...Gandhian liberalism M. K. Gandhi (1869-1948) requires no introduction even to the layman. “The Father of the Nation”,”Bapu”, and numerous other honorifics have long been affectionately applied to him by the citizens of India. His appearance on the Indian political scene in 1915 changed the face of Indian liberalism and made him the most influential and prominent liberal in India and I aim to shed more light on his theory of liberalism in this section of the essay. Gandhi acknowledged Gopal Krishna Gokhale as his political mentor. He took Gokhale’s strict liberal position and adapted it to fit what he believed to be India’s needs. The most radical departure was that Gandhi believed that the only way to ensure the British acceded to Indian demands was by non-violent protest or what he termed “Satyagraha”, unlike the traditional liberal who strictly adhered to the system and never attempted to work against it. Simply put, the liberals that preceded Gandhi such as Gokhale and Ranade were heavily shaped by western liberal movements and the British Whigs while he was able to provide Indian liberalism with its own distinct ideas. Gandhi heavily emphasised features of negative liberty in his agenda for the political, social and economic transformation of India. He favoured a government which was minimalistic in nature and occupied itself with maintaining law and order. He strongly believed in the maximum freedom of the individual as well. One distinctive feature of his thinking was...
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...1.0 The Liberal Approach to Understanding Economic Relations In the field of economics, a Liberal approach relates itself to the various classes of economics. They are the classical economics, neoclassical economics, the Australian School of Economics, and the Chicago School of Economics. Liberal approach seeks to analyze the role of financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank in the world of economics. The approach examines the economic relations with the three views, such as; 1.1 Realistic View Most scholars often prefer the use of game theory in order to give an explanation that relates the final outcomes with a result from the negotiations. The simplest being the issue of the discussions that entails two characters in it. Liberal in the early 21st century was the nationalist approach. The earliest school of thought during this time is the mercantilism. 1.2 Marxist View It analyzes the international meetings of the G-20 nations that took place in London in the year 2009. This creates a wider understanding of the many other various kinds of approaches. These may have negligible similarity with the view that Marx presents in the lecture room. However, it stresses the strong belief in the public power. The labels of approaches that this view put into its consideration are the feminists, and the radicals. They include the structuralisms, the critical, low developments, and the systems of the world. It is, therefore...
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...every day. But if fact everyone has a different way of dealing with those changes. Liberalism, Romanticism, Feminism, and Social Darwinism all had their own individual ways of thinking and dealing with what was happening around them. Each way different, but as unique as the next. Liberalism became popular during the Industrial revolution especially with Factory owners, as the demand for workers was always much less than the supply. Capitalism was all the justification they needed to operate their factories and deal with their employees as they saw fit. Liberals didn't believe in violence to take action. Liberals of tthis time era believed the government give society freedom as they tried to figure themselves out as individuals. Liberal also believed that the prices of goods should be based off the demand for the product. Which clearly what was going on with the ruling and working class was going against everything the liberals believed in. Throughout this modernization it brought about many major changes in the way society lived. One of the many influences was the awakening of the female mind. With the rapid changes being brought about in the financial industry and the woman movement, a lot of attention was being brought to this all around. The typical role of woman that everyone was used to; the traditional submissive, dependent and the childbearing quickly changed to the modern woman demanding equal rights, authority, and independence. Modernization changed the roles of...
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...Dugger Camp UMUC GVPT 280 – Quiz#1 – Dr. Becker 1/26/2014 Answer each of the above questions fully and completely as possible. In terms of length, no less then 3 substantial paragraphs per question. Make sure use and cite all relevant readings from the course texts, and cite them appropriately. In addition, proofread and spell and grammar check your work (two different things). Each answer should significant and long enough to answer each question. Your quiz is due back NLT next Monday, March 24, at 11:55 p.m. Let me know if you have any questions. Good luck. Question #1 -- Based on your readings up and including this week, how would you explain McCormick’s notion of the “the story of the states? “ Do you agree or disagree? Why? McCormick's Notion of the "Story of the states" is best explained as the movement of citizens realizing and wanting more control and protection from the state they reside in. This is derived from multiple influence, consisting of persecution from current government, advancement of technology, and economic change leading to various political views and enlightenments. These influences are what derive the formation of states and how the people of these states want to be governed and what will and will not be tolerated. In short the "story of states" tell how the world went from empires world as we know and the process of how all modern forms of government came to be. This is proven by McCormick transition from feudalism to the enlightenment...
