Civil Society in africa emerged in the 1980s when the people saw themselves as belonging to civil society and found therein an identity to be asserted against States that had until then being denied the existence of any social reality other than its own. It was also under the banner of “sociedad(e) civil” that, some years later, South Africa movements pursued action aimed at bringing about the liberalization and later the democratization of dictatorial regimes. The same allegiance to the idea of
Enloe (1990) also describes the main raison d’être of the armed forces as the defence of a nation-state from external threats. Other characteristics of the armed forces are the following: • military personnel may not be concentrated in just one or two bases but they are unlikely to be scattered throughout the national territory;
through the atmosphere and flying into space have always been man’s most cherished dream since the last five decades. But building sophisticated flying machines and hypersonic spacecrafts is one of the most complex technological challenges for the scientists. The challenge lies in building robust and durable aircrafts and spacecrafts which can withstand the hostile environment in the upper echelons of the atmosphere. Aerospace engineering is a branch of engineering studies which deals with the designing
Businesses and companies have been pervasively established all around the world leading to higher competition which is increasing across the globe nowadays. In the 20th century, a great number of firms had focused only on how to be greater than others. Actually, they had used many strategies to ensure that their companies would gain as much as profit as possible. Many companies mainly focused on how much money they make, but they forgot to concern on other parts, such as society and pollution they
Carmichael‘s Life Stokely Carmichael was a Black Power activist, a civil rights leader and a pan-African revolutionary. His ideologies are the reflection of African-Americans’ disillusionment over political, social and economic power. He was born in Trinidad, in 1941, but raised in New-York. He moved to the United States at the age of 11 years old. His life in the British colony Trinidad triggered his anger for racial injustice. He accomplished academic achievements at an early age because (Wepman)
maintenance of law and order and responsibility of police is under the individual states as stated in the India’s federal Constitution. The ministry of home affairs’ Intelligence Bureau, the cabinet secretariat’s Research and analysis Wing (RAW), the defence intelligence agency (DIA) are combined as a whole named, The National Intelligence community. Inside the country, terrorism related information is collected by IB and outside it is collected by RAW. The DIA and the Intelligence Directorates collect
To achieve justice, individuals often have to challenge the existing views of society? The issue of inequality and the role of the individual in achieving justice by challenging the existing views of society, is explored in both Harper Lee’s novel TKAM, and Martin Luther King’s speech ‘I have a dream’. In both texts, it is shown that only by the individual standing against existing views in society can justice prevail. The novel TKAM is set in the 1930s in the southern states of America, a time of
al 1995). Civic engagement or participation is defined by Macintosh and Youniss as a public activity involving collaboration and conflict management in the regulation, direction and development of common affairs (via persuasion, argument, debate, defence, compromise)
lives of the few, not the many. What can be said however is that the constitution was written to change, and enhance a fledgling system that aimed “to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity”. The document in question is not so much geared towards how fast things ought to change, but rather how things ought to be, placing it firmly in the
with another house and every group has an agenda and allegiance to certain stakeholder groups in the state. With that being said, this activity highlights the importance of having rulers with the capability to effectively represent the interests of civil society coherently and responsibly. In this activity, certain families allied themselves with the elite and the landowners while others had stronger ties with the peasant classes. This poses some advantages and disadvantages. Firstly, by having ruling