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    Obama vs. Marx Alan Wolfe firmly believes that liberalism and socialism are not the same and it’s ludicrous to think that they are. I agree with this fully‚ they are two totally different political philosophies. Wolfe uses President Obama as his prime examples in comparing how these philosophies are indeed different‚ almost opposites. Take for instance his proposal for the healthcare reform. Obama’s form of liberalism would offer a healthcare program with several choices as opposed to a socialist

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    Chapter 2 Multiple Choice Answers 1. D 2. E 3. E 4. D 5. C Essay #1 – Human Nature and International Institutions Two theories dominated the early twentieth century’s view of world politics: liberalism and realism. The latter stresses the importance of the nation-state itself and security via national defense and strategic alliances; whereas the former believes that although nation-states are crucial‚ international institutes and global corporations are also pivotal to maintaining

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    Neo-liberalism is essentially an ideology based upon the privatization of public goods and services‚ with a strong focus on austerity and laissez-faire economics. This new ideology is apparently seems spreading towards education within the United States. The fundamental problem displayed in the last four weeks worth of articles‚ documents and excerpts is that the arguments stated against this neo-liberalization don’t actually make any sense logically‚ misunderstand neo-liberalism or are just straight-up

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    and Neo-Liberalism Introduction The two theories which shall be compared are the modernisation theory and Neo Liberalism. The modernisation theory is a market oriented development theory which states that low income countries can develop economically if they give up their traditional ways which often can be dated back centuries and take on more modern economic principles‚ technologies and cultural values which comprise of an emphasis on productive investment and savings. Neo-liberalism is the economic

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    early 20th century labour movement that protested unfair working conditions and influenced Theodore Roosevelt to create the square deal and welfare capitalism. All three sources are related because they all address the disadvantages of classical liberalism and how they were/should be fixed. The first source discusses welfare state‚ the successor of welfare capitalism. Much like welfare capitalism‚ the welfare state was created to address the lack of equality and necessities provided to citizens in

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    organization including the Catholic Church‚ the Orthodox Church‚ and the Anglican Protestant Church in England. One of the lasting effects of the age of Napoleon is the spread of nationalism and liberalism. In the early 1800’s‚ liberals embraced enlightenment ideas spread by the French Revolution. Liberalism and Conservatism‚ after the French Revolution were continually in conflict with each other. There also seem to be power struggle between liberals and conservatists. Before the French Revolution

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    state that is used to strengthen their military and political power that can be used against other states. According to mercantilist perspective‚ there are two types of economic rivalries between the state; benign and malevolent mercantilism. Benign mercantilism is when the states look after their

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    American Revolution Turning Point Between the years 1763-1776‚ there were many issues and events that made the year 1763 a turning point that led to the American Revolution. Britain tried to hold more power over the colonies and many disputes were held over this issue. The year 1763 was a turning point that led to the American Revolution because of the economic laws and acts previously passed‚ the political grip that Britain had on the colonies‚ and the earlier relations between Britain and America

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    International Trade Theories Mercantilism Mercantilism was a sixteenth-century economic philosophy that maintained that a country’s wealth was measured by its holdings of gold and silver (Mahoney‚ Trigg‚ Griffin‚ & Pustay‚ 1998). This recquired the countries to maximise the difference between its exports and imports by promoting exports and discouraging imports. The logic was transparent to sixteenth-century policy makers-if foreigners buy more goods from you than you buy from them‚ then the foreigners

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    In the wake of the Reformation‚ two countries experienced a century of great change‚ and whether growth or decline‚ this change was drastic. After Elizabeth I died at the turn of the century‚ James I took the throne of England and took absolutism with him. He and the next five successors would oversee the growth of England from an erratic‚ absolutist monarchy to a working‚ stable Constitutional monarchy. France was not fortunate enough to experience such growth. In contrast‚ it experienced great

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