Alexander Grothendiek was born in Berlin to anarchist parents . His father had Hassidic roots and was imprisoned in Russia before moving to Germany in 1922 while his mother Johanna Grothendiek came from a protestant family in Hamburg and worked as a journalist. Grothendiek was born in germany, he was raised and lived primarily in France. he worked for most of his life but he was in effect "stateless" as he constantly his first name as "Alexander"rather than "Alexandre".Grotendiek lived with
Debating which constitutional form of government best serves democratic nations is discussed by political scientist Juan Linz in his essay “The Perils of Presidentialism”. Linz compares parliamentary systems with presidential systems as they govern democracies. As the title of Linz’s essay implies, he sees Presidentialism as potentially dangerous. Linz points out the flaws as presidentialism as he sees them and sites rigidity of fixed terms, the zero-sum game and political legitimacy coupled with
president and the vice president to come from different political parties, like the United States before 1804 (Linz, 65). Soon after this claim, Linz includes that very little countries actually have this split ticket as an option, making it confusing to the reader why the author would have spent time developing this part of his argument if it is not really that relevant. It is also strange that Linz would claim that all countries besides the United States may not work well with this practice, but then
Juan Linz – The Perils of Presidentialism Discussions of which constitutional form of government best serves the growing number of democratic nation’s are in constant debate all over the world. In the essay “The Perils of Presidentialism”, political scientist, Juan Linz compares the parliamentary system with presidential democracies. As the title of Linz’s essay implies, he sees Presidentialism as potentially dangerous and sites fixed terms, the zero-sum game and legitimacy issues to support his
In his seminal essay “Presidential or Parliamentary Democracy: does it make a difference?” Juan Linz argued that presidential systems organized power in a way that gave way to pathologies that enabled regime crisis. These pathologies emanated from two basic components of the presidential system, its “rigidity” and its “dual legitimacy” (Linz 1994, p. 6). The “rigidity” of the system, Linz argued, surfaced given that “both the president and congress are elected for a fixed term, the president 's
paper ... ...uaranteed to create democratic stability, or even make better and more insightful decisions than their Presidential counterparts, but he does state the “vast majority of stable democracies in the world today are Parliamentary regimes” (Linz 1989, p.52). Using this hypostasis, I have constructed the essay in a way that hopefully shows the advantages of the imperfect systems’ of Parliamentarism over Presidentialism. Admittedly, mainly because of word count restrictions, the paper is not
nation’s are being debated around the world. In the essay “The Perils of Presidentialism”, political scientist, Juan Linz compares the parliamentary with presidential systems as they govern democracies. As the title of Linz’s essay implies, he sees Presidentialism as potentially dangerous and sites fixed terms, the zero-sum game and legitimacy issues to support his theory. According to Linz, the parliamentary system is the superior form of democratic government because Prime Minister cannot appeal to
cultural-cultural factors rather than political systems. The last individual whose main arguments refer to politics and political institutions is Donald Horowitz. He describes that Linz claims are not sustainable because it is regionally skewed and highly selective sample. According to all three professors Seymour Martin Lipset, Juan Linz, Donald Horowitz, they are strongly suggesting their main politically argument based on the concept of presidential and parliamentary system. The stability of presidential
of political control must be all encompassing and commands authority from the public and private lives of citizens to the functions of social and economic institutions in order to be distinguished as a totalitarian state. Through the study of Juan Linz, Hannah Arendt and other political philosophers, we are able to define the Soviet Union under Stalin’s control as a true totalitarian regime. The simultaneous components of the center of power surrounding Stalin and his Central Committee, a Stalinist
According to Linz (1990), he called “The perils of presidentialism” focuses mainly on the general problem of presidential system rather than focusing on its specific sub-type like semi presidential systems. He argues, “The superior historical performance of parliamentary democracies is not accident” (Linz 1990:258). He also said that from the performance of both government systems one can conclude that parliamentary
It allows for those in power to be constantly held accountable for their actions by other political leaders or the people (Linz and Stepan). It puts the new consolidated democracy into writing. Without rule of law, the regime would be able to quickly revert back to the version of itself before the efforts of civil society are evident, but it holds more importance because
S. vulgaris are known as opportunistic feeders -- they eat whatever is available, but favor fruit crops. In 1992, starlings were one of the major bird species to damage a minimum of $4.4 million worth of grapes in the United States.(Linz, Homan, Gaulker, Penry, & Bleier, 2007) In order to reduce crop consumption, the United States Department of Agriculture has been conducting studies to test the efficacy of various deterrents placed on crops and pellets. These deterrents took advantage
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Adolf Hitler was a very powerful man, and had a disturbing vision of how the world should be. W.H. Auden was interested in Adolf Hitler, and this interest can be seen in Auden’s poetry. September 1, 1939 and Epitaph on a Tyrant are two poems in which Auden scrutinizes Hitler’s actions. Auden uses symbolism in these two poems to illustrate the different aspects of Hitler’s life and actions. To begin with, Epitaph on a Tyrant personified Hitler’s obsession with “perfection of a kind.” The obsession
named the following: Paula Hitler, Angellea Hitler, Alois Hitler Jr., Edmund Hitler, Gustav Hitler, Otto Hitler, and Ida Hitler. When Adolf was younger, Alois, his father, retired as a state customs official. He then spent most of his childhood in Linz, the capital of upper Austria. Adolf went to General Vanier Elementary school. He
supporting and working for the national, 'greater' goals. The ideology should be powerful enough to activate masses and the desirable result is 'destruction of the line between state and society and emergence of 'total' politicization of society' (Juan J. Linz, 1970). Citizens should constantly and spectacularly manifest their support for the state ideology and therefore organize an extensive sphere of demonstrations, marches and rallies. In this field, the closest to achieving this was China. Mao Zeldong's
Adolf Hitler 1889 - 1920 Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th 1889 in the small Austrian village of Braunau Am Inn. Hitler would one day lead a movement which would leave it's mark in history. To understand him better, we must study his early life and roots. Family Information ================== Hitler's father, Alois was born in 1837. He was the son of Maria Anna Schicklgruber whose mate was unknown, but could have been Jewish. When Alois Hitler was about five years old Maria
anger and distrust of the the 1930’s socialist schemes that failed in preventing another war. “ From Luther until now/ That has driven a culture mad/ Find what occurred at Linz,/ What a huge imago made” (line 14-17), Auden references that Martin Luther’s ideas ultimately drove a whole culture mad, until a child who grew up in Linz, Adolf Hitler, inherited a fundamentally flawed worldview that turned him into a “psychopathic god:” (line
"You can wipe out an entire generation, you burn their homes to the ground and somehow they will still find their way back. But if you destroy their history, you destroy their achievements and it as if they never existed"(Cambell,2014). During World War II the Nazis would go through the countries they occupied. The art they took was either put in their own museums or they burned them. The Nazis stole millions of pieces of art, mostly pieces that were made from the end of the of the 18th century up
Adolf Hitler wasn’t always a horrible person. He wasn’t always torturing innocent victims. He was once a victim himself. Traumatic experiences in his adolescence life led him to become such a careless dictator. Hitler experienced a few losses that could have contributed to his personality. According to Kershaw, Alois Jr. (Adolf’s half-brother) left home in 1896, when Adolf was only seven years old. The reason for him leaving was supposedly because of a violent altercation between Alois