Essays on Identities

Identity and Community

Identity and community Introduction Many people like being researchers, but they are depressed by the inaccessibility of the outcomes of their research, which could add value, inspire, or provoke thoughts of people who receive information. This implies that the creativity of an individual is rendered futile as a result of lack of OA (open access). The networked and digital technology has led to the reconfiguration of publicness by altering the engagement in public life. According to Baym and Boyd (2012), the affordance of digital media and architecture is what shapes publicness. The existence of digital technology has blurred the ...

It is agreeable that no one is born with philosophical beliefs. But with time, people develop certain beliefs becoming so embedded into them to the point that they stop to be conscious. Automatically, these beliefs develop into habits of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Our identities develop from what we believe in since persons are not born with their identities (Eccles 83). In other words, it is also safe to say that an attempt to change our beliefs threatens our identities. This is the reason as to why changing our beliefs remains very challenging to most of us. For an ...

Introduction

Sociology and gender studies are both expansive subject areas. In this paper, the author aims to identify and examine the existence of gender stereotyping in some famous works of literature, notably fairytales. This paper is a research proposal that outlines the research problems that the author hopes to identify, a contextualized background of the study (i.e. gender stereotyping in fairytales), a review of relevant literatures (focusing on some of the well-known fairytales that may contain evidences of gender stereotyping, a discussion about and the objectives and methods that will be used in the actual research paper. Gender stereotyping is ...

Influence race, ethnicity and gender attributes in the exercise of leadership

Gender, race, and ethnicity have a great influence on how a given leader exercises his or her leadership. These social identities of leaders are likely to influence the behaviors and identity of leaders, and how the execute their mandates (Chin, 2013). The minority groups of people are negatively perceived as leaders. In fact, studies have shown that beliefs concerning leadership are perceived as associated with the cultural beliefs and values, and the social context or cultural background of the perceiver (Chin, 2013). Good leadership will, therefore, be defined differently as cultural backgrounds change. The leaders from these minority groups ...

COMM 495: Communications Studies Senior Capstone

Introduction The present portfolio is a compilation of different works that I completed throughout my studies at UMUC. They illustrate my understanding of the different communication theories and concepts that I learnt in these classes. In the first part of this portfolio, I presented my work samples and briefly explained their background and purpose. In the second part of the portfolio, I reflected upon the manner in which these works added to my body of knowledge and developed my communication, critical thinking, writing and analyzing skills. The final part of the portfolio is a resume. I believe that this ...

Introduction

Desirable Daughters is a novel by Bharati Mukherjee that seeks to illustrate the intricate relations that exist between the Indian caste system and the Western experiences of the immigrants in an effort towards reconciling the world views regarding the feminist gap between the two cultures. In a bid to reveal the intricacies of the caste system in India, Mukherjee delves deeper into the nature of three sisters in the novel and the circumstances they find themselves as they try to fit in different societies. From the outset, it is worth noting that the three sisters from Calcutta belong to ...

Abstract

This paper explores two major psychological theories, which attempt to explain why people use drugs as a solution to their various problems. The main goal of this research is to explain how these theories explain the drug usage and describe whether these theories support a strong relation between drugs and crime. The method of research includes finding two articles about crimes, committed under the influence of drugs and reasoning the connection between the usage of drugs and crimes. This paper examines a possible connection between the two selected theories and two crimes, described in the articles. According to the ...

Integrated marketing communications

INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS Introduction Nestle is well known in the food industries of India due to its brand known as Maggi noodles. Maggi is a well-known brand for noodles, soup, sensing and was established around 1947 in Switzerland (Sahoo, Mishra and Sahoo, 2016). In 2015, the Maggi noodles faced a crisis when the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India recalled 9 modifications of the brand in the market around the country (Desai, 2016). The claim was that the product contained some traces of lead and glutamate that are considered unsafe for human consumption (Soni and Harnawale, 2015). Due ...

