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Vaclav Havel and Dictatorship, 2002.
Examines the life and political career of the Czech Republic president and discusses his views on forms of dictatorship.
1,188 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper traces the political life and views of Vaclav Havel, 1989 President of Czechoslovakia and President of the newly formed Czech Republic in 1993. The paper examines Havel's life-long struggle against classical dictatorship and analyzes his views on the subject in his work ?Power of the Powerless.? It looks at the terms classical dictatorship and post-totalitarian dictatorship and compares the two.
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"It superficially appears that both system types benefit from certain aspects of the system. In the case of a classical dictatorship, the strength of the system is might. Without use of force to suppress any opposition and open interpretation of law to determine crimes against the state, the dictator loses respect drawn mostly from a compromise of fear mixed with compliance. In the Post-Totalitarian system, centralization is the strengthening force. There is a State power structure to answer to and work with bureaucratically. The State is a sort of bastard mother or wet nurse who provides for her children while answering to their father world."
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"Power of the Powerless" by Vaclav Havel, 2006.
A review of the essay "Power of the Powerless" by Vaclav Havel.
965 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper reviews "Power of the Powerless", the essay written by the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel. According to this paper, Havel views power as more than just the authority to govern or rule, and illustrates the personal, social and existential dimensions of power that governments wield over the people.
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"Although the American government does not formally own the means of production as the Soviets did, governmental officials do indirectly control economic organizations through their corporate interests. For example, Vice President Dick Cheney is intimately tied with Halliburton, and the Bush family has its hands in numerous major economic powerhouse corporations including oil companies. Furthermore, Havel refers to consumerism in "Power of the Powerless" to illustrate the stranglehold of the consumer ideology over modern society. In the United States, the capitalist regime has become "almost a secularized religion. It of fears a ready answer to any question whatsoever; it can scarcely be accepted only in part." (II). That consumerism is a religion can be seen easily in the way people fetishize money and material goods, how people focus their time and energy on shopping, and how people value material goods often more than they value spiritual ideals. Havel notes that communism was also a lap dog of capitalism, just "another form of the consumer and industrial society, with all its concomitant social, intellectual, and psychological consequences. It is impossible to understand the nature of power in our system properly without taking this into account." (II). Therefore, power, for Havel, incorporates not only formal and legitimated forms of political control but also more subtle forms of mental manipulation."
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Vaclav Havel, 2002.
A discussion of the life and writings of Czechoslovakian Havel.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 47.95
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Discusses life & writings of Czechoslovakian Havel. His human rights activism. Imprisionment for his criticism of the government. His release. His election as President of Czechoslavakia & then of the Czech Republic. Havel's writings on classic distatorships; post-totalitarian dictatorships. Differences & similarities between the 2 systems of absolute power.
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"Introduction
Born under the astrological sign Libra, the life and works of Czechoslovakian Vaclav Havel bespeak of the burden of balance thrust upon him by his birth. Born in 1936 to wealthy parents, his life is a veritable riches to rags to riches story marrying a blue-collar lifestyle with the mind of the elite intelligentsia. In order to understand his writings, it is important to review the man.
Although Havel supported himself by working in a brewery, he was able to publish numerous articles and essays in magazines distributed secretly. His writings were often denounced and banned by his government, but he continued as an activist for human rights, noting that in order to have dissidents, there must be a human factor to the totalitarian "system". Therefore,
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Briton and the Power of The Powerless, 2006.
A discussion regarding Briton's opinion regarding Vaclav Havel's concept of the power of the powerless.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 3 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper discusses Briton's quotation in relation to a program of resistance which was designed by Vaclav Havel, the past president of Czechoslovakia. According to this paper, Havel maintained that social justice could be achieved though a plan of ethical action and meaningful social engagement. He belongs to a culture where artists and intellectuals are deeply committed to both democratic government and the common good. The concept of the power of the powerless is based in the conviction that the center of power is also the center of truth.
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"The power of those who choose to oppose the system - The Power of the Powerless -lies not in directly confronting the system but in denying it in principle...making a choice to live in the truth and refusing to live in the lie" (Briton 102). Briton's quotation is in relation to a program of resistance which was designed by Vaclav Havel, the past president of Czechoslovakia. Havel maintained that social justice could be achieved though a plan of ethical action and meaningful social engagement. He belongs to a culture where artists and intellectuals are deeply committed to both democratic government and the common good."
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Disturbing the Peace, 2002.
An examination of the author Vaclav Havel and his famous work "Disturbing the Peace".
