strength: a. Durability: how long it lasted b. Enforcement: how effective? Hypothetical exercise § Rich countries more likely to have democracy è structuralism: economic condition § Islamic Culture is reason for persistence of authoritarianism in the Middle East (before 2011) è structuralim: cultural condition § Democrats won election due to Obama è voluntarism § Financial crisis caused by greedy wall street ibankers è voluntarism § Presidential constitutions are not particularly
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representative of Democracy. Elected as the leader he and Piggy his companion keep order and maintain a civilized government. The strength of Ralph’s character was supported by the power of World War II. Jack‚ on the other hand‚ represents authoritarianism. He rules as a dictator and is the exact opposite of Ralph. Jack is exemplifying the Hitler’s and Mussolini’s of the world. He is what the world fears and yet follows. This struggle is born at the very beginning and escalates till the
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In the early 1960’s‚ psychologist Stanley Milgram set out to study why people typically responded in obedience to authority figures. He had been fascinated by the Holocaust‚ and why so many people participated in this tragic historical event. On other occasions‚ he had also observed that it was difficult for individuals to deny an authority figure’s instruction‚ even if that instruction goes against one’s morals. Milgram believed that if he could vary the factors that were normally associated with
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Abstract Erik Erickson stages of development describe where each individual should be socially depending on his or her age. Erickson has eight stages cover the virtue of hope‚ will purpose‚ competency‚ fidelity‚ love‚ care‚ and wisdom. This paper will discuss my present psychosocial developmental stage. Psychosocial Stage of Development Erik Erikson psychosocial stage of development is broke down into eight stages. Those eight stages cover development form birth to death
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I – Introduction The end of the cold war has shaped a succession of uncertain events that aimed to identifying “a new world order". To this point‚ the single firmness is that the international community has gone into a period of a remarkable global transition that has caused more social problems than solutions. The end of the super-power challenge‚ the growing disproportion in wealth and the access to resources‚ correspond with a worrying increase in violence‚ poverty and unemployment. This
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EQUALITY AND DEMOCRACY South Asian countries have fundamentally regarded economic development as a political matter. Another thing that differentiates South Asia is her commitment to egalitarianism in terms of planning. In terms of guiding beliefs‚ there is a similarity between South Asia and the West. However‚ a time dimension is involved. During West Asia’s development period‚ social welfare was still in its early stages. Social welfare was part of abstracts by scholars and even rebels
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Chapter 8---Creating a Republican Culture (1790-1820) I. The Capitalist Commonwealth A. Banks‚ Manufacturing‚ and Markets a) Banking and Credit: 1. For merchants‚ farmers‚ and political leaders‚ republicanism meant capitalism. 2. 2nd National Bank was chartered in 1816 for 20 yrs. To finance mercantile enterprises. 3. The Panic of 1819: state banks over-issued notes‚ sparked by a sharp drop in world agricultural prices Business cycle—the periodic expansion and contraction of profits
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A great divide among the human race is our differing views of the world and our opinions. This divide has spanned from the B.C. till now in the 21st century. There is not a country that has been immune to it. Nothing is more obvious of that divide than in the banning of books in our public libraries‚ schools and institutions of higher learning. This type of literary censorship has banned great classics like The Catcher in the Rye‚ Huckleberry Finn‚ Animal Farm and To Kill a Mocking Bird have
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inspired the rise of mass politics and eventually fascism‚ discrediting the ideals of democracy and liberalism. However‚ the World War I had brought not only negative outcomes. The positive results of war were seen in the resistance against authoritarianism and colonialism‚ the extension of rights to some women and men in different
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Virtue and the Laws: The Parent Analogy in Plato’s Crito. Sandrine Berges Instructor in Philosophy Department of International Relations Bilkent University Bilkent 06533 Ankara Turkey Berges@bilkent.edu.tr Virtue and the Laws: The Parent Analogy in Plato’s Crito. 1. Introduction. One noticeable omission in the otherwise ever flourishing literature on Plato’s Crito (and one might say on the early Platonic dialogues in general) is the recognition that Plato
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