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In international relations theory, the Great Debates are a series of disagreements between international relations scholars. [1] Ashworth describes how the discipline of international relations has been heavily influenced by historical narratives and that "no single idea has been more influential" than the notion that there was a debate between utopian and realist thinking.
The Great Debates of 1858, the Lincoln–Douglas debates; Great Debates (international relations), a series of disagreements between international relations scholars; The Great Debate, a national discussion in the United Kingdom about state education, touched off by a 1976 speech by Prime Minister James Callaghan; Great Debate (Cuba), a debate ...
The series of seven debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Senator Stephen A. Douglas for U.S. Senate were true, face-to-face debates, with no moderator; the candidates took it in turns to open each debate with a one-hour speech, then the other candidate had an hour and a half to rebut, and finally the first candidate closed the debate with a half-hour response.
The debates also introduced the public to third-party candidate Ross Perot, who garnered 18.9% of the vote, one of the most successful third party runs in American history.
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It’s just the latest evolution in the history of US presidential debates. A tradition that dates back to 1960. The first televised presidential debates, between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon ...
The great debate, which culminated in Hayne's encounter with Webster, came about in a somewhat casual way. Senator Foote, of Connecticut, submitted a proposition inquiring into the expediency of limiting the sales of public lands to those already in the market. This seemed like an Eastern spasm of jealousy at the progress of the West.
Pacificus-Helvidius Debates; Panalo; Participation of Ukrainians in the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising; Porter–MacKenzie debate; Pre-Māori settlement of New Zealand theories; Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935