In New Granada‚ Caracas’ city council was composed of Creole elite‚ like that of many other councils across the Spanish viceroyalty. However‚ their loyalty to the Spanish crown was put to the test by the invasion of Napoleon in Spain‚ when he put his brother‚ Joseph‚ on the throne. The Creoles refused to acknowledge the authority of their new king. On April 19‚ 1810‚ the Caracas city council removed the royal Governor‚ declared themselves a junta‚ and declared independence from Spain at a congress
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democracy can be seen as government for the people. Also depending if one agrees with political equality will alter your definition for example if a person has high level of social significance they would believe that democracy is the rule of the elite and political equality does not exist this is the view point of Marxists. However on the other hand liberal- democracies do believe it and therefore their opinion on “democracy” is political equality. As Bernard Crick 1993 stated‚ “ democracy is the
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Popular Culture and the Arts. My very own definitions of “art‚†“fine art‚†“artifacts‚†and how they influence my cultural perception of the world will be discussed. My definitions of “culture‚†“elite culture‚†“pop culture‚†“ethnocentrism‚†“trend‚†“fad‚†and how these terms relate to my definition of art will also be discussed. My definition of “art†is really anything that I
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other dimensions of power. The more you know‚ you have the power to insight. The people have power with access to skills‚ knowledge‚ and labor. William Domhoff and C. Right Mills have gathered a contemporary theory‚ the power elite theory which is distributed power. Power elite theorist C. Right Mills stated that the rich people are all related. They control the economy‚ politics‚ government‚ media‚ criminal justice system laws‚ cultural capital‚ and etc. He summarized that they are a group of people
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Performance Task # 2- Direction: Answer the following: (answers shall be based on the assignment Video: Sayaw) Key point: the Spaniards came to the Philippines in the 16th century. They found out that dance and music were woven and is part of the Filipinos everyday life. Q. Where is it intertwined? 1. Courtship 2. Love 3. Politics 4.____________________ 5_____________________ 6._________________________ 7.______________________ Key point: the Spaniards employ dances and
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Consolidation of democracy 1.6. The left-right divide and post-communist cleavages 1.7. Anti-communism and the Right 1.8. The dilemmas of the Left 1.9. Coalition building 1.10. Presidentialism 1.11. The new political elites 1.12. Party institutionalization 1.13. The party culture and party life II. About parties and party-systems: Poland 2.1. Path-dependency and the parties and party-systems in Poland 2.2. Solidarity and AWS
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established parts of Chinese life that lasted all the way into the 20th century. They were also the “golden age” of arts and literature because of their poetry‚ landscape‚ and ceramics along with the birth of Neo-Confucianism. 2. In the Tang Dynasty‚ elite women had greater freedom and influence. In the Song Dynasty‚ they had tighter patriarchal restrictions. In both‚ they started foot binding and textile production became larger which replaced women’s role in that industry. But women’s property rights
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would work less and wealth be distributed equally among all people were appealing especially to the lower class. Of course the upper class elite would have saw this as a threat to their prosperity and material possessions. However Karl Marx (the creator of Socialism) would have said that everyone would have access to the same luxuries and delicacies as the upper elite. However how would this be possible? Sure it’s easy to say “everybody gets what they want!” but how would this actually be implemented
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THESIS STATEMENT: This video intends to interpret the supremacy of the church during the 18th century that lead the certain part of the elites (writers and philosophers) to bring justice to the neglected and defenceless people through the works of fiction. SUPPORTING POINT 1: The supremacy of church that halt the rights of society In European society in the early of 17th and 18th century‚ the citizen inherited two things – religion and social class status. In western countries at that time‚ Catholic
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arrogant and lavish behavior. They were born into the old elite and were stupendously rich in the wealthiest country in the world. They lived extravagant lives in a careless post-war time with mass media covering their lives in the tabloids. Another factor that contributed to this feeling of being superior must have been the lack of authorities and strong politicians. As the economy ran itself and the politicians were incompetent‚ the cultural elite were literally on top of the world. They distanced themselves
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