In this culture politics is more or less viewed as a "business" which is highly competitive, offering rewards to those whom are the most talented and choose it as a career. ... New Jersey is also highly touted as the countries most politically corrupt state, filled with pockets of corruption throughout -- with cities and counties that routinely churn out criminals. ... In an individualistic political culture, ". . . a fair amount of corruption is expected in the normal course of things, there is relatively little popular excitement when any is found unless it is of an extraordinary character...

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Fascism also rejects the liberal doctrines of individual autonomy and rights, political pluralism, and representative government, yet it advocates broad popular participation in politics and may use parliamentary channels in its drive to power. ... In the first instance, it is the non- believers and most importantly, it is the U.S. and the Americans, in the latter the hatred of racially inferior people like the Jews, gypsies, mentally disabled, homosexuals or any other group that did not fit a strict set of qualifications as a pure and loyal Aryan. ...

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Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuyn (Pim) (1948-2002), was one of the most controversial politicians that the Netherlands has ever witnessed. Pim Fortuyn was one of the most popular politicians that threatened to undermine the Netherlands tradition of tolerance and openness, which is a tradition demonstrated in history with the acceptance of different views and progressive policies. ...

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Secularism spread to other countries and most of today's Western countries have democratic, secular governments. ... The French core Democratic platform of "Liberty Equality, Fraternity" soon became a popular slogan around the world. ...

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The French Revolution was a time of great change. All across France there was a transition from the old regime to the modern. The power of the absolutist monarch and aristocracies declined. New rights of equality were being implemented. In order for such a revolution to have taken place, the key...

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Perhaps his most famous work, The Social Contract, provides a blueprint for the basis of rightful political order within the existing structure of classical republicanism. ... The most important figure in Enlightenment economics was Adam Smith who is considered to be both a pioneer in political economy and the father of modern economics. ... Voltaire is considered to be one of the most famous Enlightenment philosophers. ... Bentham believed that society could teach individuals to be rational by giving them an ideal environment to learn proper behaviour in.Utilitarianism became quite popular an...

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Nationalism is ostensibly a term which covers such elements as national consciousness, the expression of national identity and loyalty to the nation - "nation" itself being defined by Timothy Bancroft as: " a group of people identified as sharing any number of perceived or real characteristics - such as common ancestry, language, religion, culture, historical traditions and shared territory - the members of which can identify themselves and others as belonging to the group, united through some form of organisation, most often political." ... Conversely, civic nationalism uses certain cha...

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Nazi Germany is one of the most famous examples of extreme nationalism and was one of its core concepts in Nazism. ... Even before the popular example of World War two, nationalism proved detrimental. ...

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During the late 1700's, two great revolutions occurred, the American Revolution and the French Revolution. These two historical events happened at the same time, but had a great number of differences and very little similarity. When French Revolution occurred, it turned into a very violent and blood...

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