The terms of this definition are not only applicable to many events throughout history, but also specifically connectable to many of civilizations most notorious revolutions. ... If there is an existed struggling and helpless public, who is discontent with its situation, and doesn't see leader as legitimate force to improve the status quo, then often (as in the case of the French Revolution) they feel as if they must take action in their own hands. ... Of the three revolutions discussed, while situations and contexts are different, they are all similar due to the nature of what a revoluti...

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(2) Defining Constitutionalism We will employ Fred Ridley's (1988: p. 317) broad definition of a constitution as: ...the whole system of government of a country, the collection of rules, written and unwritten, which regulate the government'. ... Britain's unwritten constitution and its disaggregated system of laws, conventions and principles have tended to obscure the definition of the function and powers of the institutions of the state. Secondly, the British constitution's unwritten' or unformalised' nature, as Neville Johnson (1977) h...

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There are many definitions of what exactly makes up the state, Ralph Miliband in his book, "The State in Capitalist Society" defines the state as consisting of the following institutions: Parliamentary assemblies local government police military judiciary civil service (bureaucracy) cabinet - leading politicians Most scholars and politicians would agree with this definition of the state although some might also add institutions such as the education system and sections of the media in certain countries, such as the BBC in Britain. ... No group will ever get its own way all of ...

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This factor coupled with other factors creates confusion regarding the nature of the revolution. ... It concludes that the industrial revolution, though not industrial in nature, is not a misnomer. ... The improvements were small in nature, but collectively they had a profound effect in the growth of the cotton industry. ... For instance, the labor force in Bohemia progressed at four percent annually, a rate that was higher that Britain's two per cent. ... An industrious labor force fueled Britain's economic growth. ...

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While there have undoubtedly been shifts in the form and nature of immigration thousand years, using historical help us to grasp the nature of immigration in 1960s up to 1980s, including how it is different and how it is similar. ... TOPIC DEFINITION Immigration is a global phenomenon which has revolutionized the way we conceive nation-states and groups identification. ...

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Introduction The idea of `wicked problems' (Rittel and Webber, 1973) is by no means new in terms of social issues in the UK, indeed it has long been recognised that there are a series of problems/issues which, like the poor, and despite the `best efforts' of government, always seem to be with us and appear to be almost impossible to resolve. The problems of Britain's cities fall into this category; if we look back over the Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries we find problems of poverty, unemployment, crime, etc, constantly reoccurring (see Steadman-Jones, 1976). However, at...

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