high level of trust and national solidarity. Those countries became well known in the whole word for their successful welfare state policy. For primary understanding the definition of the main concept of the welfare state and Nordic model of welfare state are necessary. According to the Britannica online encyclopedia the welfare state is a concept of government in which the state plays a key role in the protection
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The United States has been an expansionist country since the pilgrims landed. Until the US established them selves as a definite world power‚ they had shown themselves to be a very expansionist country. The imperialism of the 1900s may have departed from past actions in terms of size and ambition‚ but the fundamental reasons and drive for expansion remained the same throughout much of America’s history. Past expansion of the US includes the Manifest Destiny-driven push to the West coast‚ the annexation
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Is there really a separation of church and state in the philippines? Catholic leaders ready voting guidelines: ’Pro-choice is anti-life. Vote for anti-RH candidates’ The Philippines’ powerful Catholic Church is to ask Filipinos to vote candidates who support birth control out of office in the May elections‚ a Church official said Saturday. The guidelines‚ to be read at Sunday masses across the country‚ are seen as an attack on President Benigno Aquino’s allies who pushed for a controversial
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in many of the interviewees’ answers‚ not a single student answered identically to another. One student completely disregarded democracy while another believed democracy is the best form of government‚ regardless of how well it works in the United States. The data I gathered may not reflect the thoughts of all or even most of the youths in this country‚ but there does seem to be a general consensus
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Separation of powers is a concept outlined within the first three articles of the United States Constitution. In primary school‚ separation of powers is taught as a simple concept concerning the three branches of government. It appeared as though each branch had an equal set of powers and that no abilities overlapped in the branches. However‚ after further research‚ it is blatantly apparent that one branch’s power supersedes the others. The Legislative branch’s powers stem into areas that overlap
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After its defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898‚ Spain ceded its longstanding colony of the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris. On February 4‚ 1899‚ just two days before the U.S. Senate ratified the treaty‚ fighting broke out between American forces and Filipino nationalists led by Emilio Aguinaldo who sought independence rather than a change in colonial rulers. The ensuing Philippine-American War lasted three years and resulted in the death of over 4‚200 American and over
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of identity formation emerges in adolescence but mostly takes place in emerging adulthood. Regarding love‚ although adolescents in the United States usually begin dating between ages 12 and 14‚ they usually view this dating as recreational. It is not until emerging adulthood that identity formation in love becomes more serious.[4] While in the United States during adolescence dating usually occurs in groups and in situations such as parties and dances‚ in emerging adulthood‚ relationships last longer
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valued goods and opportunities in a society. Over the past two decades‚ there has been an increase in economic inequality in the United States. Four major reasons for this increase is the changing relationship between technological expansion and education‚ deindustrialization and restructuring‚ government policies‚ and decline of unions. Technology in the United States has advanced immensely since the 1970s. This has led to peoples jobs being replaced by technology‚ for example bank tellers have been
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Arcadian State The Course of Empire by Thomas Cole is by far the only traditional series of paintings that I enjoy and out of the five paintings I enjoy the most is the second painting titled The Arcadian State. As a person with an affinity for History‚ I enjoy it because it shows that state when humanity comes into its own both technologically and socially and in turns of the paintings really begins changing shape into a what will become an empire. Thomas Cole was the founder of the Hudson River
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Germany and Islamic Military Intervention International Relations POLS1160 The Islamic State is a region in the Middle East that is an unrecognized state with a self-declared government. They control a landmass in northwest Iraq and eastern Syria. Since the removal of U.S troops from Iraq in 2011‚ tensions have escalated between the government and radical groups such as ISIS. ISIS has slowly been conquering land in Iraq. They are well trained and organized soldiers that have an effective use
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