Dawson was also able to join forces with ward bosses from the West Side and North East Side, through machine politics, and "Never before had a black politician held so much power" (Grimshaw 82). ... "The position and behavior of the black ward elites reflected the structural disarticulation and elite rivalry atop the machine. The black elites were not members of the machine so much as they were associates of particular factions in the machine" (Grimshaw 87). ... They differed most in their style of politics. ... Dawson's political style however, closely reflected the politics of the city ...

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This class of people includes those who have either been left behind, or destroyed by the capitalist machine. ... Most significantly, that the United States must strive for a better balance between economics and politics. ... In order to prevent an eventual collapse, countries must force their economy to conform to their politics. This can be accomplished by strengthening liberal ideas via institutions and political action. ... These changes are changes best advocated by communist supporters, and opponents of the imperial capitalist machine. ...

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Political bosses and machines paid off big businesses to keep them in power and used processes like padding bills and submitting false receipts. Political machines worked through exchanges of favors that only a muckraker could find out. ... In factories child labor was an issue because businesses used children to work on dangerous machines that needed small fingers to operate. ... Ida Tarbell worked to expose big business and political scandal. ... Without muckraking corruption and political machines would be more prominent in society today. ...

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Today, the debate goes on between the contemporary political parties; the Republicans and Democrats. ... One was the National Firearms Act of 1934, which made it difficult to obtain lethal assault weapons, such as machine guns. ...

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The "Kingfish," as he was also called, began his rise to the political forefront in 1918 when he was elected to Louisiana's Railroad Commission. ... Over the course of his political career, Huey Long began creating a political machine in Louisiana similar to the one that Obama implemented in Chicago many years later. ... Long's political career was shrouded in corruption, and there have been allegations of similar underhandedness within the Obama administration as well. ... Only time will tell how Obama's policies will fare, but for now, it is evident that Huey Long's &qu...

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This allows the government to hold control over the political thoughts and views of Americans. ... "[M]edia power is political power. ... Media political power has always been a fixture in American history. ... Today ... political variety among the mainstream media has disappeared. ... America is run by a vicious cycle that turns the money of hard working American citizens into the machine that run the greedy government and media monsters. ...

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UK politics has exhibited signs of Daniel Bell's prophecy with the recent movement to 'catch all' politics whereby political parties appeal to the widest range of the electorate possible. Arguably this has given rise to the loss of political identity and ideology causing parties to become so called 'Election winning machines." ... The rise of consensus politics has also been equally detrimental to political ideology. ... A coalition government dilutes political ideology. ... However there is still evidence that ideology is still prevalent within UK politics. ...

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Such like, Brand name or reputation, patented products Information acquisition, R & D activities in addition, FDI also will bring some location advantage Avoid transportation costs and trade costs, company get the Political benefits and Information benefits at the same time. 3.Distribution networks The distribution channels of carbonated beverages in the US mainly consist of wholesalers, retailer, supermarkets, fountain outlets, vending machines, mass merchandiser, convenience stores and gas stations. ... Vending machines has allowed Coca Cola to offer its products where ever consumers can be ...

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The machines are worn out. ... His Fifth Symphony is one of the most debated examples of whether or not music can be political. ... I personally enjoyed listening to Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony although from the style of the music, it was clear that there were some political messages behind the music. ... As we can see here, it is very common for the audience not to be able to separate the composer from his works, therefore seeing the composers own views in the music, seeing the music as a political piece even though that cannot be told from the music itself and even if the original int...

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Society, economy, politics and culture are the four basic cornerstones that are constantly changing with time. ... Politics and culture are parallel to one another because there is no clear cut formula to measure the amount of culture or politics. ... This led to the rise of "political machines" and the most famous being Tammany Hall. ... Eventually Tweed was convicted and arrested dieing in jail but not before his political machine provided the city with leadership that help built education and infrastructure (Lichtenstein, Strasser, Rosenzweig - p. 104). ...

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We must not forget or undermine the political character of the group; the activities were an ethical response to the cultural crisis provoked by the War. The beginning of Dada, as sang by Hennings, was a "humanitarian reaction against mass murder in Europe, the political abuse of technology". ... The group's political edge can be seen in its resistance of the dominant culture's patriotism and its vilification of Germans. ... The experimental nature of their work went hand-in-hand with the development of new techniques (use of machine engines). ... We can notice a contrast between Z...

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The development of the bourgeoisie as a class was accompanied by a series of political developments. With the development of Modern Industry and the world-market, the bourgeoisie has gained exclusive political sway. ... Due to the development of machines and the division of labor, the proletarian's work has simply become an appendage of a machine. ... Workers would be able to seize the state most probably through revolution, but possibly through political action, in order to change the system of government to reflect their needs. ...

