inferior to male citizens” (Mayo 1960: 36) but since thence then democracy has developed and seems to accommodate all the citizens whether they are males or females. What we have to understand now is what democracy is in nowadays? What it means? The forms of democracy and what democracy involves. Democracy is difficult to define as it is a contested concept because it means different things to different people depending on how they understand democracy. The reason democracy is contested is that “It
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Re-Registration Form July‚ 2010 - BTS Second Year Dear Student‚ You will be completing one year of study of the BTS Programme in June‚ 2010. We would like you to register for the Second Year beginning from July 2010. Please fill-in the attached Re- Registration Form ‚ irrespective of whether you have appeared for the first Year Examination or not and whether you have passed or not. You can take upto 32 credits worth courses in the II nd year. All the courses given in the form are compulsory
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Theory X and Theory Y represent two sets of assumptions about human nature and human behavior that are relevant to the practice of management. Theory X represents a negative view of human nature that assumes individuals generally dislike work‚ are irresponsible‚ and require close supervision to do their jobs. Theory Y denotes a positive view of human nature and assumes individuals are generally industrious‚ creative‚ and able to assume responsibility and exercise self-control in their jobs. One would
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Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Democracy allows eligible citizens to participate equally—either directly or through elected representatives—in the proposal‚ development‚ and creation of laws. It encompasses social‚ economic and cultural conditions that enable the free and equal practice of political self-determination. The term originates from the Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía) "rule of the people"‚[1] which
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Philosophy Ego Theory and Bundle Theory Derek Parfit’s views on personal identity and the Ego and Bundle Theory are all summarized in his article “Divided Minds and the Nature of Persons”. In his article‚ Parfit explains the distinction between Ego theory and Bundle theory and provides several arguments against Ego Theory. Although it proves to be very difficult to believe the Bundle Theory‚ Parfit’s critique is convincing and well thought out. In order to defend the Bundle Theory of personal identity
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homogeneity across cultures. The theory of relative face orientation We have discussed that Brown and Levinson’s (1987) face-saving politeness theory has been undermined for its inability to be applied universally. In surveying recent studies in cross-cultural communication‚ Mao (1994) mentions Janney and Arndt (1993)‚ who characterise it as idealistic‚ culturally biased‚ and lacking objective empirical evidence for the evaluation of their politeness universals. Instead of a theory centered on universals
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Evaluating the Theory of Constraint and Queuing Theory Abstract The Theory of Constraints and the Queuing Theory is something that all forms of businesses should be looking to exploit. The Theory of Constraints contends that all businesses have some form of constraint that keeps them from working at optimum efficiency. These constraints are found‚ reviewed‚ and corrected by a simple process of finding what to change‚ what to change to‚ and how to cause the change. The Queuing Theory can be applied
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Positive Accounting Positive economic theory and accounting practices are objective and based on fact. Positive accounting focuses on analyzing the economic statistics and data at hand‚ and deriving conclusions based on those figures. For example‚ if corporate growth allows a company to increase shareholder dividends over previous dividend payments‚ positive accounting theory would conclude that corporate growth causes a rise in stockholder dividends. Most bookkeeping and data collection involved
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remove a cabinet by passing a vote of no-confidence against it whenever it so desires. Moreover‚ the legislature exercises its control over the executive through interpellation‚ adjournment motions so on and so forth. 3. Gap between Practice and Theory: In a Parliamentary System‚ there is always a gap between law and fact. According to law‚ all powers of the Government are vested in the Chief Executive head who may be President as in India or Governor General as in Canada or King or Queen as in
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Post-colonialial theory as a recent field of study has lately become one of the most attractive academic disciplines - if it can be called a discipline - that incessantly triggers piles and piles of literature written by art of critics‚ social reformists‚ political scientists‚ literary critics and political economists. The continuous expansion of post-colonialism in its recent version made its own domains of interest and areas of functionality overlap with other fields of global academic studies
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