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Thomas Hobbes' and John Locke's Views and the 'Opposing Appetites' of Niccolo Machiavelli

In five pages this report contrasts Machiavelli's social opposition theory with the perspectives of political theorists Thomas Hob...

The Death of the Author by Roland Barthes

Barthes was addressing "the trivia" of society in a serious way; we would be surprised to see how some of these same themes appear...

Management Theory According to Taylor and Fayol

(1999). Ever since Taylors methods of "working smarter" brought him fame at the turn of the century, the societys appetite for gre...

Emile Durkheim's Sociological Contributions

In six pages this research paper discusses the sociological contributions of theorist Emile Durkheim. Six sources are cited in th...

The Lazy Poor

write off or simply looking good in front of others. Rather, the helper feels better about themselves. Helping feeds the ego. Howe...

Culture of Poverty

In seven pages this paper examines the 'culture of poverty' as defined by Oscar Lewis and considered by theorists Charles Murray a...

Eighteenth Century Age of Enlightenment and Politics

out to apply the critical method to the problem of government in The Spirit of Laws (1748). The result was a complex comparative s...

Comparative Analysis of Thorndike and Skinner

human knowledge and behavior that has had a direct effect on education. Skinner focused on the ability to study behavior and like...

Knowledge According to Socrates and Descartes

This research report looks at how knowledge is acquired according to these two theorists. A great deal of information is contained...

Marx, Goethe, Galileo, and Machiavelli on Belief, Identity, Nature, and Power

In fifteen pages this report examines how these theorists perceive these concepts as reflected in their respective writings. Five...

Human Action Determination According to George Edward Moore and B.F. Skinner

In five pages human behavior is examined from the perspectives of B.F. Skinner's theories concerning modification and determinism ...

Freedom According to Smith, Mill, and de Tocqueville, Mill

In a paper consisting of 8 pages these 3 theorists and their concepts of freedom are contrasted and compared with de Tocqueville's...

Dialogue Between Dorothy Smith, Jurgen Habermas, and Karl Marx

Smith: To get to the crux of this issue, we must investigate what the women who are actually involved in the harassment report, th...

Industrialization Problems and Coping Strategies

In seven pages this paper considers how theorists of the nineteenth century proposed to cope with industrialization problems and i...

Gases and Physics Laws

pump and then an interest in gases (Asimov, 1994). In 1662, he discovered that air could be compressed, and further that its volu...

Kohlberg, Bandura, Piaget, and Erikson

In fifteen pages these theorists are examined in terms of their theories and psychosocial contributions. Seventeen sources are ci...

Interactionist and Conflict Perspectives

In five pages Erving Goffman, Charles Horton Cooley, George Herbert Mead, C. Wright Mills, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Karl Marx are among...

Review of the Post World War II Film The Bicycle Thief

In six pages this paper discusses the portrayal of the realities confronting Italy after the Second World War as featured in Vitto...

How Culture and History Influenced the Philosophical Perspectives of William James and Rene Descartes

In two pages this paper examines how the philosophies of these two theorists were influenced by history and their respective cultu...

Comparison of Humanism and Behaviorism

In ten pages these two psychological schools of thought are compared in terms of basic premises of each, development, and also var...

Life and Work of Karen Horney

In six pages this paper examines the amazing life and career of psychological theorist Karen Horney as represented in the text Wom...

Schools of Management Philosophy

In five pages this paper discusses collaboration, teams, theorists including Deming, Drucker, Ouchi, Peters and Waterman, and McGr...

Management and the Behavior School of Thought

"the brightest star in the management firmament" during her time (18). Follett was born within years after the end of the Civil W...

Nassau William Senior's Political Economic Theories

individuals with a reputation for excellence. Nassau proved himself to be an intelligent child who was capable of thinking for him...

Chapter 3 of From the Presocratics to the Present A Personal Odyssey by Daniel Kolak

In seven pages this chapter is discussed in terms of how the author portrayed the philosophical influences of such theorists as Hu...

Carol H. Weiss's Theoretical Contributions

as integral parts of the policy process (1977). By looking at policy and policy makers, Weiss blends the role of the social scient...

'Aggressive Panhandling' Provincial Law Opposition and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

In eight pages this paper considers a fictitious 'aggressive panhandling' opposition provincial law within the context of the Cana...

Tax Policy Views of Classical v. Keynesian Economic Theorists

In five pages this paper discusses the differences between classical and Keynesian economic theorist regarding tax policies and re...

Organizational Change Management

In twelve pages case studies and such theorists as Senge and Lewin are examined in this consideration of organizational change and...

Armstrong's Argument Compared with Descartes' Metaphysics

This research report looks at the ideas of both of these theorists. Armstrong's opposition to Descartes' ideas is duly noted. Thi...