The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere

Great change is necessary in our society and in business organisations if we and the natural world are to live sustainably. We have started to change but it is slow and intermittent. Some sections of business are started to embrace sustainable development with its three pillers : economic social and environmental. I think we are in danger of loosing the original emphasis on the ecological part on ecologically sustainable development by refering to the phenomenon as sustainable development. One of

The process of the development of public policy has shifted considerably during the last few decades. Due to the advent of globalization and of social media, public sector decision making has expanded to include more stakeholders than ever before. As a result, mayors have come under significant pressures to engage not only political actors in decision making, but also communities and individuals as well, which changes the way that they operate in their public role. This indicates that the idea of

The contemporary Japanese government’s choices for stabilizing its ties have changed since the 1990’s. Many of the government’s decisions have become more questionable to their superpower ally in response to the regional threats that Japan may face without sufficient assistance. The circumstances of regional instability due to the veiled antagonism of countries such as North Korea, China, and Russia have resulted in dramatic contrasts between the methods Japan used to maintain a positive relationship

Introduction In recent decades, migrants from Sub-Saharan countries seeking a better life have become stranded in countries bordering Europe, such as Morocco. Following non-governmental organisations’ (NGOs) reports about the deteriorating conditions of migrants and the changes in Morocco’s geo-political context, in 2013, the Moroccan government announced the adoption of a new migration policy. Consequently, according to the government, 23000 migrants of all nationalities were regularised and received

Type “Nashi” into any search engine and you will come across videos of uniformly clad youth chanting in unison, evoking bygone images of Komsomol or Hitler’s Youth. Indeed, Nashi, a pro-regime, state-supported youth organization, has often been likened to these organizations by the media and scholars alike. Yet, is this simplistic comparison an accurate one? Are state-led youth organizations in Russia merely puppets of the regime, lacking their own will or motivation? In the following pages I trace

In recent years, while the term gender has been a controversial issue for debate, one of the methods of the gender classification by society is through the concept of gender being biologically determined. This essay explores gender in a clearer perception of the philosophy and professional objectives to develop a foundation for deeper analytical studies. The assumptions made that gender is biologically determined is rebutted when applied to the case of intersexuality and transgender. As gender is

Each of the different spheres expresses the principles of justice and fairness in its own way, resulting in different types and concepts of justice; distributive, procedural, retributive, and restorative. These types of justice have important implications for socio-economic, political

Title IX consists of just thirty-seven words, and it is these words that have transformed the dynamics within the female athletic sphere in the United States. Although the federal law was initially envisioned to assist women in academia, it is currently renowned for its profound impact on American sports (Ware). It is an irrefutable fact that Title IX has vastly increased women’s participation in sports: the law has reportedly increased female participation rates within colleges six-fold from 1972—the

Throughout the past century, the modern international system has been characterized by dominant practices in all of its distinct sectors. In the economic sector, capitalism has been a key economic activity since the 16th century in the form of mercantilism (Encyclopædia Britannica Online 2014). Since then, capitalism has evolved to become the principal economic model in the modern international system in the form of neo-liberal capitalism. For this reason, it has been shaping, and continues to shape

Thinking sociologically Within the following essay I will illustrate how my sociological imagination has developed over the course of the academic year, drawing upon a number of pieces of work to demonstrate this. I will use these pieces of work to demonstrate how the sociological imagination has played a role in understanding the pieces of work themselves and finally, I will bring each piece of work together in order to substantiate the development of my sociological imagination. Foremost, it is