Liberal Studies

History has been understood differently by different people. While some have understood it as the study of the past events, others have defined it as a record of human actions which have occurred in the past.1 However the variety of definitions, it should be pointed out that history does not constitute everything that happened in the past. Only those past activities which have had a bearing on the present are what may qualify to be worth history.2 Just as there are many definitions of history, so

is more liberal, allowing people to think for themselves and providing them with a broader education. This differs from many years ago, when education was more conservative. Education was very basic, consisting of only academic classes and no electives. People with a more conservative education would never go against what they were taught. However, liberally educated people of today can go against what they are taught, research it themselves, and make new conclusions about their studies. A liberal

intelligent individuals in their respective fields. Others say no, because without the liberal arts, individuals will lack the necessary skills to succeed in today’s work environment. Both sides have well supported arguments, and often when one begins to think they’ve made a decision on which they agree with, they are swayed the other way. After reading, “Should Undergraduates Specialize?” by Patrick Allit, and, “Liberal Arts: A Practical View.” by Mark Jackson, I have formed my opinion and what I feel

parties in a Liberal Democracy using the Structural functionalist Approach. It will also converse the important roles that these political parties play in every political structure, specifically in Zambia. To start with, it will explain what the terms Liberal, Liberal Democracy and Political Parties are; it will also explain the Structural functionalist Approach. Thereafter, the works and critiques of having Political parties will later be discussed. According to Emerson (1920), Liberal is that mind

writings of Immanuel Kant over two hundred years ago in essay ‘On Perpetual Peace’, however, only in the early 1980s and with the writings of Michael Doyle was the idea consolidated. According to Doyle and other advocates of the democratic peace theory, liberal democratic states have been able to maintain peaceful relations amongst themselves, but are prone to wage war against non-democratic regimes. In order to prove this theory, vast databases have been constructed of historical dyadic relationships between

Introduction Manfred B. Steger and Ravi. K. Roy Book Review ABSTRACT Neoliberalism a Very Short Introduction, is an excellent and concise presentation of the history and development of neoliberal ideas. During the 1980s and 1990s, the revival of the liberal ideas was known as neoliberal. They spread around the world in a variety of size, forms and colors depending who, where and how implemented them. The Washington Consensus IMF, World Bank supported neoliberal ideas in the name of globalization and

English 101 “The New Liberal Arts” is an article written by Sanford J. Ungar, who is a president of Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. In the beginning of his article, Ungar wrote, “Hard economic times inevitably bring scrutiny of all accepted ideals and institutions, and this time around the liberal arts education has been especially hard hit.” In other words, Ungar means that recent economic recessions have made a huge impact on what people think of going for a liberal arts degree. In his

and coexist within a welfare liberal democracy with strong government interaction. However, liberation ideology should continue to be embraced, despite our bipartisan government, as a utopian vision to remind members that what is current is not the limit to what can exist to ensure that there is individual freedom for all. The political philosophy of liberalism coincides with the liberation ideology. Liberalism is based upon the individual’s life and liberty. Liberals believe that it is a human

and international relations is complicated and dynamic, though it is considered to be a young discipline, despite of the fact that it can be dated back a thousand years, as international relations are politics in its core nature. ~1~ The needs for study international relations as a science came with the start of the World War I, as this war has taken such a scale, encompassing most of the world, and lead to unthinkable amount of deaths and destruction, that international community realized that there

sociology malestream sociology calming that most sociology is written by men, about men and for men as most early studies used all male samples and paid little attention to women’s roles and work within the family such as the role of the mother and the work of mothering and housework. Women now have become more influential in sociology and this was reflected in a growing number of studies of the family from a feminist point of view. However there are important differences between different feminist

and Millard J. Erickson. In order to do a comparison we first need to understand the individuals involved and how theology is defined by each of these individuals. Generally speaking the term theology comes to us from Greek words meaning “the study of God”. According to the online Wikipedia, Paul P. Enns is an evangelical Christian pastor, biblical scholar and writer who serves as a full-time minister at Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz, Florida, and as adjunct professor at Southeastern Baptist