Consumer culture became a popular topic for sociological studies in the 1990s as academics realized that consumption was noteworthy, independent of its connections. Consumerism is a huge part of our society, so much so that it is difficult to separate it from everyday life as a phenomenon in its own right. There are many different sociological perspectives which can be applied to consumer culture; two such viewpoints are the Functionalist Perspective, which asserts that consumerism is necessary for the good of society, and the Conflict Perspective, which argues that consumerism only serves the corporations selling the products, and not ...

Violence against men and women alike is certainly something to be concerned about in global security and welfare, but gender-based violence (GBV) is a prevalent issue for countries all around the world. Throughout human history, women have been at a social, economic and political disadvantage as most of those spaces are dominated by men. Most gender-based violence occurs against women by men, often an extension of the varying levels of social and political power men feel they can exert over women to maintain power. In the matrix of gender-based violence, women are more vulnerable to violence by men due ...

Introduction

Human sexuality refers to the capacity for one to have sexual feelings. It can be expressed in differently including same-sex relationships, heterosexual interactions and even relationships among different partners. The form of sexuality one follows is guided by their life teachings and influences by culture, global interaction, and religion. These factors determine how one would choose to live their life. Over time sexuality has changed especially in the past century. Freedom to express one’s sexuality has increased, and people are more willing to transform due to reduced fear of persecution and reproductive limitations. This paper will explore the ...

Writing Plan

Writing Plan The essay will address the argument concerning technology and how it may distance us from one another. It is derived from my major, which is Business, because often in business, technology is used to market products and keep consumers interested. In some cases, they become disinterested with their daily lives and consumed with technology in the process. Three possible points may be that technology is used to keep consumers interested, consumers then become addicted to technology as a whole, and the use of technology in business has caused it to be inescapable. It supports the main argument ...

Introduction

The clash of ignorance by Edward Said is a response to Samuel Huntington's article The Clash of Civilizations that was published in 1993. The latter sparked tremendous controversy and diverse reactions from scholars and the civilizations discussed in the article. Said in his article that appeared in the Nation in October 2001, vehemently refutes Huntington’s perception of civilizations and identities claiming the latter had no right to do.

Article Summary

The article by Said rejects the Huntington’s belief that the current conflict in the world relies heavily on two major entities; Islam and the West. Said further dismisses Huntington's ...

Britain took Hong Kong as a 99-year lease from the Chinese authorities through a treaty in 1898. This happened at a time when China’s Qing dynasty was at its weakest after the first Sino-Japanese war of 1895 and 1895. Thus, Britain presented the Convention for the Extension of the Hong Kong Territory as a means of gaining a strategic trading post that could give Britain power to operate within the Asia-Pacific region. The lease ended on 1st July, 1997 and Britain handed Hong Kong back to China. As of 1997, there was a completely different China from Qing ...

Introduction

The book mentioned above gives a continuation of the captivating autobiographical aspects of Charles Eastman. It tells the story right from his Indian boyhood, to his years while in school and lastly his life as a medical doctor. As a result, he becomes one of the best known and highest paid Indians at the time. Notably, he devoted his entire life to government service by providing assistance to his fellow Indians so that they may sufficiently adapt to the ways of the white world while at the same time maintaining their culture. It is on this basis that the ...

The Clash of Civilizations as a Discourse for Interpreting Treatment of Arab Americans by Law Enforcement Agencies

Introduction The treatment of young Muslims by the FBI agents and their subsequent conviction for concocted terror charges in the Human Rights Watch’s video represents a quintessential clash of Western and Arab civilizations due to cultural, racial and religious identities. According to the video by the Human Rights Watch (2014), the FBI responded to terrorism made by the Islamic terrorist groups by rounding up and prosecuting people who are suspected to be terrorists. It is like any person of Arab descent or from the Muslim community have been labeled and generally branded as being potential terror suspects. This ...

There is a considerable population of Africans in Europe. It is estimated that close to 4.6 Africans are permanent residents of Europe with France being the most-African dominated country in Europe followed by UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland and Turkey in that order among other countries. Nearly 8 million Africans are seasonal occupants of Europe. The following literatures evaluate African’s presence in Europe through different lenses. In his works, Ivan van Sertima give a historical perspective of how Africans found their way into Europe and their role in world civilization. In this book, there is major ...

