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This paper examines the San Francisco Renaissance, which arose from the West Coast Bohemianism, in comparison to the New York School and the Black Mountain School. It shows how the San Francisco Renaissance was particularly important because it not only represented the collected works of geographically limited poets, but also served as a center from which ideas were exchanged and brought to life. It also discusses how one would be hard pressed to firmly separate any of the important beat poets from the San Francisco Renaissance, such as Robert Duncan and Robert Creeley.

From the Paper
"The first reading for the San Francisco Renaissance featured poetry by Kenneth Rexroth, Jack Spicer, and Robert Duncan. The latter would shortly serve as a teacher at the Black Mountain College, working with fellow San Franciscan Robert Creelet to forge strong links between the two schools. (Wikipedia, "San Francisco...") Yet despite this early reading, and similar such displays of avant- garde work, the true emergence of the San Francisco Renaissance was linked to a reading at a much later date. In October of 1955, at the Six Gallery, influential San Francisco poets Mike McClure, Gary Snyder, and Phil Whalen were joined by newcomer Allen Ginsberg (and Lamantia reading the work of a deceased poet)."

Tags:robert, duncan, creeley, black, mountain

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The following assignment is for a third year sociology course. The topic discussed is collective social behaviour. The collective social behavior examined in this assignment is anti-war demonstrations. The writer uses social contagion theory and emergent norm theory in order to examine the nature of anti-war demonstrations.

From the Paper
"Collective behavior is a very broad area of study. For example, in Collective Behavior Erich Goode states, 'Rumors and legends, fads, and collective protest- these and other social phenomena make up the subject matter of the field of collective Behavior'. Collective behavior is the relatively spontaneous, unstructured, extra institutional behavior of a fairly large number of individuals. The fact that collective behavior is such a diverse area of study means that many activities can be used to examine it. For this paper, demonstrations against the war in Iraq or anti-war demonstrations as they are commonly called will be used to examine many of the theories about collective behavior."

Tags:collective, behaviour, anti, war

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The paper examines the labor relations and the collective bargaining process through the traditional models of job security and seniority. The paper discusses the present trend of outside events like the attacks of September 11th dispelling any feelings of job security, and the practical realities that national security concerns may run contrary to traditional models. The paper also considers how the time respected hierarchy of seniority is giving way to merit and performance based compensation in the education field. The paper discusses the grievance and disciplinary roles of the collective bargaining agreement as well as the necessity of a formal system and the symptomatic manifestations of the abuse of the process.

Tags:collective bargain, security and seniority, grievance and discipline

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This paper examines whether or not it is professional and ethical for nurses to engage in collective bargaining. In particular, the paper focuses on the appropriateness of nurses going -- or threatening to go -- on strike. The paper asks whether striking is an abandonment of the patient. The paper also reviews the purpose behind collective bargaining -- what it is intended to achieve and how it functions, particularly in unions for health care professionals.

Tags:nurses, collective bargaining, stirke

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This paper examines Toyota and Nike in terms of collective bargaining and labor management in relation to globalization. The writer discusses that globalization and free trade will play a crucial role in boosting long-term U.S. growth prospects encouraging efficient technology transfer increasing returns-to-scale for companies and offering cheaper consumer goods.

From the Paper
"The impact of globalization technology and the current economic crisis on labor-management relations and collective bargaining has been great. Although globalization has brought increased competition in markets according to Forbes more U.S. workers benefit from increased trade than suffer from it. Globalization will result in freer trade which will play a crucial role in boosting long-term U S growth prospects encouraging efficient technology transfer increasing returns-to-scale for companies and offering cheaper consumer goods."

Tags:Toyota, Nike, collective bargaining, labor, abuse

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This paper considers why it collective rights will progressively subordinate individual rights in a society that is plagued by over-crowding. The paper notes how the clamor and competition for finite resources eventually will lead to utilitarian assessments about the value of human life. Additionally, the paper argues that a society that has many people will tend to view each and every one of them as less important in a relative sense than a society that has comparatively very few individuals.

From the Paper
"It is sometimes asserted that the rights of the "common" - the community or the collective - will eventually impinge upon the right of the individual as the population in already-overcrowded nations and globally continues to spiral upward. This sort of statement can be interpreted in many ways and undoubtedly will be interpreted in many ways by people coming from different socio-economic and socio-political backgrounds. Be that as it may, this writer chooses to interpret the initial sentence in this paragraph as follows: as populations grow more massive, the..."