committee approval. (p.1) His enthusiasm for the document in whole and in part is obvious in his explanation and defense of the text in a widely used study course book. (p. 1) Smith shared how Hobbs transformed the message and faith of the Baptist denomination to avoid a division. He shared how Hobbs wanted to satisfy the conservatives and liberals. In the Preview of the work, Smith shares that in Chapter 2 the historical context for the formation of the committee on Baptist Faith and Message

question of why the Warsaw Pact intervened in Czechoslovakia but not in Poland. One could begin by focusing on the origin of the reforms in both countries. Czechoslovakia adopted a “top down” approach headed from within the Communist Party by the liberal reformist Alexander Dubcek, the First secretary of the party. This is contrasted with the reforms in Poland as they spurred out of “Solidarity” that consisted of the working class and intelligentsia, a “bottom-up” movement putting forward ideas towards

other, wrong. Also, though neutral tones have been imbibed throughout the paper, a humanistic tendency of bias towards the Palestinian cause seeps in, albeit subconsciously. Research Methodology This is an analytical study of the Israel- Palestinian conflict. Descriptive study of the history and facts leading to the conflict, the timeline of the conflict and finally an analysis of viable solutions is attempted at. The source for the project research, mainly being historical facts, has primarily

Introduction The case study involves a detailed analysis of the factors that shape up the organizational environment of Emirates, one of the world’s most reputed international airlines. Emirates Airlines is owned by the government of Dubai, which is located in United Arab Emirates. Emirates Airlines has been operating for more than twenty years. Political environment The growth and success of Emirates Airlines can be largely attributed to the consistent backing of the government. The support of

have certain traits in common. Winston Churchill, Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King, Jr. – all possessed such leadership traits as ambition, self-confidence, and intelligence. These cannot be learned; they are innate. Two well-respected research studies that support the notion that personality traits can predict leadership were published in the Journal of Applied Psychology and in the Leadership Quarterly. In my own experience, I’ve also noted that a tall physical stature is possessed by leaders

Globalisation: A Study of Traditional Communities in Change It has been argued that social changes in the contemporary world have resulted in local communities not being sustainable in its traditional form. Globalization has been a leading component of this social change that has accelerated in recent times. Hawkins (2006) has defined globalisation as a process by which the world’s societies and cultures are becoming increasingly interconnected and interdependent. Whilst this process has helped

the West of the nation, great pressure on political system. However Alexander was deeply suspicious of the direction in which his father had taken Russia and the internal reforms that he instituted were designed to correct what he saw as the too-liberal tendencies of his father's reign. In fact his first task was to review a proposal, approved by his father in 1881, called ‘constitution’, that would have appointed committees to discuss legislation and the administration of the country. Therefore

European Nationalism Case Study---Catalan During the development of Europe, Nationalism played an important role. Initially, in the 19th century, a wave of nationalism swept the whole continent of Europe from romantic nationalism to a variety of European countries .Subsequently, there were some new countries in the different ways to initialize their movement on nationalism, such as “the Romantic exaltation of "feeling" and "identity" and the Liberal requirement that a legitimate state be based

at others with violence, but so do women. Feminists who believe that women are completely equal to men in all circumstances are creating a disturbing double standard. Men and women are biologically and emotionally different. There are many studies that prove that men and women have different brain patterns, different emotional responses to stimuli and different inherent natural instincts to stress and environment. Women have always been the nurturers and men have always been the providers

