Bastille set the example in political protest from France and other countries to follow. ... The big change was that governments should serve the people and not the other way around. This set the example and had profound impact on other countries. ... This set an example for other countries to follow, with serfdom and slavery gradually abolished elsewhere. ... Following the revolution, the French gained religious tolerance and set up state run schools. ...

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Thirty year ago, the island's religious mix began to change because the Indonesian government started encouraging hundreds of thousands of Muslims to move to the Moluccas (which was mainly inhabited with Christians). ... Fertile river valleys being set between these mountains, the Balkans have provided many opportunities for ethnic groups to develop in isolation from one another, although nearby in straight line distances. ... Because they are rich countries with a very strong government regulation. ...

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European countries did not build schools or hospitals in China nor did they set up European-run governments in China. ... China's central government was particularly strong for much of the time that the Europeans were there. ... In 1729, governmental officials passed a law against bringing opium into China. ... Afterwards, the Chinese had to pay indemnities to the foreign governments. ... The U.S. used its indemnity money to set up funds to educate Chinese students that were sent to American schools. ...

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Charlemagne was determined to bring Europe back to order by converting everyone to Christianity, making it be ruled by one government, and by educating people. ... Now most all of Europe was finally ruled by one government, and Charlemagne was in control. ... This school enabled western Europeans to have a common set of ideas. ... He ended up ruling most all of Western Europe and this was the first time since the fall of Rome that it had been ruled by one government. He set up a school to educate officials. ...

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Building Effective Local Partnerships (Local Government Management Board) offers as a definition: A partnership is an agreement between two or more partners to work together to achieve common aims (Watson 1989). ... This prominence can be traced to the enthusiasm of the Blair government in the United Kingdom, city governments in Europe and, more recently, state and local governments in the US (Peters and Pierre 1998). ... For example, a new organization may well take a year to set up. 8. ...

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However, the emergence of the Far Eastern economies shows that the world is slowly being divided into the lines that Orwell set. ... I think that instead of giving more power to these people, we should give government, which for all its failings is at least democratically elected, more regulatory control. ... It is all very well putting safety nets in place in stable democracies such as we have in the Western world, but how can we let so much economic power be given to the Far Eastern countries, such as Indonesia, which have very unstable governmental systems? The Indonesian ...

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However, the emergence of the Far Eastern economies shows that the world is slowly being divided into the lines that Orwell set. ... I think that instead of giving more power to these people, we should give government, which for all its failings is at least democratically elected, more regulatory control. ... It is all very well putting safety nets in place in stable democracies such as we have in the Western world, but how can we let so much economic power be given to the Far Eastern countries, such as Indonesia, which have very unstable governmental systems? The Indonesian stock market i...

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In 1966, the government of Indonesia opened up to tourism and the first theft of the ancestral statue was recorded in 1971. ... " The author seems to be blaming the government for allowing a means of entry by building a road but I don't believe that is a part of the problem. They were only doing their part to attract more tourists but they could have set up law that preserved these statues. The lack of the voice of the government encouraged this even more. ... When European art dealers 'steal' statues and bring it back to their home country, it should be through the go...

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Initially post war Britain had a Labour government. ... It was under this government of Clement Attlee that Britain refused to allow the Council of Europe develop as the federalists would have hoped, into a federal European government. ... The ECSC was set up under the Treaty of Paris in 1951 with 6 countries signing. ... In response to the creation of the EEC, Britain performed an act of even further arrogance and self-exclusion with there creation of the European Free Trade Association set up to rival the EEC. ... Even today under the government the single currency part has been left unsig...

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She set up a women's home for the unemployed and homeless, to help find them jobs. ... She set up an employment office, and was often criticised for neglecting her children, who she had nine in all. ... At this stage in her life she and Archibald set up a girls" school in Sydney, and helped the underpaid miners working at the goldfields. She travelled the goldfields suggesting various welfare projects, and some of them were then put into action by herself and the government, to of course help the unemployed and less fortunate. ... In her lifetime, Caroline Chisholm set up an Immigr...

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But this nationalism resulted in a change of the administration of the government leading up to a more efficient and effective government. ... Then the fragmentation helped in sturdy set up Protestant religions. ...

