References: Alptekin‚ C. (1996). Target-language Culture in EFL materials. In T. Hedge‚ & N. Whitney (Eds.)‚ Power‚ pedagogy and practice (pp. 53-61). Oxford: Oxford University Press Alptekin‚ C. (2002). Towards intercultural communicative competence. ELT Journal‚ 56(1)‚ 57-64 Bennett‚ M. J. (1993). How not to be a fluent fool: Understanding the cultural dimension
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The Power Transition: A Retrospective and Prospective Evaluation Kugler and Organski *Introduced in 1958 *Gauge impact of Power Transition Theory on the field of international politics through: 1. Has the new construct‚ model‚ idea‚ or theory provided an explanation more powerful and more parsimonious than what existed previously? 2. Has this way of looking at the problem proven more valid than the alternatives? 3. Has the new idea influences the creation of other ideas and the undertaking
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Dr. Paul Farmer shares with us his experiences with the violation of human rights in his latest book Pathologies of Power: Health‚ Human Rights‚ and the New war on the Poor. This book was centered around a well noted critique of the liberal views on human rights‚ which has rarely served interest. The first half of this book is called Bearing witness. He used this title to describe the first half of the book because it was based solely of on personal experiences. He stated‚ “They are partial accounts
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Women‚ Power and Dissent in the Hills of Carolina is an ethnography by Mary K. Anglin about women’s labor in the declining mica industry in Southern Appalachia‚ specifically the Moth Hill Mica Company. Anglin begins her research by first analyzing government documents as a contextual base for the social and economic environment of North Carolina. Then‚ she conducts eight months of field research in which she interacts and has daily conversations and interviews with workers in order to get first-hand
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Bob Smith Sept. 6‚ 2004 MGMT 331-904 The Griggs v. Duke Power Company was a landmark case regarding discrimination in the workplace. Duke Power Company was known for discriminating against blacks during the hiring process by only allowing them to work in it’s labor department which was the lowest paying position. After the Civil Rights Act was passed‚ obviously the company was no longer allowed to discriminate legally based on race. However‚ the company became sneaky and required a high school
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SOC_155 The Power Elite C. Wright Mills has a different ideal of what “the power elite” is. Today‚ the term is associated with organizational sociology‚ political sociology‚ and other areas. Mills believe that the power elite are the ones in dominant positions. That these are the people making the choices for America‚ or manipulating it. Positions such as military‚ political‚ and in the economical positions. Mills states that the ones in the position of the power elite are not always aware
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Brene Brown talked about “The Power of Vulnerability”. While in college as a Doctoral student she had a professor that said‚ “If you can’t measure it‚ it doesn’t exist”. She thought this is the career for me because she was interested in some messy topics‚ but she wants to make them not messy. She started with connection‚ because that is why we are here‚ it’s what gives purpose and meaning to life. When you ask people about love‚ they tell you about heartbreak; when you ask them about belonging
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“Grace and Power: the Private World of the Kennedy White House” By: Sally Bedell-Smith Sally Bedell-Smith‚ the author of “Grace and Power: the Private World of the Kennedy White House”‚ is an author‚ and journalist. When writing this book Smith hoped to inform people of the facts they did not know about the Kennedy family. Loewen’s book is well documented and researched; it was written to be informative for everyone. This book covers all the main points a student learns about in history.
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In Chapter 3‚ “Power‚ Social Network‚ and Organizational Deviant”‚ John Curran explains how deviance exists at each level of society and is constantly happening. He goes into detail to explain how different levels of corruption exist. There are various levels of corruption but the only way to engage in police corruption or political corruption is by being a police officer or have a political position. All this leads to the imbalance of power and to a large wealth gap that 1% and 99% of the US society
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Paradise Lost is an epic poem written in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was first published in 1667 (but written almost ten years earlier) in ten books‚ with a total of over ten thousand individual lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674‚ re-divided into twelve books with minor revisions throughout it and a note; the majority of the poem was written while Milton was blind‚ and was recorded for him by another person (Bloom‚ 3). Paradise Lost is one of the greatest
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