...Thatcher became leader of the Conservative Party and began to steer it towards what many have dubbed ÔThatcherismÕ. Margaret Thatcher believed in radical change, individuality, and a strong Government that enforces the law, rather than interfering in the economy. She was also opposed to the welfare state. In many ways, her ideology was broadly similar to classical liberalism, and many theorists see her ideology as neo-liberalism. Under her rule, the Conservatives were no longer truly conservative, as conservatives are usually opposed to too much individualism and liberty, and definitely do not want radical change. However, in terms of morality they remained staunchly conservative, believing strongly in the family and in law and order. It can be said then that the Conservative Party had become economically liberal but morally conservative. The Modern Conservative Party This Classical liberal ideology is still prevalent in todayÕs Conservative Party. Consecutive leaders after Thatcher have all stayed relatively true to her reforms of the party and its ideology, believing in economic classical liberalism. However, in recent times they have struggled to get their message across as supposedly they are liberals, and yet are often against homosexuality, drugs and immigration-ideas which are much more right wing and against the very principles of Liberalism. This has led to a decline in their support, as people do not know what ideology the Conservatives are trying to represent, as...
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...native-born Americans. The “ideology that favors the rights and privileges of the ‘native born’ population over and against those of ‘foreign’ status”, Nativism (“Nativism and Religion..”) was prominent during this time period, and was at its peak during the early 1900s. Factory owners were generally pleased with the vast flow of immigration because immigrants would usually take up the same job as a native-born American, but for a lower wage. However, many groups disliked and opposed the immigrants, who were often stereotyped and discriminated against in America, and had to withstand various kinds of abuse (“Rise of Indus…”). The hate for immigrants even resulted in the formation of an entire political party, known as the “Know-Nothing Party”. Advocates and supporters of the party wanted stricter immigration and laws that made it harder for immigrants to obtain citizenship. In 1856, the Know-Nothing Party’s candidate in 1856, Millard Fillmore, received 21% of the...
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...Introduction Amid government shut downs and Congress passing fewer legislations, many seem to believe that the government is not working. Political scientists, Hetherington and Rudolph set out to find an explanation on exactly why Washington “won’t work.” Hetherington and Rudolph’s theorize that due to the increase in partisan polarization there is a decrease in political trust. The lack of political trust is making it impractical to construct a public consensus and nothing is getting done. Political trust is imperative because it is the backbone of stability and longevity of a government. Additionally, Hetherington and Rudolph point out that the polarization in Washington is not really based on ideology, but instead on feelings about the...
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...Set in Long island, 1922, The Great Gatsby portrays a time in which massive war-born wealth and cheap liquor give birth to the great American party period, where booze and bobbed hair reign supreme in newly rich New York. This sets the scene for the tragic love story between " The golden girl", Daisy Buchanan and war hero, James Gatz (Gatsby). The Great Gatsby is an interesting novel due to the ideas it presents that our society can still relate to today. Media manipulation, money before love and fame because of nothing more than wealth, are all ideas presented in the novel and they are all ideas that our society is notorious for today. Daisy and Gatsby were pre-war lovers that become separated by the war and the overbearing difference in...
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...George Orwell’s dystopian novel, “1984”, depicts a society of which the fictional symbol, Big Brother, is the totalitarian leader, and the single party controls everything. Big Brother and the party have instilled the idea that, “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past”, meaning that the past can be altered to one's desire, in this case to Big Brother’s. Winston, the protagonist of the novel, works at the Ministry of truth in the records department, where he, with many others, has to alter information from the past, in magazines and newspapers, so it always supports the party line, as Big Brother and the party must never be wrong. Unlike everyone else, brainwashed by the party, Winston realises...
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...definition of ideology is crucial, due to the ideas of ideology changing as it encompasses many different concepts. One way to describe ideology is to think of it as being a shared system of values, beliefs and attitudes or a way that help enable individuals to understand their realities. Ideology can be portrayed as a system of attitude that helps us understand the world. Ideology does not belong to individuals but to social groups and in particular, larger capitalist political groups that shape the world in today’s society. Louis Althusser (1993) described ideology as an imaginary relationship of individuals to their real conditions of existence (Althusser 1993), explaining that it is more about people being profoundly...
