Destination Competitiveness: An Analysis of Determinant Attributes Geoffrey I. Crouch1 Journal of Travel Research 50(1) 27–45 © 2011 SAGE Publications Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0047287510362776 http://jtr.sagepub.com Abstract The aim of this study was to develop an insight into the importance and impact of attributes which affect the competitiveness of tourism destinations. Using a general conceptual model of destination competitiveness‚ 36 competitiveness
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Functionalism has given a useful understanding of society‚ despite its limitations. Functionalists describe society using an organic analogy; they say society is like a biological organism. Parsons found three similarities between society and an organism. System organisms such as the human body and society are both self-regulating and inter-related‚ independent parts fit together in fixed ways. In the body these are organs; in society they are institutions‚ such as family and education. Both organisms
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PENGUIN BOOKS THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY Peter L. Berger is Professor of Sociology at Boston University and Director of the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture. He has previously been Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University‚ New Jersey‚ and in the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research in New York. He is the author of many books including Invitation to Sociology‚ Pyramids of Saa!fice‚ Facing up to Modernity‚ The Heretical Imperative and The Capitalist
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100-26 Dr. Karl F. Schuler 10/6/11 Title: Ziggurat of Ur Period: Neo-Sumerian Provenance: Ur‚ Iraq Date: 2150 BC The “Ziggurat of Ur” was built in 2150 BC by the Gutians. First‚ let’s discuss what exactly a ziggurat is. A ziggurat is a superstructure built on top and around a mountain. On the very top was a temple. Ziggurats were made out of only mud brick. One may ask‚ why use mud brick? Compared to other materials such as limestone it is a terribly weak building material. The reason was
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Inditex In 1963‚ Amancio Ortega opened for business enterprise manufacturing ladies’ gowns in a small workshop in A Coruña‚ since then its progress has been remarkable. Today‚ Inditex (Industria de Diseño Textil‚ SA) has become an international fashion retail composed of six business units: Zara‚ Pull & Bear‚ Massimo Dutti‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius and Oysho. Its organizational structure consists of several departments‚ corporate headquarters‚ the six business units mentioned above and a number
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Dana Phillips‚ who studies ecocriticism and American literature‚ employs his 2003 book The Truth of Ecology: Nature‚ Culture‚ and Literature in America as a critique of mainstream realist forms of ecocriticism. He places emphasis on the need for ecocriticism to be truly more interdisciplinary‚ and that ecocritics need to more fully incorporate the sciences‚ as well as the history and philosophy of those sciences. In its entirety the text suggests‚ in a somewhat defiant tone‚ how ecocriticism has
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force that maintains things the way they are. Consequently‚ there is evidence to support the Marxist view that religion is a conservative force. From their perspective‚ Marx sees religion as largely shaped by economic factors. As part of the superstructure of society‚ religion reflects the infrastructure or economic base. Weber said that in certain cases‚ the opposite was true; that religion can help to shape entire economic systems and bring radical changes to society as a whole.
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Motivation in Learning By Muhammad Haibat Khan Education and learning are one of the most important ingredients to becoming all that you can be. How open you are to learning will help determine your path in life. Education and learning are one of the most important ingredients to becoming all that you can be. How open you are to learning will help determine your path in life. Education does not just happen at school. It is not just about Math and other subjects. Your education and
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CHAPTER 1: 1. ‘Social order may be the product of consensus or coercion‚ depending on which sociological perspective is adopted.’ Explain and discuss. Ans: Social order is the product of consensus in terms of functionalism Social order is the product of coercion in terms of conflict theory in reality; society may be a combination of both - that is there is human free will which is also limited by social structure example institutions‚ laws Functionalist Theory and consensus: The functionalist
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administrative‚ political‚ crudely repressive‚ and the latter refer to the forms of the superstructure. Ideology according to Althusser‚ is not just a static set of ideas through which we view the world‚ but a dynamic social practice‚ constantly in process‚ constantly reproducing itself in the ordinary workings of these apparatuses. In Marxist terms‚ popular culture is one of the ideological forms of the superstructure. So to understand any text‚ it must first be situated in its historical moment of
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