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    Chapters 10 through 12 in Political Polarization in American Politics explain what causes polarization and who is involved. This reading supports the ideas from chapter four which says that politics has become polarized on more issues than before due to conflict extension. Both Congress and the voters are deeply polarized‚ driven by two major factors‚ coming from a change in government and social interactions as well as a “long-term realignment”. Therefore‚ polarization comes from previous political beliefs

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    Civil War Compromise

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    Constitution‚ Roger Sherman proposed a compromise known as “The Great Compromise”. This compromise included a clause called the “Three-Fifths Compromise”‚ which created a method to account for the population of slaves when deciding the number of representatives in the House of Representatives. The Constitution states that the number of

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    Industrial dispute

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    Industrial Conflict Definition and Causes of Industrial Conflict Industrial conflict is the situation where disputes and disagreements arise between employees’ and employers over matters related to the working conditions. Conflict is endemic among human grouping because of the divergent interests which are usually diametrically opposed.While employers must maximise his profit by reducing to the minimun level the cost of production which is usually at the detriment of the employees‚ employees

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    Qantas Dispute

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    BACKGROUND This paper aims at analyzing the industrial dispute between Qantas and the trade unions in 2011. The key questions include: _(1) WHAT WERE THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE QANTAS DISPUTE IN 2011? (2) WHAT DOES IT ILLUSTRATE ABOUT CHANGING INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN AUSTRALIA?_ To address the question (1)‚ there is an analysis of the interviews and documentary evidence to explain the causes and consequences of the Qantas dispute. To the question (2)‚ it applies theories of industrial relation

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    American Two-Party System What are political parties? Basically they are groups that want to gain political power and influence public policies. Political parties were created to represent the people of our nation and their ideas on public policies. Over time they have developed and become a big part of our democratic government. Our American political party system is based on a two-party system‚ meaning there are two major parties that dominate elections. Political parties are important to

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    The Wage Dispute

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    Wage dispute‚ anxieties and tensions caused by world war 11‚ recent migrants and new kind of cultural contracts‚ new expectations‚ unemployment‚ rising prices‚ and falling wage and growing black consciousness the West Indian influence and racial tension. These are the factors that contribute to the unrest of the 1930s and 1940s. The West Indian influence caused a questioning of the social system in the Bahamas. At the early part of the 20th century hundreds of West Idian were brought in the Bahamas

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    Compromise of 1877

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    CElaine Church History 151 Midterm #1 The Compromise of 1877 The Compromise of 1877 marked the dawn of a new era in American History. Most events after the compromise‚ decades down the road‚ are direct results of the compromise. Specifically blacks were most affected by this. Rights they were promised when they fought with the north in the civil war were gone. The rights were not taken away per say‚ but simply not enforced. The compromise that most likely saved the nation from breaking back

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    Tabulating Slaves In 1860

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    were fighting a movement of dispossession. The abolitionists told them that the property they owned must be forfeited‚ that all the wealth stored in the limbs and wombs of their property would be taken from them. Zeroed out. Imagine a modern-day political movement that contended that mutual funds and 401(k)s‚ stocks and college savings accounts were evil institutions that must be eliminated completely‚ more or less

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    Political Discourse Political incivility has been around for a very long time. According to the article “The Rise and Fall of Nasty Politics in America”‚ a number of studies have been conducted to prove that politics has always been “a bit rough”. Many people in and out of the political world are agreeing that politics these days have turned in to a horrible cycle. Politics today involves nasty language about fellow members families‚ angry protests and violent outbursts. Sometimes racial slurs

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    The Compromise of 1877

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    called the Compromise of 1877. The Compromise of 1877 was a deal made by the Republicans and the Democrats. The deal was that the Democrats would agree to give Hayes the victory in the presidential election he had not clearly won. In return‚ the new president agreed to remove the remaining federal troops from the southern states. He also agreed to support appropriations for rebuilding levees long the Mississippi River‚ and to give huge subsides to southern railroads. The compromise opened the way

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