... possible. With that being said, I intend to devote the first two parts of my essay to applying a Marxist reading to this passage using the theories of Michele Foucault and of Louis Althusser; while in the last part, I will attempt to draw a parallel between the actual sociopolitical situation ... the state. He introduces the term "interpellation" to refer to the process whereby individuals fall prey to the influence of ideological state apparatuses, and deceive themselves into believing that they are acting out of their own volition. Althusser's theory can be applied to the sociopolitica...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

... to communism as it offered a solution to their problems, the Truman Doctrine was introduced to offer help. It is important in causing the Cold War as it set the framework and foundation for the subsequent American policies as part of the containment policy to contain Soviet expansionism. However, other factors stemming from American intentions prior to the Truman Doctrine, Truman's hesitance ... in directly confronting the Soviets and the Marshall Plan's success are also important in causing the Cold War. Overall, this essay seeks to argue that the Truman Doctrine is not important in cau...

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... In most instances these considerations came from contractual delivery obligations towards the other partners from the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA). The model of contract work between the GDR and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) started first with an agreement in 19803. Especially in the Seventies, the GDR focused on cooperation with socialistic developing countries like the SRV, ... damaged the GDR's reputation of being a helping country, the agreement to bring contract workers to the GDR from the SRV was officially propagated as "labour cooperation" between the ...

• Word Count: 1950
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• Grade Level: Graduate

... were not the only exceptions in his etiology that Stalin made from WWII to his death. The effects of Stalin's inconstancies were inevitably destructive to his legitimacy and authority. What compelled a fanatically unyielding and calculating dictator to alter his policy -- self-preservation, miscalculation, composite guilt, or deteriorating mentality? "Stalin owed everything to Lenin." Stalin's oppressive rule was ... of the police," who were in turn directly responsible to Stalin. Launched in 1928, Stalin's first Five-year Plan sought to expedite the growth of Socialism through collectivi...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

... western understanding of gender is based on set of culturally determined binary distinctions, such as public versus private, objective versus subjective, self versus other, reason versus emotion, autonomy versus relatedness, and culture versus nature; the first of each pair of characteristics is typically associated with masculinity, the second with femininity. Hence, these two senses become different views which vary across cultures ... right which can be defined to the form of patriarchy, among those who were excluded by the grand narrative of global liberal democracy are women. Liber...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

... how qualified he was to influence American foreign policy because he had every right to speak about things subjectively because he was such an authority and had good insight due to his ability to look at the situation from every perspective, not just the American perspective. I believe Kennan attempting ... to be as unbiased as possible in this lecture allows him to give anyone reading the book a good chance to develop their own argument, which is a good quality because he is not trying to force his opinion on ... clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet...

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... or violent internal upheaval?6 According to a study performed by David Kotz and Fred Weir, the party-state elite, or in other words the people who hold the governmental power have contributed the most for the collapse of the regime. A group called "Movement for Socialist Renewal" which includes party and government officials of senior rank, has claimed itself as the authentic ... voice of the Soviet elite. The group has published a manifesto, which according to Martin Walker7, Gorbachev has read and implemented many of the reforms it proposes. However, the party-state ... elite, or the ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

... be a pseudo-egalitarian motive for bettering oneself by means of such Rebellion and Revolution. However, the persistent mental dissection of countless aspects and sub-variants of both Revolutions, achieves the unique literary element of objective review over the stories which have made up Man's inner Rebel, and his Revolutions and Rebellions in both group and individual analysis. Camus's distinctive inquest into the very character of Man ... 's struggle to rebel is exclusively rationalized and mentally dissected via historical means to achieve both a literary and philosophical level of c...

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... rise of the Bolshevik party at the helm of the Russian government. The Provisional Government's transitory presence is littered with examples of exceedingly apparent ineptitude in making way for change and an adherence to prior Imperial policies despite the abdication of Nicolas II in March of 1917. Seven months after the Provisional Government's formation, the Bolsheviks took command of Petrograd ... who disparaged at the thought of returning to the front after promises from the Provisional Government after their ascension to power that the war would be brought to an end and the troops...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

... history of the Soviet Union. During the first six months, following the Bolshevik Revolution, they led with one vision and one leader, Lenin, despite some minor debates, and followed through the vital civil war period, where survival was she only goal. However, the NEP, led to debate ... began implementing communist (Leninist) ideologies whilst gaining popular support amongst the population, by succeeding their campaign slogan, peace bread and land for example. As a result, differing visions played a minor role, and is further elaborated as Lenin took upon the leadership role uncontested...

• Word Count: 1204
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• Grade Level: Graduate

... were not the only exceptions in his etiology that Stalin made from WWII to his death. The effects of Stalin's inconstancies were inevitably destructive to his legitimacy and authority. What compelled a fanatically unyielding and calculating dictator to alter his policy -- self-preservation, miscalculation, composite guilt, or deteriorating mentality? "Stalin owed everything to Lenin." Stalin's oppressive rule was ... of the police," who were in turn directly responsible to Stalin. Launched in 1928, Stalin's first Five-year Plan sought to expedite the growth of Socialism through collectivi...

• Word Count: 1534
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

... felt to be important to Cuba. These extra chapters are: Sustainable Energy Production, Protection of Tourist Resources, Protection of Mineral Resources, Protection of Workplace Environment, and Natural and Cultural Heritage. The characteristic of Cuba, which is important in any environmental assessment, must first be considered: The Republic of Cuba is an archipelago in the ... the Socialist Block in Eastern Europe. Many of the problems that arose from this industrialization effort were especially visible in the agricultural sector. More specifically, these problems included: monocroppi...

• Word Count: 3463
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate