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IN SPITE OF THE UNPOPULARITY OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX IN CANADA AND THE U.S., LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE CONTINUED TO RELY ON IT. THE CHANGES PROPOSED FOR IMPROVING THE REAL PROPERTY TAX ARE ADMINISTRATIVE AND CAN BE CLASSIFIED INTO ADMINISTRATIVE AND STRUCTURAL. THE NEWEST FORM OF TAX RELIFE IS RELATED TO THE INCOME OF THE TAXPAYER AND MAY TAKE THE FORM OF A TAX CREDIT ON THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX.

Why respect culture? The demand for respect that I have in mind is not satisfied when we simply recognize or acknowledge cultural differences. It instead requires that we accord the particularistic claims of cultural communities special normative weight in our political judgements & deliberation, & it requires that we pursue policies & design institutions that actively protect & promote particularistic cultural commitments. Many political philosophers urge us to respect culture in just this sense. I argue that while they presume that we should do so, they do not offer compelling reasons why. What is more, on a quite plausible account of how culture works, these political philosophers probably cannot provide persuasive reasons. Simply put, we do not have moral reasons to respect culture in any direct sense. 56 References. Adapted from the source document.

Observes that in West Indian societies, the Chinese, as relative latecomers, provide an example of a minority group coping with a foreign culture and subject to assessment by earlier arrivants. Despite their economic links with the communities in which they live, novelists depict them as existing outside the power relations of creole societies which are determined largely by class and colour oppositions stemming from experiences of slavery and colonialism. (Original abstract - amended)

In The theory of communicative action, Habermas articulates an expansive critical social theory. Questions whether his project is conceptually well-founded. Focuses exclusively on the typology of action that he constructs. Argues that he displaces strategic action from the centre of theoretical attention only to replace it with an analogously privileged conception which leads him to misconstrue strategic action. In addition, argues that he fails to adequately explain the mechanism underlying communicative action. (SJK)