What does the modern state do? What are the salient features of the modern state? a. intrusive and regulative i. restricts individual freedom ii. control all citizens lives everywhere iii. the state is an omnipresent busy body b. extractive c. coercive i. monopoly over mens of violence ii. coerce us into willing/ unwilling means ALL THE STATES HAVE THESE FEATURES. THE DIFFERENCE IS ONE OF DEGREE RATHER THAN KIND. 2. How has the modern state appeared and evolved
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For many years‚ State of the Union is presented annually by the president of the United States. The president outlines the accomplishments over the previous years‚ as well as the things to be done for the coming year. On the 12th day of February‚ 2013‚ President Obama declared his agenda on his second term. He was very detailed about his promises and goals to people of the nation. The speech was made to deliver his obligation and responsibilities which will bring the prosperity and restore the complication
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Title: States of Matter Introductions: In this activity you will investigate the physical science of the different states of matter. You are going to see how different atoms and molecules (types of particles) change state (solid‚ liquid‚ and gas) when they are heated or cooled. 1. Click on the link: http://phet.colorado.edu/ This is a screen shot of the website: 2. Click the “Play with sims” button. 3. Click “New Sims”->Click “States of Matter: Basics”->Click “Run Now” This is a screen shot
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President Obama’s State of the Union Speech: Topics Chart Topics you expect the President to bring up: Why? Was the topic brought up? Middle Class Because we are having problem with the economy yes College Cause before the speech there was a new rule that if you do good in school you get two free years of college yes Working families My mom was talking to me about a men and a lady working really hard and they met Obama yes President
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is said that a state succession is when one country takes the place of another or annexes part of it and takes responsibility for the predecessor state’s sovereign territorial rights. Since the start of modern civilization‚ large territories have transferred from country to country countless times. Empires have fallen‚ and other countries have risen from their ashes. However‚ a majority of the time the actual state succession never goes as favorably as the definition suggests. State succession comes
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Can a state survive without nationalism? This paper will respond to the argument that a state cannot survive without nationalism. For the purpose of this essay‚ two elements of nationalism are used. The first element states that nationalism maintains the similarity of culture as the basic social bond in the members of the nation1. The second element states that the state has legitimate rights to sovereign rule of a nation. The factors that result from the three elements of nationalism that contributes
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Is Kurdistan a state? Kurdistan is a defined geographical area‚ where the Kurds are in majority. The area is located in Northern Iraq‚ south of Turkey‚ east of Syria and west of Iran. The Kurdish people derived from the “Indo-Europeans”‚ which are believed to have lived in the area for more than 4000 years (Yildiz 2005). There are two main branches of language in Kurdistan‚ “Northern Kurmanji” and “Sorani” (Benard & Schnapper-Casteras 2010). After World War 1‚ and the peace agreement in 1920‚
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The film Enemy of the State is a conspiracy-thriller film released in 1998 by Touchstone Pictures and was directed by Tony Scott and written by David Marconi. The film uses a variety of cultural assumptions‚ attitudes‚ values and beliefs throughout to manipulate the viewers of the film into accepting them. Enemy of the State is based around the US Government’s intelligence agencies and politicians and their huge amount of power‚ technology and the conspiracies involved with their intelligence departments
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State Shapes 1. One distinct shape is not better than another‚ as it depends on the state’s situation. Politically‚ compact states are by far the best. The government is close to all portions of the state‚ rather than any other state shapes. For example‚ Brussels in Belgium is more politically stable‚ mainly because of its ability to interact with the other portions of the state. In other state shapes‚ there is an area where it is more difficult to communicate with. For example‚ in a prorupt state
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How a society punishes their criminals can say a lot about the way the citizens live their lives. Here in the United States we would rather take better care of someone in prison for life than a person on the street who has never committed a crime in their life. The philosophy and practices has changed drastically in the last 30 years. Rehabilitation was the main focus for the beginning of the 20th century. This gave way to a new found focus on justice‚ and fairness in the 1970s. Crime control was
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