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...German propaganda films were used by the Nazi party and Adolf Hitler in order to convey a message to the citizens of Germany. The messages would vary depending upon what Hitler and his party wanted to tell the people of Germany at that particular time. If it was pre-war propaganda it was Hitler on his rise to power. If it was wartime propaganda it was to keep Germany unite in their fight against the enemy and to keep them inspired with hope and promises of victory. "One of the most philosophically fascinating uses of cinema, is a vehicle for propaganda. Granted all mass media-books, television, music, newspaper, radio and nowadays the internet - can be used for propaganda, that is, as tools for getting a message broadly accepted in a target audience. But, it has been argued that film-as opposed to literature, the plastic arts, music and the other performing arts-has a unique power as a tool for propaganda" (Jason203). "The films of a nation reflect its mentality in a more direct way than other artistic films because films are never the product of an individual and the films address themselves and appeal to the anonymous multitude" (Kraucer, 5). This is why Hitler and the Nazi party decided to use film as a method for spreading their ideology. Film allowed them to reach the masses in a way that other mediums just couldn't do. Plus the "anonymous multitude" would be able to view the films and accept the ideology without anyone else knowing. Since the cinema...
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...How effective was Nazi propaganda 1933-1938? One of the main tools of Hitler’s rising Nazi regime was the scrupulous propaganda which enabled the Nazi party to keep the German people in check and under their control, exposing them to only what they saw necessary and vital for Nazi prosper. This helped raise the ideal race that the Nazis strived so wholeheartedly to create. But, how can we determine whether it was effective? To do this, we must look at the various techniques that were used by the ministry of propaganda, and to what extent they worked and helped the Nazi prosper. However, we can only speculate. We will never fully know statistics about how effective Nazi propaganda was, since there was no market research, very few non-Gestapo conducted opinion polls to look at, and even if there were many others, the information would not be accurate and the opinions affected. If there had been polls conducted, the results would have shown exactly what Goebbels and Hitler wanted people to think - this was achieved by making sure that only certain things were safe to think - and more importantly safe to say. Hitler was able to gain more and more followers and appeal to the people due to the severe state of the German economy and the critical state of the people that had no savings, no assets and practically no food. The Versailles treaty had simply been a recipe for destruction for the Weimar Republic and the crisis was the last straw leading to its demise. Hitler was the only...
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...1-4438-0069-4, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-0069-3 TO THE VICTIMS OF TERRORISM AND VIOLENCE. LET US PRAY THAT EXPANDING THE RIGHT KNOWLEDGE INTO THE RIGHT HANDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE ATTENUATION OF HUMAN EVIL AND CONSEQUENT SUFFERING. TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword ..................................................................................................... x Gerd F. Kirchhoff Editors’ Introduction ................................................................................... 1 Between perception and victimization: Trends and issues in victimology Natti Ronel, K. Jaishankar & Moshe Bensimon Part I: Justice for victims Chapter One............................................................................................... 12 Ideology and the behavior of perpetrators and victims of violence Noach (Norman) Milgram Chapter Two .............................................................................................. 32 An informal approach to delinquents and their victims: An alternative to standard punishment Uri Timor Chapter Three...
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...into the power of Germany the entire educational system tried to transform the youth into non-Aryan hating, militaristic, strong, and very obedient members of the Nazi society. If a government can control the educational system, it can most likely control society a lot more easily. However, some of the nationalistic views that many of the main Nazis had were brought to them during World War I in the classroom. Many classrooms celebrated the military aspect of war and they celebrated and taught nationalism for Germany. Classrooms did not really do that until the war. It was after the loss in World War I that the attitudes perpetuated by the enormous let down where teachers helped with the Nazi effort and taught the essentials to the Nazi party. Teachers did not do much to fight the Nazi effort and even though not all of them directly participated in the Holocaust, they did breed a nation of young extreme German nationalists whose ideals perpetuated the event. Extreme nationalism was a very popular topic for classrooms during and after World War I, which played a contribution to some of the main Nazis during the Nazi era. A large percentage of the Nazi base was born between 1900 and 1908 including Martin Bormann (born 1900), Rudolf Hoss (born 1900), Heinrich Himmler (born 1900), Ernst von Salomon (born 1902), Werner Best (born 1903), Reinhard Heydrich (born 1906), and Baldur Schirach (born 1907) were all men who went through the German school systems during and after World...
