Introduction In this paper, I will discuss positivist, biological, as well as psychological theories providing a comparison as well as contrast for each. Discussion The use of positivist theories emerged with the American, French, as well as the Industrial Revolutions prompting tremendous social changes throughout the world (Bohm & Vogel, 2011). In 1820, the term positivism was attributed to Auguste Comte during his works with Saint-Simon while developing their works of physical sciences in…
Organizational Specialists have been studying the topic of leadership for literally hundreds of years. During that time we have understand what leadership is and what it is not.Leadershipis not general concept it is a complex concept. Without leadership any organization cannotwork properly. Anefficient and effective can work properly. An efficient and effective leader motive and give incentives in workers hard time, consequently worker’s motivate and gain maximum productively. According to…
2.1. The Developmental State Theory 2.1.1. A Recipe for Sustained Economic Growth Proliferation of literatures on comparative development studies revolving around the DS paradigm are attributable to rise of the East Asian countries known for their success in sustaining high economic growth over a long period of time coupled with a relatively stable political regime taking a proactive approach in its economic development initiatives. Indeed, this East Asian Miracle has frequently been cited as a…
In this brief comparison of Emile Durkheim and Max Weber theories reveals some overlapping of concepts. This review depicts their differences and what could be interpreted to be similar in scope of their works. As expressed by the authors Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. Lewis in their text, Twenty Lessons in Environmental Sociology, “…the classical ideas expressed in sociology did not have very much of Durkheim and Weber’s analyses or beliefs. As an example, Durkheim analyzed the effects of…
comes the “Big Bang Theory” and the collection of theories for the formation of the universe. The major problem with this theory is that this theory was created in response to other theories that were posed that are in relation to the current expansion of the universe and is founded on even more complex theories and concepts. One of the main points for this pressing debate is the discovery of “Darwin’s Finches” and the different species on the Galapagos Islands. This theory is often confused…
Alienation vs. Weber’s Dehumanization Consequences of Rationalization For many years, Karl Marx and Max Weber – despite their similarities and differences in theories – both share a similar vision of a capitalist society. Marx’s theory of alienation resemblance much to Weber’s theory of dehumanizing consequences of rationalization, that is, both theories suggest that individuals are estranged from themselves, others, and from society. What is alienation? By alienation, for Karl Marx and…
Marx outlined four components of alienation; (I) alienation from the product of labour; (ii) alienation from productive activity; (iii) alienation from the human species; and, (iv) alienation from fellow human beings. Alienation from products…. Productive activity, or the work process, is another aspect of alienation. It is traditionally highly hierarchised, routinised, segmented and seemingly meaningless. However in the very machinery and processes created by Modernity he saw a means of human…
Bates uses Ghana under the control of Kwame Nkrumah as an example of how overreaches of domesticized violence can be detrimental to economic development in regard to capital investments. Nkrumah wanted to expand industrial development in Ghana so he placed a monopoly on cocoa exports and high taxes onto cocoa farmers. Whenever opposition kingdoms formed against his efforts, Nkrumah used the government’s power to brand those kingdoms as a threat to the states future…
1.1 In The Sociological Imagination C. Wright Mills describes the sociological imagination as enabling “us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society” (Mills [1959] 2000:6). The sociological imagination facilitates individuals to locate themselves within society, the historical context of their society, and recognize the other individuals that are in his or her same state. “The sociological imagination enables its possessor to understand the larger historical…
Even though the respondent’s average household job skills and age gives an assumption of signs according to our expectations but the relation between the both is quite insignificant. Value of non-farm income and farm income has an inverse relation with migration from rural to urban areas; however the marginal effects are minimal. This means that people who have a reasonable means of living in the rural area wouldn’t consider migration as a feasible decision and the rural urban migrants are…