From: VINESH KUMAR Date: 13th October‚ 2008 Subject: In what ways did the Wichita case study illustrate some of the characteristics and dilemmas of modern intergovernmental relations? Introduction In many cases intergovernmental intervention is only needed in niche or what Conklin‚ J. (2001) calls “wicked problems”. The problem of pollution is this case study‚ can be classed as a “wicked problem’ as it touched upon several arenas and considerations simultaneously required governmental
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Brenda Lainez REL 2011 September 26‚ 2012 Assignment #1 The Case of Contamination The author‚ Kwame Anthony Appiah‚ starts the essay‚ The Case of Contamination‚ by describing the veranda of a palace in Ghana. His description paints a vivid picture of a place full of custom‚ color and tradition. However‚ he presents a contrast by describing that some of the people were dressed in western suits‚ sporting cell phones and having business meetings. This place is a mixture of tradition and
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The Case for Contamination - New York Times 01/01/2006 07:37 AM January 1‚ 2006 The Case for Contamination By KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH 1. I’m seated‚ with my mother‚ on a palace veranda‚ cooled by a breeze from the royal garden. Before us‚ on a dais‚ is an empty throne‚ its arms and legs embossed with polished brass‚ the back and seat covered in black-and-gold silk. In front of the steps to the dais‚ there are two columns of people‚ mostly men‚ facing one another‚ seated on carved wooden
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Where would you place the Wichita change initiative on all four dimensions of change initiatives described in the reading Organizational Change: An Overview (i.e.‚ scope‚ source‚ pacing‚ and process)? Scope of change: the scope of change involves aspects such as “how work is done and by whom‚ who makes decisions and controls resources‚ what activities and resources have status and value‚ what the company should be and how it should be seen (Ancona‚ et. al.‚ 2005‚ p. M8-15).” Scope can be either
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The first recording of The Wichita Indians dated back all the way to the 1500s by a spanish explorer named‚ Francis Vazquez de Coronado. Coronado explored the American Southwest in the early 1500s in search for riches. The Wichita tribe’s origin was discovered specifically in 1541 near the area of the Arkansas River which is now considered the south-central Kansas. The ancestors of the Wichita however lived in the eastern Great Plains from the Red River north to Nebraska for at least two thousand
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The group I’m researching is the Wichita tribe that were part of the Plain Indians. The Wichita Indians originated in southern Oklahoma and northern Texas‚ but after the Europeans arrived to America‚ this forced them to move further north into Kansas‚ where the city of Wichita is named after them. However nowadays you can find the few Wichita people left living in Oklahoma. Now let’s talk a little more about their way of life The Wichita children were just like normal children. They play with each
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transformation of the cultural type. Some old and more experienced people may claim that this kind of change is somewhat disrespectful to the convention‚ but the truth is a large number of cultures are formed by innovation. According to The Case for Contamination‚
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Aracely Arzola Contaminations We were only gifted with one Earth so it’s up to us to take care of it and make sure environment remains beautiful and full of life. Contamination is a big threat that Earth faces today because it pollutes our environment and destroys it little by little. All the waste‚ smoke and trash have to come to an end because they pose a menace to the purity of our ecosystem. We find all that we need for life from water to plants and air in our environment. Nowadays‚ our
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pending threat to the business operations of the restaurant‚ and becomes very insightful by observing and theorizing a possible correlation between the decline of sales of the restaurant’s beef products and the increase of reporting of E. Coli contamination at local grocery stores. It will be imperative for the ownership to take up on this research proposal‚ because if the findings result in the fact that there is a possible correlation between the reports and the decline in sales‚ the ownership will
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witness against him in the eye. Particularly in the case Coy v. Iowa‚ John Coy tested this constitutional right against the state of Iowa. Coy was set free after being convicted of sexually assaulting two thirteen year old girls. A technicality in how the case took place was ultimately the basis of Coy’s release‚ and not evidence that lead to the original guilty verdict. Though the right to confront is a highly valued right here in America‚ certain cases involving children‚ exceptions have to be made
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