History Essay- Select one year from the period 1900-97: Analyze why that year became a turning point in the political and administrative development in Hong Kong. 1984 was definitely a turning point in Hong Kong’s political and administrative development. 1984 was the year when the Sino-British Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong was signed between the Chinese and British governments. Before then‚ the speed of the political modernization
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ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION 1. Introduction: From the end of World War II into 1960s‚ the formative period of what we now call “Development Economics” intense debate centered on why some countries grew rich while others languished. Because scars from the great depression were still fresh‚ the traditional nineteenth-century liberal approach based on free trade in domestic and foreign markets was somewhat discredited. Instead‚ influential economists tended to emphasize problems of market failure and
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In the article “Blogs and Democratization”‚ John Vivian talks about how anyone can make a blog and express their opinion especially about polities and also influence people. A lot of people today have blogs because it’s affordable and it’s easy to access. Although before the new gatekeeping rule‚ blogging had no code of conduct. They would keep stories “alive that’ve been played out. They inform the public about anything whether it’s a fact or not. Anyone can be a blogger‚ the internet is a mass
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this wide spread failure below the Sahara include the following: intervention of Europeans through colonialism and slavery‚ poverty and low rankings in the Human Development Index‚ along with political instability and the rushed attempt of the democratization processes. The challenges in Africa are numerous and complex. Socially and economically Africa has not developed to the extent of the rest of the world; one of the main causes of this has been the enslavement of the African
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the arrangements of the government. We can therefore see that not only did the government give citizens more opportunities to join the government after 1984‚ but also did the citizen become more active in politics than before. The progress of democratization had
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independent‚ the political parties tend to pluralism and the press is free. India thus verifies for more than sixty years essential criteria of democracy‚ what makes it a unique case among developing countries. However‚ if the effective political democratization of India can’t be denied‚ the social
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Summary Having already examined whether people should be allowed to hold and express unpopular beliefs‚ Mill looks at the question of whether people should be allowed to act on their opinions without facing legal punishment or social stigma. Mill observes that actions should not be as free as opinions‚ and reasserts that both must be limited when they would cause harm to others and be "a nuisance to other people." However‚ many of the reasons for respecting different opinions also apply to respecting
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Spring 2012 PSCI 140 Democracies around the World Final Exam Study Guide Instructor: Satoshi Machida Part I: Words Identification (Content of Important Articles) (40 points) 1. You have to be prepared so that you can explain the following words and concepts. * Authoritarian states ---A small group of individuals exercise power Government is not constitutionally responsible to the state Public—little role in leadership selection Individual freedom is restricted May be institutionalized
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until corruption is taken out of everyday relationships of the upper class. However‚ there is great hope at the same time‚ because Nigeria is a country that has learned to make positive changes and learned from many of these changes‚ such as the democratization of the Nigerian state. Nigeria has learned to adapt and deal with many of their national issues‚ therefore if necessary changes are made in order to diversify the wealth produced by the exploited economy. The “national cake” can be shared to benefit
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The Importance Of Printing The phenomenon of widely available and reproduced literature is something we often take for granted. The important and revolutionary role of the printing press is something that cannot be understated. When Johannes Gutenberg began building his press in 1436‚ he unknowingly gave birth to an art form that would take center stage in the social and industrial revolutions that followed. Gutenberg was the chief designer behind this complex and groundbreaking piece of machinery
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