According to Andersen there is three different welfare-regimes and they are the Liberal, conservative and Socialist (Marxist persuasion) (Esping-Andersen 1990, p. 9) The conservative approach emerged during the French revolution. It was against revolution and was very nationalistic. This approach favored both hierarchy and class. Thus it was normal with classes, it was seen as something natural, and class conflicts where not. They thought that if they were to allow mass-participation the social
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Debord Modernity and Post-Modernity | Reading Report By Maeve Lejeune Guy Debord’s book Society Of The Spectacle, published in 1967, explores the social control that capitalism and the media has on society (Jenkins, 2013). Debord was a French Marxist theorist (The European Graduate School, nd) who observed how society was affected by the decisions made by people in powerful positions. During Debord’s life and writing, social upheaval was deeply prevalent in the world. He wrote Society
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Introduction: Patriotism means love of mother country. A patriot loves his mother-land. The patriots are loved by the whole country. Hence, patriotism is considered as a commendable quality. Justification: Since the French Revolution the idea of nation and nationalism has occupied the mind of people. Since, the beginning of nation and nationalism patriotism, is hailed as a lofty quality with a person. The patriots sometimes sacrifice their lives for the good of their respective countries. This spirit
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION After considering the historic page, and viewing the living world with anxious solicitude, the most melancholy emotions of sorrowful indignation have depressed my spirits, and I have sighed when obliged to confess that either Nature has made a great difference between man and man, or that the civilization which has hitherto taken place in the world has been very partial. I have turned over various books written on the
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During the last years of the nineteenth century, England, France and Germany entered into a keen rivalry (competition, antagonism). The economic and financial rivalry (competition) is decisive and the high stake is the control of existing markets or of new markets as well as raw materials and, in particular, of the colonies’ precious metals. This rivalry, however, promotes a crucial scientific and technical competition. They had to improve the machine tool for a better competitiveness of the industries
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On July 4, 1826, the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Constitution of The United States of America, former-president and signer of The Declaration of Independence, John Adams, died in his house in Baintree (Quincy), Massachusetts. He was ninety years old. Adams was born on October 30, 1735 in the same town of his death, Baintree. He became enrolled in Harvard University when he was fifteen, and after graduating in 1755, became a teacher, instead of a minister, which his parents favored. After a brief
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Jefferson By Juan Garcia Introduction The third president of the United States, Jefferson is most famous as the author of the Declaration of Independence, a document that served as a profound expression of his own beliefs on equality and natural rights, as well as a concise articulation of the revolutionary impulses of an emerging nation. Long revered as one of America's founding fathers, Jefferson remains the subject of intense scholarly debate in the twenty-first century. Of particular interest
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penance (D) The priesthood defined as distinct from the laity (E) The equality of men and women 4. During the Thirty Years' War, France pursued a policy of: (A) supporting the Hapsburgs against the Protestant princes and rulers (B) allowing French Protestants to fight for the Protestants even though the monarchy supported the Roman Catholics (C) supporting the Protestant princes and rulers against the Hapsburgs (D) remaining neutral (E) opposing England in order to recapture Normandy
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1. INTRODUCTION i. What is theory (unit theory)? What is meta-theory (orienting strategy)? What is the relationship between theory and meta-theory? A theory is a logical explanation of how a given empirical phenomenon works. A set of concepts and a set of logical theoretical statements that link those concepts to each other, in order to explain a specific sociological phenomenon. Orienting theories entail what and how to study. (i.e. symbolic interactionism) They provide assumptions and central
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often appointed by the king of Spain, and had little experience with self-rule. This difference is notably present after the colonies break away from their mother countries. To illustrate, the U.S. had a steady democratic system after the American Revolution, but the former Spanish colonies experienced multiple dictatorships and failed constitutions after breaking away from Spain. These two countries also differed in religious incentives. The Spanish were more focused on converting the natives, but
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