In a personal level, globalization has led people to be connected throughout the world regardless of their proximity using the most recent technologies, which resulted in making our world a smaller place. ... Systematic vulnerability can be, but not limited to, a country's weakness from lack of resources, strong economic foundations, and debt. ... First, globalization removes borders drawn by history, ethnicity, religion and language when different people with different cultures migrate, bringing their own cultures into the new country. ... Migration has been a key factor in globalizing t...

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In the age of globalization, state failure is becoming a growing concern for many foundations, think tanks and scholars, who have attempted to identify the root causes and come up with an agreed definition of the concept. ... According to Nguyen (2005), while "country " and "nation " are more usually used to define a group of people sharing identity, culture or religion, a "state " more often refers to the place and nature of a nation in the international system. ... However, in most cases, the "failure " of a state may vary across different dimensions. ... This collapse may include revolution...

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Freedom of speech, of the press, of religion, and of fair and equal treatment are the basic civil rights. ... The old Jim Crow laws governed all aspects of their existence, from the schoolroom to the rest room. ... The civil rights movement during the late 1800's and early 1900's provided the foundations for the current civil rights laws achieved throughout the 1960's. ... Suffragists under Catt threatened to discharge their traditional duties as homemakers and...

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The foundations of knowledge and reason influenced writers, philosophers, and citizens alike to question the legitimacy of such rule. Along with advances in science and technology, philosophers began to see the world as governed by natural laws such as gravity and motion. ... This was based on Locke's belief that all men come into the world as potential equals, and their mind like a blank page to which every impression is impacted. ... They perceived that people, once left to their own resources, could better their condition. ... The Constitution encouraged all agriculture and commerce, a...

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