Liberal Studies Independent Enquriy Study Title: The phenomenon of adolescents shopaholic in Hong Kong and Ways for prevention Introduction A shopaholic means a person is considered to be addicted to shopping. In Hong Kong‚ the ratio of adolescent suffering from shopaholic is keeping high‚ the figure will be shown in the report. The symptoms of shopaholic will appear in the age of adolescent and the early age of adult. As I am a student‚ an adolescent‚ I want to understand more about shopaholic
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political parties‚ there are so many descriptions of the political parties of the west. Some of the classification of political parties includes wide membership and some are restricted to a certain class in society for example those people who are in the working class tends to join the labor party or a revolutionary party who advocates the violent overthrow of the government. Some political party also advocates the rights of the ethnic minorities of a certain country. Other political parties were primarily
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The Populist Party Platform‚ 1892 After the Panic of 1873 and the collapse of agriculture prices‚ the farmers’ revolt rose. The Populist party grew out from this revolt and through the collective economic actions that they promoted‚ the party became popular in the South states. In this excerpt from the Populist Party Platform‚ also known as the Omaha Platform‚ the Populists propose many different economic reforms that would help relaunching the economy especially in the agrarian sector
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the Philippines" Political dynasties are the building blocks of Philippine politics. Major political parties such as the ruling Liberal Party‚ United Nationalist Alliance and Nacionalista Party merely exist through alliances forged among powerful political families. Party leaders and candidates for public office are recruited not through a rigid process of selection within political parties but through traditional kinship networks. But patronage does not fully explain the problem. In the Philippines
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Political Parties and Their Contribution to Liberal Democracy. By Floti1 | July 2013 Zoom In Zoom Out Page 1 of 5 Rule by the people is what a democracy is made of‚ this might be achieved by having the party in power elected into office into office by the majority‚ the term democracy and the practice itself is diverse in each country but it has similar features which characterize all forms. This essay explains the impact or contributions of political parties in a Liberal Democracy
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practically applicable to the present. On one side we have the Populist Party with a solid and significantly relevant number of followers‚ including Afro-Americans farmers and industrial workers. On the other corner we have the progressive party with an apparently small but underestimate number of potential voters which includes the middle class and above. These two parties do not only reflect the wills of their respective party‚ they emulate the two ever contradicting segments of the modern society
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The United States courts routinely sided with business when any enforcement of the Act was attempted. Bull Moose Party: The Progressive Party was an American political event created by Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt‚ former President. This party began in 1912 and ended in 1916. This event was named Bull Moose Party after Theodore said “I feel like a bull moose”‚ a little while after the party was made. Campaign: An event organized to help succeed certain goals. Roosevelt had campaigns to help people vote
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After Reconstruction the states that resided in the north were primarily Liberal Republican. This was due from Lincoln’s association with the Republican Party‚ and the role he had on equal treatment for blacks during the Civil War (Boles pg. 570). Also‚ the term liberal is associated with the progressive party‚ which means looking forward. In contrast‚ the south was primarily Conservative Democratic‚ with the term conservative associated with being stuck in old ways of doing things. This implies
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During 1906-12 when the Liberal Party were in power started the Liberal Reforms‚ which were several programmes with the intent to help British citizens living in poverty. There is a debate amongst historians whether or not the Liberal Reforms were effective and helped the people living in poverty. The quote from the historian Martin Pugh suggests that the reforms were not introduced to create a welfare state but only focusing on solving specific problems that poor people have faced. There are other
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poverty in Britain in the Liberal Governments decision to introduce social reforms between 1906 and 1914? Concerns about the extent of poverty in Britain played a major role in the Liberal Government introducing reform. After scientific reports conducted by Seebolm Rowntree and Charles Booth had identified the full extent of poverty within inner city Britain‚ the Liberals felt compelled to act.(1) However‚ there were other contributing factors which drove the Liberals towards reform. The enfranchisement
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