Expertise and Regulatory Science

Beginning with The Fifth Branch, I have examined the ways in which scientific and technical advice shore up the legitimacy of public decisions. That book introduced and developed the concept of “regulatory science” as a distinct domain of scientific production, accountable to epistemic as well as normative demands in ways that help explain why it is …

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የፌድራል ፖሊስ ኃይል የዕውቅና እና የምሥጋና ሥነ ሥርዓት

የኢትዮጵያ ፌድራል ፖሊስ በተለያዩ የኃይል ዘርፎች ተደራጅተው አገልግሎት ለሚሠጡ አባሎች ዕውቅና እና ምሥጋና በሠጠበት ወቅት የነበሩ ትዕይንቶች በዚህ ቪዲዮ አማካኝነት ቀርበዋል። በጣም የሚደንቁ እና ደስ የሚሉ አድረጃጀቶች ናቸው። ችግሩ እነዚህ የፈረጠመ የችግር መከላካያ ክንድ ስለሆኑ ለምን ይህን ያህል ዝግጅት አስፈለገ የሚል ጥያቄ ያስነሳሉ። መልሱ ደግሞ በመጀመሪያ የጸጥታ ሥጋት መኖሩ ሲሆን የሥጋቱ መነሻ የፖለቲካ መበላሸት እንደ …

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Thomas Hobbes: Moral and Political Philosophy

The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) is best known for his political thought, and deservedly so. His vision of the world is strikingly original and still relevant to contemporary politics. His main concern is the problem of social and political order: how human beings can live together in peace and avoid the danger and fear …

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Why the Electoral College

The Electoral College was created for two reasons. The first purpose was to create a buffer between the population and the selection of a President. The second as part of the structure of the government that gave extra power to the smaller states. Read more

What is the Electoral College?

The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The Founding Fathers established it in the Constitution, in part, as a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Read more

Adam Smith

Adam Smith is often identified as the father of modern capitalism. While accurate to some extent, this description is both overly simplistic and dangerously misleading. On the one hand, it is true that very few individual books have had as much impact as his An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. …

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Centrifugal Force (Physics)

centrifugal force is a fictitious force, peculiar to a particle moving on a circular path, that has the same magnitude and dimensions as the force that keeps the particle on its circular path (the centripetal force) but points in the opposite direction. Read more

Sociology

sociology, social science that studies human societies, their interactions, and the processes that preserve and change them. It does this by examining the dynamics of constituent parts of societies such as institutions, communities, populations, and gender, racial, or age groups. Sociology also studies social status or stratification, social movements, and social change, as well as a societal disorder in the form of crime, deviance, and revolution. Read …

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Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of people, past and present, with a focus on understanding the human condition both culturally and biologically. This joint emphasis sets anthropology apart from other humanities and natural sciences. In a general sense, anthropology is concerned with determining what humans are, how they evolved, and how they differ from one another. …

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Assimiliation

in anthropology and sociology, the process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society. The process of assimilating involves taking on the traits of the dominant culture to such a degree that the assimilating group becomes socially indistinguishable from other members of the society. As such, assimilation is the most extreme form of acculturation. …

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