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Marijuana legalization debate: examining historical context and arguments

The purpose of this paper is to objectively define the various criterions that make up each side in the marijuana legalization debate and conclude which arguments hold the most veracity.

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Predestination and free will in early Islamic thought: Jabrites and Qadarites

Predestination and Free Will as These Concepts Were Understood in Islam by the Jabrites and the Qadarites One of the dilemmas that continues to hold resonance for religious thinkers is the question of fate vs. freedom. This question has had an intrinsic appeal throughout the ages.

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Uri Bar-Joseph's theory of intelligence intervention in democratic foreign policy

The salient question raised by Uri Bar-Joseph in his book Origins and Reasons of Intelligence Intervention in Policy, has to do with intelligence professionals interfering with -- or otherwise being allowed to have enormous influence over -- foreign policy decisions made by political leaders.

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Confucianism and Western influence in the construction of Meiji masculinity

Japanese history attribute Meiji masculinity to the peculiar customs of the Meiji period, its specific characteristics of the Emperor, and, in some related way, its association with the Western world.

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Egyptian electoral reform and obstacles to democratic development

The purpose of this paper is to discuss Egypt as a democratic country and analyze the strength of their democracy in light of the recent boycotts done by opposition parties.

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Anti-Semitism in Marx and Nietzsche's post-enlightenment philosophy

Where before Jews had been marginalized due to religious Christian anti-Semitism, now they were being marginalized because they had introduced conscience and dampened man's natural ardor.

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Corruption and democracy in Latin America: Blake and Morris's analytical framework

The relationship between corruption and democracy as a political institution has been at the core of studies and researches for political science since its beginnings.

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The nature of truth: relativism, objectivity, and philosophical certainty

Truth? One cannot simply define the meaning of truth because it is so ambiguous. The word "truth" differs greatly from a word like "apple" that has an immediate visual connotation, and is easily and unequivocally defined.

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Mawdudi, Marx, and Lenin: comparing Islamic jihad with communism

The comparison of Islam and Communism as political ideologies does indeed spur academic debate, and no one would be speaking out of turn to say that there indeed exist similarities between Islam and Communism as political governances.

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Victoria de Grazia's analysis of American cultural influence in twentieth-century Europe

The author of the book is Victoria de Grazia. She is currently a professor at Columbia University, teaching history, which is the same area in which she obtained a Phd.

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