Word: coercion
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...past, says Bachman, "the agents of coercion seem to be doing their job." But how long can they keep the pot from boiling over? "In a society where there are mechanisms for reconciliation," says Han Dongfang, "there can be a balance of various interests. But in China that mechanism doesn't exist. And the state is confused about its role." The result is a building of tensions. "The government has a choice," says Robin Munro, the Hong Kong director of Human Rights Watch/Asia. "It can try to keep the lid on by arresting more dissidents and wait...
...instructive political analogy that might cast doubt on the efficacy of trying, through economic coercion, to influence the internal affairs of a Communist regime, consider the case of Cuba. The united States has maintained a tight embargo on Cuba for over 30 years. The effects of this embargo on the Cuban economy are arguably much worse than the effects that the annulment of MFN would have on the Chinese economy. Yet Castro has maintained a firm clutch on the reigns of his Communist regime, while the citizens of his dictatorship have suffered the combined economic consequences of both his economic...
Many students also endorse this options. Theysay that even without coercion, undergraduateswould choose to take widely distributed classes...
...teach us that the purpose of justice should not be, as some would have it, to make the world ideal. Given human nature and the fact that people don't agree on what the ideal society should look like, making the world ideal would entail an unacceptable amount of coercion. It's true that liberty has its own costs and hazards, including risk, conflict, hostility, insecurity--even rape. But like the very first liberals, paglia and Mansfield both think the price of freedom is worth paying...
Similarly, abolishing the expository writing requirement would lower discontent among students enrolled in these courses. Students would take expository writing classes based on interest, not coercion, This change in the nature of the program would decrease friction between students and teachers, enabling Expos to better meet its goal of improving the writing ability of its students...