Second Week’s Topic: A. Introduction 1. Clarification of David Held’s position and argument the analysis of the modern state Focus: the “construction”/ “the making of” the modern state. What does “construction”/ “the making of” mean in this context? Modern state as an “European” invention “Decisive role” of the modern state in the development of modernity 2. State societies versus stateless societies Informal mechanisms of government / institutionalization of government No clear
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appointed a new CEO‚ who emphasized the importance of innovation for Sony. There isn’t enough time left to the new CEO‚ and maybe Sony will die in future several years. Hiroko Tabuchi First Published: Mon‚ Apr 16 2012. 06 26 PM IST How Sony failed to keep up with the tech
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Rotten in the State of Denmark Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” takes place during the Middle Ages in Denmark‚ though the play is written in the mindset of those living in the duration of the English Renaissance. Elizabethans strongly believed in order restoration in society or else chaos would ensue. In a manner of emphasizing the decay and corruption throughout the play‚ Shakespeare effectively utilizes figurative language and character development in order to support the concept that “There is something
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proposed constitutional amendments were successfully ratified. This means that there are six amendments that failed to be ratified. Those six proposed constitutional amendments are caught in limbo‚ surviving the first part of the process only to be suspended in the ratification process. Some of these amendments have time restrictions while others do not. Of the six amendments that failed to be ratified only four are still viable today as the time extensions on the other two have expired. There is
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B: Poverty is a state of mind Even though some people make millions‚ poverty is still a problem in today’s society. There is an increasing gap between the wealthiest and the poorest people. This is also a problem in Britain. But is poverty really a state of mind? That is the controversial statement made by freelance writer Bernard Hare who in an essay from 2012 writes about his childhood in poverty in a mining family in Leeds. As an adult‚ he experiences a different kind of poverty. Bernard Hare
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White southerners‚ however‚ acted as though the War had settled nothing except the impracticality of secession and the nominal abolition of slavery. After Lincoln=s assassination and his succession by Tennessee Democrat Andrew Johnson‚ southern states passed ABlack Codes@ that denied African-Americans such rights as to buy or lease real estate‚ to refuse to sign yearly labor contracts‚ to serve on juries‚ to testify against whites in court‚ and to vote. Blacks
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Intro to Comparative Politics In "War and the State in Africa‚" Jeffrey Herbst states that "…it should be recognized that there is very little evidence that African countries‚ or many others in the Third World‚ will be able to find peaceful ways to strengthen the state and develop national identities." Do you agree with Herbst’s argument? Why? Lei Zhang Professor Dickson 2/10/2011 � Although African countries are facing many severe problems including weak national identities and limited
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Political Scientists‚ Thomas Flanagan and Roger Townshend explain the key to the big question: “Can a Native State Exist Within a Canadian State?” in the readings: “The Case for Native Sovereignty” and “Native Sovereignty: Does Anyone Really Want an Aboriginal Archipelago?”. The essay will outline and provide evidence to both sides‚ whether there could or could not exist a Native State in Canada. The document will argue that Natives are not organized enough to form their own government. Throughout
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Spain‚ A failed industrial revolution? By the 1850s‚ Spain’s population was near 12‚500‚000 people; of which more than two thirds still worked and lived in the countryside. Meanwhile‚ the most powerful European countries like England or Germany were undergoing a series of political‚ economic and social changes known as the Industrial Revolution. This was propelled by their liberal ideas‚ engaged investors and ever-growing market. It created a new era in history‚ urban areas started to develop and
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independence from foreign domination‚ a mammoth task of uniting the princely states was still to be accomplished. So‚ this massive job was handed over to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel‚ the first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India. With great wisdom and political foresight‚ Sardar Patel consolidated more than five hundred princely states and brought them under Indian dominion. In the face of great adversity from some states like the Nizam of Hyderabad and Nawab of Junagarh‚ he achieved the impossible
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