Authority involves hierarchy and is a component of many patterns of useful collective action,capacity-building for addressing needs,and social cooperation generally speaking.However,hierarchy has its drawbacks and it ...
I proceed in four steps.First,I indicate what is to be understood by hierarchy and equality and the different areas in which this understanding can be at play.Second,I highlight that in the current era,it is through t...
The transition from pre-state to state societies involves some ideological facets.In pre-modern states of India,especially from the post-Gupta period onwards,the ruling authorities tried to legitimize their position b...
For any society to progress, there must be sensitive leadership that is willing to stir the affairs of the country toward the right direction, the provision of a good life, security, opportunity to exist peacefully, a...
Historically, economic development and human fights go hand in hand. On the one hand, the protection of human rights is the purpose of economic development, i.e., promoting economic and social rights through economic ...
In countries with long histories, traditional culture plays an essential role in shaping social norms and influencing contemporary development. Confucianism, one of the world's oldest philosophies, justified the legi...
The anxiety over its research subject and methodology never ceases to be felt and uttered in the community of comparative literature as an independent academic discipline. Rene WeUek declares in "The Crisis of Compar...
This paper focuses mainly on how to consolidate the legitimacy of local government. Some local practices and experiences have developed further than theories previously established in China, and offer lessons for good...