The main revolutionary event of 1789 Answer the both sub- questions: (a) Study sources B, C. Compare these sources as evidence for the unrest in French provinces in the summer of 1789 (b) Study all the sources. Use your own knowledge to assess how far the sources support the interpretation that the main motive for revolutionary activity in 1789 was economic. Source A: A leading politician of the Third Estate responds to the instruction of Louis XVI for the representatives in the Estates General

learning to not only be fluent in Bengali, the native language, but also in Hindi and English. There was a brief time where the school was strictly girls only, but that changed soon after Runa attended due to the growing population. She enjoyed her studies very much. Returning home was the best part of her day; at home she would receive catering by “house-help” as she called them. How nice it must have been for her to have such a pampered environment to retire to. After her school days, her family

smokers of same brand of cigarettes • Their temperaments, voice patterns and nervous habits were also similar. Thus the case of Jim Twins might lead us towards the idea that nature determines our human behavior. Sociobiology (the systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior) was developed by E.O. Wilson in 1980 s. According to sociobiology’s human behavior is determined naturally just like animal behavior. According to sociobiologist Steven Gavlin and Alice Schlegel (1980)

woman (Houghton) who has had a whirlwind romance with Dr. Prentice (Poitier), an African American she met while on a holiday in Hawaii. The two plan to marry and she will return with him to Switzerland. The plot is centered on Joanna’s return to her liberal upper class American home in San Francisco, bringing her new fiancé to dinner to meet her parents, and the reaction of family and friends. The movie starts with Dr. Prentice visiting Joey’s home to meet her parents. He is a noble, rich, intelligent

experience. However, we can not ignore the disadvantages of reading comic books. The one disadvantage is that reading comic books is time-consuming. Perhaps reading comic will adversely affect our normal duty. We may lose the concentration from our studies or our duties, likes forget to finish the homework. The second disadvantage is that some comic books may contain some harmful content, such as violence, sex and so on. "Fung Wan", a renowned and popular comic book among teens, contains the violence

Sociology is the study of society and the different social structures within it. Sociology examines the role of the individual within society; it is viewed as the scientific study of society P1: An introduction to sociological perspectives. Functionalism: According to the functionalist perspective of sociology, each aspect of society is interdependent and contributes to society's stability and functioning as a whole. For example, the government provides education for the children of the family,

English language and ties to London made it possible * The Leftist opponents of globalisation naturally regard it as no more than the latest manifestation of a damnably resilient international capitalism. By contrast, the modern consensus among liberal economists is that increasing economic openness raises living standards, even if there will always be some net losers as hitherto privileged or protected social groups are exposed to international competition. * But economists and economic historians

courts restricting religious freedom. d. New Age faiths. 15. According to sociologist Robert Bellah, civil religion today is a. diminishing in promoting collective identity. b. becoming more conservative. c. becoming more liberal. d. not important to Americans. 16. Which of the following would NOT be considered a White ethnic group? a. Jews b. Italians c. Chinese d. Swedes 17. The fundamentalist religious faiths include all of the following EXCEPT

Rehnquist’s significant decisions and the effects they had on the balance between social order maintenance and individual liberties. Warren versus Rehnquist Courts Earl Warren held the position of Chief Justice between 1953 and 1969. He led a liberal majority, who utilized the judicial authority to consternate their conservative opponents. The Warren Court promoted the federal power, judicial power, civil liberties, and civil rights in a dramatic fashion. The Rehnquist Court, on the other hand

intellectuals.  Somewhat oddly, the study of the ancient classics was valued, but not thought to have much relevance in solving their current issues. "Thus those who were attracted to the new learning tended to be those who were simply curious rather than those who were dedicated to discovering through the study of the classics new means of dealing with social and personal problems." (Wilcox) For the North, there was too much rhetoric that came from the study of the ancients and their discourses

in a leadership program because he is a liberal and wants to give any junior insurance executive professional training to make them believe they would have a chance at a leadership position regardless of height and personal traits. Mr. Clarke has very good intentions however, Ms. Khali believes he is only out to harm her reputation because he is after her position. Ms. Khali is positioning herself on the program based on the logic and supportive studies she did from the published journals of,

