Rationality Breeds Legitimacy In Jurgen Habermas’‚ Legitimation Crisis‚ Western society is examined through a sociological lens to determine whether society is just. In his work‚ Habermas argues that advanced capitalism in Western societies leads to a legitimation crisis. Advanced capitalism displaces crisis tendencies‚ by means of state action‚ from the economic sphere into the socio-cultural sphere. Therefore‚ the legitimacy provided by the cultural sphere is threatened‚ resulting in a loss
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Edison‚ who made appealing new products available for good prices‚ were incredibly creative in their inventions‚ contributing to the efficiency of American Industrialization in the late 19th century. The invention of the railroad system made huge contributions to the rapid pace of American Industrialization in the late
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France in the late 1780s In 1780‚ France was ruled by King Louis XVI. He was an absolute monarch‚ meaning he had power over everything. My father was one of Louis’ closest friends‚ and he had told me when I was a young girl‚ that he was a very selfish man. King Louis and his wife‚ Marie Antoinette‚ taxed the citizens of France and used the money on their own luxuries. However‚ they became bankrupt‚ causing France to be in even more of a financial crisis. My father also told me stories of how King
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I. Background to the crisis in Syria Protests asking for the release of political prisoners began mid-March 2011 and were immediately met by Syrian security forces who at first detained and attacked protestors with batons‚ and later opened gunfire‚ and deployed tanks and naval ships against civilians. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad refused to halt the violence and implement meaningful reforms demanded by protestors such as the lifting of emergency law‚ broader political representation and a freer
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The European sovereign debt crisis (often referred to as the Eurozone crisis) is an ongoing financial crisis that has made it difficult or impossible for some countries in the euro area to repay or re-finance their government debt without the assistance of third parties. In 1992‚ members of the European Union signed the Maastricht Treaty‚ under which they pledged to limit their deficit spending and debt levels. However‚ in the early 2000s‚ a number of EU member states were failing to stay within
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1. Economic history of the United Kingdom in the 19th century Railways The British invented the modern railway system and exported it to the world. They emerged from Britain’s elaborate system of canals and roadways‚ which both used horses to haul coal for the new steam engines installed in textile factories. Britain furthermore had the engineers and entrrepreurs needed to create and finance a railway system. In 1815‚ George Stephenson invented built the modern steam locomotive‚ launching a technological
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Daniel Levinson depicts the late adulthood period as those years that encompass age 65 and beyond. Other developmental psychologists further divide later adulthood into young-old (ages 65–85) and old-old (ages 85 and beyond) stages. Today‚ 13 percent of the population is over the age of 65‚ compared with 3 percent at the beginning of this century. This dramatic increase in the demographics of older adulthood has given rise to the discipline of gerontology‚ or the study of old age and aging. Gerontologists
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investments to intangibles for company performance during the global crisis. One of such strategic resources is relational capital which is connected with all business processes‚ particularly with the value creation. Despite of the importance of collaboration for firm competitiveness‚ we could not see enough empirical papers that confirm a positive impact of cooperation on firm outcomes like a company value‚ especially during crisis period. The paper is focused on the advantages of interfirm relationships
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The Software Crisis • The most visible symptoms of the software crisis are o Late delivery‚ over budget o Product does not meet specified requirements o Inadequate documentation • Some observations on the software crisis o “A malady that has carried on this long must be called normal” (Booch‚ p. 8) o Software system requirements are moving targets o There may not be enough good developers around to create all the new software that users need o A significant portion of developers’ time must often
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The oil crisis of the 1970s had a tremendous political‚ social‚ and economic impact on the United States‚ and its reverberations continue to be felt to this day. This event dramatically illustrated American dependence on fossil fuels‚ and raised a lot of questions about the country’s energy policy and the security of its energy supply. Several events combined to bring about the energy crisis of the ’70s. The first was a dramatic rise in energy consumption‚ with the United States consuming a huge
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