The language of our age- political correctness or factual correctness The basic wants in any social interaction are the two aspects of face. According to Brown and Levinson face is the public self image that every adult tries to project‚ and positive and negative face exist universally in human culture. Positive face is the want of every member that his wants be desirable to at least some others and refers to one’s self esteem‚ whereas negative face is the freedom of action or freedom from imposition
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Political and Economic Aspects of Cultural Differences Economics: • production – making of goods • consumption – using up goods • exchange – transfer of goods Subsistence Strategies: how you meet basic survival needs of food‚ clothing‚ shelter. • Modes of Production – dominant way you make a living Relations of Production—relationships that organize production (serfs/lords; workers and capitalists) Means of Production—material resources available for producing food. Food Collectors: Foraging‚ Hunting
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A Story Creates a Strong Power: Adichie and King’s Critiques of the Power of the Story‚ especially the Single Story Many stories matter to our lives and our ways of thinking. A story is the only way to activate part of our brain and then make the listeners turn the story into their own idea and experience (Widrich 4). As we know‚ our lives and our cultures are composed of many overlapping stories. When we are being told a story‚ things change dramatically. Once we have heard a story‚ we may
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foundations of the American political system. The definition of the social contract explains that it is a theory that the government has only the authority accorded it by the consent of the governed. In other words the government only exists to serve the people‚ and they are the source of all its political power. Society can choose to give or withhold this power. Although the social contract theory attempts to validate government power‚ there have those that have shown that this power is still improperly
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What is Political economy? * No widespread agreement of what; but understood in three ways- those who see PE as an interaction of existing disciplines‚ those who see it as a set of questions‚ and those who see it as a method of analysis: Interaction of existing disciplines: * Starting point is that as capitalism develops politics and econ becoming increasingly interdependent. * Not only interdependence of domestic pol and national econ but also international pol and global econ
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Chapter 5 Notes What Is a Party * A political party is a group of persons who seek to control government by winning elections and holding office. * The two major parties in American politics are the Republican and Democratic parties. * Parties can be principle-oriented‚ issue-oriented. The American parties are election-oriented. What Do Parties Do * Nominate - recruit‚ choose‚ and present candidates for public office. * Inform and activate supporters - campaign‚ define issues
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Satire has the power to induce change by exaggerating issues within a historical context. If people see the satirical representation as being close enough to the reality of the situation‚ then this effect can be prove to be a catalyst for social and political change‚ at least in the ideologies of the readers of a satirical text. “Satire is a “mixed dish” that reflects any number of different balances of rhetorical argumentation and narrative storytelling” (Holbert et. al. 2013). By combining this
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The Nature of Political Power and Authority Power is the ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person’s intentions. Authority is the right someone has to use the power they have which is the difference between power and authority. A special type of power is political power. Political power is power that someone has specifically in the government. The United State government is spread out in political power and some groups have more power than others
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understanding of political power Machiavelli argues in another major work that the purpose of politics is to promote a “common good.” How does this statement relate to the ideas Machiavelli presents in The Prince? The fact that two of Machiavelli’s greatest and most famous works on political power came into being thanks to the downfall of his own political career is quite ironic. More ironic however is the way he contradicts his statements in each book about the purpose of political power. As previously
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Abuse (Political Corruption) Abuse‚ within the context of political corruption‚ is the wanton neglect of duty in the pursuit of other motivations. More specifically‚ it is the use of influence or power for a purpose not originally intended‚ as judged by law‚ pragmatism‚ and culture. In order to categorize an activity as an abuse‚ there needs to be either a breach of jurisdiction or a breach in the extent a power is exercised within the correct jurisdiction. For example‚ in Bai Ganyo: Incredible
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