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    . he also recognised that it could have grave political consequences in undermining the potential For more democratic forms of organisation. WHAT ARE THE ROLES OF POWER AND AUTHORITY IN THIS MODEL? ELEMENTS OF RATIONAL-LEGAL AUTHORITY According to Casey ( 24/10/2011)there are three elements of formal-legal authority. First‚ authority is won by technical expertise‚ not by special qualities‚ nor election or birth. Authority is not by sentiment or loyalty and not personal.(Linstead et al:2006:207)

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    Sport Confidence According to Bandura and Vealey Aaron Creed Kinesiology 339I 2/21/2011 Sport Confidence According to Bandura and Vealey In any sport‚ an athlete’s performance and success can be directly linked to two major aspects‚ his physical aptitude‚ and his mental readiness. It is common knowledge that athletics involve physical ability and those with the most physical gifts tend to outperform those without them. But look a little deeper and you find that behind the brawn and power

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    “Good Enough” by Paula Yoo relates in many ways to my existence. Being pressured all the time during school and during summer. Good scores‚ Good Grades‚ and being on top of everyone is a must. Second‚ Third‚ and places below that are for losers. You always have to be on the top or you’re just a disgrace. Always comparing to other people below you saying they could’ve done better. Although you try and try there’s just some kind of distraction in life preventing you to keep going. For example family

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    According to Orwell‚ the attraction of writing this way is that It is easier to say In my opinion it is not an unjustifiable assumption that than to say I think. I believe that Orwell’s claim is correct. Orwell is basically saying that we use big words when small ones will be suitable. Orwell also says that when we use those words‚ that he calls “pretentious diction” and “meaningless words”‚ it’s lazy writing. That’s why he provided a list of six rules to help us avoid making errors‚ in order to

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    In St. Augustine’s book entitled Political Writings‚ one could see that Christianity plays a very important role in his view of politics. His opinion on the morality or lack of morality in politics‚ to me makes it more evident that Christianity persuades his views. Although it seems his writings have become quite well known and admired‚ not everyone fully shared his beliefs. Niccolo Machiavelli‚ for instance‚ seemed to believe in a government that was not driven by morality‚ but more by practicality

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    Heather Kleypas American Dream According to Homeland Security‚ there were a total of 1‚107‚126 immigrants in just the year of 2008‚ which came to America and became local citizens. I would like to think these numbers are so high is because there are many opportunities and ways to achieve them. The most outstanding reason for these large numbers of immigrants though‚ is because of the infamous American Dream. The American Dream in my opinion is the balance between what we need‚ how much we want

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    According to Aeneid Book 10‚ lines 595-603‚ the engravings on Pallas’ belt is a literal and visual representation of the violent and gory murder of Aegyptus’ fifty sons by the hand of Danaus’ daughters on their wedding night (Aeneid 10.595-603). The reason behind why Pallas chose to wear a belt with those designs on it is unknown because the answer to that is not mentioned in the text. However‚ if I didn’t know the story behind the belt and had to make one reasonable guess as to why Pallas

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    With respect to the federal Constitution‚ the Democratic-Republicans were usually characterized as strict constructionists who were opposed to the broad constructionism of the Federalists. As history dictates‚ this is substantially accurate. In the time frame of 1801-1817‚ Thomas Jefferson and James Madison‚ the Republican presidents of the time‚ demonstrated the differences of the Republican Party in several aspects involving the interpretation of the Constitution. The Democratic-Republicans believed

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    According to Socrates a just city where most of the population is virtuous‚ because a just city is based on the virtues of wisdom‚ moderation‚ and courage. The reason the city came into existence was for justice‚ not pleasure and happiness. Wisdom and good judgment are based upon knowledge. Also‚ Socrates examines the effect of wealth on craftsmen‚ and states that if a potter gets rich‚ he will not be concerned for his craft and will become lazy and a bad potter; unless he remains poor‚ then he wont

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    why society as a whole does not appreciate homosexual behavior because homosexuals do nothing and have done nothing to disturb the peace of the public.” Mr. Gregg thinks that homosexual couples are no different than any other married couple in the world the only difference is in what people make it he thinks that society blows homosexuals way out of proportion and they should just be ignored and treated like everyone else. Finally we get to Stanly W. Kurtz with the opinion that gays and lesbians

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