The concept of political development seems to be quite a simple one on its face. Without investigating the role of the state too deeply, it is clear to see that in general, there are distinctions between the developmental levels of states around the world; while poverty exists in every nation, there are some that are much more stricken with the problem than others. In addition, relative levels of poverty within a nation is a scalable phenomenon—that is, levels of poverty and the very meaning of poverty can change across different political landscapes around the world. The conceptualisation of ...

How social interactions may change based on the size of a group

Simmel argues that the larger the group, the more an individual becomes more secluded, alone and segmented. Based on the size of the group, Simmel's views were somehow indefinite. On one hand, he argues the bigger the group of people, the better for an individual. Based on arguments, it is clear that the large the group of individuals, the harder it becomes to exert any control to an individual, by it is very likely the person will become distant and impersonal (Simmel 47). In the smallest social groups, social interaction is usually more intense as opposed to large groups ...

Managing diversity in the business management context

Ethnicity and discrimination based on gender in the labour market have been highly prevalent in recent years with many nations and their governments searching for alternative strategies and developing policies to reduce it. Education has for so long been perceived as the only avenue through which this menace can be addressed, and policymakers have been trying to regulate it in such a way as to offer equal opportunities to all individuals. There has been a marked improvement in registration into institutions of higher learning by young BME people in recent years in the UK. This is mainly fueled by ...

History of Poland

Poland or officially, the Republic of Poland, is located in central Europe. It shares borders with Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Belarus and Ukraine. It has a population of 38.4 million people and the country is divided into 16 administrative units. The World War II was a grim event for Poland as millions of Polish people perished in this war.

Political makeup

Today Poland has a representative parliament, a president and a prime minister, demonstrating a representative democracy. It is composed of Council of Ministers, where the prime minister leads them. Historically, the migration of Slavs in the early Middle Ages to ...

Discussion Board Post.

One Reading: Margaret L. Andersen and Patricia Hill Collins Article, “Race, Gender, and Class: An Anthology. Margaret L. Andersen and Patricia Hill Collins article, “Race, Gender, Class: An Anthology, 6th Ed,” gives a clear comparison on how sex, race, and gender shapes people’s lives. To give a clear meaning to their discussion, Margaret and Collins try to attach these issues to certain controversial elements in the society. Specifically, they discuss these elements alongside issue like Muslim life in the United States of America, Incarceration, the working poor and affirmative action. The article is clearly organized into four distinct ...

APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN SUBJECTS

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Thesis

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Technologies such as articulation attract observation to the representations, practices, effects, and experiences that constitute them. Others such as assemblage heighten to this comprehension by drawing awareness to the methods that these representations, practices, effects, and practices articulate to use a particular dynamic shape with larger cultural outcomes. The notion of the assemblage may best be acknowledged by thinking about the term constellation, which is applied by Guattari and Deleuze when they speak about assemblage. For instance, a group of heavenly physiques such as the Big Dipper takes a particular form: it chooses, draws together, marks out, and covers ...

Constructivism and structural realism are two theories of IR that seem to differ in their argumentations. The proponents of the structural realism seem to base the establishment of international relations on political powers while the social constructivists argue that international relations are socially constructed. Structural realism supports the decentralization of the international structure and the equality in sovereignty among all states or international actors. However, in the constructivism theory, the international relations seem to be grounded on social interactions, where the role of all international actors in negotiating international relations has central importance. The two theories view the interests ...

Citizens, by definition, are the participatory members of a particular nation who enjoy some rights by adhering to set standards and laws of the government. They must be 'willfully' concerned to defend the State and make it better in all possible ways. Taking a cue from that, the idea of global citizenship must entail roles and responsibilities for global issues as terrorism, global warming, trafficking, civil war, genocide, and the like. As far as the definition of global citizenship is concerned, it must include the rights and responsibilities of people towards the environment, society, and the world as a ...

