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What have been the main causes of peace in the last 100 years? At first glance, the question seems straightforward; however, the last 100 years have been the most violent and deadly in recorded human history. During this period, conflicts resulted in the death of approximately 180-230 million people (Leitenberg, 2006), and since 1946 there have been 259 conflicts in 159 locations around the world (Pettersson and Wallensteen, 2015). These figures suggest that the previous century was one of…

intelligence and overall good will ( Heywood 2000 : 126 ). Representational or Liberal Democracy however, takes a different approach. It can be considered as a more diluted form of democracy as the majority chooses a group that will represent their desires and needs of the people and is only really embraced every few years by means of regular elections ( Heywood 2000 : 126 ). One of the most important aspects of liberal democracy is that representatives or most powerful decision makers are not…

Challenging the Democratic Peace Thesis, which claims that democratic regimes are “peaceful” and do not fight, Duncan Bell’s Before the democratic peace: Racial utopianism, empire and the abolition of war calls attention to the shortcomings of democratic regimes’ ability to provide an egalitarian and peaceful society, even going as far to mark democracies as war prone. Furthermore, the article engages with various strands of political theories, such as radical liberalism and socialism, which…

Lives can be divided in to two parts in multiple ways. For Eva Hoffman in her book Lost in Translation: A Life in A New Language her life becomes one of these cases. Her migration from Poland to Canada she describes as a literal split in her life. Going form old too new. Familiar too unknown. In the book she describes this in quite a good way. She rides on a train as a young girl that takes her to Canada and as she is being taken to her new life she says, “From now on, my life will be divided…

developed by a liberal arts degree and are needed in the twenty-first century…

progressively increasing to present day. From a conservative perspective, educating myself on liberal agendas often solidifies my stance. This assignment in particular piqued my interest more than most. My first instinct, analyze The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, as familiarity would simplify my research. With this in mind, I, on the contrary chose to educate and challenge myself by delving into a liberal think tank, the Center for American Progress. My research only reassured…

Inside the Michigan Research Community I. Introduction to MRC and Learning Communities As a large public institution, the University of Michigan can be very overwhelming for some students. However, the University of Michigan does a great job of creating small communities for students with similar backgrounds, identities, or interests. One of the small learning communities at the University of Michigan is the Michigan Research Community, otherwise known as MRC. In MRC, all of the individuals…

Bauerlein, Mark. "The Anti-intellectual Environment of American Teens - Education Next." RSS. President & Fellows of Harvard College, 23 Apr. 2009. Web. 01 Dec. 2015. Throughout the article, The Anti-intellectual Environment of American Teens, Mark Bauerlein states that even with the rise in college attendance rates, the standardized test scores or the student knowledge is not increasing. Though students are passing the AP exams and more people taking those classes, students should be…

held responsible for wrongdoing against society. In a democracy, free and fair elections are essential to maintain stability within democracy because the process allows society to weed out political elite corrupt the system. Plattner argues that liberal democracy limits popular…

The source believes that totalitarianism should be used regularly in governments in order to achieve goals. They have seen from history that totalitarianism results in great changes to a country. The USSR, for example, became rapidly industrialized under communism. The author ignores the fact that with this great power came great destruction to the lives of the citizens. Totalitarianism is an ideology that believes that the government should have complete control over nearly every aspect of its…