America is a land of opportunity‚ social and economic mobility‚ equality‚ and continual progress toward its ideals of liberty and justice. Everyone can achieve socioeconomic advancement through hard work and everyone is equal in the eyes of the law. According to this view‚ the colonists in North America had abundant opportunities for success because of cheap and widely available land‚ and they eventually threw off the yoke of the British constitutional monarchy. Driven by their hatred of tyranny
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big city‚ whilst other people like to live far away from the city or ‘With their own people’. The Netherlands is a multicultural society which is not a new phenomenon‚ and has gone a long way since the 1950’s with the first waves of immigrants. A pluralist society should not be mistaken for an open minded society which is accepting to her communities or majorities. Multi-culture poses many conflicts in the modern Dutch society and is forcing the Dutch culture to adapt to its foreign
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Spaniard inhabitants‚ Spaniards‚ Negroes‚ Indians‚ Mestizo‚ and more by 1748. (Doc 3) These diversities lead to the foundation of modern world. Today many developed nations‚ such as the United States‚ are characterized by its culturally and ethnically pluralist feature. Scholars depict the US as one of history’s first universal nation. (Doc 6) Human rights began to be recognized as a result of the exchange. In the new continent as early as 1542‚ Spanish laws were issued to prohibit the enslavement of Indians
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sites like face book and twitter can be very powerful when people want to exchange ideas. Every day‚ millions of people would instantly connect to what is most important to them‚ such as favourite celebrities‚ friends and breaking news . From a pluralist point of view‚ the media is a sign of the diversity that exists in society. It is represented by an active audience and a weak media. Therefore‚ it is neutral and does not have such a great effect on people’s behaviour. On the other hand‚ Marxists
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Critically examine the ways a pressure group contributes to representative democracy (25 marks). In a representative democracy the people vote for whom they wish to represent them (in making decisions etc.)‚ thus handing over these responsibilities to someone else‚ in the hope their views will still be put across. In the UK we vote for MPs to represent us and in some ways‚ this makes the representatives accountable for us‚ the electorate. Many people though‚ are unsatisfied with their representation
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In Reasons and Persons‚ Parfit brought an important feature into the consideration related to the moral duty of the existing people toward the future people. Parfit starts with stating that it is when the parents mate that has a decisive impact on who or which particular person is born. This implies that if someone’s parents had not mated at a certain time‚ that someone would have been replaced by someone else. The implication of this argument is that the policies existing people implement at the
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Outline and assess feminist views of media representations of gender [50] Feminism is a theory that is united in opposing patriarchy‚ which means a system of male power and rule that implies the subordination of women; but the various strands within feminism offer different overviews on gender inequality in media representations. For example‚ liberal feminists tend to be more optimistic about the possibility of change in media representations of gender; whereas radical feminists see little change
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Do you agree that in modern liberal democratic societies the state is now reduced to being ‘one actor amongst many’ ? In the contemporary world‚ most societies hold a liberal democratic basis. They are governed by political parties for which have been obtained the right to the legal rule through democratic election processes. In that respect‚ a liberal democracy is one that grants power to the government while ensuring limits of its power through a system of checks and balances. It may be described
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S. men are shopping more than ever‚ while women are watching more tv. (2011). Retrieved july 8‚ 2013‚ from http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/newswire/2011/in-u-s-men-are-shopping-more-than-ever-while-women-are-watching-more-tv.html Karnes‚ L Liberal pluralist vs marxist (Hegemonic) approach. (2012). Retrieved July 12‚ 2013‚ from http://keithway.blogspot.com/ Mass media and society Rivera‚ A. (2010). Gender Representation in Advertisement. Retrieved June 7‚ 2013‚ from http://voices.yahoo.com/gender-representation-advertisement-7373938
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During the beginning of Henry VIII reign‚ the young and inexperienced new king was content with letting his father’s advisers continue to govern the realm from the security of the council. As Henry wasn’t interested in the responsibilities‚ namely regarding the political aspects and hard work that went into being the king‚ he let most of the trials and tribulations fall upon these selected councilmen‚ until one minister came to dominate over the rest. The Archbishop of York‚ Thomas‚ Cardinal Wolsey
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