What major changes in political structure, and social and economic life, occurred during each of the following?
1. The Sui dynasty
2. The tang dynasty
3. The song dynasty
Based on the research and critical analysis, identify, explain and demonstrate how a specific organization adheres to or defies academic orthodoxy in how the organization uses the self-selected interrelated chapter subtopics when dealing with a specific issue/subject/topic. Further why did this organization follow or refute what you uncovered via your research.
What is violence? What is nonviolence? Can there be a nonviolent alternative to violence in the pursuit of justice? In answering these questions, explain and evaluate Nagler=s analysis of these concepts and of the power of nonviolence for social and even revolutionary change?
(2) Explain and evaluate Nagler’s claim (and his reasoning for that claim) that “nonviolence sometimes >works= and always works, while violence sometimes >works= but never works” (p. 106). Also, in your evaluation, consider the possible effectiveness of using nonviolence today.
(3) Nagler challenges the claim that nonviolence could never have worked against the Nazis. Explain and evaluate his argument for this challenge. In your evaluation, you should consider: (a) his analysis of the Rosenstrabe demonstration; and (b) your own assessment of the effectiveness and possible limits of nonviolent resistance.
(4) In My Lai, U.S. army soldiers massacred perhaps as many as 500 women, children, and elderly men. The only person brought to trial and convicted for these actions was Lieutenant William Calley who argued that he was simply carrying out orders. Who, in the chain of command, is responsible for this and other such atrocities carried out by U.S armed forces? How is it possible that ordinary American soldiers can do these things? In answering these questions, you should explain and evaluate: (a) Kelman and Hamilton’s analysis of the way massacres are sanctioned; (b) Dyer’s analysis of the ways in which recruits in basic training are socialized to be violent.
, describe, in sufficient detail, supportive references that cite how you might improve an organization using the four perceptual roles of structure, human resources, politics, and symbols. Be sure to describe these four concepts as a framework to facilitate organizational improvement.
Part II: Interview a leader, different from the one interviewed for assignment 6, you believe to have effectively improved an organization within an educational setting of interest regarding what he/she believes is needed for effective organizational improvement. Compare and contrast the results of this interview with your description in Part I of the assignment. Be sure to indicate similarities, differences, and what surprised you as a result of completing this assignment.
he growing instability in Latin America is creating greater geopolitical concerns for the United State of America that can only be resolved through hard power.Write an essay in opposition to this.
