Rise of Mass Culture in America: Between WWI and WWII
Several factors facilitated the emergence of mass culture between World War I and World War II. These factors include everything from technology booms spurred by the war to the urbanization of cities.
New Products and Technologies
Automobiles
Before WWI and 1920, cars were seen as a luxury, and old-fashioned means of transportation (horse and carriage) were still common in urban areas. Due to the ingenious business plans of Ford Motor Company and General Motors, with their release of more affordable
Globalization’s Impact on the Welfare State: Challenges and Solutions
Globalization’s Impact on the Welfare State
The Pressure of Globalization
Paul Pierson argues that globalization is one factor among many influencing the welfare state. He highlights other significant elements, such as low productivity linked to unemployment benefits. This situation creates a growing tax burden to sustain welfare programs and a substantial expansion in the supply of services. This issue presents two serious challenges:
- Firstly, population aging reduces the working-age population, leading
CLIL Implementation: Teacher Training and Evaluation
Teacher Training in CLIL Programs
Teacher training should be the third key factor to be considered when implementing Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) programs. Teaching a school subject through a second or third language involves much more than the mere change of the language of instruction. It might require quite deep changes in terms of the instructor’s teaching methods. This heterogeneous teacher profile has caused the need to develop a CLIL teacher training program aimed at answering
Read MoreUnderstanding Nature, Culture, and Human Society
Item 7: Nature, Culture, and Human Society
1. The Meaning of Nature
- Generic Sense: The entire natural cosmos, as opposed to the realm of the supernatural, divine, or sacred.
- Production Sense: That which is not a human product, not made by humans, not artificial.
- Omnibus Sense: A set of characteristics of a “type of cases,” i.e., its essence.
- Ethological Sense: That which is genetically encoded, inborn, that you are born with, as opposed to that which is socially learned.
2. Culture: Anthropological Meaning
Read MoreLinguistic Conflict, Minority Languages, and the Evolution of Galician
Linguistic Conflict
Linguistic conflict arises when two languages compete to fulfill all possible functions. This often leads to the formation of two distinct forms of language: the hegemonic language and the minority language. The hegemonic language, possessing greater sociocultural prestige, is used in all formal situations and becomes the standard. The minority language, with less social and cultural prestige, is relegated to informal use and often lacks standardization.
These conflicts can arise
Read MoreRousseau’s Political Legitimacy and Democracy
Legitimacy as People’s Will: Rousseau
Political power is sometimes seen as legitimate in origin, others by its ends. Today, appeals to the source of legitimacy for political power are popular. The first attempt to base political power on the people’s will is made by Rousseau.
The State of Nature, According to Rousseau
The Criticism of Civilization
One of the hallmarks of the Enlightenment movement is the belief in progress. The Enlightenment movement hopes that the triumph of reason will lead to the
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