Liberalism vs. Democracy Liberalism‚ formed in the latter part of the 18th Century from opposition to existing political monarchies in Europe‚ was based on rights of individuals and the responsibility of government to protect those rights. Liberalism has an ambivalent relationship with democracy‚ as liberals are against collective power‚ but support political equality. In the nineteenth century liberals were often opposed to democracy as they saw it as a threat to individual rights - the people
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Neo-liberalism and “Sound Finance” in India: Viewing Economic Theory and Praxis from the Lens of the People -Zico Dasgupta I The present economic crisis‚ while engulfing the whole capitalist world‚ has left its distinct imprint on the Indian economy. The latter has been characterized by a sharp decline in the GDP growth rate‚ a negative growth rate in agricultural and manufacturing sector‚ massive job losses and plummeting crop prices in the recent period. However‚ as one of the recent estimates
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Communism vs. Liberalism The farther and farther this class drove on through the semester‚ the more I heard the phrase repeated “what if there is no answer to the question?” In both On Liberty and the Communist Manifesto I feel they address this phrase‚ just in their own words. There is no one size fits all answer and now I am starting to understand that is truthful. Everyone believes that people are different; they think different‚ they act different‚ and they want different things. If that is
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The Effects of Neo-Colonialism as presented in Motorcycle Diaries and A Small Place Neo-Colonialism is a very powerful and controversial issue in the world today. Countries such as the United States‚ Great Brittan and France still greatly profit over the countries they left as independent years ago. This paradox is created by the mother country exerting economic and political influence on the former colonies; allowing them to still profit from these third world countries without actually occupying
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Neo-Colonial Africa in a Post-Soviet World A continent of rapid change and slow modernization‚ Africa is a place of several failed and rogue states that are key to the international foreign policy of many world powers during periods of both the past and present. The United States of America (USA)‚ the emerging superpower of last half of the 20th century‚ would clash and eventually prevail against the communist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) through proxy wars and competition
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“What is liberalism?” you may be asking. Well‚ liberalism is an ideology founded on the ideas and beliefs of liberty and equality. There are two branches: classical liberalism and social liberalism. Although there are two branches‚ both of them generally support freedom of the press‚ freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ free markets‚ civil rights‚ secular governments‚ democratic societies‚ international cooperation‚ and gender equality. It is true that both branches support this‚ however classical
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La science politique et le néo-institutionnalisme Séminaire du 7-12-05 Introduction Dans ce texte‚ il s ’agit dans un premier temps de présenter d ’une façon générale le néo-institutionnalisme en tant que courant de pensée afin de le situer plus ou moins dans son contexte d ’apparition et notamment pour comprendre quel type d ’approche il se propose d ’être. Dans un deuxième temps‚ il sera question de discuter des trois courants qui le composent‚ c ’est-à-dire : l ’institutionnalisme du
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and laws. These two concepts are conservatism and liberalism. Liberalism supports a more active role of government‚ policies to help minorities and the disadvantaged‚ higher spending and more regulation and policies to redistribute wealth through taxation. Conservatism supports a greater reliance on the free markets‚ a market in which the disadvantage and minorities can support themselves‚ fewer government regulations‚ and lower taxes. Liberalism and conservatism have been political ideas and thoughts
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Confucianism places a great deal of emphasis on the family‚ viewing all human relationships and institutions as patterned after or based on its model. Confucian familism stands in sharp contrast to the strong individualism traditionally associated with capitalism and liberal democracy. It has also been proven that Confucianism has not been an obstacle on the road to industrialization and capitalist development‚ if needed it has contributed in a positive fashion. For many in Confucian families
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Liberalism is a political ideology which based on individualism and equality. Liberalism has key ideas such as freedom‚ reason‚ equality‚ toleration‚ consent and constitutionalism. Liberal theories and principles had gradually been developed during the previous three hundred years. With the spreading ideas by enlightenment philosophers‚ liberalism showed up. Liberalism against to religion of state‚ absolute monarchy and religious rights of kings. The 17th-century philosopher John Locke has known
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