to what extent is tradition important to maintaining stability in a society or civilization? Upholding the beliefs of traditionalism‚ a reverence of old ways‚ is increasingly becoming a rare occurrence in our modernized society. Although useful to society‚ no longer does a majority of the world’s citizens strongly support traditional ideals. In the past‚ tradition played an important role in maintaining stability in a civilization. During the eras where communism and totalitarianism dominated
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To what extent do political parties promote democracy? (25 marks) Political parties have many functions‚ one of which is to uphold the principles of a democratic political system. A democratic political system is one which involves various features‚ such as a peaceful transition of power from one government to another‚ free and fair regular elections‚ people having open access to independent information‚ government accountability to the people and representative institutions and that the government
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| |Code |: |JSB554 | |Course |: |Integrated Building Systems | |Level |: |Bachelor of Architecture | |Credit Unit
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Development 26/03/11 To what extent does globalisation help economic development? Joseph Stiglitz‚ Nobel Laureate and former World Bank Chief Economist defined globalisation as “Fundamentally‚ the closer integration of countries and people of the world which has been brought about by the enormous reduction of costs of transportation and communication‚ the breaking down of artificial barriers to the flow of goods‚ services‚ capital‚ knowledge‚ and to a lesser extent people across borders
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To what extent is truth different in mathematics‚ the arts and ethics? We have always had problems with clearly defining what truth is. It resulted into relativism‚ which says that there is no absolute truth. However‚ it can be easily shown that this theory is wrong‚ because in contradicts itself. Does it mean that absolute truth must exist? From my point of view‚ this is satisfactory proof to believe so. Where should we search for absolute truth? The first area of knowledge that seem to provide
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up in response to the event. An analysis of all these sources and their reliability should lead to a conclusion of to what extent the event acted as a catalyst for the process of the emancipation of women. B. Summary of evidence 1. Background: the position of women. Their role and how they were perceived in their family and society before and during 1848 in Persia. Persia is what has been called Iran since 1935. Islam has had a massive influence on Persian culture throughout it’s history. During
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TO WHAT EXTENT CAN INTERNATIONAL AID BE REALLY EFFECTIVE? One cannot help but be shocked to hear that often‚ medical and food supplies sent to flood victims have never reached the victims but have in fact fallen into the coffers of the officials who were to distribute the supplies to the victims. This is indeed an eye-opener and we wonder how long such activities have been going on undetected. It brings to realisation the truth that among so called humans are beasts which will take advantage of
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To what extent was Mussolini an all-powerful dictator? A dictator‚ by definiton‚ is an authoritarian ruler who assumes sole power of a state. By 1926 Mussolini had achieved this ambition and established a personal dictatorship over Italy. However when considering the nature of Mussonlini’s power it is important to remember Italy still remained officially a constitutional monarchy during this period and was far less brutal and totalitarian than its German equivalent. In theory Mussolini’s
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This paper evaluates to what extent were the interwar years of 1918-1939‚ only a twenty-year armistice‚ by analysing elements of continuity propagated by the outcome of the First World War in European states‚ politics‚ and
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Integrated report for McDonald ’s Corp. McDonald’s Corporation‚ which is famous for its BigMac and Happy Meal all over the world‚ is the world’s largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurant. The business started in the United Stated in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant‚ but the business has boomed in the following decades and ranked No. 111 of Fortune 500 in 2013 (CNN Money). For 2013‚ the company had total revenues of 28‚105‚700 USD and had a net income of 5‚585‚900 dollars. Among these huge revenues
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