When looking at Neo-liberalism, one must understand that it is a political theory that has become predominant only through out the last thirty years or so. ... In this book he criticized the idea of government intervention and regulation in economic matters and called for the elimination of such a system. ... As far as development is concerned, many different development models and theories have molded and formed its history in the last century or so. ... However, neoliberalism and other mainstream development frame- works that draw their conceptual roots from neoclassical theory have virtu...

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first offer a critique as well as an overview of the vast history of relevant research, and then they integrate the various findings and the eclectic theories they have produced under a unifying theory of motivated social cognition. ... The theory claims that there is a "matching process that takes place whereby people adopt ideological belief systems that are most likely to satisfy their psychological needs and motives" (341). ... Thus, needs and motives influence the way information is processed because information itself plays a significant "role in the construction and pres...

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: Media Systems and Cultural coordinates in: J. ... Cunningham and Flew highlight a basic power struggle between people, the government and our media system which they recognize to have a "strong corporatist flavour" (Cunningham and Flew, 2000: 237). ... Similar to Kant's theory, "the use of reason must be free in public", Cunningham and Flew continually consider the role of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) and other non-commercial media such as the SBS (Special Broadcasting Station), as the primary channel through which critical reason is accomplished in a commercial environ...

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But since the demise of socialist system in 1991 and then the triumph of liberal capitalism as well as the western-style democracy, the post-Cold War claimed that liberal democracy lays foundation for a new world order led by the U.S. hegemony which aligns democracy with the western emphasis on "civil and political right". ... Besides, I would like to represent this view through the concepts of feminist theories and together with whether women and girls really have a freedom to choose everything on their own. Feminist theories claim that women are oppressed in a multiplicity of ways that de...

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The people's national identity is said to arise from a sense of political community, within an area with defined geographical borders, which houses a culturally homogenous group, with equal rights under a legal system which is respected by the government - so indicating that civil nationalism and liberal democracy are complementary. ... The League rationalised its demand on the basis of what it called the "two-nation theory". According to this theory, Indians comprised not one nation but two, according to their religion. ...

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Principles such as the abolishment of the feudal system, and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, were seen as the most effective means of protecting peoples rights of liberty, property and security. ... The abolishment of the feudal governmental system was the acknowledgement of the need to conciliate the peasantry. ... The laws are the same for all French people as legislated by a freely elected assembly and enforced by an independent court system. ... The French Revolution produced a society of liberty and equality, where one system of law and tax regulations applied to ...

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If democracy is intended as the modern theory of the state, then it is better to call it liberalism (Bobbio: 1988, 25). ... John Stuart Mill is another author who has exposed his theory about govern, democracy and political representation. Mill's theory about democracy and representation is strictly linked to his concept of liberty, he in fact wants a solution which can ensure people's freedom. ...

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Government, education, legal systems, social events, clothing, and home decor were all governed by the regulations of Puritanism. ... Under this system of belief, all people follow a direct path to purity and sanction in the afterlife. ... Descartes" theories were opposed, however, by British philosophers of the empiricist tradition, such as John Locke, who believed that all ideas are derived from the senses. ...

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Much of the Enlightenment theory was made of logical theories that were completely unknown earlier in time periods. ... In addition, the system Franklin developed was very much scientific and in support to the basis of the Enlightenment era was founded upon. ... However, the puritans rely heavily on a faith based system and a true covenant with God. ...

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A key feature of the Early Modern Era was the development of scientific theories and their application in new technologies. ... Post-Colonial globalisation is predicated on a liberal financial and political order that underpins global financial systems, security-military networks and technical infrastructure. However, this system, though dominant, is under threat from competition, especially relating to rising countries such as China and Russia who maintain distance, as well as internal problems such as the threatened loss of cultural identity and meaning. ...

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Their actions contributed to the fall of the aristocracy, although this allowed for a much crueler and more devastating system to arise. ... The system was classified into three estates. ... The theory of self-government and religious tolerance made the French public start questioning the actual authority of the French monarchy. ...

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Traditionally, Hobbes is seen as a defender of absolute monarchy, a government system where the power is held  in the hands of one man, the Monarch. ... His thought encompasses various fields (social criticism, political theory, ethics, theology) and is expressed in many literary genres such as speeches, novels...The complex freedom of man's original state of nature is the main focus of Rousseau's Social Contract upon which political freedom is based. ... It is evident s that tourism "an important activity in Egypt, took a blow; that the economical situation was ...

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A LIBERAL IN INDIA By Deepannita Misra I am an Indian. By default, I am a worshipper of secular, inclusive democracy and free speech. Freedom in thought and speech 'should' symbolize what I stand for, in theory. In reality, I am the Indian who repines about my right ...

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