Essays on Abramson

Introduction

Conscription means compulsory enrolment in the armed forces and has a history of centuries in several parts of the world. Mass conscription has played a major role in helping major powers display their strength on the armed front and overcome their enemies. Historically, conscription has been used a means to ensure the country has enough numbers to counter threats and defeat their borders. Even though conscription has been part of the national policy for several kingdoms of the past, the United States did draft before the start of the Civil War. As the South seceded, the Confederate states called ...

"I'm glad there's some folks gettin' interested in the old ways. This new generation don't know such things, but when they find the old songs and the tales, they'll delight in them." --Granny in Grandfather Tales (Chase & Williams, 1948) The Southern Appalachian region has a rich heritage of folklore and songs passed down orally from European immigrants settling in the mountain range situated from New York to Georgia (Abramson & Haskell, 2006) from the 18th to the 20th centuries (Hanlon, 2000). Since the middle of the 20th century, variations of the folktales have been compared to publications such as Grandfather ...

IMPARTIALITY OF JURY SYSTEM

IMPARTIALITY OF JURY SYSTEM The use of juries in the justice administration is a strategy to introduce the impartiality and citizen participation in the justice system. The way the jury is selected will affect the impartiality of the justice system and how the government protects the rights and give benefits to the citizens that participate as the jury. The use of juries offers positive and negative aspects.

a) The jury is independent of the judge and the justice system. Citizens of the community have the power to influence in a case without prejudices (Abramson, 2000). b) The citizens participation ...

Question 2: Definitions of Subcultures

Undoubtedly, no particular cultural studies texts have been widely read than the Subculture books written by Dick Hebdige in 1979. Hebdige (121) defines and analyzes subcultures based on specificity and conjuncture. His definition indicates that subcultures arise from symbolic and communal engagements with a larger form of industrial culture. They are expressed as the emergence of styles and not class or age. Modzelewski and Abramson (145) outline different definitions or ideologies of subcultures that arose from Chicago School Tradition, the Birmingham Center for Contemporary Cultural Studies and the Post-subcultural era. This essay attempts to understand how the definition and ...

IT MAY NOT WORK IN POLITICS

Charles Rangel famously known as Charlie Rangel is an example of a member of the House of Representatives who has been charged with ethics violation. Rangel was found guilty of ethical violations on 11 counts. It was explained that Charlie Rangel while still a member of the house of representatives inappropriately sought services of his congressional staff and the official congressional letterhead to solicit funds in range of seven figures from corporates, chief executives of major institutions, private and public entities and charities to fund a college wing that had been named in his honor. He was accused of ...

Introduction

President George W. Bush signed the USA Patriotic Act into law following the September 11 attacks. It was designed so as to improve the anti-terrorism investigations by the federal authorities. Among the primary purposes of this act is to improve the law enforcement investigation tools and prevent as well as punish the acts of terrorism in the country and other parts of the world. It is vital to note that this antiterrorism law removed the legal barriers, which were blocking the federal defense, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies from exchanging the information regarding possible terrorist threats. The present paper ...

It is evident that technology is playing a critical role as far as the provision of quality healthcare is concerned. The implications that these technologies have had in many healthcare settings cannot be understated. Such efforts have been directed at changing the way contemporary healthcare is being provided to the patients with the efforts of ensuring that patient satisfaction and desirable outcomes are achieved. Some of the emerging technologies likely to influence the healthcare system include accurate diagnosis and treatment tools, genomics and genetics, biometrics, computerized order entry, and electronic health records (OJIN, 2013). These new technologies are projected ...