Six years back‚ when on November 4‚ 2004‚ the Prime Minister proclaimed Left Wing Extremism as the biggest threat confronting the nation that had to be dealt at ‘war footing’‚ it had a ring of resolve of a freshly elected government to take the bull by its horns. However‚ when he repeats the same now‚ it carries an air of helpless lamentation. The efforts at war footing notwithstanding‚ during the last six years‚ the area under Naxal influence has nearly doubled extending to nearly 203 districts
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AS Government and Politics Revision Guide Unit 1: People and Politics ‘Of the Students‚ by the Students‚ for the Students’ Important Information: * Your Unit 1 exam will make up 50% of your AS grade * Your Unit 1 exam will make up 25% of your overall grade * The exam is 1 hour and 20 minutes (80 minutes) * There will be a choice of four questions – one per topic * Each question has a 5 mark‚ a 10 mark and a 25 mark part * You have to answer two
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THE NEW RIGHT The New Right approach considers the responsibility of the vulnerable to be placed upon the individuals and their families and that the state should only play a minimal role in their care. This idea was not fully challenged until the election of Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government in 1979 as they believed that the state should play as smaller role as possible in welfare provision as it was mainly the responsibility of the individual and their family. The New Right saw state
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Using material from Item A and elsewhere‚ assess the value of the right realist approach to crime and deviance. Realist approaches to crime are alternatives to the Marxist and Interactionist approaches‚ which in realists eyes both seemed to be unable to generate ideas that could lead to reducing levels of crime. Marxists tended to see property crime as a justified attempt to redistribute wealth‚ whereas Interactionists saw criminals as different from non-criminals only in that they had acquired
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The New Right is a radical branch of Conservatism which emerged in the 1970’s which had a large impact on both UK and USA politics. The New Right consists of two ideologies‚ neo-liberalism and neo-conservatism. The Neo-Liberal and Neo-Conservatives have two very different outlooks upon the individual. The Neo-Libs (Neo-Liberals) view the individual as robust‚ resilient‚ self-seeking and essentially egotistical. Also that we are atomised rather than a group‚ we are a group of individuals. Whilst
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The Right to be Forgotten Introduction The Right to be Forgotten is one the newest principles of data protection recognised in the EU and it is proving to be quite controversial. This essay will briefly look at the legal position in the United States of America before examining the Google Spain decision‚ the proposed Data Protection reform‚ reactions to the right to be forgotten and the possible implications for social networks. Legal Position in the USA If the name ‘Nikki Catsouras’ is searched
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Learning Right from Wrong In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ Victor and the creature go through their own problems and they face their own issues. But the big question is how do they both learn right from wrong. Victor was raised to be good‚ but he did not raise the creature to be good as well‚ instead he abandoned him. The creature has to learn by himself‚ or by following the act of what others do. Both of these individuals have trouble learning right from wrong‚ but some would say the creature
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in significant ways. One way was the start of gay rights. In modern society‚ homosexuals are still fighting for the right to marry‚ but this all began during the movement of the New Left. A second way was the start of the civil rights movement. African Americans challenged the old way of thinking and fought
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The post-Thatcherite New Right ideology evolved from a combination of elements of neo-Liberal and neo-Conservative ideologies‚ and although these are occasionally contradictory in nature‚ they set the New Right apart from traditional Conservatism. The neo-liberal principles prevalent in the ideology of the New Right includes a laissez-faire view of welfare‚ strong support for individualism and the rising middle class‚ and limited government intervention in both the economy‚ and society as a whole
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Left wing extremism: India A major problem in engaging the Left Wing extremists is that Government expects them to give in to the demands government put forward. However menial these demands maybe‚ they prove to be deterrence for extremists. We should instead try to give them some meaningful incentives without expecting a prior commitment and demand. Engagement is the key to progress. Engagement means communication. Communication of goods‚ incentives‚ services and even well-meaning intentions
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