Tags:individual, rights, collective

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In this article, the writer discusses the importance and elements of labor management activity in collective bargaining. The writer argues that diminishing labor union influence and membership are giving management new advantages in this process. The writer focuses on wages and benefits as vital elements in the process.

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"Of critical importance in shaping the labor-management relationship is the process of collective bargaining, a process that can be either collaborative or confrontational. At its core the collective bargaining process is a system of negotiation in which each party seeks to maximize its position vis-a-vis the other however as Jane Poulsen noted there are often strong incentives for collaborative action as opposed to confrontational action. The collective bargaining process is defined by Holley Jennings and Wolters as an activity ..."

Tags:labor unions, management, collective bargaining, wages, benefits

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This paper reviews a series of short essays dealing with the changing face of American cities compiled in the book, "The New American City Faces its Regional Future: A Cleveland Perspective". The paper explains how the book, which contains essays from several different authors while focusing primarily on the future of Cleveland in the new world order, also has a very national perspective and speaks at length about the problems of urban centers across the country. The paper discusses Part One and Part Two of the book and summarizes the authors's opinions regarding Cleveland's present situation, the role of Cleveland's city hall, and top-down style reform. The paper also summarizes how the authors deal with the reconstruction of a city and the need for mandatory regional government that overrides the local rule of suburbs.

From the Paper
"Two basic situations were appraised by all of the writers in the first half of the book. The first had to do with the staggering inequality that coincides here with a deeply segregated living arrangement. Cleveland is apparently among the top five most segregated urban centers in the country, and the reason for this phenomenon is explored by all. The second issue is that of urban sprawl, with each author suggesting a course of action that might revitalize the inner city."

Tags:portland, midwestern, detroit, inequality, segregated, revitalized, landscape, suburb, rebirth

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This paper discusses how Carl Jung's theory of individuation relies on alchemical symbolism to describe the psychological process of growth involving collective unconscious experience and personal unconscious experience. The paper provides a review of the peer-reviewed and scholarly literature to determine what alchemy was, how it was supposed to work, whether it did in fact work, and an analysis of how Jung's theory of individuation was formulated based on these arcane alchemist concepts. A summary of the research and important findings are reported in the conclusion. A photograph of 'The Splendor Solis - Plate 8: Colors of Rebirth' is included with the paper.

From the Paper
"The existing body of knowledge concerning alchemy during this period in history was largely based on manuscripts written in an esoteric and arcane, symbolic language that made them almost impossible to understand from a modern perspective; however, also during the early 20th century the emerging field of depth psychology (called 'analytical psychology' by C.G. Jung) introduced an entirely new approach to understanding the nature of alchemical pursuits and its application to human psychological development. According to Biedermann (1970), "Psychologists, notably C. G. Jung, have begun to pay serious attention to the symbolism of alchemy. Jung's interpretations are often not much easier to understand than the obscure texts of the old alchemists themselves but his investigations focused attention on the 'esoteric alchemy,' on the symbolism as opposed to the chemistry" (p. 57). "

Tags:gold, knowledge, symbolism

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This paper explains that Christians living in the Holy Land are not only subjected to the oppression of being linked and grouped with the subjugated Palestinians but also have the disadvantage of being further subjugated by Palestinian Muslims. The author points out that the mass exodus of Christians from the area is dependent upon economic and human rights issues. The paper concludes that the kind of Islamism and nationalism, which are required to over throw a powerful interest like Israel, will likely continue to be spurred on by powers who overlook and even overtly discriminate against Christians of any form and from any place.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Historical Background
The Present Situation of Christians Living in the Holy Land
Conclusions and Summary

From the Paper
"The final group supporting this issue of Islamization of the Palestinian problem, is one that even more clearly demonstrates the Islamic ideal of the "Palestinian problem," Hamas, which clearly expresses the idea that the Palestinian issue is an Islamic issue and to alter the landscape and reassert power over Palestine (virtually taking back all land from the Jewish State) will be solved through Jihad "holy war" with those who oppress Islam and support oppressors. The resulting situation is again an oversimplification of the indigenous diversity of the region."

Tags:israel islamization persecution, collective rebirth, misunderstandings