Complacency Essays (Examples)
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Domestic Extremism And Terrorism
...Complacency Proud Boys vs Antifa War of Words
Introduction and Research Question
When it comes to domestic extremism, there are groups on both the Right and the Left of the socio-political spectrum in America. And while they may differ ideologically, they can also have a great deal of similarities. This paper looks at two extremist groups in particular—Antifa on the Left and Proud Boys on the Right. The questions this paper poses are: What is the nature of Antifa and how does Proud Boys mirror the group from the opposite spectrum? How can these extremist groups best be countered? The purpose of this paper is, therefore, to compare and contrast the two groups while showing that they both represent deep sub-cultural trends among the American populace that are emerging into popular culture and have the potential of disrupting and subverting mainstream cultural norms. To accomplish this objective, this paper first reviews……
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Breger, M. L. (2017). Reforming by re-norming: How the legal system has the potential to change a toxic culture of domestic violence. J. Legis., 44, 170.
Beinart, P. (2017). The rise of the violent left. Retrieved from https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/the-rise-of-the-violent-left/534192/
Brockhoff, S., Krieger, T. & Meierrieks, D. (2014). Great expectations and hard times: the (nontrivial) impact of education on domestic terrorism. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 59(7), 1186-1215.
Brown, D. (2017). Proud boys founder. Retrieved from https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/12/12/19540403/proud-boys-founder-wants-to-trigger-the-entire-state-of-oregon-by-helping-patriot-prayers-joey-gibson-win-the-oregon-person-of-the-year- p
Cramer, E. P., Choi, Y. J., & Ross, A. I. (2017). Race, Culture, and Abuse of Persons with Disabilities. In Religion, Disability, and Interpersonal Violence (pp. 89-110). Springer, Cham.
Dalgaard-Nielsen, A. (2016). Countering violent extremism with governance networks. Perspectives on Terrorism, 10(6), 135-139.
DeCook, J. R. (2018). Memes and symbolic violence:# proudboys and the use of memes for propaganda and the construction of collective identity. Learning, Media and Technology, 43(4), 485-504.
Doyle, E. (Ed.). (2018). Antifa and the Radical Left. Greenhaven Publishing LLC.
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Democracy In America In The 21st Century
… playwright Aristophanes came along, some Athenians were shirking their civic duty to the extent that the satirist penned his most attack on Athenian complacency. The point is that democracy is only as effective as the people within the community are at performing their civic duty. When the ……
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Works Cited
Dahl, Robert. On Democracy.
Ferejohn, John. Is Inequality a Threat to Democracy?
Friedman, Milton. Capitalism and Freedom. University of Chicago Press.
Mansbridge, Jane. On the Importance of Getting Things Done. PS, 2012.
Runciman, David. The Confidence Trap. Princeton University Press.
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Strategy Development For Nonprofit Organizations
… of a big splash to change policy are evident from organizational change literature – to bring about organizational change sometimes requires shaking up complacency. Thankfully, literature also shows that public service motivation is closely aligned with the ability to successfully implement change. Public service motivation means that ……
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Bryson, J. M. (2018). Strategic planning for public and nonprofit organizations: A guide to strengthening and sustaining organizational achievement (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley
Carroll, J. & Hatakenata, S. (2001) Driving organizational change in the midst of a crisis. MIT Sloan Management Review. Retrieved March 21, 2020 from https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/driving-organizational-change-in-the-midst-of-crisis/
Wright, B., Christensen, R. & Isett, K. (2011) Motivated to adapt? The role of public service motivation as employees face organizational change.
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Disaster Preparedness At A Department Of Veterans Affairs Medical
...Complacency Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operates that nation’s largest health care network, including 170 major medical centers that provide health care services of some type to more than nine million veteran patients each year (VA fast facts, 2019). Given that Iran recently classified all U.S. military personnel as terrorists and the high-profile nature of the VA in many major American cities, disaster preparedness has assumed new importance and relevance for the disaster preparedness administrators at these medical centers. The purpose of this paper is to provide the results of an interview with an emergency preparedness administrator at a Midwestern VA medical center that operates in the state’s capital city. Finally, a summary of the interview results is followed by a recapitulation of the research in the conclusion.
Disaster preparedness interview
The disaster preparedness administrator at the VA medical center in question is also the director of quality……
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Blake, N. & Wilson, E. (2019, September/October). Disaster preparedness: Mitigation, response, and recovery to ensure staffing excellence in Los Angeles County. Nursing Economics, 37(5), 231-233.
Labrague, L. J. & Yboa, B. C. (2016, January). Disaster preparedness in Philippine nurses. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 48(1), 98-102.
Natural disasters and severe weather. (2020). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from https://emergency.cdc.gov/planning/index.asp .
VA fast facts. (2019). U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved from https://www.va. gov/health/aboutvha.asp.
Veenema, T. G. & Griffin, A. (2016, March). Nurses as leaders in disaster preparedness and response - A call to action. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 48(2), 187-192.
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Experiential Family Therapy
… the emotional lives of the family and how the family dynamic was such that it often needed to be shocked out of its complacency to address its inner dysfunction (Napier & Whitaker, 2011). Thus, Whitaker was sometimes accused of being rude, abrupt and inappropriate with clients—it was ……
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About Kempler Institute. (2019). Retrieved from https://kempler.dk/om-kempler-instituttet/
Brown, K., & Taghehchian, R. (2016). Bottled up: An experiential intervention for emotional suppression. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 27(4), 302-307. doi:10.1080/08975353.2016.1235435
Cag, P., & Voltan Acar, N. (2015). A View of the Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy of Carl Whitaker through Movie Analysis. Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 15(3), 575-586.
Carson, D. K. (1999). The importance of creativity in family therapy: A preliminary consideration. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 7(4), 326-224. doi:10.1177/1066480799074002
Epstein, N. B., & Baucom, D. H. (2002). Enhanced cognitive-behavioral therapy for couples: A contextual approach. American Psychological Association.
Napier, A. Y., & Whitaker, C. A. (2011). The family crucible. Harper Collins.
Neil, J. & Kniskern, D. (1982). From psyche to system: The evolving therapy of Carl Whitaker. New York: Guilford Press.
Kempler, W. (1965). Experiential family therapy. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 15(1), 57.
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