Comparing the results of all questioned people to the social responsibilities of the government the majority is in favor of doing social issues by helping poor children get ahead, getting a decent minimum income for all and redistribution across the income range. In all this three parts, only around 50% of the questioned Americans want the state to intervene in these social issues. ... It is a difficult issue because the word "Germanness"" could be misunderstood or misinterpreted related to Hitler's misuse of this expression. ... In Religion, the children learn about different cultures...

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One of the more prevalent issue's in the recent provincial election of Ontario was the policy of privatization. ... Privatizing protection (i.e. water testing) places too much social responsibility on a private company interested in profits. ...

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The determinants for social classes are income and education, and different levels of these explain to us how separate social classes come about. ... However, due to the fact that globalization has helped reduce poverty and improved the lives of poorer citizens, our uneducated and financially challenged citizens may find ways to be better informed on political issues. ... The solutions to these issues of declining political efficacy are quite simple to come up with, but are much more difficult to enforce. ... This "party picking" could, essentially, lead to more of a majoritarian government...

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Government is maintain the existing social and economic hierarchy. ... This culture could be viewed throughout any major issue with two counteracting oppositions. ... Abortion has been a major issue in our country for quite some time and it wont be going away anytime soon. ... Social and family ties are prominent where this type of political culture is found. ... These cultures demonstrate the types of people involved and effected by certain issues. ...

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Social security has proven itself to be the albatross of the ruling party since its inception in August of 1935. ... This means that those Americans receiving Social Security benefits now receive far less compensation than they might have if they had instead invested the 13% of their income (6.5% from themselves and 6.5% from their employers) into a privatized investment program. Social Security has proven that the United States Government cannot necessarily be trusted to act in line with capitalist ideals given a socialized investment portfolio. ... They don't mind the system paying for ...

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They help in solving issues of problems that arise in the country. ... People have disturbing issues in their lives most of the times because of the changes that happen in any given society. ... Some social scientists believe that political power is held by a small number of wealthy individuals. ... Liberal parties ensure that people have access to distributive justice, which should be both social and economic. ... The party does not want to address social issues such as gay and abortion rights. ...

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Its failure is not an issue. Indeed, the issue is knowledge, or lack thereof. ... The task of assessing and converting expert knowledge into social action is a particularly crucial one in democratic systems. ... Citzens" attitudes toward the legal status of marijuana are more than likely shaped by their knowledge, or, again, lack thereof, of its personal and social consequences. ... Under this theory, people will make themselves aware only of certain issues that affect their lives personally while ignoring important issues that affect the society in which they live. ...

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The Statement also says that "as a social system we seek the establishment of a democracy of individual participation, governed by 2 central aims: that the individual share in those social decisions determining the quality and direction of his life." ... The SDS is claiming that the public is not involved with the "shar[ing] in social decisions". ... In the document, the SDS discovered a great way to prevent materialism: make money not an issue. ... Because the Statement is calling for American society and government to change and not the governments and societies of the world to change, we...

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Reform legislation was suggested by socially aware liberals in each instance. ... Social mobility was infrequent at best for those of the laborers. ... This idea of drinking only in moderation was accepted by most people of every social class. ... It had now become an issue of such national importance that even those capitalists who were making money on the gin began to look their gift horse in the mouth. ... On both sides of the issue, everything said boiled down to economic interests - except the occasional social or political concern. ...

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These organizations bring awareness to issues that affect different cultures and society as a whole. ... This shows how these types of awareness organizations can impact the people of the nation by educating them and changing their way of thinking about issues that can be dangerous in the short and long run. Bringing issues, like drunk driving, to the attention of the public eye helps serve as a call for action from the citizens and the government. ... Civil organizations thrive in this type of social political environment because the people have a say in how the government rules. ... Civil an...

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In the town meetings the men would discuss local affairs such as grazing issues, lot sizes and most important the charge of taxes and collecting of those taxes. ... The Puritans also established social structures; they considered that a strong family was important to the community's welfare. ... They wanted to reform the Church of England by setting an example, considering the total support for their belief in the divine mission of the settlement, and with this, the establishment of a political, economic and social system driven by religious purpose. ...

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DRAMA: What issues and challenges are faced by T.I.E in Australia? How can you relate these issues and challenges to the TIE performances that you watched? Theatre in Education or TIE for short is a form of theatre that deals with issues concerning the lives and environments of children and young people. ... Some of the major issues and challenges that TIE in Australia confronts today are the difficult and at times unwelcoming social environments that they must perform in along with the ignorance of the audience about theatre appreciation and the belief that the prestige of TIE is low....

