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    The citizen is expected to feel only a limited obligation to the state; paripassu the state is expected to impinge on the citizen’s life in only a feeble way. In fact the liberal theory of citizenship grew by the extraction of rights for the individual. During the 20th century‚ the brief that citizenship embodies legal‚ political as well as social rights has taken full hold. Citizenship is both a status and a set of rights

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    Liberal Democracy is a contradiction in terms The term democracy comes from the Greek language and means "rule by the people". Over time‚ it has developed to sub categorize into different types of democracy such as direct‚ representative and religious. It therefore would be obvious to assume that different political views shape the way in which democracy is devised in practice. Liberal democracy shadows closely to representative. It expresses the need for free and fair elections‚ individual rights

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    I will draw from the essay that the Liberal theory taken from "The Declaration of Sentiments" by Elizabeth Stanton demonstrates a theoretical conclusion of oppression. I will argue rather than that of “The Origin of the Family‚ Private Property and the State” written by Friedrich Engels‚ the Marxist theory fell short of offering a theoretical explanation because Engels’ prescribes for abolishment of property rights and inheritance but does not include ethnic factors in order to show a useful way

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    Political Participation in Liberal Democracy People participate in politics to influence policy decision for beter life or beter future by voting‚ interest groups‚ labor unions‚ associations and party membership. There are 3 groups ; Gladiators (Elites) : a small proportion of gladiators who fight the political battle. For instance‚ the activist campaigners. Spectators: a large group og spectators who observe the contest but rarely participate beyond voting. Apathetics: a substantial number

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    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE “The Art & Science of building stuff that does stuff at the Nanometer scale” * Richard E Smalley I am always intrigued by the depth involved and the broad range of sciences‚ this statement covers‚ for the purpose of defining Nanotechnology. It is one of the key statements which made this field curious to me. My interest in this field began‚ when I first came across the essay “There is Plenty of Room at the Bottom” written by Richard P Feynman. And thereafter‚ from curiosity

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    Fdu (fairleigh dikinson university) mas(master in health sciences) in global health administration. Statement of purpose I believe i was instinctively drawn towards the field of dentistry because it requires a great deal of muscle dexterity in addition to technical precision‚ and with high school coming to an end i started looking for a carrer that came with emotional gratification I met a few dentists who expressed extreme satisfaction they derrived from work so

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    Adam Koehler Statement of Purpose After taking a multitude of computer science courses over my academic career I have perceived that most of the courses tend to build a student’s knowledge of computer science outward‚ broadening familiarity over several areas of computer science rather than creating a concentrated depth of knowledge in any one topic. Pursuing a master’s degree in computer science will allow me to more fully develop my knowledge in two areas of particular interest to me: artificial

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    INTRODUCTION The purpose of this report is to consider the role of media in liberal democracies of the 21st century and to analyse if the ownership of media affects this role. Media can widely be defined as any media of communication. This report will focus more on the news aspect of media rather than the entertainment side. In considering the role of media‚ I will examine multiple arguments of the role. The media ownership will be taken from examples in Australia‚ United States and Britain

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    particular needs and relative cultural norms of one society versus another with the two forms existing in global harmony; rather it is the case that liberal democracy generally remains significantly more stable‚ incites less violence‚ and promotes economic progress in far greater frequencies than the various blends of autocracy. It would seem then‚ that liberal democracy is the superior ideological foundation for successful‚ prosperous‚ and stable governance—an argument asserted quite controversially by

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    After Reconstruction the states that resided in the north were primarily Liberal Republican. This was due from Lincoln’s association with the Republican Party‚ and the role he had on equal treatment for blacks during the Civil War (Boles pg. 570). Also‚ the term liberal is associated with the progressive party‚ which means looking forward. In contrast‚ the south was primarily Conservative Democratic‚ with the term conservative associated with being stuck in old ways of doing things. This implies

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