Tradition is an act‚ an activity‚ a feeling‚ or a way of thinking that has been forced into existence by repetition; without a strong effort towards repetition tradition cannot exist. Tradition is not something that arrives free of creation; tradition must be molded and formed in order to hold its form. If tradition is not pressed hard enough‚ or not enough effort is put into the creation of tradition‚ that tradition will quickly crumble. The act of continuous and conscious repetition is what molds
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By Frederik Balfour Guanxi. It’s the first word any businessperson learns upon arriving in China. Loosely translated‚ guanxi means "connections" and‚ as any China veteran will tell you‚ it is the key to everything: securing a business license‚ landing a distribution deal‚ even finding that coveted colonial villa in Shanghai. Fortunes have been made and lost based on whether the seeker has good or bad guanxi‚ and in most cases a positive outcome has meant knowing the right government official‚ a relationship
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1. Describe the two theories regarding how inmate culture becomes a part of prison life. a. Culture is indigenous to prisons; it was believed that it was developed as inmates’ loss connection to their previous environment and freedom. b. Culture is imported‚ in other words inmates brought in some types of characteristics into the prison that would then help create a subculture. 2. List the methods correctional agencies use to control prison gangs. a. Transferring gang members to maximum-security
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American society has a huge problem when it comes to rape and rape culture. Rape culture is a term that was coined by feminists in the 1970’s. It was used to describe the way in which rape and sexual violence against men and women have been normalized by the media and the general public. One in five women will be raped in their lifetime (Rabin). Most women and girls live in constant fear of being raped and therefore alter their everyday lives in order to prevent it‚ but yet rape is not taken seriously
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How does the concept of civic culture’ differ from that of political culture’? To what extent can the latter explain why the politics of countries differ? "When we speak of the political culture‚ we refer to the political system as internalized in cognitions‚ feelings‚ and evaluations of its population." Almond and Verba In their classic 1963 study‚ Civic Culture‚ political culture was defined within very narrow parameters‚ concerning only political’ attitudes. This neglected the existence
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How would pop culture be defined? Firstly‚ what is pop culture? The official definition of pop culture is the entirety of ideas‚ perspectives‚ attitudes‚ memes‚ images‚ and other phenomena within the mainstream of a given culture. In the center of pop culture lies entertainment‚ and entertainment is provided and displayed by people known as celebrities. Why are they the center of pop-culture? Well that’s because celebrities consist of
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Culture and its Primary Dimensions Christina Neal West Virginia State University CULTURE AND ITS PRIMARY DIMENSIONS Culture is a learned set of assumptions‚ values‚ and beliefs that members of a group have accepted and that affect human behavior (Michael A. Hitt‚ 2012). It’s the characteristics of a group of people‚ defined by their language‚ religion‚ cuisine‚ social habits‚ music‚ and art. The United States is now largely populated by immigrants‚ so the culture surrounding us is ever-changing
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The difference between the Greek culture and the Roman culture? * There are many differences between the two cultures‚ in fact‚ so many that they cannot all be told. One difference is that Greek culture was exceedingly older than Roman culture. To start things out‚ the Greek civilization was in existence long before Rome became a civilization. Rome began as a few farming communities on the banks of the Tiber river‚ and the civilization grew and grew and started to conquer land. As well‚ Rome was
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"Culture is communication and communication is culture." Every culture around the world has a unique language. This language is made up of ideals‚ values‚ beliefs‚ traditions‚ and further attributes that constitute the essence of one’s ways of communication. Understanding how a culture communicates will‚ not only‚ allow people to convey a message to one another the way it was intended‚ but it will also help individuals to find identity in the differences and commonalities of the numerous cultures
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translation‚ namely the ability to negotiate the meanings can be compared to Friedman & Antal‘s (2005) negotiating reality. Negotiating reality is a strategy‚ which tries to bring to light tacit knowledge and hypotheses. Nonaka (1994) describes that acquisition of tacit knowledge includes observation‚ imitation and training. Friedman and Antal‘s cross-cultural competency includes the ability to examine silent assumptions and the openness to test a range of thoughts and practices
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