Conflict‚ Politics‚ and Schools I would like to start my reflection on this paper out by saying that this chapter had a lot of information and counteracted a lot of what the “Tough Times‚ Tough Choices” was saying or how to get the ideas enacted. I truly believe that the politics plays a huge part in public schooling and the policies and procedures that are put into place by the school boards. The chapter talked a lot about the diversity and conflict in schools today. I recently went back
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that “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely”. Give an example to argue your answer. (more or less 500 words) 2. How does media coverage of communal conflict in Indonesia recently influence your views on power and how power may be used to attain political objectives? Give example for your answer. (more or less 1000 words) Answer : 1. “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely” is a famous statement of Lord Acton. Power can be
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DEFFINATION OF CONFLICT IN ORGANIZATION Organizational politics gives rise to conflict as one person or group attempts to influence the goals and decision making of an organization to advance its own interest. In business‚ personalities or worldviews collide and arguments inevitably ensue. Organizational conflict is a disagreement by individuals or groups within the organization‚ which can center on factors ranging from resource allocation and divisions of responsibility for the overall direction
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“Without a basic minimum of consensus‚ no politics is possible”. Discuss the relationship between conflict and consensus in determining the nature of politics. This research paper aims at finding a concise definition for the terms‚ ‘conflict and consensus”‚ comparing the both terms‚ stating some Sociologists’ perspectives on the theories and then discussing how these terms help in determining the nature of politics. Conflict Theory by Karl Marx According to Wahl (1985)‚ “Conflict can be described
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Politics have had an invasive presence in local administration since local governments formed. Local administrations can differ greatly in size and scope‚ yet they are all affected by regional political attitudes and state policies. Politics played a much greater role in previous eras‚ with the pinnacle being the era of “machine politics” that dominated local administration throughout the 19th century. A series of reform movements that began in the 1880s would curb this trend and set a path towards
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Post-colonial states‚ the military becomes deeply involved in the politics. And dominate many other institutions such as in Pakistan. The survival became primary concern of these states‚ as in case of Pakistan‚ when Pakistan came into being‚ it had the security threat from India‚ so military intervened in the politics claiming that political parties are weak‚ they can not administer the country. Military intervention in politics then in other domestic affairs and to promote peace and security
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Power Report Reward Power can be gained from a person’s capacity to reward compliance. When a person is rewarded or might receive a potential reward through recognition‚ a good job assignment‚ a pay rise‚ or additional resources to complete a job‚ an employee may respond by carrying through with orders‚ requests and directions. Coercive power is considered the opposite of reward power. Coercive power is considered the ability of the power holder to remove something from a person or to punish a
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Science‚ Joseph R( 1991). Democracy and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria: The Rise and Fall of the Second Republic‚ Ibadan: Spectrum La Palombara J and Weiner M( 1996). “The Origin and Development of Lewis P( 2006). “The Comparative Importance of Third Elections in Developing Democracies”‚ Distinguished Guest Mimiko N O (2010). “How do we build and sustain our democracy in Nigeria”? – keynote address at the launch of a Nnoli O (1978). Ethnic Politics in Nigeria‚ Enugu: Fourth Dimension Publishers. Nnoli
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influence people to carry out requests‚ support proposals‚ and implement decisions. Power- The concept of "power" is useful for understanding how people are able to influence each other in organizations. Power involves the capacity of one party (the "agent") to influence another party (the "target"). Authority involves the rights‚ obligations‚ and duties associated with particular positions in an organization or social system. A leader with direct authority over a target person has the right to
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R THE VALUE OF THE DICHOTOMY: POLITICS‚ ADMINISTRATION‚ AND THE POLITICAL NEUTRALITY OF ADMINISTRATORS Patrick Overeem Leiden University ABSTRACT Post-war students of public administration have widely rejected the politics-administration dichotomy‚ but‚ paradoxically‚ they have‚ as a rule‚ not abandoned the historically and conceptually closely related value of political neutrality of administrators. Rather‚ they reconceptualized the classical politics-administration dichotomy as a policyadministration
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