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...Transport policy in 2011: a new direction? RESEARCH PAPER 11/22 2 March 2011 This paper outlines the changes made to transport policy by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government and looks at some of the long term transport challenges the government is likely to face over the course of this Parliament. It complements and updates House of Commons research paper 10/28, Transport policy in 2010: a rough guide. Louise Butcher Matthew Keep Recent Research Papers 11/05 Social Indicators 18.01.11 11/06 Scotland Bill [Bill 115 of 2010-11] 19.01.11 11/07 Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law of 19.01.11 Succession) Bill [Bill 8 of 2010-11] 11/08 Unemployment by Constituency, January 2011 19.01.11 11/09 Fixed-term Parliaments Bill: Commons Stages 21.01.11 11/10 UK Defence and Security Policy: A New Approach? 21.01.11 11/11 Health and Social Care Bill [Bill 132 of 2010-11] 27.01.11 11/12 Economic Indicators, February 2011 01.02.11 11/13 Anonymity (Arrested Persons) Bill [Bill 9 of 2010-11] 02.02.11 11/14 Education Bill [Bill 137 of 2010-11] 03.02.11 11/15 Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill [HL] 08.02.11 [Bill 143 of 2010-11] 11/16 The Local Government Finance Settlement 2011-13 08.02.11 11/17 Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill [Bill 10 of 2010-11] 08.02.11 11/18 Wash-up 2010 11.02.11 11/19 Unemployment...
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...Two Concepts of Liberal Pluralism George Crowder Political Theory 2007; 35; 121 DOI: 10.1177/0090591706297642 The online version of this article can be found at: http://ptx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/35/2/121 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Political Theory can be found at: Email Alerts: http://ptx.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://ptx.sagepub.com/subscriptions Reprints: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsReprints.nav Permissions: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Downloaded from http://ptx.sagepub.com at Ebsco Electronic Journals Service (EJS) on September 6, 2008 Two Concepts of Liberal Pluralism George Crowder Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia Political Theory Volume 35 Number 2 April 2007 121-146 © 2007 Sage Publications 10.1177/0090591706297642 http://ptx.sagepub.com hosted at http://online.sagepub.com Is the liberal state entitled to intervene in the internal affairs of its nonliberal minorities to promote individual autonomy as a public ideal, or should it tolerate the nonliberal practices of such groups in the name of legitimate diversity? This problem can be fruitfully approached from the perspective of Isaiah Berlin’s notion of “value pluralism.” According to William Galston, value pluralism privileges a form of liberalism that is maximally accommodating of nonliberal groups and their practices. I agree that pluralism fits best with a liberal political framework...
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...Posted in Feature Articles | 0 comments All eyes are now on Noynoy Aquino. After an intense campaign period, the first fully-automated elections, and his celebrated proclamation, we look back at his trail of promises. Population and Environment Aim: Encourage sustainable use of resources; plan alternative and inclusive urban development where people of varying income levels are integrated in productive, healthy and safe communities. Noynoy will promote ecotourism by mobilizing grassroots communities into environmental preservation efforts and sustainable tourism programs. He will also establish a national sanitation program that will provide access to sanitary toilets, thereby protecting bodies of water from domestic waste contamination. Government Resources and Population Dynamics Aim: Uphold clean governance by enforcing transparency and accountability in government allocation and spending. Establish a truly impartial system of institutions that deliver equal justice to rich or poor. Noynoy caused quite a stir when he assured Filipinos that he would not impose new taxes or increase current tax rates. He will augment the deficiency in the national budget through efficient tax collection and implementing higher customs duties. Noynoy is optimistic that the whopping $6 billion that gets squandered yearly in corrupt dealings will be used to increase the ranks of the middle class through micro financing and to revitalize the economy. He supports the Freedom of Information...
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...NICKENS, PROFESSOR HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH CHHI BY MELVIN L MONTGOMERY JR. PINEHURST, NC JULY 28, 2011 INTRODUCTION Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher is credited as being the father of Christian liberalism. Like most influential Church fathers, unresolved doubts concerning the orthodoxy and doctrine of his time led him to seminary. He developed a strong sense of skepticism towards Christian theology while studying at the University in Halle. In response to the Enlightenment, Friedrich Schleiermacher shifted his thoughts towards his experience and feelings this would usher in a new era of liberal theology. No such theological doctrine had been developed within the historical context of the Christian church; it is helpful to highlight the profound challenges presented by Enlightenment philosophy in the place of religion. Liberals insisted that the ultimate authority in theology must be man, either in his reason, his will or his feelings. If only what can be proven by experiments and deductive reasoning is knowable, how could we know about unverifiable religious doctrines with any certainty? Even among those caught up in Romanticism, a reactionary movement against its cold rationalism, religious dogma and moralistic authority were still perceived as a hindrance to authentic, individual freedom. One could be cultured, optimistic, moral and full of ideals. However, religion seemed irrelevant to the progress of the human spirit. In the autumn of 1797...