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Subsequently, nations with Anglo-Saxon cultural background was seen as the most developed and influential power in the world and set on first place whereas nations and cultures like Native Americans and African tribes were placed on a very low position. ... By believing that they were the fittest nations on the planet due to economic achievements and growth and set up of an functional civilisation, which included democracy within society, they wanted to fulfil their so-called duty to "Improve all people" by showing the appropriate way and level of how society functions. ... This would be by pr...

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What set Britain apart from the others however, were three unique social elements: education, "modern" work attitudes, and a "modern" government. ... The government, a long-time constitutional monarchy, was just right for the situation as they were flexible enough to support the new system and to a certain degree accept its capitalistic nature. The government and banks provided financial backing to many new ideas, which soon turned into new wealth. ...

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Common Sense: Paine's cry for the Necessary The pamphlet "Common Sense," written by radical and revolutionary Thomas Paine, not only changed and encouraged the thinking of his contemporaries, but also helped shape the governmental structure of our present world. ... If she is admitted to the government of America again, this continent will not be worth living in," (Paine, Common Sense, 88). ... "This government in not sufficiently lasting to ensure anything which we may bequeath to posterity: And by a plain method of argument, as we are running the next generation into debt, ...

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Ingolf and his foster-brother set out to find the land Floki spoke of. ... Greenland quickly adopted the Icelandic model for their government, which consisted of their constitution, a national assembly and a code of law. ... While there, Leif Eiriksson heard the story and set off to find the land. ... This settlement would be led by Thorfinn Karlsefni, who set out with about sixty men and their wives and cattle. ...

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For example: being threatened to be bombed, over run, anything that would over-throw the current government. ... They had a group of people, well a nation that was set on genocide or in other words, making a dominant race. ...

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The clergy wanted a better education and the government needed literate men for bureaucracies. ... The Catholic Church had influence on the government as well as religion making it very powerful. ... Also, fasting days were set up along with the law that people should cease attack. ...

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As a result, more mouths need to be fed, more roofs need to be built for shelter, more jobs need to be created and more schools set up. Therefore, when resources do not reach demand, malnutrition, unemployment, illiteracy and other social problems tend to set in. ... However, as all the aid is concentrated in the hand of government, very often it is used directly to serve the vested interest of political leaders. ...

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Both needed to make a government, laws, religion, and a general way of life for themselves without anything to compare it to. ... In Europe, each man or family would have their own land with set boundaries and they would use it as much as they could. ... Spain had set up a clear path for their English rivals to walk through. ...

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Christine Lagarde, the finance minister of France, is set to begin her five-year term as the International Monetary Fund's managing director and chairman next month after defeating Mexican Central Bank chief Agustin Carstens. ... While in Paris, she advised the Greek government to come to terms with the political differences that exist and approve the austerity measures that are currently preventing the country from receiving their next installment loans from the IMF and EU. ...

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Overview of Immigration in Australia since WW2 On this page - Planned immigration White Australia policy Immigration Restriction Act Patterns of Migration The Impact Migration has had on Australia Planned immigration ...

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The Printing industry, despite having gone through massive change in the past two decades, still very much values a set of principles and practices to its training regime which have been developed over many years. ... In this era of significant change the industry is seeking to redefine itself through a joint industry/government initiative called PRINT 21.   ...

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The Economic Development Institute was established in 1955 to train government officials from the developing world in economic and financial management. The EDI promotes neoliberal economic perspective and development philosophies , The EDI is known as the Bank's college and was initially set up with financial support form the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations. ... The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes was established in 1966 and provides arbitration services in investment disputes which arise between foreign investors and host country governments. It ...

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Since the chaotic system that set the communist Soviet Union against the democratic United States, a new world order has emerged. ... Potential wartime governments have two options from which they can decide: either fight wars and risk losing international support, or make peace with adversaries and keep cash flow infiltrating steadily. ... Gone are the days that governments have the ability to isolate their people from the rest of the world and misinform them concerning life beyond their domestic borders. This "democratization of information- prevents leaders of already capitalist ...

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It is simply a different mind-set, which more often than not for Americans is a feeling of individualism, a kind of faith in the individual. ... In this paper, I will show that Europe may be more productive per capita without or with less government regulations dictating Human Resources Management practices on minimum number of paid holidays per year that they may have, but may not be necessary with Europe's current growth. ... Although drastic changes in regulated vacation time policy at the government level cannot be achieved overnight. ... It makes perfect sense and makes one wonde...

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