Identity and Information in the Internet Age

Today’s generation of kids and adults are dealing with technologies like no generation before. The major engine in this truly unique period is social media and the Internet. This has forever changed how we interact with one another as well as how we get information. We can interact with people all around the globe, with different cultures and nations, and do so all from our own living room. This new way of interacting with one another has had a great affect on how we form our self-identity. Social media and the Internet have made inaccuracies of information much ...

Introduction

Feminism refers to economic, political and cultural movement formed to establish and agitate for the equal protection as well as legal rights of all women. It involves the philosophies and sociological and political theories that have a bearing on issues of gender and gender differences. Feminism also involves the agitation for women’s interests and rights as well as movements that fight for gender equality. In addition to the vibrant campaigns for the legal rights of women, including the right to vote, to enter into contracts and to own property, the feminist movement is solely responsible for the paradigm ...

Introduction: Historically, female Black slaves endured the worse treatment, but have received the least amount of attention than their male counterparts in North American Slavery (Hine, 2007). There are longstanding myths that surround the experiences of female Black slaves, and struggles they face daily trying to survive. Deborah Gray White provides an intimate look into female slavery that until 1985 was long overdue. In her book she stated “Slave women were the only women in America who were sexually exploited with impunity, stripped and whipped with a lash, and worked like oxen” (White, 1999, p. 162). In the nineteenth ...

Abstract

Today, more and more people declare that they have Native American roots, due to the fact that America has become fascinated with the culture and history of this minority. This form of imperialist nostalgia which causes Whites to look at Native Americans with admiration, after having spent many years trying to destroy, harms Native Americans even if it seems to represent a positive change of attitude. By claiming a fake Native American identity, Whites try to appropriate the Indian culture and past, with the same lack of respect and consideration as they did in the past. They attribute stereotypical ...

Culture and Adaptation: Anthropology is the study of human culture and language of different groups of people over a period of time. This helps us to identify how human culture adapted to changing needs and environmental changes. While culture refers to the sum of belief, practices, tradition, worldview, language, religion, food, clothing and social practices; adaptation refers to the gradual changes incorporated into the culture, so as to help survival in a changing environment. Certain cultural traits are universal to all humans and these traits help to differentiate humans from members of other related species like humans. For example, ...

HILLS LIKE ELEPHANTS. THE MAIN IDEA OF THE STORY AND ITS CONFLICTS.

Introduction:

background on both authors and texts

Summary of the text

Thesis statement: Jig and Paul being characters of different stories by different authors revolt against norms of the American patriarchal society in the first half of the 20th century.

The topic of homosexuality and alienation of the main character in “Paul’s Case”

Examples and explanations Summary of the issues discussed in the story and conclusion Difficulties of communication Examples and explanations summary of gender roles in the story

Symbols used in the story and their explanation

Examples and discussion Summary of use of form and content of the story Issues discussed in the story Discussion of the issues Summary of discussed issues ...

Western culture and Chinese cultures today have various similarities and differences. They developed almost independently of each other due to geographical circumstances and other geopolitical factors. The purpose of this paper is to analyze and review the similarities and differences between Western culture and Chinese culture.

Background of Comparisons

Western culture is fundamentally Eurocentric culture. It refers to the kind of culture that is prevalent in Europe, Latin America, North America and some Eurocentric societies around the world. However, up till about 500 years ago, European culture was developed and flourished in Western Europe. Chinese culture on the other hand seem to ...

The medical training is perceived to be the most stressful experience. The medical school environment is challenging to most of the students as they have to deal effectively with different areas while developing their career (Jetten, Haslam & Haslam, 2012). The medical education is for both development of the professional identity and the medical knowledge. The professional identities are usually contested and allowed through the synergistic external and internal process of the identification which is constituted in and through artefacts and language in the institutional sites(White, Borges & Geiger,2011). Therefore, the manner in which the medical students develop the ...

Culture is the way a group of people live and it provides a kind of software for the mind of a specific group and defines what must be done in certain situations and circumstances. This implies that people get to accept and apply certain trends and actions in some situations. This is learnt over the years and developed by groups of people over centuries of surviving and living as societies. Therefore, when a person moves from one culture to another, it is likely that the individual will feel a lot of changes in the world around him or her. ...

