Demonstrators took the opportunity to set up their own Provisional Government, forcing Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate his thrown and ending centuries of Romanov rule. In October, the Provisional Government was itself overthrown by socialist radicals under Vladimir I. ... An ideal is "an ultimate object or aim of endeavor,"" one that politically is used to change the government of the country. Under Lenin, the Bolshevik revolution was an attempt to change the government of Russia to that of Marxism, or communism. ... Lenin's opponents, the White Army, were also being dealt with in an attempt...

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He said that there were many steps (or set changes) to society, these would all have to be experienced to progress. ... He laid out a set path that governments would need to take to evolve, yet he said that it was continually based on the amount of comparable wealth people had. ... He placed this last unheard of type of government, at the top of governmental evolution, it was communism. ... The evolution, which Marx set out, is not an advised course of attaining communism; it is a required process. ... There is no set time at which to begin the change to communism; it is assumed that the p...

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Any government-ran organization is a direct example of socialism. ... Our government benefits greatly from these markets because of one simple fact; they do not have much competition. ... An excellent example of a government that functions like this one is modern Sweden. ... The U.S. government offers checks and balances to avoid these kinds of leaders, while previous communist governments have not. ... Socialism will also be paired with a political belief system in order to set the system in place. ...

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Why have so many films of the "gritty realism" tradition been set in northern landscapes? ... Therefore explaining why so many gritty-realism films are set in Northern landscapes. ... As with the economy the North is not the seat of government and as such does not have the potential for political settings and scenarios, this favors documentary- realist productions. ... This is shown in The Full Monty where each of the characters must face their own demons about being redundant thanks to the policies of the government they can not hope to influence, be it admitting that they are redund...

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The description of Communist party leadership is set forth in the constitution. ... Government Structure: National's People Congress is the legislative branch, and State Council performs as the executive branch. ... NPC has extensive power including the amendment of the constitution, passage and amendment of legislation, approval of economic plans and government work reports, and appointment of top state and government leaders. ... Party Bureaucracy: the party has its own set of bureaucratic structure, managed by the Secretariat. ... Party core groups are the mechanisms to promote party l...

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The government allocated goods and resources and determines prices. ... Some of them are retired from an important government position, so they have many personal relationships with the government organizations. ... Besides, government leaders change due to the period or tenure of the position. ... Although China has reform its economy for 30 years, communistic government may suddenly announce some new policies for protecting government's benefits but against the rules in capitalist free market. ... The wages structure should be set up by a low basic wage plus high bonus for motivating ha...

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In May of 1917, the reformed provisional government took control of power. The provisional government attempted to continue the war effort. ... He became the leader the party needed, and set about gaining support for his ideas from peasants and factory workers abroad. ... With this new political and military confidence, Trotsky began attacks on key government buildings, such as the Winter Palace, and provisional government officials. ... These eighteen self-proclaimed governments were constantly challenging the Bolshevik government. ...

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Russia, during the turn of the 20th century, experienced a great surge of political movements whose aim was to change the existing form of government. ... Then the proletariat would be mature and ready to overthrow the bourgeoisie and institute the purest form of government: communism. ... This movement regarded themselves as Marxists, but they differed on how Marxism could be applied to Russia's different set of circumstances. ... Lenin was essentially replacing one authoritarian form of government with another. ... Lenin began his career as a Marxist but as he began to realize the d...

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When Tsar Nicholas the II abdicated from the throne, Russia was in turmoil, set against the backdrop of wide social disorder and economic corruption and inefficiency. ... Although Lenin did not play a significant role in the February Revolution, his role in the second revolution, "a planned coup" where a provisional government was overthrown, was vital. ... The October/ November revolution, where the provisional government was overthrown and the proletarian based republic established, was a direct effect of the actions of Lenin and the Bolsheviks. ... The continuing failures of the Prov...

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When Tsar Nicholas the II abdicated from the throne, Russia was in turmoil, set against the backdrop of wide social disorder and economic corruption and inefficiency. ... Although Lenin did not play a significant role in the February Revolution, his role in the second revolution, "a planned coup" where a provisional government was overthrown, was vital. ... The October/ November revolution, where the provisional government was overthrown and the proletarian based republic established, was a direct effect of the actions of Lenin and the Bolsheviks. ... The continuing failures of the Prov...

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The state does not refer to countries, or societies, but to a specific set of institutions, distinct from those institutions that exist vis -vis the state. ... Anyone, or any group within society can organise as a pressure group and thereby seek to have its policy preferences reflected in government, or state, decisions. ... If the government were given the power to regulate or in any way to forbid efforts by organised interests to interfere in the political process, the government would in effect have been given the power to suppress freedom. ... The elitist theory states the following: Wit...

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The causes of the Russian Revolution start with the problems, when the duma declared the provisional government it took into hands not only the country but its problems as well, because the government inherited the economic problems it put a great strain on the country's resources thus affecting its performance to run the country properly. ... The Mensheviks want a social reform but wanted it to be done in gradual way with each change being looked at by the government and then implemented democratically, but the Bolsheviks had a different idea and wanted to take control of the government ...

