Greece during a crisis. Evaluation or actions made by government. Since late 2009‚ Greece has been submerged in a financial crisis unprecedented in its modern history. During this time‚ Greece has implemented structural adjustment policies of cutting social expenditures and raising taxes. This has been accompanied by a dramatic attempt to reform of Greece’s economic system in the image of neoliberalism through liberalization and deregulation measures. Additionally‚ Greece has embarked on a
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Australia grew more divided between the anti-war movement and government supporters. Australia’s anti-war movement was strongly connected to protests against conscription‚ or ‘National Service’ as it was called. The conscription lasted for 42 years. 1950‚ Prime Minister Menzies introduced a limited form of conscription requiring three months of full- time training and home service. This system was abandoned in 1958. 6 Years later Menzies introduced a Bill in Parliament that became one of the most
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many chances for improvements in technology‚ but some of the new technology that was developed was in military technology. Many of the new developments involved taking previous technology and developing it for the military. An example would be lights used in lighthouses. The lights were originally used to warn ships of the land and with technology developments they were used to spot soldiers from the fortresses. Although‚ the Union and Confederate Armies took previous technology and formed it to their
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importance of this occasion‚ every year a grand parade is held in the capital‚ New Delhi‚ from the Raisina Hill near the Rashtrapati Bhavan (President’s Palace)‚ along the Rajpath‚ past India Gate and on to the historic Red Fort. The President of India who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Armed Forces‚ takes the salute. The Republic Day Parade is an annual military and cultural parade held in the Indian Capital of New Delhi on 26 January‚ the Republic Day of India. Republic Day is celebrated
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During the mid 17th century‚ the Dutch Republic enjoyed a booming economy‚ dominance in the shipbuilding industry‚ and European recognition as a dominant nation. They held most trading routes in the Baltic area‚ and the position to carry most trade goods between countries. However‚ during the late 17th and early 18th century‚ the Dutch Republic encountered a stumbling decline which led to their loss in the monopoly in Baltic and Atlantic trade‚ and many men due to European wars. The Dutch declined
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Pre Civil War Slavery Opposition Since 1776 American settlers owned African slaves for economic advancement‚ but by the mid 1800’s slavery became a custom of the past‚ and change was necessary for further American prosperity. Southerners were highly dependent‚ and supportive of slavery‚ however many moral arguments and political actions went toward the opposition to the spread of slavery including the Missouri compromise‚ the Compromise of 1850‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The Missouri Compromise
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In Plato’s Republic‚ Socrates goes to great lengths to explain and differentiate between the ideas of opinion and knowledge. Throughout society‚ most common men are lovers of sights and sounds. "Lovers of sights and sounds like beautiful sounds‚ colors‚ shapes‚ and everything fashioned out of them‚ but their thought is unable to see and embrace the nature of the beautiful itself (Republic 476b)." The few who do recognize the beautiful itself are followers of the sight of truth‚ the philosophers
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period 1918-1933. Intro The Weimar Republic was established in the aftermath of Germany’s defeat in World War One‚ with parliamentary democracy operating from 1919 and introducing an advanced social welfare system. The notion of loyalty to the nation had been particularly influential since Bismark’s wars of unification in the 19th century. The prospect of strengthening their nation by military means‚ and of it achieving greater status as an international power‚ had enormous appeal to Germans even
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Pragmatist: Kautilya’s Philosophy on SMART Power in National Security Abstract The Arthashastra is a treatise of political advice to the king‚ written by the Indian philosopher‚ Kautilya‚ in the 4th century B.C.E. Kautilya’s pragmatism is reflected in policy advice on how to conduct war and diplomacy by both honest and dishonest means toward the goal of increasing the power‚wealth‚ and security of the state. Kautilya advocates “SMART”[1] power--the interface of warfighting capabilities
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unions is the subject of this study. This study examines how human resource managers and unions (where they are found) have faced the challenges. First of all‚ the impact of the international financial and economic crisis on the Irish labor market is assessed. Then‚ the Irish economic crisis is placed in a comparative European context to get a sense of the extent to which the public policy response in Ireland has been similar to those pursued by other EU member states. After this assessment a detailed
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