Iraq

Introduction The period between 2003 and 2011 is a duration that will remain in the history of Iraq for decades to come. It was a period characterized by unprecedented levels of violence and political disorder whereby there was a strong influence exerted on Iraqi politics by foreign powers. The same period witnessed the American-led military troop invasion of Iraq, in an exercise that overthrew Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath Party governance. The year 2011 marked the end of nearly decade-long fight when the US troops left the country. After the invasion, there were efforts to reconstruct Iraq. However, the ...

Article Critical Summary

Summary Synthesis Analysis Wendt buttresses his claims by challenging the views of various scholars on the issue and also pointing out the role of realists like Thomas Hobbes. He argues that the neo-realists have modified the opinion of these early scholars with regards to the construction of power politics and the state. Wendt also uses semantics related to early and current philosophy on the subject. Some of the principles of reasoning that come out of his claims include the inductive and deductive reasoning which he employs to challenge or support the conclusions drawn by other scholars. He also makes ...

Political Research Theory: The Feminine Mystique

Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique is considered the commencement of major women’s liberation movements. The 1963’s publication is the most popular of Friedan’s works because it endeared the author to women during the 1960’s. Subsequently, the 1970s feminists noted that the views expressed in The Feminine Mystique established the cornerstone of their movement. In the work, Friedan examined the frequent unhappiness that women of the 1950s experienced on a daily basis. The author described such lack of happiness as “the problem that has no name” (Friedan 15). Typically, women experienced a constant feeling of ...

Thesis: D'Arcy McNickle's ‘The Surrounded’ sparked the renaissance of Native American Literature and reinvented American Indian Story Telling.

Native Americans found themselves lost in the cultural matrix that was controlled by the whites. Indians make the biggest portion of Native Americans, and their interrelationships with other people and races resulted to a dilution of their cultures such that it was difficult to find a pure Indian. For McNickle, he qualified for an Indian through the ‘quarter Indian’ requirement that meant someone had to have at least a grandparent of the Indian origin. The novel, The Surrounded was his first book, published in 1935 after the previous series of rejections. Interestingly, it was one of the rejection letters ...

Introduction

In the modern global world, an evident blur of cultural limits results in a diverse patchwork of human interests, concerns, likes and dislikes. Media represents cultural concerns, social issues or even historical facts in a different way. Thus, there can be many differences between factual representations of one nations in the context of others. As a rule, modern movie industry represents perverted images of ethnic minorities. Moviemakers intend to make money and gain huge profits. They do not think about cultural distortions or racial conflicts, which may occur in the result of their movies, which represent only one side ...

Many people have questioned the existence of multiple consciousness. In his book, The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches, W.E.B. Du Bois writes about the “double consciousness” of African Americans. In his views, the double consciousness of African American can be seen through their racial identity as well as the identity of what remains of slavery into which all African Americans are born. President Obama is an exampleof someone who had experienced a multiple consciousness. In many ways, one can say that African Americans live a multiple consciousness existences and in his book, Du Bois attempts to lift ...

“Web 2.0: Community as Commodity?” by Diane P. Michelfelder is the 13th chapter of The Good Life in a Technological Age (2012), a collection of essays critiquing the impact of technology on society. Michelfelder unearths the merits and demerits of the social Web designated as Web 2.0. The good or bad of this system is a moral poser for many thinkers on it. Contrary to providing a clear answer at the end of the debate Michelfelder concludes that this is still an ongoing debate and at the same time warns that there is no room for categorical statements of ...

Hebdige in his publications argues that the styles of youth subcultures challenge dominion, hegemony as well as social norms. It does this through symbolic forms of resistance which include music and clothing (Hedbige 408). In particular, he lays focus on the evolution of styles in sub cultures. These styles include rockers, punks as well as skin heads. Often, they are treated as threats to public order. Although Williams’ approach lays focus on the concept of ‘subculture’ theory as a viable way of analyzing collective identity, his analysis differ significantly from Hebdige’s approach. This is particularly evident when it ...

