global financial crisis reached New Zealand) and again in 2009 (when the crisis was near its peak; n = 247). As hypothesized‚ low openness to experience predicted residualized change in dangerous worldview‚ which in turn predicted right-wing authoritarianism (RWA). Low agreeableness predicted competitive worldview‚ which in turn predicted social dominance orientation (SDO). RWA
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A Psychological Aspect of Susan Smith: Dependent Personality Disorder On October 25‚ 1994‚ Susan Smith drowned her two sons‚ Michael and Alex‚ in the John D. Long Lake in Union County‚ South Carolina. For nine days she lied about knowing where the boys were. On November 3‚ she confessed to the killings and would soon go to trial. Susan’s defense team hired a psychiatrist to conduct a psychiatric evaluation of her. She was diagnosed as having dependent personality disorder. He described her as
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Browns? Research suggests that authoritarians‚ individuals that favor strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom‚ self- select into police work. Criminologists‚ psychologists and other social scientists have found that authoritarianism is a by-product
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Chapter 1: -Why Study Politics? – self & public interest -What is politics? – no real definition “Art of the possible” “who get what when & how” “authoritative allocation of values” -Sciences: Hard: biology‚ chemistry‚ physics‚ math(experiments can be replicated & get same results) Soft: archeology‚ political science (cant be replicated‚ lots of theories)‚ experiments cant be replicated -Basic Concepts of politics- -Power- -Political science majors study power NOT politics -Hard power- forcing someone
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How can genuine democracy emerge from authoritarian regimes? Victoria Yuzova St.Petersburg State University 2013 Contents. Introduction. 3 1.What is authoritarianism? 3 2.What is Democracy? 4 3. Democratization. 5 3.1. Definition of democratization. 5 3.2. What can facilitate transition to democracy? 6 3.3. Historical cases 9 3.4. Views on democratization. 10 Conclusion. 12 Bibliography. 14 Introduction. Peaceful protests with
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Sidonie Collette’s ’The Hand’. Godwin depicts the man as the one with the last ’say’ and that the woman has no authority of her own. She is to obey her husband‚ even forcefully. I think Collette on the other hand tries to show the husband’s authoritarianism in the institution of marriage from a traditional perspective. This is so because according to her‚ the inequality has always been clearly set up and the roles well defined such that the husband may not even be able to able to tell how strong
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THE PRIMACY OF CULTURE By Francis Fukuyama Democracy’s Future Francis Fukuyama argues that for any new ideology or political trend to emerge that rival those of liberal democracy‚ it requires the precursor of developments at the level of civic society and culture. Accordingly‚ he sees the only civic society‚ and culture that seems poised to do so is Asia. Fukuyama bases his judgment on the claim that for the consolidation of democracy‚ there must exist four levels of change: On the first
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clearly biased and against modern liberalism; in favor of a more collective society focusing more on the survival and prosperity of the state‚ rather than individual rights and freedoms. The source evidently identifies collectivism as well as authoritarianism as its most prominent ideological perspectives. If this source was a legitimate society in today’s world it would undoubtedly reject the natural rights of individuals as well as rule of law‚ egalitarianism along with the general will of the
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Course: Intro to Comparative Politics Assignment: Research Paper Title: Why did some post-communist states successfully transition to democracy while others are “stuck” in the “grey zone” (competitive authoritarianism)? Compare two different post-communist states (democracy vs. competitive authoritarianism) in support of your argument. University: American University of Central Asia One of the reasons of the soviet countries that joined to the democratization wave is the failure of communism
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Aug. 30th‚ 2013 Course: POLS 1000 There are many things that are good and bad about the many Governments that run their countries. What is a good government to you? In my opinion a good government is many things. Firstly I feel a government should always make decisions that is best for the people they are making decisions for; an example you and I. The types of decisions that would keep us safe from harm‚ safe from scrutiny‚ persecution‚ racism and so on. The most important thing I feel
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