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Neoliberalism
NEOLIBERALISM. The concept of neoliberalism is an interesting one in that, first, it is a label commonly used by its opponents rather than by its adherents. As with all such labels, the tendency for caricature may at times overtake the need for faithful rendition of the underlying idea. As the term... Read more |
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Daniel Patrick Moynihan , 1927-2003, American sociologist and politician, b. Tulsa, Okla., grad. Tufts (B.A., 1948; M.A., 1949; Ph.D., 1961). Raised in a poor neighborhood of New York City, he became active in Democratic party politics in the 1950s. With Nathan Glazer he wrote Beyond the Melting... Read more |
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Fate
FATALISM. Fatalism is the thesis that whatever happens must happen. This is not to be confused with the completely innocuous idea that whatever happens, happens. Nor is fatalism to be conflated with the proposition that, necessarily, whatever happens happens, where this assertion simply expresses... Read more |
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Ingrown Toenail
Ingrown Toenail What Happens When People Have Ingrown Toenails? Resource An ingrown toenail is a toenail that cuts into the skin of the toe. KEYWORDS for searching the Internet and other reference sources Infection Inflammation ... Read more |
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thematic apperception test
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) A projective test developed in the United States in the 1930s, employing twenty monochromatic, indefinite pictures of human action. Respondents describe what is happening, what led up to this, and what follows. Narratives, which are assumed to reveal (through... Read more |
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John Bowlby
John Bowlby 1907-1990 British psychiatrist who discovered insights into the mother-child bond. John Bowlby's pioneering work on the relationship between mothers and children was instrumental in shaping child psychology in the twentieth century. His research focusing on the mother-child... Read more |
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Human ecology
Human Ecology Theory Theories of human interaction should provide a way of making sense of events that have happened in the past, and then allow us to make predictions about what may happen in the future. Human ecology theory is a way of looking at the interactions of humans with their... Read more |
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Gestalt therapy
Gestalt therapy Definition Gestalt therapy is a complex psychological system that stresses the development of client self-awareness and personal responsibility. Purpose The goal of Gestalt therapy is to raise clients' awareness regarding how they function in their environment... Read more |
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Dame Ethel Mary Smyth
Dame Ethel Mary Smyth , 1858-1944, English composer, studied at the Leipzig Conservatory. Besides her many songs and chamber music she wrote operas, including The Wreckers (1906) and The Boatswain's Mate (1916), and a Mass in D (1893). In 1922 she was made Dame of the British Empire. Her... Read more |
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Roundworms
Toxocariasis What Happens When People Have Toxocariasis? How Can Toxocariasis Be Prevented? Resource Toxocariasis (TOK-so-ka-RY-a-sis) is an infection in people caused by parasitic roundworms found in the intestines of cats and dogs. It most commonly... Read more |
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The new populism
...head-on challenge to neoliberalism - what it calls the...analytic. It charts what happened as neoliberalism took hold, and the...state, but not why it happened. It offers no causal...default swaps, and the ever more risky evolution... |
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What happened to socialism? The socialist dimension.
...American imperialism, and what it means. Socialism is more than ever relevant today. Reforms--whether liberal, ecological...caught in contradictions that drive them to become agents of neoliberalism. Limits of Reformism It was first Canadian Dimension and... |
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Marketing misery in Latin America; tropical Thatcherism.
...found among the zealots of neoliberalism, those leaders who over the...strikingly, Venezuela---neoliberalism is not so much distorted as...inflation has been rising ever since. Today, 40,000 cruzeiros...body." Much the same has happened in Argentina, with ... |
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Do maquiladoras matter? (implications of runaway shops on the US-Mexico border)
...long since identified as "neoliberalism" - the package of structural...reductions. What is new about neoliberalism is a sort of primitive accumulation...world countries. Just as happened with classic primitive accumulation...the neoliberal experiment ever ... |
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For the pope and Castro, a win-win visit: they share criticism of embargo,...
...press pundits, never happened. The dragon-slaying...statements about what happened with Galileo, about...condemnations of neoliberalism, criticizing "unsustainable...the wealthy grew ever wealthier while the poor grew ever poorer." Also ... |
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Sarkozy no friend to U.S. conservatives.(Main)
...longer taboo." (When was it ever taboo in France?) He is committed...is 10 percent higher. What happened? Margaret Thatcher did. But...program of nationalizations ever proposed for a free economy...against three menaces. One is "neoliberalism" - markets ... |
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France's Sarkozy lacks vision, boldness
...longer taboo." (When was it ever taboo in France?) He is committed...is 10 percent higher. What happened? Margaret Thatcher did. But...program of nationalizations ever proposed for a free economy...against three menaces. One is "neoliberalism" -- markets ... |
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Hold your cheers
...longer taboo." (When was it ever taboo in France?) He is committed...is 10 percent higher. What happened? Margaret Thatcher did. But...program of nationalizations ever proposed for a free economy...against three menaces. One is "neoliberalism" -- markets ... |
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What Sarkozy Won't Change
...longer taboo." (When was it ever taboo in France?) He is committed...is 10 percent higher. What happened? Margaret Thatcher did. But...program of nationalizations ever proposed for a free economy...against three menaces. One is "neoliberalism" -- markets ... |
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RIGHT VIEW: A man without a plan
...longer taboo." (When was it ever taboo in France?) He is committed...is 10 percent higher. What happened? Margaret Thatcher did. But...program of nationalizations ever proposed for a free economy...against three menaces. One is "neoliberalism" - markets ... |