Some characteristics of a modern nation state are centralization of power‚ strong monarchs‚ and national identity and loyalty. It is based on the idea that the state can treat large numbers of people equally by efficient application of the law through the bureaucratic machinery of the state. (Nation state)An example of a nation is the Kurds. The Kurds‚ who are about 25 million‚ are the largest ethnicity in the world without a state of its own. Kurds now live in parts of Turkey‚ Syria‚ Iraq‚ Iran
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INDIA’S NEIGHBOURHOOD Challenges in the Next Two Decades INDIA’S NEIGHBOURHOOD Challenges in the Next Two Decades Editors Rumel Dahiya Ashok K Behuria INSTITUTE FOR DEFENCE STUDIES & ANALYSES NEW DELHI First Published in 2012 ISBN 978-81-8274-687-9 Copyright © Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses‚ New Delhi All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted‚ in any form or by any means‚ electronic
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clusters of rules and cultural meanings associated with specific social activities. Common institutions are the family‚ education‚ religion‚ work‚ and health care. Popularly speaking‚ being cultured means being well‐educated‚ knowledgeable of the arts‚ stylish‚ and well‐mannered. High culture—generally pursued by the upper class—refers to classical music‚ theater‚ fine arts‚ and other sophisticated pursuits. Members of the upper class can pursue high art because they have cultural capital‚ which means
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Personal identity is a very important part of a person. Personal Identity is a person’s own special identity “the real me”. Identities of place refer to a geographic locations and relate to how people work‚ live‚ socialize and establish themselves in them. Group or collective identities are created when people fall into a certain group‚ for example people may fall into the same age group or same gender. Collective identities play an important role when it comes to who people think they are and who
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between people and traffic are ordered. In this assignment I will try to compare and contrast two views of how the relationship between people and traffic is ordered. The relationship between people and traffic is then examined in chapter 7 of making social lives. I will be comparing and contrasting the differences and similarities between road traffic engineers Colin Buchanan; and Hans Monderman. Colin Buchanan was commissioned by the UK government in 1961 to start work on the report! Traffic in
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College of social science and law Department of environmental health sciences and technology. Introduction to sociology mid- exam (25%) time allowed; 50mnts NAME----------------------------------------------------------ID NO-----------GROUP--------program--------- GENERAL DIRECTIONS This exam booklet contains four parts (Part I: True/False‚ Part II: multiple choice‚ Part III: filling blank space‚ and Part IV: Short answer).read instructions of each part and answer all
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technology that have significantly influenced business enterprise and the way it is conducted worldwide. In my opinion‚ the two innovations in technology that have significantly influenced business enterprise and the way it is conducted are webcams‚ and social media sites. Back in the day business were conducted a certain way‚ everyone had to be in attendance for meetings and presentations. If you had to be in another country to present or even collaborate with another business you would have to purchase
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gather information when conducting social research. There are multiple types of useful methodologies in collecting qualitative data like interviews and a focus group as well as quantitative data like questionnaires‚ surveys and statistical research for examples. There are many advantages and disadvantages to all primary methodologies‚ including the information collected being more personally suited to the researcher while being more time consuming than some secondary research. One advantage of primary
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Army Online and Social Media Conduct of the Army Soldier Soldiers are required to be professionals both on and off duty. So why wouldn’t we expect them to be professional both on and offline? Social media plays a huge role in most people’s lives‚ whether it be to connect with family or complete strangers. Social media and internet use has grown exponentially throughout the years (see Appendix for graphic of 2018 digital reports). Facebook reported last year 1.94 billion active user accounts
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Bocanegra “Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing” (Keller). The social worker that I interviewed‚ Juan Jose Bocanegra lives by this quote‚ he firmly believes that without adventure and putting yourself out there‚ life is pointless. Juan Jose Bocanegra is a very interesting and astonishing man‚ he was born in Mexico and raised in Texas. Bocanegra moved to Seattle‚ Washington in the year of 1971 to major in social work‚ he received his MSW and he also double majored in psychology and sociology
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