having a layout of conditions for the free assumption of identity.' He believes that the process confines behavior within narrow limits and restrict self development. A study conducted by Bowles and Gintis [1976] had a similar approach to the socialization process. The study was based on the schooling in the United States. These Marxists argued that the schools hidden curriculum socializes children to be prepared to obey, to see inequality

these suggested objectives, the following strategies should be implemented: 1) The School of Nursing should market materials that outline how Xavier University is differentiated from other colleges, because it offers a RN-MSN bridge, part-time studies, and distance learning. 2) Increase the awareness of the CNL concentration by marketing it to hospital personnel via the XU Call to Nurse Leaders program, that will start offer clinics aimed at educating administrators about the benefits of the

ultimately fails; the discussion of polarizing topics can lead people to become more steadfast in their original belief. These limitations can be attributed to the restrictions of a methodological framework underpinning pluralist theory in this case study. The classical pluralist model is distinguished by its example of power being relatively dispersed and that decision-making is open to a variety of interest groups. In Australia, scholarship has settled upon what Monsma and Soper describe as ‘pragmatic

Case Study: Individual Preparation Report Name: Maruf Hashem Date: January 30, 2013 Case Title: Canadian Firearms Program Introduction Gun violence is serious social problem and Canada has a long history of firearms control. However, increasing costs to the Canadian Firearms Program (CFP) has made it a lightning rod for criticism from both pro and anti-gun advocates. Reports out of the media and Auditor General Sheila Fraser paint a picture of inefficiency, incompetence and mismanagement.

attitudes in Patterson; job satisfaction is evident, feeling of mutual cooperation prevailed, and productivity increased. However, absenteeism, tardiness and turnover are not better than in the main plant. Nonetheless, the management was somewhat liberal towards the condition as the better productivity and high employee morale are pleasant surprises to them. III. ANALYSIS OF THE CASE SITUATION RELEVANT CASE FACTS: Let us take a look at the individual characteristics of each operation: |Components

and designer drugs. These are drugs having "unpredictable effects, and [causing] severe psychological or physical dependence, or death" (Claim V). A closer analysis of the DEA's Federal Scheduling system reveals that, according to various studies by physicians on both sides of the legalization debate, marijuana does not meet the requirements of a Schedule I drug, but not those of Schedule II. The difference between the two classes is that Schedule I drugs may lead to death, while those

impossible for an interpreter to arrive at a neutral conclusion. Good or bad, most biblical interpreters translate scripture based upon predilections or presuppositions learned through a lifetime of exposure to biblical teachings, church sermons, Bible studies, etc. Nevertheless, the hermeneutical goal is to interpret the Bible as objectively as possible, that is, setting aside any presupposed meaning in favor of an attempt to gain more insight into the actual meaning intended to be conveyed in the message

learning. Educational Researcher, 18, 32-42. 7Slavin, R. E. Educational Psychology Theory and Practice (Allyn and Bacon, Needham Heights, MA, 1997). 8Brown, 1989. 9Goodenow, C. (1992). Strengthening the links between eduational psychology and the study of social contexts. Educational Psychologist, 27, 177-196. Relevant Literature The perceived significance and contribution of the learning environment to student learning is addressed by several learning theories4,5. Cognitive apprenticeship

gave the FTC trade regulation rulemaking powers. This enabled the FTC to enact regulations that would bind an entire industry. With this power, the FTC set out to transform itself as the nation’s consumer protection watchdog. It hired a group of liberal young lawyers and charged them with identifying industries that were ripe for regulation. Using this power, the FTC enacted trade regulation rules on hearing aids, used cars, eyeglasses, vocational schools, children’s advertising, and funeral service

semen, fingerprints handwriting, ballistics, or fiber analysis and can be presented both unintentionally and intentionally by forensic experts Ramsey(2003). Most importantly, DNA testing has opened a window into wrongful convictions so that we may study the causes and propose remedies that may minimize the chances that more innocent people are convicted. Furthermore, attesting the idea that DNA test to determine possible innocence should be required before an inmate on death row is executed. The finality