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Discuss the economic, social, and political significance of the Industrial Revolution. ... The economic significance of the first Industrial Revolution is explained with the new emergence of factories and machines. ... For example the members of the Bourgeoisie wanted their machines and factories to run as much as possible, and this created a new labor system. ... Workers were expected to work very long hours six days a week to make sure the machines kept running. ... Because of all of this, the factories, machines, and family labor, Britain becomes the richest industrial nation by the mi...

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Max Weber's other concerns were focused on capitalism and bureaucracy; the economic and political views of society. ... In describing bureaucracy, Weber often used the image of a machine. People became the cogs in the machine, losing their sense of individuality, creativity, and freedom, as they contributed to the whole. ... A body "or in Weber's case, a machine "cannot function if one part crumbles. ... While Durkheim takes a truly sociological point of view, and focuses on all the sociological aspects of social evolution, Weber takes a political, religious, and eco...

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Politics provides the means by which governance of a country operates. In this regard, people choose their expectations by way of political activity; grant power through political action; and judge performance through political behavior. ... The idea is that citizens should play a more direct role in public decision-making or at least engage more deeply with political issues. ... In practice, this type of governance can augment the role of citizens merely as "voting machines". ... Contrary to the traditional meaning of governance some scholars like James Rosenau have used the ter...

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From this political theory comes the economic principle, the law of supply and demand. ... Engines and machines, the magnificent products of science, began to revolutionize the idea of progress itself. A simple machine could now do the work of 20 men. ... This industrial revolution was triggered by the discovery of the steam engine, various spinning machines, and other mechanical devices. Only big capitalists that altered the method of production and displaced the former workers, could buy these machines, which were very expensive. ...

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The movement's theorist, he glorified danger, war and violence, the love of speed and the wonder of the machine age. ... At a very early stage Marinetti had political aspirations for Futurism publishing the First Political Manifesto in 1909 and the Second Political Manifesto of Futurism in 1911. For more information on the political aspects of Futurism, click here. ...

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The first of the grand theories of comparative politics is structural functionalism. ... There is first an economic change, then a political change, and finally a cultural change. However, many comparative political scientists will argue that modernization contains several faults. ... It is often looked upon as an economic theory, not as a political theory. ... Economic dependence on the mother country ensures political dependence for security and stability. ...

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Political participation is a basis of democracy and the primary mechanism through which people effects political representatives and hold their governments accountable. ... In other words, political participation has a direct impact on a person's life because peoples' choices shape the political system to some extent. ... In schools, students participate in activities that make them familiar with some principles of politics like democracy, which is a corner stone of political life. ... In other words, political participation requires political knowledge, and schools provide students ...

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As the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin was one of the leaders of this new party and was viewed by many as a tyrant who would significantly influence future Russian political parties. ... Man with a Movie Camera focused on educating the masses and emphasized that everyone in Russia should do their jobs with maximum effort like an efficient machine. ... With new technology being invented periodically, Man with a Movie Camera integrates people working with machines to get jobs done more efficiently. Communism can be compared to a machine since every per...

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"It is certainly a sign of increased concern on the part of the regime," said Christopher Chivvis, a senior political scientist. ... The government troops are using fire rockets and machine guns in the fight, resulting in the highest daily death toll to date, many of whom were civilians not engaged in the fight. ... Rarely they hit rebels," said Haitham, an activist who also relayed that the government troops were encircling the suburbs with roadblocks and then firing with machine guns (Holmes). ... "Iran has its own views about the political process in Syria and will put forth these view...

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Industrialization is the process of developing machine production of goods, which required natural resources. Manufacturing was often done in people's homes which were known as the cotton industry which used manual labor and hand tools/basic machines. ... Inventors worked and developed a series of machines that transformed the industrialization time period. ... "(EIRH) Germany did not exist as a political unit until the latter part of the nineteenth century but around 1835 regions began to unify. ... Now luxury purchases collapsed, leading to severe unemployment and, again, a crucial...

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Reformers attacked corruption in municipal government and formed nonpartisan leagues to defeat the well-established bosses and their political machines. ... The Reformers turned to state politics, where progressivism reached its fullest expression. ... As progressives gained strength on the state level, they turned to national politics. ... Finally, municipal, state, and national politics were captured by the progressive plan. ... Problems differed from section to section In South, racial politics, in East...

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Political change also resulted from the progressive movement. The political structure of that time was founded upon the boss system. ... Business, great and small, had sullied politics: working with powerful bosses, it had won favors and privileges in return for its subsidies to corrupt machines. Dictation of affairs by political bosses and business became a threat to democracy itself. ... The new party attacked the relationship of corrupt business and corrupt politics and sought to eliminate it. ...

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Factors such as: The Agricultural Revolution, population growth, financial innovations (encouraged people to invest and trade), the Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution (brought up mechanical and technological challenges), rivers and canals, coal and iron (machines were made of iron and powered by coal), government policies that encouraged global trade, and, finally the cottage industry which was a transition from rural to industrial economy. ... In 1764, James Hargreaves invented a spinning machine that could fit in small places and could be used by unskilled workers, or even children. The...

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