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? ... As well as civilian obstacles to the effectiveness of the elected parliament, there was also the fact that the military had no obligation or accountability to it. ... Criticism of the lower house often stemmed from the fact that it was quick to cooperate with and bend to the will of non-party elites10, and it is true that there was no shortage of political scandals to undermine public confidence in ...

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In today's modernised society, there has been much debate as to the superiority of the nuclear family, as opposed to the early 20th century. ... There are many attributes which contribute to a growth in family diversity. ... Whilst times are evolving, society changes, including traditionalised norms and values which become less valued and no longer 'normal'. ... Due to advances in technology, there are now options such as IVF for women who choose not to engage in heterosexual marriage. ... During industrialisation, Aries believed that children were seen as 'little adult...

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In our societies, there is the dimension of masculinity versus femininity. Historically, differences between men and women have usually been ascribed to biology; that is, men's bodies appear with penis, no breasts, no hip, no body hair, and short hair. Women's bodies, oppositely, appear with vulva, breasts, hip, no body hair, and long hair. ... In term of politics, there are also the greatly different aspects between masculinity and femininity. ... In 1945, democracy was an ideal shared by the victors of World War //, but there are different views of democracy which become polarized...

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The work of Tajfel and Turner wanted to move away from the dominant experimental position which they believed lacked validity as it took no account of intergroup relations in a social context or considered any broader cultural and historical factors. ... The groups were decided on trivial performance criteria and assigned to groups on the basis of the outcome. Ingroup and outgroup members were unanimous except for a group code and a number. The results showed that even though the groups were purely cognitive, in group favouritism occurred in relation to the allocation of money, as did outgroup...

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It would not be surprising then that many people become members of numerous virtual communities, possibly because one fills a void or supplies a need that the other cannot. ... This is supported by the research of Nakamura (2002, p.5), which discovered that in cross-racial impersonation in cyber communities, when members are free to choose their own race, all members were assumed to be caucasian and many who adopted identities of a non-caucasian character were found to be " masquerading as exotic samurais and horny geishas" (p.5). ... When like attracts like in concentrated groups, the ideas ...

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Theseus, clearly invested in maintaining the prevailing social order because it advances his own interests.In other words, gender roles and expectations are being stated to this strong female character in no uncertain terms. ... Interestingly though, she is using the delicate but weighty issue of power within her own defense, thus is offering a nod to the fact that there are such power differences between genders but not allowing this to completely dominate her and not allow her to make her own decision. ... What makes this detail particularly interesting and important is that most women in S...

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In the first section of the essay I will identify the contributions of critical theory and then move on to the critics in the second section, and in the last section I will aim to conclude the essay with a well-balanced conclusion for the essay question. ... According to Marcuse (cited in Ritzer, 2011:285) "technology, no matter how pure,' sustains and streamlines the continuum of domination". ... To elaborate, it is seen in the school of social theory there are not much recommendations to overcome structural oppression, thus leaves the theory as a theory and not as an instr...

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