and theorists including but not limited to; The Birmingham School of Cultural Studies‚ Gramsci’s theory of Hegemony‚ Barthes’ semiotics and Levi-Strauss’s notion of Bricolage (Nilan‚ 2007‚ p. 116; Hebdige‚ 1981‚ pp. 101-103). The Birmingham School of Cultural Studies was itself heavily influenced by Antonito Gramsci’s theory of cultural hegemony. That is‚ that within a class society the ruling class cannot maintain power over subordinated classes by the violence of the state
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The Influence of Hip-Hop on Young adults Hip-hop is a new type of music that has been gradually increasing in popularity in the past three decades And like other music it can be very influential‚ and hip-hop has been anything but short on that. From sculpting the way modern day youth speak and introducing words that are used in everyday talk nowadays to how the youth may even dress or act. But are these influences on our youth positive or negative? There are critics that argue that people who listen
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down‚ it’s unchangeable. This paper‚ however‚ is to provide an opposite idea that the United States is a hegemon in decline due to some major problems which are going to be discussed in the following parts. The United States as a hegemon The term “hegemony” is essentially synonymous with leadership. It derives from a Greek word (hegemonia) that translates simply as “dominance over”‚ or in another word‚ it
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greatly mirrored those of his role model Karl Marx; of giving power and status to the working class‚ in order to produce and affect change in society. A prolific writer and thinker‚ Gramsci is to be credited for all original theories of Cultural Hegemony‚ War of Positions‚ Political Theory‚ as well as being one of the founding members of the Italian Communist Party. The focus of this paper‚ however‚ is going to be his definition of Intellectuals – as well as the distinction he made between ‘Traditional’
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Phuong tran – university of sheffield | Critically compare the neorealist and neo-Marxist approaches to globalization. Which approach is most useful in your view? | Neo-realism According to Jackson and Sorensen (2003)‚ the leading contemporary neorealist thinker is undoubtedly Kenneth Waltz (1979). His starting point is taken from some elements of classical and neoclassical‚ such as independent state existing and performing in an anarchical international system. Waltz’s Theory of international
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Creating a mind‚ which gives the consent (accepts the hegemony)‚ is never a simple act. It indeed results from the social structures and the cultural designs. The code of conduct‚ moral value and education standards are the designed by the ruling classes and followed by the rest‚ both in social and global scenario. This social and cultural scenario dictates each group or its subordinate societies to what should be its behavior. Each and every institutions (social‚ cultural‚ political and economic)
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Susan Bordo examines Western culture as it relates to the body‚ specifically the slender body in this chapter of her book‚ Unbearable Weight. Diets have been important since the Ancient Greek and Middle Ages‚ where the Greeks mastered their “public” selves by regulating “food intake… as a road to self-mastery” and the Christians fasted for their “inner” selves to achieve “spiritual purification and domination of the flesh” (page 185). By the nineteenth century‚ diet became associated with the aesthetics
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Graffiti and street artists a like have always had a reputation of being the anonymous voice of a nation of rebels‚ oppressed peoples‚ and free thinkers a like. Graffiti/street art could be found on just about any surface within and surrounding an urban setting‚ however it is up to the artist to depict their images on surfaces that could support their rhetorical appeal to the fullest. Artist like Banksy for instance‚ make a name for themselves when their work strikes a chord with just about everyone
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that. Hip-hop is a form of art and culture‚ style‚ and language‚ and for many‚ a way of life (Fernando‚ 1994). The graffiti you see on bridges‚ the dances you see in the clubs‚ the hardened attitude that the boy who sits behind you in film class has‚ the slang you here kids yell at the park‚ this is hip-hop. In the 1980s the subculture at that time was deejaying‚ emceeing‚ graffiti‚ and break dancing. All played a role in hip-hop’s evolution and is responsible for its strong cultural influence (Light
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