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modern liberalism

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reaction to exceses of classical liberalism
-individual and collective
-narrows gap

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classical liberalism

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centered on individual values
-self interest

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income gap

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insane welath accumulation

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Thomas Hobbs

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right wing
-freedom is dangerous
-dictatorship is good

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John Locke

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right of center
-own private property

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jean Jacques Rousseau

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left wing
-public property
-hierarchy/systems are bad

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what does PRICES stand for

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Private property
Rule of law
Individual
Competition
Economic freedom
Self interest

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what does PRINCE stand for

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Public property
Responsibility
Interest
Norms
Co-operation
Equal opportunity

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brinksmanship

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daring people to make the first move
-bullying
-escalation

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detente

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intentional collaborative peace/calming down the opponent
-de-escalation

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the cuban missle crisis

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climax of the cold war that brought the USSR and USA very close together

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truman doctrine

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policy of containment
-supports democracy
-confront communism

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marshal plan

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financial aid
-rebuilding europe
-figure out why WWII started

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mc carthyism

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accusations of treason without proper evidence
-against communism

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containment

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americans trying to contain communism

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korean war

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confrontation of wester/eastern ideologies

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industrialization`

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process of society shifting from farm agriculture to goods produced in factories

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feudalism

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a very small percentage with great wealth

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problems with unregulated capitalism

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-child labor
-pollution
-disease
-widening income gap
-development of slums

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the factory rights

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laws for better working conditions

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the winnepeg general strike

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thousands of workers left their job for six weeks
-low wages bad working conditions

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rights of labor unions

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-freedom of assembly
-freedom of assosciation
-freedom of speech

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the welfare state

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government is providing

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rev malthus

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poverty is natures way of controlling the worlds population

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sufferage
all have the right to vote
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examples of human rights
-social contracts -charter of rights and freedoms -sufferage -declaration of humans rights
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robert owen
belived the owner was responsibly to operate profitable and productive workplaces -treating workers right
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techniques of a dictatorship
-fear/intimidation -propoganda -gaslighting -scape goating -indoctrination -nepitism -censorship
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iliberal
liberal leader taking away freedom
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cronyism
appointing close friends or agreeable ideologies to power positions -keeps u in charge
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dissent
ability to speak out against a government
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social darwinism
ideology survival of the fittest
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karl marx
radical ideas that revolution was needed to overthrow the rich buisness men
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lenin believed
violence and revolution government still needed
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a classic problem of dictatorships
-no peaceful transition to power -power vaccum
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stalin believed
his own power government industrialization or defeat
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altruism
unselfishness and a focus on the needs of others
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anti terrorism act
in response to 9/11 canadian government special powers such as -survelliance -detention
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anti war movement
organized campaign against war -pacificst ending/restrictiong military
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authoritarian
all decision made by small group of people or one person
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capitalism
free markets -compeition -min government
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capitalist economy
min government intervention -free market -invisible hand, driven by consumers
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CENSORSHIP
restriction freedom of expression -usually done by governments
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civil disobediance
intentional public refusal to obey law
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command economy
based on public property -government decides price, what is distributed and how much
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democracy
politcal system where people have the power -free elections -will of the people
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deterrence
building up arms (nuculear) to make one side more intimidating
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direct democracy
every citizens voice is important -orderly -efficent
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emergencies act
governemt special measures to deal w emergencies -protect rights and freedoms in a time of crisis
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enviromentalism
focused on protecting natural enviroment -ideology
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eugenics
ideological belief that breeding be controlled to increaseb "desirable" human traits -rid of others
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extremism
ideological perspectives outside of what is considered acceptable
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first past the post
electoral system candidate with the most votes wins election
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free market economy
limited government -free interaction of producers and consumers drive market
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fundamental rights
-liberty -life -security
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governer general
representative appointed by crown -ceremonial role head of state and public events
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grassroots movement
campaign spawned spontaniously by people in a community
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haundenosaunee conference
alliance of six first nations
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humanitarianism
ideology based on trying to improve other people living conditions
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john stuart mill
individuals should act how they want too as long as it does not infringe with the rights of others
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labour unions
improve working conditions and wages
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minority government
government formed when government holds fewer than half of the total seats -still most votes
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monopolies
companies with control of trade in particular product or service
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parlimentary democracy
democratic form of government -greatest representation forms government
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party solidarity
all members of political party should be loyal/support
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private enterprise
organizing buisness based on private ownership -free market/capitalism
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proportional representation
system of voting wher citizens vote directly for a party -will of the people
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public enterprise
organizing buisness by public ownership -operated by government
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referendum
special vote on an issue put to them by government -direct democracy
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representation by population
form of poltical representation where country is divided into districts as evenly as possible (by voting number)
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representative democracy
democratic government where citizens elect candidates to represent them in government
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social contract
understanding where each individual of society agrees to be governed -benefits of living in that society
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utopiam socialism
socialist ideology based on co operative commuinities -improved living -working conditions -robert owens
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war measures act
canadian law that gave government emergency powers during war/invasion -replaced by emergency acts
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will of the people
collective wishes of the people of state -democracy attempts to determine wishes -decisions based off of them

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