What was the difference between high and popular culture in the eighteenth century? A number of things would distinguish between high and "popular" culture. I think that "popular" as referenced here is something of a mis-nomer. Probably high and low would be more accurate characterizations. What I think distinguished high culture of this periord from those of other eras‚ was its extreme taste for the ornamental and superflousness. Members of the societal elite‚ were very fond of wigs; both men and
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unwritten‚ no constitution consisting only of rules of conduct or behaviour. Unitary and federal Unitary – establish constitutional supremacy of central government over provincial and local bodies. Reflected in UK via Parliament Federal – divide sovereignty between 2 levels of government‚ both central and regional posses a range of powers that the other cannot encroach upon. Rigid and flexible Codified can be quite flexible‚ occurs through process of judicial interpretation. I.e. US constitution
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Is the Philippines a “true’’ Republic with the Postulates of Republicanism? As stated in the 1987 Constitution‚ "The Philippines is a democratic and republican state. Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them”‚ with this simple statement‚ I am positive that the Philippines is really a republican state. It is evident that the manifestations of the 4 postulates of republicanism among the government are the basis why the Philippines is a republican state.
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Sean Coutorie GOVT 2301 June 25‚ 2013 Skipworth Coconut Wars The “Social Contract Theory” is a theory that without the unofficial introduction of morals of right and wrong‚ we would all be living in a world worse than that our homo-erectus ancestors inhabited in such a way that there would be no “we” but just our self interest in the desire to survive. There would be no groups‚ no tools‚ and no interactions other than that of violence
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concerned with the expansion‚ transformation and continuation of open democratic societies‚ in which the sovereignty resides within the people‚ not through the tyrant as us to be the case. IRA: 1 "How a twist on an old Idea can protect the world ’s most vulnerable populations" (Soros). State sovereignty came into effect after the Treaty of Westphalia 1648‚ now with a twist on the idea of sovereignty‚ the people come to power. The author cries for the recognition and importance of open societies‚
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paradox of the Meiji constitution is that even though it contains the basic principle of a liberal constitution: that the government it creates is subject to laws consented by the people‚ the status of the emperor as the sovereign executor of this popular will leads to an authoritarian state. Therefore‚ the Meiji constitution represents a confounding synthesis of western constitutional theory and classical Japanese filial loyalty to a strong emperor‚ the father of the nation state. Similarly‚ the Meiji
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The state has four essential elements: 1. Population 2. Territory 3. Government 4. Sovereignty What follows now is a brief elaboration of these elements. 1. Population The State is a human institution. Hence population is it’s first and foremost element. No state can be imagined without the people‚ as there must be some to rule and others to be ruled. The people constitute its "personal basis". It is however‚ difficult to fix the size of the population of a state. For the Greek
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even with all the above ingredients‚ sovereignty is only truly achieved by the recognition of you as a state by other states. For example‚ North Cyprus believe that they should be a separate state‚ but they have to be recognized by other states
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How does a sovereign nation reconcile its very sovereignty with its growing need to be integrated into a shrinking global society with its concomitant shrinking
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Westphalia of 1648‚ a stepping stone in the development of the modern state system. Prior to this the European medieval organization of political authority was based on a vaguely hierarchical religious order. Contrary to popular belief‚ Westphalia still embodied layered systems of sovereignty‚ especially within the Holy Roman Empire.[4] More than the Peace of Westphalia‚ the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713 is thought to reflect an emerging norm that sovereigns had no internal equals within a defined territory
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