POL 150C1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: The European Dream, Individualism, Unemployment Benefits
9 Oct 2014
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Pol 150: politics of happiness - lecture 8: european dream: northern european. The european dream doesn"t actually exist only a term to compare it with the. Social justice, substantive rights, and positive liberty. Flourishing northern europe vis-a-vis troubled southern europe. German, scandinavia, netherlands, greece, portugal, and spain. Don"t forget about the uk"s austerity program ; ireland. Europe vis-avis the u. s. experience & values. Jeremy rifkin"s take on these mature democracies & economies. Not just an individual, you"re embedded into your community. Selected terms fro the full list for the second exam: Multiple bases of system & regime legitimacy. Emphasis on citizens" rights (us political culture) Context that americans need to keep in mind: Us highly influenced by tudor england; only major country not influenced by. Recall tom paine"s troubled life after common sense [ rights of man ] France: any man aspires to liberty to equality, but he cannot achieve it without the assistance of other men, without fraternity. (1834)
