Authoritarianism

Historical Condition Russia’s historical origin can be traced back in 600 A.D when Slavs; Indo –European ethnic group dispersed to inhabit majority of Central, Eastern Europe and Southeast Europe. Slavs community who were farmers, fishers and hunters were organized in disintegrated unifications of city states known as Kieven –Rus. In early 1200’s Mongol invaders conquered Kieven-Rus and the Slavs fled into the nearby forest and settled along the Moskova River. The settlement grew into the city…

For us Americans, the word democratic carries a special meaning that is of the utmost importance for our system of government. A democratic system of government;, also known as a Democracy, is a system in which the collective majority selects the system of government to maintain civil authority. More specifically, the elected officials within the government pass and enforce laws. In the United States, this system is maintained by checks and balances across three branches of government. Abraham…

private affairs of those in power. These social ills are constantly shouted out and parroted, but hardly is anything ever done. And in recent times, the Marcos era is slowly becoming glossed over, giving a degree of acceptance to the possibility of authoritarianism as…

Educators should never indoctrinate students. As a prospective teacher, I would like to inculcate peace, love, tolerance, respect, responsibility, honesty and unity to my pupils. These values will help to create a better world where we will all live in harmony and unity. Ethics is sinequanon in human life since it influences changes which is taking place in our modern society. In this new era, people get access to information quickly through technology improvement such as Wi-Fi. Nevertheless,…

administrators and teachers held her children to a higher standard as they progressed through school, “The older they got, the more of a fight it was to defend their individuality, their intellectual curiosity and their healthy skepticism for authoritarianism and conformity” (“Teaching Conformity”). The school faculty expects older students to be more mature than younger students. Once students reach the peak of maturity, many of their actions cannot be brushed off and they are forced to face…

Many powerful women in the nation are marginalized simply because of their gender. Narrowed minds tend to believe that many women do not have the qualities or the potential that are required to obtain certain positions that a man would hold in the work field. For many centuries, gender stereotypes have created barriers and hindered women in the workplace. Women have been treated unfairly, looked upon as objects, and discriminated against. Gender stereotyping also leads to sexual harassment…

aforementioned political scientist Guillermo O’Donnell not only coined the term bureaucratic authoritarian, but also put forth one of the most important economic arguments as to why these regimes appeared. Within his work Modernization and Bureaucratic Authoritarianism, he stated that late industrializing nations were intrinsically different then those that industrialized countries earlier. O’Donnell also attempted to explain why there was a reversal of democracy in Latin America as opposed to…

light of the region’s immense strategic importance to the United States’ national security. Truman also argued that the United States was compelled to assist free peoples in their struggles against totalitarian regimes, because the spread of authoritarianism…

Does Parental Tough Love Really Work? As time progresses, more and more people are utilizing the concept “tough love” as a form of parenting method. Some people declare that the strategies of tough love are effective, while others argue that tough love is destructive and simply another word for child abuse. One question that people, mostly parents, have had is whether or not tough love actually works? The idea of it has been around since the 1980’s and several parents would prefer to use this…

Portugal is the country that decriminalized drugs in their country. We all want to know what led Portugal to start the decriminalization of drugs, according to the article Portugal’s Experiment “ it all started during the mid-twentieth century, when Portugal experienced fifty years of military dictatorship, and when leftist democratic was reestablished in 1974”. Portugal is and still is the only European Union state explicitly to decriminalize drug usage. Portugal’s decriminalization came about…