Populo - Volume 1, Issue 2


Chief Editor’s Introduction
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Analyse the Reasons why the Policies of Lyndon B. Johnson Created such Division within America during the Era from 1963-1968. - AM-251 – Anna Kuhlinger
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Has the UN been a Successful International Organization after the end of the Cold War? - PO-118 – Matthew Stevens
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Swansea and the Slave Trade: A Deep and Complex Relationship. - HI-M62 – Cally Barlow
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How do Differing Levels of Trust in Political Institutions Affect the Nature of Political Participation? - PO-3320 – Group Report - Alfie Gatenby, Anastasia Hagerty, Ben Hitchings, Isaac Taylor, Joe Gape, Kevin Anyaka, Tara Gard...
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1). Introduction
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2). What is Trust?
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2.1). What is trust?
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2.2). What is Institutionalised trust?
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3). What is Political Participation?
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3.1). Political Participation vs Political Engagement
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3.2). The Importance of Political Participation
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3.3). Conventional vs Unconventional Participation
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4). Trust in Institutions and Participation
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4.1). Why might we have a lack of trust in institutions?
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4.2). How does trust in political institutions affect the nature of participation?
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4.3). Why does trust in political institutions affect the nature of participation?
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5). Hypothesis and Methodology
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5.1). Measuring trust
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6). Case Study: Watergate
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6.1). What type of participation occurred?
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6.2). Why did this event happen?
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7). Case Study: Iraq War Protests
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7.1). What type of participation occurred?
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7.2). Why did this event happen?
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8). Case Study: Sit-ins
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8.1). What Type of Participation Occurred?
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8.2). Why did this event happen?
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9). Case Study: Storming of the US Capitol
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9.1). What Type of Participation Occurred?
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9.2). Why did the Event Happen?
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10). Discussion
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10.1). How does trust in political institutions affect the nature of participation?
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10.2). Why does trust in political institutions affect the nature of participation?
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11). Conclusion
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12). Bibliography
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A Critical Review of Edward Said’s ‘Orientalism’ and Amitav Acharya’s ‘Race and Racism in the Founding of the Modern World Order’. - PO-253 – Lucy Lewis
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“This being premised to find wherein personal Identity consists, we must consider what Person stands for…which I think, is a thinking intelligent Being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider it self as itself, the same thinking thing in dif...
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Was there more continuity than change in the Anglo-Norman world between c. 1066 and c. 1225? - HIH-287 – Abigail Miller
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End Note
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