In ‘Democracy in America’‚ Alexis De Tocqueville analyses democracy‚ seen as egalitarian social conditions. While he acknowledges its merits in guaranteeing the economic and political stability of nations‚ he also warns that democratic systems have the potential to bring about various social handicaps‚ namely ‘individualism’ and ‘democratic nepotism’ - unless intermediate institutions are introduced. Marx‚ on the hand‚ dismisses the idea that politics are at the heart of modern society’s issues
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MARSIM 2012 (pp. 1-9). Westerdah‚ C. (1994). Maritime cultures and ship types: brief comments on the significance of maritime archaeology. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology‚ 23(4)‚ 265-270. Zanic‚ V.‚ Andric‚ J.‚ & Prebeg‚ P. (2005). Superstructure deck effectiveness of the generic ship types-A concept design methodology. IMAM 2005.
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Bridge Failure Studies and Safety Engineering 2.1 HISTORY OF DISASTERS AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT 2.1.1 Unexpected Material Deterioration and Failure Engineering is usually about avoiding failures and investigating why failures occur and ways to fix the problem. There is a need to understand the conditions giving rise to past failures and ways to avoid such failures so that loss of life can be minimized. Historical events and selected case stud-ies demonstrate the causes of
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The next place I will visit is the Fiji Islands Fiji is located in the southwest Pacific‚ south of the Equator. It is an archipelago that consists of 322 islands‚ 106 of them are inhabited and the rest are natural reserves. Viti Levu is the main Island and it consists of two main cities: Suva and Nadi. Suva‚ Suva is Fiji’s capital and Nadi is home of the international airport. Viti Levu is home to most of the Fijian population. The second largest island is Vanua Levu and the third largest is Taveuni
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Renzo Piano Renzo Piano was born on September 14‚ 1937 in Genoa‚ Italy‚ into a family of builders. He graduated from the school of Architecture‚ Milan Polytechnic in 1964. During his studies‚ he often worked under the design guidance of Franco Albini‚ but in his spare time he would work steadily at his fathers building shop. This is where he truly developed a love for the trade. Between the years 1965 and 1970 he worked with many great architects like‚ Louis I. Kahn‚ Z. S. Makowsky and Jean
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"There are always‚ in any explanation of organisational structure‚ four types"#‚ with any breakdown of viewpoints of organisation culture‚ whether it be by structualists or ideologists ‚ they all agree there is always 4 cultures and 4 structures. Four types of structure which are identified by structualists‚ are common within organisations today‚ these are Functional Structure‚ Matrix Structure‚ Web Structure and Closter Structure. Firstly the Functional Structure‚ is where the organisation itself
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was a pillar of God’s grace and power as long as he remained fixed on God. The moment he took his eyes off God‚ Satan was able to instigate his downfall. According to Webster’s Dictionary‚ a pillar is a firm upright support for a building or superstructure. Pillars are essential in keeping a building strong and safe. If the pillars of the building become weak and damage‚ the entire building could collapse. As we journey through this life‚ God has given us pillars to assist us in remaining faithful
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Explain the concept of socialization and how useful is it in understanding human behavior? Socialization is the process in which an individual learns the way of life of his/her society‚ learn the trick of the trade and develops the capacity and the potential to function both as an individual and as a member of the society by internalizing the culture in which the society is based on. Socialization is a life-long process occurring at all stages in life starting from the day the individual is born
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Frederick Taylor was an engineer during the Industrial Revolution in the US working 1883-1906. He was a practical man who wanted to make factory better by making it more efficient --often making it more efficient made the work ergonomically easier. For example‚ he did work on the so-called science of shovelling. He determined that a worker should shovel 21 lb per shovelful so that he could go the longest time. He also coached workers to use their body not their arms to lift. Today we know that
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not only will make effect to the FDI‚ but they also affect each other. The economic development must rely on the government to provide some economic environment with suitable political and legal. However the political and legal are part of the superstructure which determined by the economic base (K Marx‚ 1859). Now it will be showed that how these three systems impact on FDI in India. Political system: First a tranquil political system can make more attention for FDI. Nowadays the Indian internal
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