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Thirdly, there is a large political focus on issues such as pay equity and abortion rights. ... He says, "White men today are the most anti-government sector of the electorate and least likely to support social welfare policies." ... There are certain areas and issues of politics that the gap is more apparent. A main issue that comes to debate is gun control. ... It is in the nature of woman and men to think differently on certain issues. ...

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Women's role in Puritan society differed socially, politically, and economically numerous ways. It was inevitable that the holy commonwealth's efforts to maintain social discipline and a uniform code would lead to friction in a population of new individualists. ... Thus is the case with an early troublemaker Anne Hutchinson, who challenged the principles of religious uniformity and the very basis "of an already fragile social system (70, Tindall and Shi)." ... The New World environment did give way to the laws over estate, inheritance, abuse, and other issues in favor of women. ....

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Women's role in Puritan society differed socially, politically, and economically numerous ways. It was inevitable that the holy commonwealth's efforts to maintain social discipline and a uniform code would lead to friction in a population of new individualists. ... Thus is the case with an early troublemaker Anne Hutchinson, who challenged the principles of religious uniformity and the very basis "of an already fragile social system (70, Tindall and Shi)." ... The New World environment did give way to the laws over estate, inheritance, abuse, and other issues in favor of women. ....

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These incongruences in the theories are reason of debate, a reason for which political philosophy is a widely discussed issue. ... They are theories that investigate the creation of social hierarchy, differing primarily on the morality of "natural" man; while Rousseau considers the primitive man amoral, Hobbes described him as innately greedy and evil. ... Thus arises the need for a government in order to lay the institutions of social harmony. ... Rousseau attributes the emergence of civilization to the creation of social hierarchy, discrimination and corruption among human beings....

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The challenge of bringing new life to American democracy may be the most important issue facing the nation today. ... When students are aware of the issues facing them in elections, they become knowledgeable and can act in that manner to better their society. ... They have an active interest in global fairness and in local community-development issues. They have an extraordinary sensitivity to multicultural issues and the importance of learning how to work with those different from themselves but it's not enough. ... We can't force students to serve in the material or to social w...

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To solve this problem governments should set pollution limits for each industry and issue tradable licenses where farmers with less polluting or better production (less externalities) can sell their unused licenses to other more polluting farmers (more externalities). ... This enables people to more specialize on the issue and allows more effective discoveries and innovation methods of targeting the issue of salinity. 3) Government Laws - Rewards and Punishments The government should set regulations and rules on the certain amount of saline in the soil so if farmers are over the allowed th...

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By doing so, the similar ethical issue occurs: invading people's privacy. Also in "1984," by destroying social and family systems, the pure love that human have will be destroyed; instead of love of family it will be placed on the governments system. ... Family and social values still exist and people are not brain-washed to worship to certain governing system. ...

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This information could include anything from voting records and campaign finance data to candidates' positions on issues. ... Despite this, typical users are not representative of the true social make up. ... While Jurgen Habermas states that civil society may be seen as a "sounding board" for the articulation of political issues a government might address, Mark Poster points out that "rational arguments rarely prevail on the "net", and achieving consensus is widely seen as impossible." ...

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During the time period that "The Unknown Citizen" was written, in the late 1930's, Americans were issued Social Security cards (similar to Canadian Social Insurance Numbers), each with a personalized number. ... The fact that Auden considers the man to be 'unknown' speaks both to the 'silent majority' and the lack of a voice in government social policy. ...

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Indian political discourse has focused on specific policy measures and client patron relationship between social groups and political parties. ... Community mobilization also became a means of empowerment of more social groups such as the unification of Dalits under Scheduled Caste movement culminating in the formation of a political party and rich rural peasantry mobilising through the demands of reservation for Other Backward Castes. ... Democracy has a protective value in the context of persistent traditional social order where gains from growth may be cornered by elite. ... However, evolut...

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The modernization theory is the fundamental proposition that people in traditional societies should adopt the characteristics of modern societies in order to modernize their social, political and economic institutions . ... Economic development is a very important issue discussed in Isbister. ... This war was a burden on Iraq politically, economically, and socially. ... They would do this by changing the government and through political campaigns designed to eliminate exploitation, social inequities, sectarian loyalties, apathy, and lack of civil spirit. ...

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During his speech he also addressed the fact that Britain was thousands of miles away and that if the colonies needed to ask parliament about an important issue that it would take months to get from the colonies to Britain and back. ... They developed a different type of government, a different economic system, and different social classes than the British. ... In the colonies there was not much of a difference between social classes, most people were in the middle class. ... The differences in social structure, economic systems, and government helped the colonists realize that they were no...

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Luis Valdez's "Los Vendidos" targets many people and groups. Most obviously, he is attacking politicians and the government as a whole as being racist. The whole point of the secretary being there is that they "need a brown face in the crowd" at their luncheon. They do not need a Hispanic for in...

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