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    Progressivism was a political movement in the United States during the ninetieth century to change the social and economic problems within society. The people believed the United States government should be more active about solving society’s problems. Industrialization and urbanization created many of these problems. These included‚ but were not limited to‚ poverty of working class and the filth and crime of urban society. Progressive leaders worked as journalists‚ social workers‚ educators‚ politicians

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    International Foundation Programme Culture‚ Theory and Society Assignment 2 “What valid criticisms can be made of liberal democracy?” Class: F4 Student: Tzu-Han Lin What valid criticisms can be made of liberal democracy? Liberal democracy is seen as the most common political form of government which has been implemented in the contemporary world. According to the finding of Freedom in the World 2011 Survey released by the US-based Freedom House (http://www.freedomhouse.org/)‚ there

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    Ch. 24 1. Leland Stanford- He was one of the "Big Four" who backed the Central Pacific Railroad. He was the ex-governor of California with useful political connections. 2. Collis P. Huntington- He was one of the "Big Four" who was an adept lobbyist. 3. James J. Hill- He created the Great Northern railroad and was the greatest railroad builder of all time. 4. Cornelius Vanderbilt- He was the head of New York Central railroad and he financed successful western railroads. 5. Jay Gould-

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    migrating to the Philippines around 4000 BCE‚ displacing earlier arrivals.[21][22] Whatever the case‚ by 1000 BCE the inhabitants of the archipelago had developed into four kinds of social groups: hunter-gathering tribes‚ warrior societies‚ petty plutocracies‚ and maritime-centered harbor principalities.[23] Trade between the maritime-oriented peoples and other Asian countries during the subsequent period brought influences from Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ and Islam. During this time there was no unifying political

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    Dongkyu Khu  p.0    I. The Iron Colt Becomes an Iron Horse  1. 2. 3. ○ ○ 4. 5. After the Civil War‚ railroad production grew enormously‚ from  35‚000 mi. of track laid in 1865 to a whopping 192‚556 mi. of track  laid in 1900.  Congress gave land to railroad companies totally 155‚504‚994 acres.  For railroad routes‚ companies were allowed alternate mile­square  Railroads gave land their value; towns where railroads ran became  sprawling cities while those skipped by railroads sank into ghost  II

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    Democracy - the best government system Democracy- the best way to govern. The term ‘democracy’‚ like many other political terms‚ was first discovered in Ancient Greece. It consists of two short words: ‘demos’ which means either ‘a citizen in a particular city-state’ or ‘the lower orders’‚ and ‘kratos’ which means either ‘rule’ or ‘power’ - but these two are not of the same meaning. The original meaning of democracy is the rule by the poor or by the rabble. Aristotle had a clear argument stating

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    Liberal). So with that being said‚ the question is was the Progressive Movement liberal. According to many historians such as Vernon L. Parrington and John D. Hicks believe it was. The Progressive Movement was "a movement of the masses against a ’plutocracy’ that had been corrupting the very fabric of American society since the Civil War" (The Progressive Movement: Liberal

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    p.55). Today these “landowners” are our high political leaders‚ corporate owners and military leaders. This leads to the question of: Is our country a true democracy‚ something we have prided ourselves on for centuries‚ or are we closer to a plutocracy‚ a government ran by the wealthy(Krugman)? By taking a closer look at special interest‚ policy-making and candidate selection processes‚ we can see how heavily our government relies on and answers to the power elite instead of the masses. Who

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    Leadership Models: From Weber to Burns to Bass Presentation Introduction Max Weber Model of Transactional and Transformational Leaders James MacGregor Burns Model of Transactional and Transformational Leaders Bernard M. Bass Model of Transactional and Transformational Leaders Bennis & Nanus Transformational Leaders Schein Culture Change as Transformation Introduction Introduction: From Weber to Burns to Bass Traits Behaviour Charisma Situation Transformational

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    The End of the Affair by P.J. O’Rourke The phrase “bankrupt General Motors‚” which we expect to hear uttered on Monday‚ leaves Americans my age in economic shock. The words are as melodramatic as “Mom’s nude photos.” And‚ indeed‚ if we want to understand what doomed the American automobile‚ we should give up on economics and turn to melodrama. Politicians‚ journalists‚ financial analysts and other purveyors of banality have been looking at cars as if a convertible were a business. Fire the MBAs

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