Running Head: MANAGING DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY BBC Case on Managing Diversity and Equality BBC Case on Managing Diversity and Equality Introduction The paper will present a case study on the diversity and equality issues in the world’s largest broadcasting network, BBC. The company has employed around 24000 employees. It aims to reflect its audience with the diverse workforce as diversity is considered as a vital success factor of organisation. The company needs

by the families that it holds within. With the current minimum wage, 73% of our working population lives in poverty. (Furman) Many might assume that the majority of the minimum wage workers are teenagers or college bound students. This is false. Studies show that more than 50% of minimum wage workers are over the age of 25. (Conlin) At this you already have influence on our economy and what it may become. Do we really want our economy to stay at a low-point when we can simply higher this rate and

terms. The research methods of research applied in the study: Library research: the study of the secondary sources on the research theme. Quantitative empirical research method: corpus-based quantitative research. The main research method applied in the study was quantitative frequency analysis. Chapter 1 is devoted to the secondary sources analysis on the research topic. Chapter 2 explains the research methodology applied in the study. Chapter 3 presents the research results and discussion

have reached a larger audience. 9. The hippie legacy can be observed in contemporary culture in myriad forms, including health food, music festivals, contemporary sexual mores, and even the cyberspace revolution. Origin 1. A July 1967 Time Magazine study on hippie philosophy credited the foundation of the hippie movement with historical precedent as far back as the counterculture of the Ancient Greeks, espoused by philosophers like Diogenes of Sinope and the Cynics also as early forms of hippie culture

mirrors on the 9 Ministry of Information and Culture, United Arab Emirates, UnitedArab Emirates Yearbook 2004 (London: Trident Press Ltd., 2004) 6 ; Personal interviews January 2005. 2 Ashfaq Ahmed, "UAE Nationals in Private Sector Miniscule - Study," GulfNews (June 7,2004). Harrison; Nick Meo, "How Dubai, the Playground of Businessmen and Warlords, Is Built by Asian Wage Slaves," The Independent (March 1,2005). Ahmed. 5 Meo. 6 Personal Interviews January 2005. ceilings, marble bathrooms outfitted

Islamic religion. This may be due to these countries more lenient state approach to having Islam as a main feature of their political system. As these states have seen the rise in social demands for political reform, it means their policies are more liberal than that of a monarchical run state with heavy religious influence. Stowasser asserts that, “Modernists have long opposed the notion that women’s segregation is a necessary aspect of moral Muslim society” (Stowasser 1994, 132). She goes onto agree

venom, threatens the stability of classification by bloodline. In customary 19th century form, the British divided their people into classes based on bloodline, race and gender. In a declaration by reviewer- Ajay Pats, “Victorian England makes a fine study of hypocrisy, a veritable Petri dish of civilized manners that are greatly at odds with the reality lurking beneath” (Pats). English blood and its social status was being infected by a foreigner, threatening the “supremacy of the English, Anglo-Saxon

30/content/2006/s1591679.htm Flew, T. (2009). Democracy, participation and convergent media: Case studies in contemporary online news journalism in Australia. Communication, Politics & Culture, 42(2), 87-109. Retrieved from: http://eprints.qut.edu.au/39363/ Gordon, J. (May 22, 2013). State Liberals propose privatising ABC, SBS. The Sydney Morning Herald, Retrieved from http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/state-liberals-propose-privatising-abc-sbs-20130521-2jz5d.html. Giroux, H. A. (2005). The

ineffective, "feel good" treatment, but it is now more respected. Many research studies have proven that dance therapy can be an effective tool to help people overcome psychological problems. In a 1993 study, older people with cognitive deficits showed that dance therapy could significantly increase their functional abilities. Patients improved their balance, rhythmic discrimination, mood, and social interaction. In 1999, a pilot study of 21 university students showed that those who took a series of four