Political opportunity structures‚ democracy‚ and civil war• Kristian Skrede Gleditsch University of Essex & Centre for the Study of Civil War‚ PRIO Andrea Ruggeri University of Essex • Paper prepared for presentation at the 6th SGIR Pan-European International Relations Conference‚ Turin 12-15 September 2007. A previous version was presented at the 48th annual meeting of International Studies Association‚ Chicago‚ IL‚ USA‚ 28 February to 3 March 2007. We thank Hein Goemans and Håvard
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spread of revolutionary beliefs was the main reason for the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911 – 1912? It is fairly accurate to say that the spread of revolutionary beliefs was the main reason for the fall of the Qing Dynasty. However‚ it was a combination of both long term and short term effects that helped end the reign of the Qing Dynasty. Revolutionary beliefs were a main factor in the destruction of the Qing Dynasty. Sun Yat-Sen’s nationalist party became preferable to what was seen as an old
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innovation and brand-building. Kraft Foods‚ Pakistan‚ has acquired famous brand TANG for Rs 65 Crore from Clover Pakistan. The sale completed in few weeks‚ subject to approval from Competition Commission of Pakistan. Clover Pakistan‚ the owner of TANG brand in Pakistan‚ and Kraft Foods Limited entered into an Asset Purchase agreement whereby Clover agreed to sell to Kraft Foods certain assets relating to Clover’s TANG business‚ including the manufacturing facilities‚ leasehold land measuring 19‚000
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The Time periods discussed in this essay will be between 200 BCE-1450 CE. The region will be Eastern Asia and specifically China. The changes and continuities in patterns along the Silk Road in Eastern Asia have seen two major periods‚ one being the ancestor worship and the transition into a way of life and philosophy belief. As political‚ economic‚ and social decay befell Han China‚ Daoism gained a new popularity. The fall of the Han Empire made it difficult for the Chinese to resist nomadic
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built on the ground of their common interests in the Tang-Song-style tea drinking and their nostalgia of their Tang-and-Song tea connoisseurs. However‚ the cultural identity of the scholar-official class could be simply built on the basis of tea drinking and its aesthetic principle in general. In a discussion on the relationship between tea consumption and the scholar-official class‚ Wu Zhihe argues that tea drinking played a significant role during the scholar-official gatherings‚ in which tea drinking
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Song dynasty and its significance in Chinese History In this article‚ I would like to introduce the "Culture History" of Song dynasty. I will mainly talk about "Literature"‚ which will be divided into 4 parts that are: 1)Poetry; 2)Prose; 3) Ci(詞); and 4)History. After introducing the Literature‚ I would like to explain Song dynasty ’s significance in Chinese History. In Zhen Zong period‚ Xi Kun Ti became popular among the high officials. The representative of the Xi Kun Ti were Yang
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A ONE DAY NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ’ ’RIGHT TO EDUCATION AND ITS INTRICACIES” AT SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY‚ KOLHAPUR PAPER PRESENTATION ON THE TOPIC “Right to Education: POLITICAL‚ SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS" BY Mr. NIKAM SAMBHAJI M. LECTURER B.V ’S NEW LAW COLLEGE ‚ SANGLI Venue: EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AUDITORIUM SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY‚ KOLHAPUR Date: 1st March‚ 2011 ABSTRACT Mr. NIKAM
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charismatic former Prime Minister‚ Pierre Elliott Trudeau‚ who was elected into office after WWII. Throughout that time period‚ Trudeau worked towards promoting countless emerging social issues in Canada in various ways‚ and greatly influenced the transformations of the nation into the one that is known now. Among those social changes were the arising force of feminism‚ the altering relationship with Quebec‚ and the growing cultural diversity within Canada. Soon after WWII‚ “The Second Wave” of feminism
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that experienced a widespread of social and political activism and reform. During this time‚ Progressives sought to terminate industrial and political corruption in order to make the government more efficient‚ safe‚ and honest. They tackled child labor‚ took on the banking system and at the same time‚ the women’s suffrage movement was on the rise. A distinct similarity between Progressives of the early 1900’s and Progressives of today can be found in their political leaders. Theodore Roosevelt emerged
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2/21/12 Sociology in Our Times: Chapter 4 Outline: Social Structure and Interaction in Everyday Life I. Components of Social Structure A. Status 1. Status is a socially defined position in a group or society characterized by certain expectations‚ rights‚ and duties. 2. Status set compromises all the statuses that a person occupies at a given time. 3. Ascribed status is a social position conferred at birth or received involuntarily later in life‚ based on attributes over which the individual
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