Introduction

Cultural memories, as well as cultural identity, are two closely related phenomena that are part of every cultural setting in the world, are assimilated amongst generations in unique ways. Cultural memory entails the elements (Stowe, 1982); both physical and virtual those are passed down generations and are a way of giving historical meanings or origins of certain cultures. Literary publications, such as Uncle Tom’s Cabin, sought to change how cultural memory and cultural identity were perceived, regarding the African American culture. Therefore, cultural memories occur in different forms. For example, an individual from a given culture may have ...

Abstract

Notably, interracial couples and their families have faced various challenges including rejection and being stereotyped. These challenges have resulted in increased trauma and developmental delays among interracial people. The most common misperception about interracial couples is that one partner is black while the other one is white. The rate at which interracial marriages are growing in the US has increased steadily. Considering that the United States legalized interracial marriages, a high growth rate in interracial marriage is a significant move. The demand for interracial counseling is expected to rise as the number of multicultural couples increase. Education of counselors ...

Key Terms, Meanings, & Example from “Once upon a Time”

Feral children Neglected children Anti-social behavior Receives brought up in an imaginary world Example: Henry from Once upon a time is a perfect example as he was adopted by Evil Queen Regina Mills Looking glass self The way someone see oneself from the perception of others Example: Henry got to realize that he is the only one who is not a character of Storybrooke. Play stage Pretend to be another person Example: After realization Henry keep behaving as a character of Storybrooke to make others feel that he is from them. Game stage Organized game Example: Henry plays his ...

In The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. Du Bois writes about a multiple consciousness he called double consciousness that is experienced by African Americans. Du Bois uses the term “double consciousness” to describe the hardship African Americans go through with their African and American identities. Today, African Americans find it difficult to fit into American society due to discrimination and racism. African Americans experience double consciousness today that helps them to understand life from the white American point of view as well as from the African American point of view. They have this ability due to remnants of their ...

The feminist movement has been a vibrant one for the past couple of decades, not only in the United States but all across the world. There have been politically powerful and culturally influential campaigns and movements regarding women’s liberation and consciousness. The feminist movement involved several projects in the government bureaucracies, different institutions, and professions. These movements have brought about major changes in the lives of many women and their professions. Despite the acceptance of women’s equality and prominent accomplishments, the feminist movement has yet to achieve its absolute goals of gender equality (Epstein 2001). The focus ...

_____________ University Many people question the existence of multiple consciousness. In his book, The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches, W.E.B. Du Bois writes about the “double consciousness” of African Americans. In his views, the double consciousness of African American can be seen through their racial identity as well as the identity of what remains of slavery into which all African Americans are born. President Obama had experienced a multiple consciousness during his term as President of the United States. In many ways, one can say that African Americans live a multiple consciousness existences and in his book, ...

It needs to be reckoned that the there is a difference between the sex of a person and the gender identity. In a society that is largely patriarchal in nature, the societal institutions come to impose the gender on the individual based on the sexual identity that the person is born with. However, this process of gender construction is not a natural phenomenon and can be described to be rather an imposition as per the parameters of patriarchy and its norms. As one goes through the story, All You Zombies, written by Robert A. Heinlein, one finds the exploration ...

While it is a good practice to display the trigonometric identities in order to become more familiar with them, it would be better practice to work on some basic identities in order to come up with the other identities. For instance, the Pythagorean identity can be transformed into the other identities. This identity can be divided by the square of sin θ in order to obtain cot²θ + 1 = csc²θ. If tan x = sin x/cos x, then as cot x = 1/tan x, then cot x = cos x/sin x. Furthermore, being able to solve trigonometric problems such as trigonometric equations sometimes requires ...

Personal Reflection:

Abstract Cultural bias is a condition that can have great effect upon the education of a student. In Canada it has been seen that while immigrants are quite welcome and even encouraged to settle within the provinces, they are still seen as second-class in several ways. Two of those ways involve their place in education and their cultural identities. While Canada is renowned for its acceptance of many various races and peoples, it is not as well known for its quiet assimilation of its immigrants into the Canadian culture. Immigrants are not paid as much, do not always receive ...