1,010 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper begins by providing a brief biography of Havel. It then briefly explains about the book and looks at the central theme of the book - an informal autobiography during closed-door Communist Czechoslovakia. It examines criticism and reviews about the book and whether it achieved what it aimed to achieve - provide a different picture of the Czech Republic to the Western world.
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"The renowned dramatist, essayist, philosopher and the president of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel was born 1936. The main theme of his literary writing has always been human identity and the mechanisms of dehumanized power. However, in the 70's and 80's he was a spiritual leader kind of for the rebellions and after the revolution of Velvet he became president of the country and is still very famous."
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Dictatorships, 2007.
This paper argues that one of the world's greatest problems today is the rise of dictatorships and their everlasting detrimental effects.
2,800 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 25 sources, APA, $ 83.95
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This paper explains that a dictator's abundance of power results in human rights violations, economic difficulties and an overall poor quality of life among the nation's citizens. The author points out that only 47% of all countries are considered free, which leaves 53% of the nations either partly free or not free at all translating into over three billion people being denied rights, justice and denied a chance at happiness. The paper describes the dictatorships in North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Sudan, Vietnam, Turkmenistan, Burma and Zimbabwe. The paper includes an annotated bibliography.
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"No matter what method is used to come to power, the number of dictatorships has increased drastically since the early 19th century. Currently, Freedom House's extensive list of "not free" nations includes: Belarus, Burma, Cambodia, Chad, China, Congo, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Libya, North Korea, and Pakistan. This, however, is only in addition to Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe, to only name the more popular few.These nations are infamous for having total control over their people and ways of life."
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Was Napoleon's Reign In Essence A Benevolent Dictatorship?, 2002.
This paper evaluates the claim that Napoleonism was in essence a benevolent dictatorship?
4,650 words (approx. 18.6 pages), 12 sources, $ 169.95
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This paper evaluates the claim that Napoleonism (Napoleon's Reign) was in essence a benevolent dictatorship?
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Miguel Primo de Rivera: The Effects of his Dictatorship, 2002.
Historical account of General Miguel Primo de Rivera's coup d'etat, the conditions under which he ruled Spain, and the consequences of his rule.
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 106.95
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On 13 September 1923, General Miguel Primo de Rivera launched a successful and bloodless coup d'etat, beginning seven years of dictatorship in Spain. Primo de Rivera was a maladroit politician filled with the fervor of Spanish patriotism thought sufficient to navigate his dictatorship through the murky waters of politics. This paper will argue that the regime was more of a developmental dictatorship than one based in the usual fundamentals of autocracy. It concerns itself instead with describing the political realities in which the Primo de Rivera dictatorship was based, before moving on to discuss the objectives and achievements of the regime. The paper concludes by suggesting ways in which the dictatorship may have influenced the cataclysmic developments that drew the nation into Civil War less than a decade after the collapse of the Primo de Rivera regime.
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Stalinism: Consequence of Personal Dictatorship, 2001.
An examination of Stalin and his style of leadership and its effects.
1,905 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 60.95
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An analysis of Stalinism, his dictatorship and personal style of leadership. The author examines the dictator's measures of leadership and their consequences on the social world.
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"One wonders what would possess a man to such extreme lengths of cruelty and severity. As Adam Ulam observes, ?the poverty and harshness of Stalin?s early life left indelible imprints on him. Quite early in life he became a crude, unsentimental, and mistrustful person, tormented by an inferiority complex and very ambitious. Always displaying contempt for the traditions of kinship and personal friendship, usually so important to Georgians?( Ulman 20)".
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"Social Origins of Dictatorship & Democracy" ( Barrington Moore ), 1993.
Critical review of work on "Lord & Peasant in the Making of the Modern World." Analyzed are politics, society, economics, class struggles and revolution.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, $ 63.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine Barrington Moore's Social origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World with a view toward showing the extent to which different material conditions in England and France influenced the character of class alliances that formed in each country and eventually contributed to the emergence of industrial democracy in both. The plan of the research will be to set Moore's approach to comparative analysis in appropriate context, and then to show, by reference to Moore's examination of the French and English cases, how different structures of social-class alliance in each country led eventually to roughly the same result in social structure.
To understand the importance of different material conditions in England and France as central to the manner of.."
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The Dictatorship of the Proletariat, 2002.
This paper is a brief biography of V. I. Lenin.
870 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper delves into Vladimir Ilyich Lenin's life, his childhood, his political life and writings, his final days, changes of thought and death. It also shows how Lenin was an important communist political theorist and has changed the course of modern political thought.
