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Max Weber's "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism"

Maximilian Weber was one of the most influential German political economists and sociologists. He began his career at the University of Berlin and later worked at other universities throughout Germany.

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Rethinking power and freedom in Nikolas Rose's advanced liberalism

The modern world is constantly changing, and so are the theoretical assumptions we use to understand it. As modernity continues to increase in its complexity, the traditional theoretical models for understanding power and implementations of social movements simply are not working.

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Gender and power in colonial America and the early United States

Mary Beth Norton, Founding Mothers and Fathers. New York: First Vintage, 1996. 512 pp., bibliography, index. Mary Beth Norton is the Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History at Cornell University.

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Dehumanization and oppression in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The process of dehumanization is one that is repeated quite often in literature. Unfortunately, if we look at the history of mankind, we find that it is part of human behavior that regularly appears -- typically as some type of process in which one group asserts their superiority, whether moral,…

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David James Duncan's environmental advocacy in "My Story as Told by Water"

Water" by David James Duncan which commends the author in his elaboration of the importance of the ecological system in lieu of our human needs.

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Arguments for legalizing same-sex marriage and civil rights

Gay and lesbian marriage has become a controversial debate in contemporary society. There are heated arguments for and against the legalization of marriage between couples of the same sex.

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Priesthood ordination debates in the Catholic Church

J.W (1996) Reported that the Roman Catholics and Orthodox, continued to ban priestesses as they have for almost 2,000 years, the fate of many evangelical congregations continue to shift back and forth.

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Gary Nash's "Race and Revolution" and early American abolition

Race and Revolution is a voluminous examination of the revolutionary generation's early efforts to rectify the apparent contradiction of slavery and of their ultimate compromises that not only left the institution intact, but provided it with the protection of a vastly strengthened government after…

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Reforming trial by jury for complex legal cases

One of the most controversial issues today in the area of criminal justice is that of the right of all defendants to a trial by jury of his or her peers.

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How Native American and European cultures shaped early America through exchange

Encounters between Europeans and Indians changed the course of history forever. From the moment both cultures intertwined, the United States as we know it was in the making. However, both of these different cultures were each set in their own ways.

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