The economic problems of the Russian empire emerged due to the lack of resources readily available for usage in stimulation of the economy; this ultimately created a slow crawl into an "Industrial Revolution" for the empire. ... Although Serfdom was prevalent in Russia since the 11th century, it only became an integral part of Russian society in the 17th. ... The main problem was how the serfs were oppressed by the autocratic hierarchy in terms of education, practical use of productivity, and social development. ... The chaos climaxed with the political group "People's Will...

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They felt that equality under these terms would in turn bring them freedom. ... Their idea was a democracy; a government controlled by the people rather than the person. ... Napoleon, the leader of the revolution was granted an immense amount of praise and power. ... The revolution also forced the rich to become wealthier. ... The French embellished diversity while the Russians er1adicated it. ...

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Using Althusser's terms, these ideological state apparatuses allow the state to perpetuate its repression of individuals much more efficiently than the repressive state apparatuses, such as police forces and prisons. ... These two poems, in fact, constitute the driving forces behind the two major patterns of attitudes of the animals in the novel, namely revolution and submissiveness. ... Accordingly, Stalin claimed the right to establish a powerful and oppressive state to protect the revolution from any attempt to restore the old regime of the bourgeoisie in Russia. Similarly to the anima...

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Social Darwinism in the United States in the late nineteenth century seems to have been the logical path for social theorists after the industrial revolution. The country had just experienced an industrial revolution and business was booming. Of course, along with the industrial revolution came larger separation of the social classes and countless poor. ... Sumner's essay on the concentration of wealth shows his political economist side with a few technical terms of Darwin thrown in the mix. ... Mutual aid seemed to do something that no other theory has been able to do before, include Ame...

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The Bolshevik revolution in Russia in 1917 and the Rice Riots of 1918 energized radical thought, and there were movements calling for universal male suffrage1, the social, economic and political liberation of women, and the end of the existing social order entirely. Why then, by the end of the decade, had the tide of democratic process receded, and how had Japan's conservative and authoritarian elements reined back power from the hands of the people? This essay will attempt to answer these questions by looking at the respective movements trying to attain democratic rule, and on the oppo...

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