Maryse Conde’s ‘The Tropical Breeze Hotel’ is a pre-colonial play that focuses on the issue of the black body and struggle for power and identity. The Black Body is an issue that has a long history from the pre-colonial period and some authors have addressed the issue using dramatic writing. In the play, Conde unleashes a power struggle between the two characters, Emma, and Ishmael, which reveals a gender-based struggle or grasp for an identity. The author uses the two characters who constantly appear to switch roles as a way of balancing each other’s character. The play ...

Introduction

Change management is a term that has several definitions; the term does not contain any definite explanation. According to some authors, change management is a technique for facilitating the implementation of complicated processes in a very organized way that leads organizations towards the contribution into the organization. ElMaraghy (2011), in his book, defined change management as a redesigning of the structure of procedure with the aim of coping up with internal and external organizational changes. It is a process of constantly renewing the structure, direction, and capabilities of organization with the purpose of serving the ever-changing needs of internal ...

Introduction

Canada is known internationally as a peacekeeping nation that does not take part in larger imperialist agendas and is a haven for refugees and immigrants. This has caused the country to adopt multicultural state policies meant to provide a safe and progressive environment for its diverse society. However, the country has a history of indigenous colonization, slavery, white settlement policies, and racialized immigration policies meant to settle people of color. Despite the multicultural policies being in place, Canada’s history has influenced racism in the nation with the Canadian minorities being marginalized socially, politically, culturally and economically. This essay ...

Unlike the eras that came before it, the postmodern era focused on the individual and whether or not personal authenticity is truly possible. In order to determine if personal authenticity is achievable though, one has to first take into consideration what individualism means. According to Elliot and Lemert, individualism involves a “denial of social connection” (Elliot & Lemert 2009, p. 3-4), in other words “the individualist creed was premised on the assumption that people should leave it to others to deal with their own problems and to get on with the living of life on their own terms” (Elliot & Lemert ...

Introduction

Culture ranges from the way people dress; the foods people eat, the way people speak, people's norms, customs, beliefs as well as their thinking and perception in life. Major advances in the transport and the telecommunication infrastructure inclusive of the rise of the Internet and mobile phones have been the key elements of globalization, which further has seen the generation of the interdependence of economic and cultural activities as well as values. Globalization in itself has resulted in the change the complex holistic nature of man's social set up regarding knowledge wise, beliefs, art forms, morality, laws, customs as ...

For this film critique, I have chosen the film Dirty Pretty Things. This film was released in the year 2000. The is a touching story that revolves around the lives of two immigrants. Okwe is an illegal Nigerian immigrant, working as a cab driver at U.K. Back home in Nigeria, he was a qualified physician who was treating patients. On the other side, Senay is an asylum seeker from Turkey, living in the U.K. Her immigration status, forbids her from working in U.K. Both Okwe and Senay, work in a covert West London hotel. Okwe works during the nights ...

While it appears to be an opinion article about media productions that generated specific trends about confused gender identity, sexuality or race, Wesley Morris’ New York Times article “The Year We Obsessed over Identity” raises complex social concerns and voices personal preconceptions. Morris criticizes the 21st century gender shift that saw the transformation of women in breadwinners, as portrayed in “The Intern” comedy, while also harshly rebuking the transgender phenomenon popularized across media, and the racial shedding that allows whites to turn into blacks. The tone of the article is very condemnatory, as the author is blaming the social ...

Introduction

Since the republics in the Soviet Union proclaimed independence in 1991, there have been significant changes concerning the ethno cultural, and demographic situation. The dissolution of the Soviet Union was the major reason behind the creation of the Russian Diaspora. More than twenty-five million Russian citizens found themselves in the midst of newly and freshly created states, which were often redesigned as their new political dwellings (Beissinger, 2008). After some time, the displaced Russians were compelled to either assume a fresh political identity, or to return to the Russian Federation, which was newly created. Assuming fresh political identity would ...