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  2. Theory of constraints - Wikipedia

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    An external constraint exists when the system can produce more than the market will bear. If this is the case, then the organization should focus on mechanisms to create more demand for its products or services. Types of (internal) constraints Equipment: The way equipment is currently used limits the ability of the system to produce more ...

  3. Internalism and externalism - Wikipedia

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    There is also a distinction in ethics and action theory, largely made popular by Bernard Williams (1979, reprinted in 1981), [2] concerning internal and external reasons for an action. An internal reason is, roughly, something that one has in light of one's own "subjective motivational set"—one's own commitments, desires (or wants), goals, etc.

  4. Balancing (international relations) - Wikipedia

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    Balancing can be carried out through internal or external efforts and means. Internal balancing involves efforts to enhance state's power by increasing one's economic resources and military strength in order to be able to rely on independent capabilities in response to a potential hegemon and be able to compete more effectively in the international system.

  5. Internal–external distinction - Wikipedia

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    The internalexternal distinction is a distinction used in philosophy to divide an ontology into two parts: an internal part concerning observation related to ...

  6. Foucauldian discourse analysis - Wikipedia

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    Foucault presents the hypothesis that, in every society, the production of discourses is controlled with the aim of: 1. exorcising its powers and dangers; 2. reducing the force of uncontrollable events; 3. hide the real forces that materialize the social constitution. To this end, he theorizes that external or internal procedures are used. [9]

  7. Structure and agency - Wikipedia

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    Bourdieu's work attempts to reconcile structure and agency, as external structures are internalized into the habitus while the actions of the agent externalize interactions between actors into the social relationships in the field. Bourdieu's theory, therefore, is a dialectic between "externalizing the internal", and "internalizing the external".

  8. Political freedom - Wikipedia

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    The concept can also include freedom from internal constraints on political action or speech such as social conformity, consistency, or inauthentic behaviour. [8] The concept of political freedom is closely connected with the concepts of civil liberties and human rights , which in democratic societies are usually afforded legal protection from ...

  9. Situational theory of publics - Wikipedia

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    If the three concepts (problem recognition, constraint recognition and involvement), are internal (only perceived), then they could be changed by communication, and if they are external (real/actual), then “changes must be made in a person’s environment before his or her perceptions … and communication behavior will change” (Grunig ...