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    ” (Huntington 1993, 25). While these theories are seemingly compatible at first glance – Fukuyama 's Western liberalism can be the victor in Huntington 's war of civilizations – there is a major difference, and some important reasons for this difference, which we can find in the authors ' pasts. I believe that the major difference is Fukuyama 's faith in a victory for Western liberalism. While Huntington is satisfied with showing that other civilizations/cultures will clash with the West 's, Fukuyama

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    Democracy is considered as a peaceful entity and the world without war. American President Woodrow Wilson, for example, believes that “democracy is inherently peace desiring and consequently contributes to the world peace, replacing war-like political regime (Gat, 2006)”. Democracy is a system of government, consisted of four key elements. Firstly, it is a means of choosing the leaders of the citizens and replacing the government through an election. It is also called a representative democracy as

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    desire for freedom to practice religion created an impression of a land of perfect liberty, where each man has the autonomy to lead his own life without the intervention of the government or other persons. This narrative gives rise to the spirit of liberalism prevalent in American tales, to the extent that individual liberty is often presupposed in conversations about the development of the country. The religious liberty that was sought by the first settlers of the colony, however, does not translate

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    A Paper on Political Ideologies

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    have to write this paper to you in order to not repeat my Social Theory course. This paper just talks mainly about the political ideology which I think is closest to my own political beliefs. Maybe, yours are now different from mine. After all, 32 years is a long time. The political ideology which reflects my own beliefs most is Liberalism. In case you have forgotten, Liberalism mainly says that all people should have the maximum possible freedom to achieve fulfillment and

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    Realism, Liberalism and Feminism In our modern world we can communicate instantly worldwide, cook a full meal in under a minute, and have enough weapons to destroy not only our planet but just about any planet that gives us a funny look. Of course while technology progresses at its incredible rate, we squabble and argue over who gets what, and what they can or cannot do with it, whether or not that is what it is or if it is something that it truly isn't… and frankly it's all very confusing. Luckily

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    A former Republican Irving Kristol , is often called the God father of Neoconservative in the United States, because of his involvement and movement that lead to His articulation and defense of conservative ideals against the dominant liberalism of the 1960s , who influenced generations of intellectuals and policymakers and contributed to the resurgence of the Republican Party in the late 1960s and its electoral successes in the 1980s. He was the quintessential organizer and spark plug of the movement

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    Liberalism And Freedom Essay

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    Liberalism and Freedom Liberalism is a force that has produced change from the birth of this nation to the politics of today. Liberal tenets have been a basis of thought and action in American politics since well before the signing of the Constitution. Certainly, liberalism has had to transform in order to remain a legitimate force throughout the years. When considering this transformation, one may ask whether or not the ideas and goals of classical liberalism have been lost in the conversion into

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    the values of individualism, in that the individual themselves is important in their pursuit and struggle for freedom. There are some factors that are common in liberalism, some of which include: liberty, formation of equality and dominance of individuals in bearing within their society. This essay will discuss these ideas of liberalism in relation to how they support the controversial issue of capital punishment. Capital punishment is the sentencing of someone who has committed a serious offence

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    Liberalism and Conservatism Liberalism and conservatism have been political ideas and thoughts from the very birth of our democracy. Their views and points of the government's role in a democratic society have changed over the years, but the basic ideas and principles have remained the same. There are many different degrees of liberalism and conservatism as almost anyone can be labeled. Some individuals are radical and extreme while others stand on more of a neutral territory

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    society. The question is has religion become an outdated policy means, and has our society grown past the need for the moral compass that faith provides us? Today religion might be dividing us more than ever before, political parties used to be secular organizations that dealt with political issues and now they have become the battleground for religious relativism. On one side you have the religious conservatives, and on the other, the secular progressives, these

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