Ethnographic Authority: A Comparative Analysis of Mead‚ Turner and Geertz Paula J. Suter Anthropological Thought and Praxis I - Dr. Christina Wasson Midterm - October 14‚ 2013 Introduction Ethnographic authority is a useful concept. Examining the structure and authority of ethnographic theory and practice helps one to gaze‚ with a critical eye‚ upon the field of knowledge that is being handed down. Before assimilating new knowledge‚ it is important to question the premises
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OF AUTHORITY ON ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTH IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. ABSTRACT The primary of delegation of authority is to make organization possible just as one person in an enterprise can do all the task necessary as an enterprise grows for the manager to exercise all the authority for making decisions. This is so because there is a limit to the number of persons Managers can effectively supervise and for whom they can make decisions. Once this limit is exceeded authority has
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Rape by Adrienne Rich Adrienne Rich’s blatant poem‚ Rape‚ speaks a strong theme of a distrust of male authority. She establishes a male audience in the first stanza (the phrase "brothers" indicates male bonds)‚ in order to show them what one of their brethren a cop‚ a figure of authority perverted to one of death ("machinery to kill you") has a sexist attitude‚ not in despite of his morals‚ but because of them. Rich’s portrait of the cop is one that shifts from a physical
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The theme of authority is possibly the most important theme and the most popular theme concerning William Blake’s poetry. Blake explores authority in a variety of different ways particularly through religion‚ education and God. Blake was profoundly concerned with the concept of social justice. He was also profoundly a religious man. His dissenting background led him to view the power structures and legalism that surrounded religious establishments with distrust. He saw these as unwarranted controls
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government established the Tennessee Valley Authority with the purpose to address the crisis. With the Tennessee Valley Authority‚ the government nationalized land across six southern states. There was also federal ownership of hydroelectric dams‚ and this led to the government entering the power business as a competitor. Finally‚ the government launched propaganda campaigns across the region in order to gain local support. The Tennessee Valley Authority was a very socialist act‚ and embodied the
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LG: Local Authorities play an important role in the society we live in. They have been set up by central government to make it easier to provide a vast variety services to the people. Local authorities or councils as they are also known‚ are made up of elected councillors‚ which are voted in by the people of the local area (thepeoplesbudget‚2014). Local authorities have been split into a range of unitary and two tier councils. Unitary governments tend to be in the larger town and cities in England
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Parents often demand respect and obedience from their children by being authoritative: “You have to do what I told you to do‚ because I am your parent.” Period. Likewise‚ some bosses demand respect and obedience from their subordinates by being controlling: “You have to do what I told you to do.” Period. The truth is‚ if you demand respect and obedience‚ your children or subordinates may do what you want‚ out of helplessness and fear‚ but they don’t necessarily respect you and obey you from their
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Human Resources Management in Hospital Authority – Retention of Doctors Introduction Hospital Authority (HA) as the largest health care provider in Hong Kong suffers the serious brain-drain problem in recent years. That is the severe shortfall of doctors and the problem will persist and become a challenge for HA in the coming years. According to the statistics provided by HA‚ the turnover rates of doctors rose from 4.4% to 5.2% during the period of 2009-2011 and reached 6.7% in 2006. The trend
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power and authority. How have the two texts (Removalists and In the Name of the Father) enhanced your understanding of power and authority. Through the study of the play The Removalists by David Williamson‚ and the film In the Name of the Father directed by “some guy”‚ my understanding of power and authority has been enhanced. Power and authority are two closely linked concepts. These two concepts have many different aspects and exist on a number of different levels. Power and authority are also
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Examples of Fallacies (1.) Appeal to Authority: An example of appealing to authority can be found in many television commercials. This fallacy is used on television by many companies trying to sell‚ or gain profit‚ by using athletes‚ or well-known figures to advertise their product for them. They do this in order to persuade consumers to buy their goods‚ due to their idols using them; even though‚ many of the famous people aren’t qualified to give expert opinions about the product. A commercial
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