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  2. Mass politics - Wikipedia

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    Mass politics was essentially the inclusion of the masses in the political process. The first of these mass movements was arguably that for Catholic Emancipation in Ireland, led by Daniel O'Connell. There was a major rise in this from 1880 to 1914, when the vote in Europe was expanded to all men and in some countries, even women were allowed to ...

  3. Historic recurrence - Wikipedia

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    Historic recurrence is the repetition of similar events in history. [a] [b] The concept of historic recurrence has variously been applied to overall human history (e.g., to the rises and falls of empires), to repetitive patterns in the history of a given polity, and to any two specific events which bear a striking similarity. [4]

  4. Social movement theory - Wikipedia

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    Social movement theory is an interdisciplinary study within the social sciences that generally seeks to explain why social mobilization occurs, the forms under which it manifests, as well as potential social, cultural, political, and economic consequences, such as the creation and functioning of social movements.

  5. History of socialism - Wikipedia

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    Socialists have adopted the causes of other social movements such as environmentalism, feminism and progressivism. [4] At the turn of the 21st century, Latin America saw a pink tide , which championed socialism of the 21st century ; it included a policy of nationalisation of major national assets, anti-imperialism , left-wing populism , and a ...

  6. Mass mobilization - Wikipedia

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    Mass mobilization (also known as social mobilization or popular mobilization) refers to mobilization of civilian population as part of contentious politics.Mass mobilization is defined as a process that engages and motivates a wide range of partners and allies at national and local levels to raise awareness of and demand for a particular development objective through face-to-face dialogue.

  7. United States Declaration of Independence - Wikipedia

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    The word "unanimous" was inserted as a result of a Congressional resolution passed on July 19, 1776: "Resolved, That the Declaration passed on the 4th, be fairly engrossed on parchment, with the title and stile of 'The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America,' and that the same, when engrossed, be signed by every member ...

  8. History of civil rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The civil rights movement (1896–1954) was a long, primarily nonviolent series of events to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. The era has had a lasting impact on American society – in its tactics, the increased social and legal acceptance of civil rights, and its exposure of the prevalence and cost of racism .

  9. Human history - Wikipedia

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    Human history is the record of humankind from prehistory to the present. Modern humans evolved in Africa around 300,000 years ago and initially lived as hunter-gatherers.They migrated out of Africa during the Last Ice Age and had spread across Earth's continental land except Antarctica by the end of the Ice Age 12,000 years ago.