Political thinking in the Philippines during the twentienth century is a series of conversations that reflect on the country's different political challenges - from its dysfunctional democracy to its weak and corrupt bureaucracy - and intended to liberate and transform society. 2018...
In the 19th century,the California Gold Rush brought about dramatic social,economic,and demographic change in California,with a large influx of people and an economic boom that caused San Francisco to grow from a hamlet of tents to a world-renowned boomtown.Key developments in the early 20th ce...
Among these examples were the Philippines in 1972 under Ferdinand Marcos and Argentina at various times in the 19th and 20th century. According to the authors, what was lacking in these countries was not so much the constitutional and legal framework of democracy, but rather certain informal ...
In the 19th century, obviously, they didn’t have the communications media we have today. It was important to promote candidates, and torchlight parades were a popular way to do that. They were big events, and integral to politics from 1830 to about 1880 or 1890. And they fade away after...
In the nineteenth century Great Britain introduced state exams and a civil service commission; both of these institutional features reduced political control over recruitment with the declared aim of increasing competence. The arguments surrounding these reforms are well documented and can therefore give ...
Why did President McKinley push for annexation of the Philippines? Why did the European colonial powers adopt mercantilism? Why did leaders advocate for the annexation of Hawaii? What factors contributed to the rapid end of empire across Asia and Africa in the 20th century? Why might it be sai...
Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, ...
Fremont lost the election, but the party continued to organize and, in 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican president and his party would dominate the latter part of the 19th century.Answer and Explanation: The elephant is associated with the Republican party. Thomas Nast, who made...
New patterns of global security in the twenty-first century. International Affairs 67 (3): 431–451. Article Google Scholar Cai, C., and R. Zhang. 2023. Malicious use of artificial intelligence, uncertainty, and US–China strategic mutual trust. In The Palgrave handbook of malicious use of...
The conjunction of both aspects for the construction of the story survives and shows its influence in the works of the romantic travel literature of the 19th century. The endeavour concluded by Juan Sebastián Elcano is a relevant moment in the context of Spanish expeditions in the fifteenth and...