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    The three political ideologies I will discuss in this paper are Liberalism, Communism, and Social Democracy. These ideologies emerged in the 19th century and are views on society and the way in which it is governed. Liberalism, Communism, and Social Democracy are social, political, and economic doctrines. They share many differences, big and small, but these differences contribute to their overall objective of the betterment of society. How they choose to implement and lead towards that goal is what

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    Irham Adhitya S 3617798 “Acknowledging National Tobacco Strategy through Social Democracy Lens “ Introduction Australia is the world leader in tobacco control, as they became the first country that implemented plain package policy. Since December 2012, all tobacco products which are traded and brought to Australia must be in plain packaging in order to implement the National Tobacco Strategy (NTS) 2012 – 2018. (National Tobacco Strategy, 2012, p.27) The range of policies including health signs

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    and Norway ("The World's 10 Happiest"). What do these countries have in common? Importantly, they are all social democracies based on the Nordic model of government policy, which is based upon a mixed-market system that encourages both economic opportunity and equality. However, we live in a country where only the most powerful can have their voices heard (Gilens and Page). Social democracies are better than the current government in the United States because a Nordic model can promote democratic

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    The interest based explanation for democracy comes from an assumption that people are going to pursue their own interests, like goods, wealth, or income in different economic classes and that politics comes from a clash between people with different interests. In Lipset’s “Some Social Requisites of Democracy,” one of the points he makes is that industrialization is a good indicator of a democracy. He uses statistics of different countries and their rations of working men in agriculture -- it shows

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    This is what keeps the State of Nature from automatically becoming an intolerable warzone. His belief in God greatly influenced his views of human nature, and what constitutes personhood, but his version of the Social Contract Theory had no less influence on our modern secular democracy. The Law of Nature demands that man not harm another man in respect to his, “life, health, liberty, or possessions.” Locke’s view of human nature grants all men equality under the Law of Nature and the capacity

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    blue T. Although it is hard to describe an iconic symbol in text, we can vividly picture the logos of the most popular social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Twitter particularly has allowed public citizens access to a different side of the world’s leaders that we look to for answers and change. Participation and open communication in political democracy is promoted by social networking services. Citizens can easily feel informed and up to date and many view this now as a right and a need, no

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    False Hope Of Freedom

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    The False Hope Of Freedom “Democracy is a government of the people, by the people and for the people” Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, 1864 If you asked anyone what they would consider being a fair and equal society, the majority of people’s answers would turn towards democratic states such as the US and the UK. When people think of democracy, they view the system as a one where freedom, equality, and prosperity thrives, this, however, is far from the usual cases we see today. The systems that

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    legislative changes made. These weaknesses in democratic socialism which prevent achieving Marxist socialism, stem from the same political system which enabled social democracy to reach socialist goals. Schumpeter (1943) argues that the only way to ensure socialist outcome through democratic means, is to abandon the idea of true democracy, and enforce socialism. This would inevitably lead to a ‘one-party-state’ with economically planned socialism. However, this is in line with anti-socialist, Hayek’s

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    Democracy offers people the chance to be involved citizens rather than unreceptive subordinates. However, this right doesn’t come unchallenged. Citizens are required to assess a broad range of political subjects (such as candidates, parties, and policies) and then combine and simplify their likings in a way that allows them to choose on voting decisions. So, how are these challenges met? In the United States, some citizens are conservative Republics, some are liberal Democrats, and others fall in

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    two ideological perspectives will be discussed, an ideology is a collection of ideas about the world, they have a relationship with political parties, political movements or state regime. Firstly neo liberalism will be discussed and secondly social democracy, I will then discuss the relationship of both ideological perspectives in relation to health. This assignment will conclude by choosing which ideological perspective is best suited to addressing health care within society. Neo liberalism Neo

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