palgrave-journals.com/cpt Silence: A Politics Kennan Ferguson1 Department of Government and International Affairs‚ University of South Florida‚ 4202 East Fowler Avenue‚ SOC 107‚ Tampa‚ FL 33620-8100‚ USA E-mail: kennan@luna.cas.usf.edu This article investigates the unfamiliar political implications of silence. Generally regarded as simply a lack of speech imposed upon the powerless‚ silence is thereby positioned as inimical to politics. In a normatively constituted lingual politics‚ silence’s role can never
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Workplace Politics Thesis- Presidential election and listening to the debates may be over but we still have politics to deal with‚ in the office. Don’t think of office politics as the area of backstabbers and manipulators. If you can understand your company’s political setting you can use it to your advantage. It is true that people who don’t play well with others still get promoted. What is office politics?... Politics is the use of power towards a goal that is beneficial to an individual
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Comparative Politics and Disasters: Assessing Substantive and Methodological Contributions David A. McEntire and Sarah Mathis Emergency Administration and Planning Department of Public Administration University of North Texas P.O. Box 310617 Denton‚ Tx 76203-0617 Abstract The following chapter illustrates how the discipline of comparative politics may help increase our understanding of disasters in other countries as well as promote more effective emergency management institutions
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region went through changes following the Civil War‚ experiencing two periods: the Reconstruction era and the emergence of the New South. Reconstruction aimed to integrate freed African Americans into society but was cut short by Jim Crow laws and opposition to their autonomy. Economically‚ the South grappled with challenges‚ in agriculture‚ labor shortages‚ and infrastructure issues. The New South era focused on diversification through investments in railroads‚ manufacturing‚ and mining. Faced growing
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ahead. Riots broke out in Bridgetown and on sugar estates‚ automobiles were pushed into the sea‚ stores were ransacked and the police volunteers killed 14 and wounded 47 of the rioters. Grantley Adams emerged as labour leader and the Barbados Progressive League was formed. Trade union laws were also passed. Labour unrest in Jamaica began in 1937 as well‚ when a demonstration of unemployed workers and ex-servicemen in Kingston was broken up by the police using batons. Then‚ in January 1938‚ violence
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The Reconstruction Era of the United States of America refers to a time of postbellum efforts to restructure the political‚ legal‚ and economic systems in the states that had seceded from the Union during the American Civil War. This period began when the Civil War ended in 1865 and continued for twelve years until its deterioration in 1877. A crucial period in the nation’s history‚ this reconstructive phase marked the first time the laws and Constitution were rewritten to guarantee African-Americans
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INNOVATION AT PROGRESSIVE – Pay As You Go Insurance1 Progressive had captured 10% of the market and as the largest writer of auto insurance wrote 80% of its insurance premiums through independent agents. As an insurance company‚ it displayed strong characteristics of success‚ incrementally attained. Their methodology seemed to have a close correlation to the design rules for innovation‚ as expressed by Gary Hamel2. According to Hamel‚ “no company outperforms its aspirations”. For Progressive their goals
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SOC 315: Cross Cultural Perspectives Women in Politics: US vs. the “MAN” May 16‚ 2010 Instructor Allan Mooney Do you use your power to vote? Have you ever thought the right to vote was not always a right for women? There has been a major trend change in the world of politics and this change is spelled W-O-M-A-N. Women have become a force to be reckoned with in the world of politics. Over the past decade‚ women have resolved into leadership positions‚ encouraging the same sex to voice their
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�PAGE � �PAGE �6� Power and Politics Power and politics are often considered to be integral components in the development of the organization. Where does power end and politics begin? Many individuals think that politics and power are tied together because you can not have one without the other. On the other hand politics and power are separate items‚ and both are needed for an organization to effectively manage its operations. Given that both of power and politics often play an extenuating role
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What is "Politics" Author(s): Giovanni Sartori Source: Political Theory‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 1 (Feb.‚ 1973)‚ pp. 5-26 Published by: Sage Publications‚ Inc. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/191073 Accessed: 13/10/2009 12:35 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless you have obtained prior permission‚
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