Rose Spiegel Rationale 5.7.13 Everyone describes social entrepreneurship differently. While many have been able to describe the traits and features of a social entrepreneur there doesn’t seem at all to be a consensus about the definition of what constitutes the field of social entrepreneurship. Susan Davis and David Bornstein in their book‚ Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know define social entrepreneurship as “a process by which citizens build or transform institutions to advance
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the afterlife; each philosophy focuses on the individual and their behavior. Confucianism and Daoism are often considered polar opposites for several reasons‚ although they have a few similarities. Confucianism has a core of morality‚ ethics‚ and activism. It encourages social harmony and mutual respect. Confucianists sought to perfect their character by living a virtuous life and seeking goodness. They valued ethics‚ respect for elders‚ and propriety. Confucius‚ the originator of Confucian thought
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work‚ and migrant labourers). Many — but not all — protesters were young. Many young protesters‚ particularly in the later phases of the movements‚ were not of the ‘new’ middle class. The last few years have seen a steady growth in middle class activism around social justice. This was exemplified in situations like the Jessica Lal case where middle class protests combined with media coverage to impact events. Such consciousness also peaked when ordinary citizens thronged Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption
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Activism is defined as doing lots of hard work in order to bring about change in politics and social issues. Some of the pros are cons are that activism beings about the rise of other campaigns in order to create awareness but some people just go along the campaigns ideas to create awareness without knowing what it is actually for. Slacktivism is when someone is trying to being about political or social change but putting in little or no work. Some of the pros and cons of slacktivism are that slacktivism
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In his piece‚ Small Change‚ Malcolm Gladwell documents the importance of the change in activism from the 1960s to present. Specifically how today‚ activism is seen electronically‚ as people use the media to write protests to the oppressor instead of how in the 1960s activism was seen in sit-ins. Overall‚ Gladwell asserts that social media is not the best way to start a movement as it does not motivate people as much as a sit-in does. I cannot help but side with Gladwell as he has a good point in
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In Jurisprudence‚ there are two philosophies subscribed to about judicial interpretation. Judicial Activism argues that it is less about literal phrasing of the words and more about how the words could be interpreted in today’s society‚ and a strict constructionist believes that every word in the law is written very carefully‚ and therefore would just interpret the law considering exactly how it was constructed into mind. Justice Brennan’s argument that the 8th amendment would deem the death penalty
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afterlife; each philosophy focuses on the individual and their behavior. Confucianism and Daoism are often considered polar opposites for several reasons‚ although they have a few similarities. Confucianism has a core of morality‚ ethics‚ and activism. It encourages social harmony and mutual respect. Confucianists sought to perfect their character by living a virtuous life and seeking goodness. They valued ethics‚ respect for elders‚ and propriety. Confucius‚ the originator of Confucian thought
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This is due to the fact that awareness is what brought policy change. Unity and attention definitely helped too‚ but awareness was the most important constituent of grassroots activism‚ and it showed the African American people why a Civil Rights Bill was needed. A great example of why a Civil Rights Bill was needed can be found on the Birmingham segregation ordinances. The ordinances showed the darkest side of segregation by highlighting
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Gladwell’s Small Change: The Revolution will not be Tweeted‚ corroborates this idea with an explanation of high risk and low risk activism. High risk activism is considered the only way to change the world and only achievable through interactions outside of a computer. This belief imposes the thought that no matter how much people care for a cause‚ without high risk in person activism‚ a community will never thrive. However‚ the ease that computers transmit information doesn’t appear detrimental to movements
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April 22‚ on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. “Earth day is every day”‚ as the saying goes‚ but it is acknowledged and celebrated every year on April 22nd. Earth Day’s history is rooted in 1960’s activism. Earth issues where the least of the government’s concern during this time and this angered Senator Gaylord Nelson. By 1969‚ Nelson had an idea of environmental protest modeled after anti-Vietnam war demonstrations. On April 22‚ 1969‚ Senator Nelson
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