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    UNIVERSITY-CHINA TOPIC: A liberation movement in Uganda: a case of the Lord Resistance Movement/Army (LRM/A) 1986 – 2006. Abstract This paper is set within the theory of sociology of learning and social movement frame work. It will examine documents/reports from government and non governmental organizations‚ personal experience and observation as a resident of a geographical space where the social movement occurred‚ private studies about the movement and government responses‚ and reports

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    Women's Movement

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    The Women’s Movement in Brazil Exhibiting courage and determination the women living in the Brazilian community of Gamboa de Baixo located in the city of Salvador‚ and in the state of Bahia‚ have accomplished significant changes in their fight for land ownership‚ clean water‚ gender and human rights. In the book Black Women Against the Land Grab: The Fight for Racial Justice in Brazil‚ Keisha-Khan Perry details the victories and sacrifices with passion and with a kindred spirit projecting her sisterhood

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    Swadeshi Movement

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    Swadeshi movement The Swadeshi movement‚ part of the Indian independence movement and the developing Indian nationalism‚ was an economic strategy aimed at removing the British Empire from power and improving economic conditions in India by following the principles of swadeshi (self-sufficiency; Hindi: स्वदेशी svadēśī)‚ which had some success. Strategies of the Swadeshi movement involved boycotting British products and the revival of domestic products and production processes. The Swadeshi Movement

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    The Women's Movement

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    The Women’s Movement The women’s rights movement was a huge turning point for women because they had succeeded in the altering of their status as a group and changing their lives of countless men and women. Gender‚ Ideology‚ and Historical Change: Explaining the Women’s Movement was a great chapter because it explained and analyzed the change and causes of the women’s movement. Elaine Tyler May’s essay‚ Cold War Ideology and the Rise of Feminism and Women’s Liberation and Sixties Radicalism

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    The Temperance Movement

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    the United States has gone through various social and political movements; however‚ none compare to the movement in which our country—a country that was founded on freedom and choice—literally placed a restriction on the sell and consumption of alcohol. It is because of this that our group‚ consisting of Christie‚ Claire‚ and myself‚ chose to research the Temperance movement‚ while we each focus on a specific aspect of the movement that most interests us. While Claire focuses on the criminal aspect

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    their land and others never received any. The White Loyalists who were also disappointed with their new lives returned to the United States. But Blacks weren’t able to follow suite with the risk of becoming slaves. As a solution‚ the Back to Africa movement was sparked‚ encouraging those with African descent to return the African homeland. The British government offered the settlers in mainly Nova Scotia‚ a free passage from Halifax to Sierra Leone‚ and almost half of the only substantial Black community

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    The Temperance Movement

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    The Temperance Movement occurred in the United States from the 19th to 20th century. The purpose of this movement was to encourage moderate consumption of alcohol or for complete abstinence. This movement was mostly sponsored by women and their children. It was also heard from preachers at the pulpit. This movement began in Europe‚ most notably Ireland. It quickly spread throughout Europe and the United States. The first pledge of abstinence came from preachers‚ the most notable of whom was John

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    Head Movement

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    The Effects of Head Movement and Pinnae Distortion on Sound Localisation Abstract: Human’s ability to locate sounds on their midline can be effected by the distortion of the pinnae‚ as well as the restriction of head movement. The study investigated the effects of head moment and pinnae distortion on sound localisation through the presentation of a sound stimulus along three points of the participants midline‚ in front‚ above or behind the participants head. The study was carried out under four

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    Bauhaus Movement

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    The Bauhaus was a German school of design from 1919 to 1933. It was a movement that was strongly influenced by the outcomes of World War One and rejected the ideals of the past and embraced the age of the machine. By focusing on the materials and the eradication of superfluous decoration‚ the Bauhaus established a new ideal‚ which was‚ form following function. Through their manipulation of established and new products this enabled them to emphasise the very ‘materiality’ of the items they produced

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    Reform Movements

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    worked hard to promote the idea of democracy and human rights. Reform movements had a major impact in expanding democratic ideals. It promoted democracy effectively throughout the nation. Between the years 1825-1850‚ reform movements sought to expand and emphasize democratic ideals in order to maintain a more equal society for all. The Second Great Awakening‚ led by Charles G. Finney‚ played an important role in the reform movements that expanded the idea of democracy. The period of religious revivalism

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