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...Case 3.1 Y. K. gourmet cakes(a) Glenn Darley, Luke Chai, Tan Teng Cheong under the supervision of Amal Karunaratna, The University of Adelaide Background Y. K. is the producer of the Australian gourmet cake, its sole product. It is a small company founded in 1990 by John Salitas, Managing Director of Y. K. The company employs a secretary, a marketing consultant and two full-time employees, with the rest being casuals. It currently produces around two thousand cakes a day, with a capacity to produce one million per annum. The operation is based in Wayville, an Adelaide suburb, with an annual turnover of $2 million and an average growth rate of 11 per cent. Its cake is unique, with no known competitor either locally or overseas. The cake was initially launched as a Christmas cake in South Australia in 1990 and has become regular Christmas fare for many people in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The cake is a 700-gram measured combination of glazed fruits, nuts, flour, sugar, eggs and essences, which are baked to perfection. It has a recommended shelf life of 12 months from the manufactured date. The cake was initially sold in supermarkets throughout Australia and began to be exported to the United Kingdom in 1993. After its success at the Anuga Food Fair in Cologne, Germany, in 1997, it was exported to the United States and New Zealand. In 1998, South Africa was included, followed in 2000 by India. Over 50 per cent of the Y. K. gourmet cake production is currently...
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...Assess the significance of constitutional reform since 1997 Significant 1) A dramatic attempt to reduce the CONTROVERSIAL ROYAL PREROGATIVE, now mostly exercised by the PRIME MINISTER, has been the decision to remove Prime Ministers’ right to call a General Election at whatever date they wish. As NICK CLEGG puts it, “The Government is determined that no government should be able to play politics with the date of an election”; which is what, for example, GORDON BROWN did, in 2007 when he considered calling an early General Election only to back down at the last moment. FIXED TERM FIVE YEAR PARLIAMENTS thus significantly reduces Prime Ministerial power, thereby ensuring that no longer can Prime Ministers time a General Election when they think they are most likely to win it! 2) Already, E-Petitions have provoked debate in the Commons on issues such as whether there should be a referendum on our membership of the EU, fuel tax, limits on Bulgarian and Bulgarian immigration and the publication of official documents relating to the Hillsborough Disaster. A “rant” on Facebook that went viral garnered 165,000 signatures for an e petition urging action by the government to “cap” holiday price rises during school vacations. 3) The Coalition’s reform programme was aimed at making the United Kingdom significantly more democratic, with public bodies being made much more accountable to the public. Thus, leading elements of the reform programme included an elected House of Lords...
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...The PLP, the party that brought forth Majority Rule, the party that set the people free from the clutches of the UBP. The official date of the establishing of the Progressive Liberal Party is NOVEMBER 23, 1953 . Months of arrangement by the originators and a little band of supporters at last prompted the foundation of the primary political gathering ever. There have been numerous distributed forms of the occasions paving the way to the conception of the PLP. Few, notwithstanding, gave an exact record of the actualities as they are known by the originators of the gathering. Here are the actualities: William W. Cartwright and Cyril St. John Stevenson went to England in June of 1953 apparently to "cover" the crowning ordinance of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for "The Bahamian Review", yet with a firm determination to look for backing and help from authorities of the Labor Party and Fabian Society for the foundation of a political gathering in The Bahamas. The slate of officers named at the origin of the gathering was chosen by the tradition for one year. As the PLP developed in enrollment and stature it pulled in various conspicuous Bahamians to its authority. This authentic portrayal of the beginning of the PLP would not be finished if derivation was not made to the extraordinary commitment by the ladies' branches of the Party. Unheralded and terminated with mettle and commitment past the obligation at hand, these devoted souls worked continuously in the reason for the Party....
