Meritocracy

want to be dealt with and the idea of Yin and Yang which is also known as the two restricting powers that are for all time in clash with one another, prompting never-ending inconsistency and change.This idea presents itself with the thought of meritocracy, and of accommodating contrary energies keeping in mind the end goal to touch base at some center…

Social stratification entails the ranking of society into groups or classes of people according to wealth, power, status and or prestige. This involves a great deal of bias as it may associate these attributes in alignment with a particular race or color. Though social stratification is viewed on a wide scale as being an agent of conflict in many societies it also provides a unified balance as ironically enough it serves as an equalizer. Social stratification is based on four major principles 1…

The main idea of this book is to provide context and understanding to the question evident in the book’s title, why are some nations so rich and why are some nations so poor? Although the author does not claim to have an answer to the question, Landes does a phenomenal job in aggregating the works of countless scholars to provide a cohesive framework based on four key ideas. These major points consist of: the ideals of the society, Technological innovation, economic resources and environmental…

Women can’t have it all! It turns out that neither can men despite what Slaughter would have you to believe. Both Slaughter and Dorment discuss the division of leadership in terms of gender, however, they have incredibly different beliefs on who or what is to blame for this apparent gap. Slaughter blames men and the systems that men have created while Dorment claims that a lack of drive and personal responsibility is limiting women to their current status. I personally side with Dorment’s…

For the small percentage of women of color who end up in prison for violent offenses, this is usually due to domestic violence within homes or relationships, in which these women must physically defend themselves and their children from their attackers. “Socioeconomic status and cultural background significantly influence the impact of domestic violence,” and determines who is more susceptible to becoming victims and who has access to protective resources (Solinger et al. 265). Often times,…

Introduction As turkish empires the Ottoman and Mughal Empires share many political beliefs and ideals. Arguably the best way compare and contrast the ideals and beliefs of the empires is to look at policies they enact. To help understand the political ideals and beliefs two specific policies of the Ottoman and Mughal which similar in during their conception evolved throughout the reign of the empires. It should be noted that both empires faced different threats and obstacles, and how they…

Strategic Management of Zain Group Zain Group is one of the leading mobile and data Services Company globally. The company boasts of having a commercial footprint in eight Middle Eastern, as well as, African countries with a workforce of more than 7,000 people. These employees provide both mobile voice and data services to more than 45.2 million active business customers and individuals globally. The tumultuous nature of the 21st-century business implies that the organization has to put in…

opportunity to succeed showed his disdain for regimented systems of class whether it be communism or a historically stratified class system, as suppressors of the power of the individual to drive progress. His individualism took the form of a “meritocracy with a heart…view[ed] the people not as masses or classes or races but as individual human beings.” Hoover’s view of people as individuals rather than the classifications that were prevalent during his time goes back to his Quaker faith which…

Marijuana has been in America since the founding days of our little colonies, it has been there through thick and thin. As many around the world have grown to accept marijuana in daily lives many citizens here in the United States of America consume it behind closed doors. Many nations across the globe have been using marijuana with recreational, medicinal, and manufacturing functions with proven success and little repercussions on the society. Recently in the United States there has been a…

Hola abuelita, I cannot believe it’s almost been a year since I was graced with your presence and I know that you are always with me but sometimes it does not feel that way. I am not doing so well Tete. and I hate to worry you but you are the only person I can turn to when my heart is this heavy and hurting so bad. You always seem to know what’s in my heart and the pathway to guide me in. Ever since you left, I had to learn how to be strong and independent just like you are but Tete this…