statement‚ the court essentially contradicted itself and gave away the fact that they are deviating from the role they say to perform. As a matter of fact‚ their very legitimacy teters on connections to fellowmen‚ rather than the very actions they are taking in the court of law (Meares). In other words‚ this ruins their legitimacy in probably one of the most important times in law - the point where justice is meant to be served for the people. And lastly‚ the judicial system further ruins their own
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authority. John Hall’s six necessary preconditions include a charismatic religious social movement‚ overall societal isolation through life boundaries‚ apocalyptic ideologies‚ new religion legitimacy to its followers through community‚ a form of social organization‚ and adequate amounts economical and political legitimacy. Taking a look at some of these factors‚ we will examine their relevancy as well as the predicting factors that contribute to explaining the violence of Aum Shinrikyo. John Hall’s
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for conscious thought formation‚ Nietzsche is successful in asserting social needs as the driving force in the ongoing development of a consciousness which has no definite magnitude. Nietzsche’s claims garner support from three premises. To give legitimacy to this theory of consciousness‚ Nietzsche first attacks the atomized human soul model‚ and establishs the consciousness as non-essential and non-central. Having proved that consciousness is not the
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Chris Thorman POLA 293-04 Research Paper April 7‚ 2003 "Thus‚ what motivates men to slay the enemy is anger‚" Sun Tzu says in The Art of War. The conflict between Algerian Islamic fundamentalists and the Algerian military backed government is rooted in anger. The conflict‚ which began as skirmishes between government forces and Islamic fundamentalists‚ has taken on the proportions of a civil war as fundamentalists carried out kidnappings‚ assassinations and other forms of civil disturbance
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POL1004F: Introduction to Politics 02 April 2014 Word.Count:338 Authoritarian regimes hold power without accountability to the people they rule and lose power when they lose their legitimacy. The Apartheid government was able to remain in power for 50 years because it ensured that strong opposition was unable to grow against it and had the means to suppress it by force when necessary. When a society feels that its demands are being met‚ and that state action during crises is in its interest
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pledging to keep slavery out of the territories‚ seven slave states in the deep South seceded and formed a new nation‚ the Confederate States of America. The incoming Lincoln administration and most of the Northern people refused to recognize the legitimacy of secession. They feared that it would discredit democracy and create a fatal precedent that would eventually fragment the no-longer United States into several small‚ squabbling countriesThe Civil War started because of uncompromising differences
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independent organized Government. A nation state is a state whose primary loyalty is to a cultural self-identity‚ which we call a nation or nationality‚ and is now the predominant form of state organization. Nation states possess sovereignty and legitimacy. The significance of the nation state is that‚ once consolidated around a particular nationality‚ it is a stable form of state organization. Event history analysis shows that a nation-state is more likely to emerge when a power shift allows nationalists
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entrepreneurship - Failure to incorporate scholarly advancements will place research in social entrepreneurship in a questionable state of legitimacy and academic merit. - Article claims that a unified definition of social entrepreneurship has yet to emerge - Article states that the lack of unified definition makes establishing the legitimacy of a field or construct difficult. Hinders empirical research seeking to examine the antecedents and consequences of social entrepreneurship and
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follows: political socialization; power‚ authority‚ legitimacy‚ and capacity; public opinion; media; political elites; political parties; elections; campaigns; presidential powers; among others. Each of these themes is presented and further elaborated with specific examples within the book. The themes complement the information presented in class by adding more specificity and depth. For example‚ in class‚ we briefly discussed power‚ authority‚ legitimacy‚ and capacity. In much the same way‚ the book showed
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are vital for the performance of democracy as they provide the government with legitimacy‚ citizens with representation‚ competition and an involvement of citizens in politics. Elections however are not limited to only democracy but also play an important role in authoritarian regimes including China. Legitimacy Elections are essential to a democracy in that elections are able to provide the leading party with legitimacy to govern over the citizens as compared to opposing parties. There is a general
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