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...The Election Process 2010 General Election The last UK General Election was held on 6th May 2010. No single party won an overall majority of the 650 House of Commons seats. The conservatives won 305 seats, representing 10.7 million votes (36%). Labour won 258 seats, representing 8.6 million votes (29%). The Liberal Democrats won 57 seats, representing 6.8 million votes (23%). The Liberal Democrats and The Conservatives joined together to make a coalition because no one had enough votes to win on their own. The Process of a General Election Fixed Term Parliament Act was passed on 15 September 2011, meaning that General Elections are now held on the first Thursday in May every five years. The date of the next general election is set at 7 May 2015. There are two situations in which a General Election will be called earlier than at five intervals. (i) A motion of no confidence has been passed by the House of Commons against the Government and 14 days has passed without the House of Commons passing a confidence motion in any newly formed Government; or (ii) A motion for a General Election is agreed by two thirds of the total number of MP’s in the House of Commons (currently 434 out of 650). You don’t do that unless you’re confident you can win that election. Once the Government has decided to call a General Election (either because the five years is up or an early election is needed), the Prime Minister will ask the Monarch to dissolve Parliament by Royal Proclamation...
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...Bombardier Top Markets Bombardier is a world leader in aerospace and rail manufacturing. Bombardier has become the standard in some aerospace sections, including business aircraft, commercial aircraft, amphibious aircraft, specialised aircraft and aircraft training. Some of Bombardier’s top markets include China and Europe. Bombardier fist entered China in 1954, Bombardier has joint ventures with over 40 different airlines in China including Shandong Airlines, Shanghai Airlines and China Express. Bombardier also has a very strong presence within Europe, with ventures in a number of countries including Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland and Germany. German is a huge part of Bombardier, it where the majority of the railway engendering and manufacturing happens. Bombardier is expanding its presence all over the world, including expanding its presence in Asia and entering the African market through South Africa. Bibliography Bombardier. (n.d.). About Us. Retrieved from Bombardier the evolution of mobility: http://bombardier.com/en/corporate/about-us Bombardier. (n.d.). Overview. Retrieved from Bombardier China: http://cn.bombardier.com/about_bombardier_in_country.html Bombardier. (n.d.). Overview. Retrieved from Bombardier Germany: http://de.bombardier.com/en/about_bombardier_in_country.html Bombardier. (n.d.). Overview. Retrieved from Bombardier Sweden: http://se...
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...Course Syllabus ------------------------------------------------- INFT 101 Information Technology for Successful Online Learning Course Description Designed to equip students for success as they transition into the online classroom, this course offers strategic information tailored to ensure academic excellence in this unique learning environment; this information includes Liberty University’s foundations and beliefs, Liberty University Online resources for success, Blackboard navigation techniques, time management strategies, the adult learner’s responsibilities, methods for identifying and avoiding academic misconduct, scholarly research tactics, and approaches for selecting the appropriate courses towards completion of the preferred degree program. *Waived without appeal/exception for all students when one or more of the following are met: 1. Accredited college transcript on file indicating a conferred AA or higher. 2. 60 official transfer hours. 3. Resident LU student transferring to LUO without breaking enrollment (resident breaking enrollment rules not LUO) and has taken GNED/BVWV 101. 4. 90+ credits on unofficial transcripts. 5. Student has broken enrollment from LUO within the last three catalog years. Rationale This course provides an orientation to the online classroom, learning strategies, and technology skills required for success in online learning. This course offers the student an opportunity to develop and strengthen the skills necessary for...
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...that only certain people should go to college, while others believe that everybody should go to college. Two prime examples of these opinions are the opinions of Sanford Ungar and Charles Murray. Ungar believes that everyone should go to college and receive some form of liberal arts degree, while Charles Murray believes that only students in to 90 percentile should go to college. Both men agree that a liberal arts degree is a great thing, but their opinions on when it should be taught and who it should be taught too are very different. While Murray’s points are somewhat accurate I believe that Ungar’s ideas are more persuasive because he recommends that everybody gets a liberal arts degree helping increase the amount of people with the critical thinking and communication skills businesses are looking for. Sanford Ungar wrote the essay 7 Major Misperceptions About the Liberal Arts. In this essay Ungar describes the benefits of getting a liberal arts degree. In misperception 2, Ungar states how even though people believe the notion of “who wants to hire someone with an irrelevant degree?” most businesses actually prefer students to have liberal arts degrees. The businesses want this because they know liberal arts schools mainly focuses on the key factors that they look for. For example, 89% of businesses included in a 2009 survey said that they were looking for more people to communicate orally and in writing more effectively. (Ungar) Ungar also...
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