“Higley and Burton provide a comprehensive and rigorous framework through which scholars can make sense of the varieties of elite rule. Their hard-headed analysis of the forces that lie behind liberal democracy is all the more necessary given that U.S. foreign policy is now dedicated to the spread of such institutions around the world.” —Peter Rutland‚ Wesleyan University This compelling and convincing study‚ the capstone of decades of research‚ argues that political regimes are created and
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Reflexive democracy: political equality and the welfare state. Cambridge: MIT Press‚ 2006. SEARLE‚ John. The construction of social reality. New York: Free Press‚ 1995. SORJ‚ Bernardo. A nova sociedade brasileira. Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar‚ 2000. STEPAN‚ Alfred (org.). Democratizing Brazil: problems of transition and consolidation. Oxford: Oxford University Press‚ 1989. Recebido em: 09.11.2011 Aprovado em: 29.12.2011
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the Legislative Commission of 1767-8 and the Nakaz. What ideas were put forth? What was the role of Catherine the Great? For whom were these changes discussed and debated? 1) In December 1766‚ Catherine II called upon the free "estates" (nobles‚ townspeople‚ state peasants‚ Cossacks) and central government offices to select deputies to attend a commission to participate in the preparation of a new code of laws. The purpose of the commission was therefore consultative; it was not intended to
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The theme of this essay is: the importance of a study of other semi-developed countries as they struggle for economic growth‚ the elimination of mass poverty and‚ at the political level‚ for democratisation and the reduction of reliance on coercion. New countries are finding their voices in all sorts of ways and are managing to interest an international audience. South Africa is not least among them; contemporary international consciousness of the travail of our particular path towards modernity
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COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES I. INTRODUCTION A question about the best form of government suitable to a particular country is a problem as old as the study of political science. Truly‚ this was the very question that agitated the birth of the art of politics. During the not so recent period in the history of governments‚ there was a mass exodus among various states to experiment on the promised wonders that parliamentary government can offer. Not exempted
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1. * Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores‚ restaurants‚ and vending machines in every country except Cuba and North Korea. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ and is often referred to simply as Coke (a registered trademark of The Coca-Cola Company in the United States since March 27‚ 1944). Originally intended as a patent medicine when it was invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton‚ Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler
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Table of contents Introduction 1.History....................................................... • Birth of Coca-Cola • New Coke • 21st Century 2.Production.................................................. • Original formula • Other formulas • Bottle design 3.Advertising................................................. • Slogans for Coca-Cola • Coca-Cola and Santa Claus 4.Criticism..................................................... Conclusion..............
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The World’s Greatest People | | | | | | BRITAIN | GERMANY | INDIA | AUSTRALIA | SOUTH AFRICA | HOLLAND | | | | | | | CANADA | FINLAND | FRANCE | CZECH REPUBLIC | UNITED STATES | BELGIUM | | | | | | | NEW ZEALAND | ROMANIA | HUNGARY | PORTUGAL | BULGARIA | SPAIN | | | | | | | ARGENTINA | RUSSIA | CHILE | GREECE | UKRAINE | ISRAEL | First the countries of the world were trying to decide who their best pop star was. Now they’re trying to name their best
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Satloff‚ R.‚ 2004. Analyzing King Abdullah ’s Change in the Line of Succession. Policy Analysis‚ Volume 921. Spath‚ A. & Makara‚ M.‚ 2013. Elections in Jordan: Victory for Reform or More of the Same?. Foreign Policy Research Institute‚ February. Stepan‚ A.‚ Linz‚ J Sweis‚ R. F.‚ 2013. In Jordan‚ Progress in Small Steps. The New York Times‚ 31 Jan. Terrill‚ W UNHCR‚ 2014. 2014 UNHCR country operations profile - Jordan‚ s.l.: s.n. UNRWA‚ 2014. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian
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After the “end of history” After the “end of history” Francis Fukuyama 02 May 2006 Francis Fukuyama’s "end of history" thesis – proposed in a 1989 essay‚ elaborated in a 1992 book – was the most influential attempt to make sense of the post-cold-war world. In a new afterword to "The End of History and the Last Man"‚ Fukuyama reflects on how his ideas have survived the tides of criticism and political change. In the seventeen years that have passed since the original publication of my essay
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