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?The proletariat's unity is its greatest weapon in the struggle for the socialist revolution!? One of the most influential political leaders of our century is Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. The typical closed-mindedness of matters related to Communism and his person more often than not shields his greater achievements. Lenin?s life can be separated into three sections: his childhood, his political life and his writings, and his final days and changes of thought.
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Hitler's Dictatorship, 2002.
Traces the events leading up to Adolph Hitler passing the Enabling Act of 1933 which left him with absoloute power over Germany.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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In 1933, Adolph Hitler introduced to the government an act that would establish his dictatorial role in Germany. This legislation, known as The Enabling Act, provided unmitigated authority to Hitler and the Reich. As a significant moment in German history, the Enabling Act represents the culmination of Hitler's political ambition for total control over German activity both at home and abroad. This essay summarizes the events leading up to this act and considers the details of the act itself.
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Dictatorship & Underdevelopment, 2001.
Discusses autocratic & oligarchial systems. Post-Colonial history of Gabon and Bongo regime. Haiti and Duvalier.
4,500 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 7 sources, $ 135.95
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"Dictatorship, as a form of government, has fallen into opprobrium in the course of the 20th century. This was not always the case. "Dictator" was originally a Roman constitutional office, exercising absolute powers for a limited term during emergencies. Later, with repeated renewals of authority extending it to an indefinite term, it was used or abused by Julius Caesar before his assassination.
In modern times "dictator" has come to mean an autocratic ruler whose power is not hereditary or otherwise traditional in origin; that is, in contrast to an autocratic monarch. This writer is not aware of any ruler of modern times who has self-adopted it as a title, but in the earlier part of the 20th..."
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Deceptive Fruits of Nature in Cuba:The Works of Julio Larraz, 2002.
Analysis of the still-life paintings of contemporary Cuban artist Julio Larraz, which reflect the temperament and emotion of Cuban nationals under ruling dictatorships with vibrant color, profound symbolism and aesthetic grace and intensity.
1,625 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 3 sources, $ 52.95
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The paper features an in-depth analysis of the still-life paintings of Cuban artist Julio Larraz, which combine deep symbolism and emotion in vibrantly colorful palettes and scenes infused with drama, humor and psychological references representing the perspective of Latin American life under oppressive dictatorship in the 20th century. Julio Larraz is a celebrated contemporary painter who began to exhibit his works in the U.S. after 1967: the paper closely examines a number of specific works produced during the 1980s. Julio Larraz is currently an active, prolific artist, exhibiting his works in the U.S. , Europe , and Latin America .
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?Within his still-life paintings, Larraz achieves visual transmission of his sentiments through the handling and selective placement of the natural forms of everyday objects. The still-lifes feature objects derived primarily from nature such as vibrant fruits, flowers, and shells, usually placed within or upon a man-made vessel, pedestal, or table. Repetitive use of the containment of organic objects within such vessels in works such as Four Lobsters in a Tub (1984) and All Hands Aboard (1983) is reflective of Cuba?s position in regard to U.S. ?containment? policies of the Cold War era, isolation of Cuba as a Communist regime within a Latin American sphere striving to embrace democracy and develop free-market economies, the economic isolation imposed by the U.S. trade embargo of the 1960s, and the futile attempts to halt the continuous outflow of millions of Cubans to U.S. borders. Larraz also made reference to disguised elements within society in portrayals of baskets filled with a variety of colorful fruits, among which the viewer may glimpse such espionage hardware as a camera, his chosen instrument of exposure (The Spy Ship (1980) and Mango Boat (1986)).?
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Robespierre and the French Revolution, 2003.
An analysis of the dictatorship of Robespierre during the French Revolution.
2,068 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 65.95
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This paper examines how, during the French Revolution, Robespierre suppressed the people?s freedom in order to assert his power over France and how by doing so, he excessively punished anyone who opposed his regime?s rules and regulations, which ultimately led to his downfall as many people fought to save France from falling into the hands of an evil dictator. It attempts to explain how cruel Robespierre and his colleagues treated the people, as well as some of the people?s responses to these treatments. It also looks at the fall of Robespierre and his government as many people rose up to fight against his tyrannical, totalitarian dictatorship.
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"Some people were so sensitive to seeing these unjust trials and punishments inflicted on their fellow citizens that, in some cases, they would both cry and plead for the victim's mercy. For instance, when at the initial Tribunal, the first victim who was summoned before the judge was condemned to death for emigration, many people were both shocked and horrified. No one could possibly have imagined that a man who had done no harm to anyone would be sent off to the guillotine. The thought of a man being condemned to death for something that was not considered a crime struck the citizens in the court room as cruel, shameful, and extremely unjust."
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