Regime

countries in Europe experienced the rise of authoritarian regimes through their appearance of stability to the people; regimes like those seen after World War I could not rise today in the EU. As the economies struggled across Europe, authoritarian leaders presented jobs, growth, and stability to their people. Countries attempted to build their agricultural…

respectable worker” (Petr Kropotkin 1909, p. 263). The monarchical, aristocratic, social, legal and political system that governed the people of France prior to the French Revolution was termed the Ancien Regime after it was abolished. According to Sewell (1985, p. 62), the Ancien Regime was developed using a number of ideologies from different historical periods. In particular, it combined feudal, Catholic, constitutional,…

reign, there were protests from both secular leftists who resented the Shah’s autocratic rule, specifically SAVAK’s cruel suppression of political opposition, and religious rightists. Protests continually gained momentum and fatalities during the anti-regime protests led to growth of the movement. The Shah fled from Iran in January…

The unfair distribution of powers, rights, and wealth between the citizens of France was the main cause of the Revolution. Prior to the revolution, the Kingdom of France practiced the Ancient Regime, a political and social system “based on the concentration of all political, social and economic power between three classes, the monarchy, the clergy, and the aristocracy” (Bastille). Citizens of France were separated into three distinct estates. The First Estate consisted the French Catholic Clergy…

the world, their stay would not be brief and their trace not easily erased. The question left to society was “Are you with them?’, or, “Do you have enough courage to stand against them?” Rudolf Brandt decided he was prepared to stand with the Nazi Regime during World War II. Although we look at him now as a villain in society, the acts he committed during the Holocaust would be deemed successful given his occupation. Taking a glimpse into the life of Rudolf Brandt, it is interesting to see…

The totalitarian regime of North Korea mirrors the one in 1984 by the complete oppression of basic human rights, perpetual torture, and constant infringements of the privacy and morals of the malnourished people. Banned in many countries and viewed as inhumane, cries from the constant torture echo throughout the chambers of North Korean Prisons. Oppressing guards order a mother to submerge her newborn child in a pool of water until the bubbles ceased to rise and the cries died out (Park 1). The…

The apartheid regime in the 1960’s and 1970’s had developed a number of pseudo-scientific tests that were used to classify people into one of the four main South African racial groups: White, Black, Coloured, and Indian and this was known as racial classification. A form of one of the tests done to classify one would be the hair comb test where a comb would be put through ones hair then that individual would be classified as African. The apartheid government refrained from calling people of…

criticized the shortcomings of Esping-Anderson’s three typologies of the welfare state regimes. Nonetheless, several empirical studies show that Epsing-Anderson’s welfare state regimes do have some explanatory power in theorizing and investigating differences and similarities of gender policies especially with regards to female employment and labor force participation. Across all three typologies of the welfare state regimes, the (welfare) state significantly contribute to ameliorate the gap…

Predication: On 03/28/17, Asset Protection Manager (APM) Jakub Orlando was assigned a Hot Line lead regarding multiple allegations against Shift Leader (SFL) Siddika Tammi who was, suspected of favoritism towards Customer Service Clerk (CSA), unauthorized discounts, discrimination, and favoritism. Facts: On 03/08/17, APM Orlando investigated a similar Hotline led regarding similar allegations against SFL Tammi. (Please see case 7077414) On 03/28/17, APM Orlando meet with Human Resources…

Countless totalitarian regimes throughout history have exercised their power and asserted their dominance through the dismantling of the free press, dissemination of misinformation and violence, all in the name of enforcing conformity to state doctrine. In Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell describes this idea in detail within the context of the fictional state of Oceania through his now oft-referenced quote, “two and two make five.” In his effort to warn against the effects on totalitarianism…