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Eastern country of Iran have been rife with tension. Since 1979, when religious fundamentalists took control of Iran's political system and declared the country an Islamic republic, the two nations have had no diplomatic ties and have frequently clashed…

have been moments when hell has broken loose due to racial inequality. In Race Matters, Cornel West particularly refers to the Los Angeles Riots of 1992 and states that although on the surface it seemed like a racial riot, other factors such as unemploym…

"any person occupying the position of director by whatever name called; and a person in accordance with whose instructions the directors are accustomed to act; and an alternate or substitute director." The definition of a director can include…

perspectives, due to the fact that they concentrate on a group of people rather than on the individual himself. Although very similar the two are different in very distinct ways, in fact Functionalism falls under the sub-heading of consensus…

contrary to other sociologists, believe that there is no structure in society, and so there is nothing to influence a person's behaviour. Interactionists also tend to look at every person (the actor) as an individual and study him or her in detail,…

of Lords filled with dozens of barrels of gunpowder was primed to explode with the hope of restoring a Catholic Government to England. This treasonous plot was however discovered only days before Parliament were set to resume and as a result the plot…

1769, and showed an interest in the military at an early age. In 1785, Napoleon set out to become a lieutenant in the French artillery. Napoleon was unsuccessful in fighting for Corsican independence, however he returned to France and was seen as…

composed of a hierarchy of offices" (Ritzer, 2004, 24). Weber studied bureaucracy in a broader scope called rationalization. There are four reasons bureaucracies work. McDonalds is a great example of how a bureaucracy works. First, it is efficient.…