Political culture

In light that my country (Haiti) profile was not available among Hoftstede cultural listing, I chose 2 countries to compare culture differences with my own because my country is geographically placed between the Latin American and Caribbean region. What do you think of modeling an entire culture on just four traits? In comparison with Jamaica and the Dominican Republic scoring high on Individualism (39/30) and Masculinity (68/65), I would personally rate my country with a score higher than…

The Trouble with Diversity: Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Identity The study of diversity is widely exploited in political circuits in United States of America. Engaged from the presidential and ministerial speeches, it fits into their arguments without assessing the distortions that such a sequence suppose. Diversity is not a paradigm of equality. On this point, Walter Benn Michaels’s in his essay “The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality” allows to grasp…

today’s modern society New Zealand is a multi-cultural country and different people and cultures over the years have attained cultural attitudes, values and beliefs differently; therefore, multi-cultural characteristics are different to others within New Zealand. In this reflexive journal, my personal model of reflexive communication practice will focus on my understanding of personal, cultural, professional and political practices and how I perceive myself in today’s New Zealand society.…

..., We, as individuals, are not creating the crises, and we can’t solve them”. This statement is key to understand why Jensen’s approach is not accurate: we, as citizens, are causing the problem, indeed, we are the problem. We are enabling our political and industrial leaders to sit back and do nothing about it. Materialistic society exists because of consumers. Removing the blame from the individual only makes it less personal. Besides, living simply is not a matter of blame, is a matter of…

different gender and age group works together. Organization diversity encompasses not only gender or race but differences and similarities of a person in an organization. Work force diversity consist of many dimensions, like age, gender, nationality, culture, ethinicity, race and functionalities. It is believed that diverse work groups works better than homnogeneous group. Diversity leads to increased market access, enhanced creativity, and better decision-making. These things are generally…

world. These changes are occurring in, but not limited to, economic, technological, cultural, and political realms. The effects of globalization can be summarized as increased interdependence, interconnectedness, and cultural diversity. Globalization is changing the ways we experience national identity and cultural belonging. Identity and belonging are now complicated by the increasingly fluid political and cultural borders that once separated nation-states and the people within them. With…

students attend a university, their values should be sculpted as they are challenged by their professors and as they analyze the community around them. Columbia is known for having intelligent professors who regularly question and dispute political views. As a future political science major, I thoroughly enjoy learning and debating controversial topics. These discussions will put me outside of my comfort zone as I face differing opinions, but at the same time the exchange will help me shape my…

of acceptance in the wider society. It was also a crucial form of gift-exchange, and served to create and maintain inter- and intra-community solidarities. However, mainstream Mughal historiography remains to this day to be involved with the political and economic bases of Mughal power where subjects of social and cultural history, not to mention questions of culinary history, have yet to find a substantial place in these writings. A ‘pleasure principle’…

public places that “host the regular, voluntary, informal, and happily anticipated gatherings of individuals beyond the realm of home and work.” (Buz et al., "Aging and Social Networks in Spain: The Importance of Pubs and Churches" 23-46) In Italian culture, nothing operates as much as the heart of communal gatherings as football clubs and the followings they have. Since third places supposedly create havens of social connectedness and large generators of social capital, it seems imperative that…

particular religion, sect or a faith, but the culture, the traditions and the people. During the Vedic times, the Persians referred to the people inhabiting India as Hapta-Hindus. Later on the word ‘Hindu’ was used to refer to all nationals flourishing at that time. Since…