Ownership society

and those of the Dakota Access Pipeline share many similarities, yet there exist differences. For this paper, I will focus on the similarities regarding environmental rights, state violence, and consent over land and the differences of the land ownership and social activism. Both groups focus on advocating for environmental rights rather than succumb to the capitalist ideals encroaching on their land. This is a driving force to maintain their land and its purity as well as reach the outside…

Armed Conflict in Africa” , Meredeth Turshen argues that rape and other forms of sexual violence during times of conflict are connected to economic practices and property ownership. This leads to an analysis of the ways in which sexual violence is used to enforce the notions of women as property and used to negotiate ownership of women’s property. Women are considered valuable due to their productivity and ability to reproduce, as well as for any land or property they may own. Turshen uses the…

this industry given the current circumstances. The purpose of this research is to explore the need for this product and the demand for new items in the pet industry as well as to see how the industry has grown through analyzation of revenue and pet ownership. Challenges that are presented in the pet industry to businesses will also be…

Nozick does not agree with this and believes that this is a denial of self-ownership, another aspect of his theory being absolute. The liberal ideal is not that people who are naturally talented owe everything to the disadvantaged, but rather just enough to help bridge the inequality gap. Kymlicka then goes on to discuss Nozicks…

assurance that a business design can be executed on a basis of existing knowledge sharing and empirical evidence, as stated by Ajzen (Theory of Planned behavior p.82 2001). The inception of share economy businesses by which entry is valued over ownership through joint consumption has generated demand for researchers to analysis feasibility through pertinent measurements. The nine building blocks of ‘the business model canvas’ (Osterwalder & Pigneur, 2009), enables researchers, or other…

capital as the parallel life of an asset. I think de Soto is referring to the journey or life story of an asset, and what becomes of it. According to de Soto, without a written record an asset is very difficult to exchange with other members of our society. A good example would be buying a pre-owned car. A pre-owned car loses value as soon as it leaves the…

Equine Assisted Therapy Putting trust into a half ton animal sounds crazy, but, in reality it can be one of the valuable exposures for someone. Through movement, physical and mental sensations, and their calm demeanor; these gentle giants can open doorways that were never possible for some. Equine Assisted Therapy (EAT) hence for known as equine therapy plays an important role in physical, mental, and emotional healing. There are two major types of equine therapy: Therapeutic Riding and…

Stabilization Act of 2008 and the fact of actually surviving the meltdown had slowly earned back Americans’ trust in real estate market investments as of today. Real estate seems to be a great method for people to invest their money in until obtaining an ownership or investing in several properties and renting them out to potential buyers. It does pay off to those who have decided to invest in houses in order to earn money, but it has to be wisely intact with several factors. The buyers should…

When looking at a person’s identity in related to a place, wind power scholars have shown the rural idyll to be important, but have failed to acknowledge the acceptance of turbines, instead focusing on opposition to them (Bohn and Lant, 2009; Phake, 2011; Pasqualetti; 2011). Also, research on the rural idyll has failed to explore the pre-construction/pre-decision stage of wind infrastructure in relation to social reasons behind its acceptance or dismissal (Pedersen et al. 2007; Bohn and Lant,…

Brown will likely prevail in establishing that Mrs. Sullivan “owned” the dog as defined under the Illinois Animal Control Act (the Act), and is thus liable for damages for the injuries Brown sustained. The Act defines an “owner” as “any person having a right of property in a dog…or who keeps or harbors a dog…or who has it in his care, or acts as its custodian”. 510 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/2.16 (LexisNexis, Lexis Advance through P.A. 99-608, except for portions of P.A. 99-576, P.A. 99-585, and…