Degree of Politics To what extent were private rented sector policies in Britain and Germany between 1914 and the early 1970s consistent with the characteristics set by Hall and Soskice’s ‘Varieties of Capitalist’ typology? A meso-level empirical comparison of predominantly rent control and regulation in the private rented sector between 1914 and the early 1970s in Britain and Germany By Hannah Bennett May 2014 ABSTRACT There is currently great diversity between the PRS in Germany and Britain. Vast
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conservatism would eventually destabilize their authoritative legitimacy. Thus‚ leaders such as Otto von Bismarck adopted a new kind of conservatism‚ mixing both liberal‚ semi-socialistic and conservative policies in order to keep a balance that would ensure some stability in his state. For Otto von Bismarck‚ his international policies were more conservative; he promoted nationalism‚ unification‚ and state sovereignty. His domestic policies‚ however‚ were more liberal; he allowed for progressive social
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When Bismarck was appointed Prussian chancellor in 1862 by King Wilhelm IV‚ The democratic attempt of unifying Germany had failed and there was widespread sentiment among the Germans in favour of unification. There were a number of obstacles in Prussia’s way of unifying Germany. Among them were foreign powers’ interests in Germany‚ In other words‚ In order for Bismarck to unify Germany he had to eliminate all the other powers that posed a threat to German unification. Since the political approach
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To what extent can Economics be considered a Science? The issue of categorizing fields of academia truly “scientific” is invariably complex‚ leading to much debate. Matters such as defining what Science actually is‚ how to judge what can satisfy such a definition and the importance of beneficial discoveries all lead to further unsolved arguments which must be understood in order to make any kind of judgment. For economics‚ there is the argument that broad assumptions lead to imprecise data‚ that
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I agree Germany were aggressive but their actions were not completely responsible for the outbreak of war‚ there were other causes for the war which Germany were not responsible for‚ such as the Triple of Entente where Germany felt isolated and insecure. However‚ the Schlieffen Plan of 1905 referred to in sources 1 and 2 is frequently seen as an act of aggression. In source 1 Corrigan says that “Germany had in place a plan for an aggressive war” because they were concerned of having to fight Russia
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‘belonging together by birth’‚ which is derived from nasci - ‘to be born’ (Vincent‚ 2010)] that encourages the broad understanding of nationalism as a feel of community‚ unity and belonging to ‘me like’. Prior to the examination of the extent to which nationalism can be defined as an ideology‚ it has to be pointed out that the concept of ideology is as much complex and intricate as a concept of nationalism. Providing a description of social reality‚ ideologies embody a set of political ideas of how
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creation of the empire was one of the most important developments of the nineteenth century. However‚ the process by which Germany came to be unified has been and area of heated historical debate ever since. There are many people and events to consider in weighing up contributions to unification‚ but no one man was more central to the process of unification than Otto Von Bismarck. Bismarck became chancellor of Prussia in 1962 and his main aim was to unify the 39 German states under Prussian rule. Some historians
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To what extent can Alexander II be credited with the label ‘Tsar Liberator’? Alexander II succeeded his Father‚ Nicholas I after his death in 1855. As Alexander was at the mature age of 36‚ he was viewed as a very experienced statesman with a broad and thorough education which had reared him from the throne. Alexander II’s reign did not start as promising as one would have hoped‚ with his inheritance of the bloody and draining Crimean War‚ which eventually ended in 1856 with the Treaty of Paris‚
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The Unification of China‚ led by Qin Shi Huang – the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty – was a series of military campaigns launched in the late 3rd century BC. A part of a war called Warring States Period‚ the campaign was to unify all of what was Ancient China and to solidify Qin’s rule to all of it. But before the unification was achieved‚ the seven major states had their own customs and culture. Wu Qi‚ wrote a book entitled The Book of Master Wu wherein he declared that the government and nature
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To what extent was Germany to blame for the start of World War 1? During the beginning of the 19th Century Europe was crossing a period characterized by great technological advancements and scientific optimism‚ but it was also subject to hostile relations between many of its main powers. These hostilities transformed into war on the 28th of June 1914‚when a 19 year old terrorist‚ Gavrilo Princip‚ assassinated the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ creating the cause of war that one month later
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