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Petersburg where he registered for the bar as well as continued his efforts in opposition to not only the Tsarist government, but also the Narodniki, who were part of the Social Revolutionary Party which was also opposed to the Tsarist government for decades. ... As a result, police, courts, and laws will become unnecessary and government will disappear. ... In its place was a provisional government of Constitutional and Social Democrats. ... With cooperation from the German government who was convinced that Lenin would withdraw Russia from the war, Lenin made his way back to Russia. The...

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With this political centralization, independent, self-governing regions were joined together to become one nation, abiding by one set of laws, under one government, which was put in place to serve the interest of the bourgeoisie. ... "No sooner is the exploitation of the laborer by the manufacturer, so far at an end, and he receives his wages in cash, than he is set upon by other portions of the bourgeoisie, the landlord, the shopkeeper, the pawnbroker, etc.... Political centralization also meant that what were once numerous disconnected struggles throughout the country, against local gov...

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Marx's theory of history is an account of the different stages of government through history. ... Governments should promote free trade and not interfere by protecting certain industries from competition. Smith says the governments only duty was to provide services such as the building of roads and schools that could not be lucrative. ... In these constitutional governments, only those who posse a certain capital are voters. ... Communism is a system of government, where the state plans and controls the economy and in authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a...

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Pluralism defines two key factors that ensure representation of all interest groups as competing political parties providing a choice of government policies and pressure groups influencing political decisions. ... For example, it is argued that only government have power as they set the agenda and thus choose which issues are to be decided on so it is irrelevant who is then involved in the decision making. ... The power elite theory describes three main groups that form the elite; federal government leaders, corporation leaders and military leaders, which work closely together. ... Therefor...

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Conversely, it could be argued that the different governments between 1917 and 1928 (Provisional Government, Bolsheviks, Mensheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries) were political transitional periods, and although were not long-lived were stages of the new society in Russia. ... Economically speaking, there were many goals set out by the various revolutionary groups, which were not met in the new society of Russia. ... The NEP made it so peasants had to give the government a fixed amount of produce as tax, but were aloud to sell surplus for profit. ... This may be compared to famine in the ...

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In the era of Mao, CCP had developed its set of methods to solve the crisis swiftly, relying largely on brainwashing, violence and intimidation. ... Similarly, in both 1994 April 2 Incident and 2002 Liaoyang Demonstration, protestors were bullied or imprisoned, and most demands were rejected by the government. ... Therefore, the people in China are unlikely to push the government into a political reform. ... With the popularity of internet, the government can hardly censor information, for instance about its foreign policy. ... To sustain its legitimacy, the government now has to listen to th...

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It's main shield; a corporate blockade set by high financiers who promised guaranteed wages for workers but accidentally forgot to factor the rate of wages with the on going standard of living. ... Considering he lived in poverty for most of his adult life because he was unable to persuade people and governments to employ his theories, he was still determined never to give in to the theories which were forced upon him and society. ... Unfortunately, the milestones that he set during his life were either small or unworthy to note. ... Fearing that this point may effect the perception of...

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Because of the lack of government control, the capitalist upper class ran the government, pursuing their interests while hardly being taxed. ... After gaining court victories legalizing unions, the workers set up a permanent one in which they could voice their protests. ... The government did not intervene within society's role to manage itself, especially economically. This changed after the Great Depression, as the people looked to the government for new ways to stimulate the economy. ... These laws allowed the American working class to bridge the gap with the upper-...

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The totalitarian nature of Political Correctness is revealed nowhere more clearly than on college campuses, many of which at this point are small ivy covered North Koreas, where the student or faculty member who dares to cross any of the lines set up by the gender feminist or the homosexual-rights activists, or the local black or Hispanic group, or any of the other sainted "victims" groups that political correctness revolves around, quickly find themselves in judicial trouble. ... Departments were set up such as gay, woman, and black studies alongside sex education. "Marxist theory said that w...

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In Guatemala the government is structured through the elite, and the elite only look out for their interest, another factor that affects the country from progressing is the structure of the class, which creates a gap between the rich and the poor, and not to mention the gap between the indigenous and the urbanization. ... The government in the Republic of Guatemala is a constitutional democratic republic, where the president is both the head of state and head of government. ... And Marxism theory emphasized that the system is set up that way so that they workers try to increase their share...

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Rousseau's concept that government contribution could be justified was neglected throughout liberalism's early years of existence. ... Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? ... Jefferson and his victorious Republicans believed that government should be as weak and decentralized as possible. ... Legitimate rule was stressed in the principal that once a government bec...

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we answer: "We would propose peace to all the belligerents all the oppressed, and those who do not have equal rights And we would also raise in rebellion, the Socialist proletariat of Europe against their governments."1 Lenin believed that once a revolution occurred in Russia the notions would spread to the rest of Europe, with a Communist Russia at the helm. ... He continued to state that these groups were not harmful to the government but rather worked with them. ... To retreat from the brutality of War Communism Lenin set up the New Economic Policy (NEP), which lowered taxes, stoppe...

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For example, Marxists may be elected into federal government positions where they pass legislation mandating all profits go to workers. ... Put simply, the fundamental class requires a specific set of conditions in order to operate effectively in a capitalist society, conditions satisfied in part by subsumed classes. ...

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