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  2. Social contract - Wikipedia

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    Brownson, [32] who argued that, in a sense, three "constitutions" are involved: first, the constitution of nature that includes all of what the Founders called "natural law"; second, the constitution of society, an unwritten and commonly understood set of rules for the society formed by a social contract before it establishes a government, by ...

  3. Political history of the world - Wikipedia

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    The US government supported right-wing governments and uprisings across the world, while the Soviet government funded communist parties and revolutions around the world. As nearly all the colonial states achieved independence in the period 1945–1960, they became Third World battlefields in the Cold War.

  4. Global governance - Wikipedia

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    The League of Nations (founded in 1920), the predecessor of the United Nations, was one of the first organizations to promote global governance. [18] [19] [20]While attempts of intergovernmental coordination of policy-making can be traced back to ancient times, comprehensive search for effective formats of international coordination and cooperation truly began after the end of the WWI.

  5. Achievement gaps in the United States - Wikipedia

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    On the 2008 test, female students continued to have higher average reading scores than male students at all three ages. The gap between male and female 4th graders was 7 points in 2008. By 12th grade, there was an 11-point gap between males and females.

  6. Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The unemployment rate among the aged 15 and over population is 5.5%. [407] Pakistan has an estimated 40 million middle class citizens, projected to increase to 100 million by 2050. [ 408 ] A 2015 report published by the World Bank ranked Pakistan's economy at 24th-largest [ 409 ] in the world by purchasing power and 41st-largest [ 410 ] in ...

  7. International Baccalaureate - Wikipedia

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    In 2006, government ministers in the United Kingdom provided funding so that "every local authority in England could have at least one centre offering sixth-formers the chance to do the IB." [ 43 ] In 2008, due to the devaluing of the A-Levels and an increase in the number of students taking the IB exams, then-Children's Secretary Ed Balls ...

  8. Public Health Agency of Canada - Wikipedia

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    In the November 2014 omnibus budget bill, the 28th Canadian Ministry of Stephen Harper decided to reorganise the management structure of PHAC. [11] Whereas formerly the deputy civil servant charged with the operation of the PHAC was identical to the CPHO, the omnibus budget bill instituted a parallel Presidential structure to govern the organisation that then could be staffed by non-medical ...

  9. Delta, British Columbia - Wikipedia

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    Delta is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and part of Greater Vancouver.Located on the Fraser Lowland south of Fraser River's south arm, it is bordered by the city of Richmond on the Lulu Island to the north, New Westminster to the northeast, Surrey to the east, the Boundary Bay and the American pene-exclave Point Roberts to the south, and the Strait of Georgia ...