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    The caudillo system established in Latin America after the wars for independence consisted of unstable transitional governments that achieved few of the goals recognized in an effective democratic government. Despite these shortcomings‚ the caudillo system maintained a predictable social order and prevented chaos. This system was the best available until the formation of a middle class could be achieved‚ resulting in a more democratic political system. The caudillo system came to be a common form

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    Political systems are built in a country to manage the institutions of resource allocation‚ citizen’s rights and national security. When the government is no longer satisfactorily maintaining these institutions‚ political change is bound to occur. In Latin America‚ during the 30’s and 40’s‚ the governments of Brazil and Argentina failed and therefore political revolutions overthrew the old regimes. Getulio Vargas and Juan Peron rose to power with Populist platforms appealing to the masses. In order

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    The Caste System of India Many people have heard of the caste system in India‚ but few understand its complexity. This system has kept India’s Hindu people locked into a rigid social climate for centuries‚ and is still a controlling factor among the Hindu people. The caste system was uniquely developed in the Hindu societies of India. The origins of the caste system in India are unclear‚ but it seems to have had its beginnings sometime around two thousand years ago. Under

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    Sakulkiatpotchana 1  “James” Theerapatr Sakulkiatpotchana  Mr. Jeffrey Steers  Current Events  16 May 2013  The Caste System  The Caste  system  is “Social  hierarchy  distinguishing India’s  social structure from  any  other  nation”(mtholyoke.edu‚  epandit).  The  caste  system  was  used  to  control  people  and  separate  them  from  each  other.  Date  back  to  1200 BCE‚  caste  is used to  identify  a  group   of  people  having  a  specific  social  rank. Most  of the  history  seemed  to 

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    Caste” is defined as a rigid social system in which a social hierarchy is maintained generation after generation and allows little mobility out of the position to which a person is born. The original caste system of India was formed when Aryan nomadic groups migrated from the north to India in approximately 1500 B.C. The system consisted of four distinct groups. They were the Brahmans (priests) Kshatriya (warriors and tribal chiefs)‚ Vaishyas (tradesmen)‚ and the Sudras (workers‚ peasants).

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    A Day in Life: Case system Narrative My feet‚ burning walking through the villages while the higher caste people just stare at us‚ as if we are animals that have no home. My son is screaming as he is sick from the polluted water we have to drink from. The higher caste people drink from clean fresh wells and laugh at us as we drink from the local pond filled with animal feces. There isn’t much hope for our kind of people‚ but for us it’s all about slim chances. My people help each other

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    1‚ Jan 2011 Social system influences Political System A comparative study of sub-continent Mughees Ahmed∗ Fozia Naseem∗∗ Abstract: The study of the culture of the Sub-Continent in the political context is the main object of this paper. Casteism and Biradarism are main component of this culture which has very deep impacts on political alignments of the people. This factor gained more significance in Pakistan in the era of non-political governments. Social system of sub-continent influences

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    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ISSN : 2277-7881 VOLUME 1‚ ISSUE 1‚ APRIL 2012 Dr. B.R. AMBEDKAR’S CONCEPT OF SOCIAL CHANGE Murali Korada Principal RLN Dora College of Educaton Srikakulam Dr.K.Victor Babu Dept of Philosophy Andhra University Visakhapatnam -530003 Dr. Ambedkar adopted peaceful means of social change. He believe in the evolutionary process of social change‚ which moves on constitutional lines. He preferred the evolutionary process

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    A Broken Latin America Latin America is a curious case in the political world; with ever changing governments‚ one of the highest regional poverty rates and a corrupt federal system that is tied into the narcotics industry. Why is this region so politically unstable‚ and is it getting better or worse? This question can easily be answered when the political history of Latin America is examined. Latin America is a region birthed through war and revolution‚ as well as hundreds of years of colonization

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    Latin America: The Creation of New People Latin America: The Creation of New People Bradford Burns‚ the author of Latin America: An Interpretive History has put a lot of thought in my mind‚ of who and what where the first people of Latin America. Because of them‚ many of us are here today. But who are they? The new world‚ which came to be known as Latin America; numerous types of people migrated to this part of the world. A group of people known as the indigenous migrated from Asia and

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