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...orders to aim their weapons at her during the speech waiting for the order to fire. A major had finally ordered the troops back which prevented her from being assassinated like her father. Suu Kyi provided text to her mass rally speech on August 26, 1988 “Speech to a Mass Rally at the Schwedagon Pagoda.” In her speech Suu Kyi expresses the need for a democratic system of government in Burma and defends herself for being a pro-democratic leader. Suu Kyi addresses the student movement in her speech and informs them of her political sightings. She clears the air with the students by paying respect to the students who have lost their lives. Suu Kyi reflects back on how some people believe she does not belong in this fight because she knows...
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...murdering of Jewish and other minorities by the German Nazi party regime, led by Hitler. These terrible and horrific actions included: the Nuremberg Laws 1935, Kristallen of 1938, Nazi work camps, forced residency in ghettos, and finally the death camps; all led up to and then continued during World War II. During the annual rally held in Nuremberg in 1935, new laws were institutionalized to help the radical theories in the Nazi ideology. These newly formed laws would become known as the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 and effected not only persons who believed in the Jewish religion, but also persons who had three or four Jewish grandparents. One defined as a Jew was excluded from: Reich citizenship, marrying or having sexual relationship with...
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...life is or can be”. Through the reflection of the thoughts, experiences, and writings of Thomas Hobbes, one can can begin to question where the crisis arises from. Hobbes argues that “modern man no longer knows what he wants” and has lost “faith in reason’s ability to validate its highest aims” manifesting into a spiraling crisis where modern man creates a destructive path between “greater life” and the trust that binds human society together. Furthermore, argues that are distant...
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...“The Importance of Music Publishing in Artist Management” Dr. Mary Conwell BUL 2241-102 G. Jay Lee 1/28/2009 Cover Page...............................................................................................1 Table of Contents…………………………………………………….....2 Abstract Summary...................................................................................3 Introduction……………………………………………………………..4 Integrity………………………………………………………………..5-8 Identity………………………………………………………………..….9 Self perception is equitable to self promotion………………...........10-11 Ideology …………………………………………………......……….….12 Conclusion…………………………………………………………….…13 Glossary………………………………………………………………….14 Annotated Bibliography………………………………………………...15 Appendix A…………………………………………………………..16-18 Appendix B ………………………………………………………….…..19 Appendix C…………………………………………………………..20-22 Abstract summary As youngsters, children are taught that they are all very special, and are told to reach for stars. Summarily, most people think that in order to become the next “pop star”, all anyone needs is a little talent and a lot of luck. However, in today’s business climate, in order to be considered a bankable investment, artists must possess talent, kiss lady luck square on the lips, and have the business acumen garnered towards dealing with the confines of the recording industry. The primary purpose of this document is to help artists discern the steps necessary to attain music publishing...
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...the leading party in Germany carrying almost all of the supporters. Hitler had to make some changes though, so the party would not fall again. He reduced the number of stormtroopers and instead added a new branch to the Nazi party which was the SS or the secret service. He used the SS as a bodyguard to protect himself, which he would use for a long time. He also set up a network of local parties as he merged with other right-wing parties, then took them over to grow even more. Then he would set up the Hitler Youth, which attracted young people to the party. This was very important because later on they would grow up and teach others about the party and spread Hitler's ideas which just made him even stronger. He put Josef Goebbels in charge of propaganda. Goebbels and Hitler believed that the best way to get the support of the masses was by appealing to their feelings rather than by argument. They would put out a propaganda campaign using posters, radio, and film, and organised rallies to gain even more supporters. Propaganda had a huge impact on Hitlers rise into power because without it he wouldn't be able to target the people as well as he did and drag them into the party. Most of the propaganda was aimed at other groups especially the Jews which got people fired up and angry at them, but at the same time very pleased with Hitler's performance as a new leader. One of the...
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