Changing Patterns in Social Fabric Test Netherlands' Liberal Identity
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AMSTERDAM -- For years, W.B. Kranendonk was a lone ranger in Dutch politics -- the editor of an orthodox Christian newspaper in a nation that has legalized prostitution, euthanasia, abortion and  same-sex marriage and allows the personal use of marijuana.
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A team of researchers is using the Facebook habits of students to study how personal tastes, habits and values affect the formation of social relationships.
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The Netherlands was forged amid the Christian sectarian struggles of 400 years ago.
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BERLIN, Aug 5  (IPS) - After a period of what many felt was collective  suspicion, Germany's Muslims are  searching new ways of  recovering identity.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 20 (IPS) - People in Europe and the United States may tend to  associate Islam with immigrants, autocratic regimes in the Middle  East and political violence. But many more Muslims live in  democratic countries in Asia, where political developments are  less spectacular and not as headline-grabbling, but as decisive.
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KIEV, Dec 13 (IPS) - Most western analysts rejoice in what they describe  as the latest struggle for democracy in former Soviet territory,  but among the divided Ukrainian and Russian commentators the mood  is slightly different. Some ask why for the West democracy is  orange, and the blue votes do not count.
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The Dutch Christian Democrats were on course to retain power in an election on Wednesday but faced a struggle to form a government as voters rewarded parties on the far-left and far-right, preliminary results showed.
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For liberalism to survive in the West and regain the upper hand, it must have an identifiable platform. And merely opposing what conservatives propose is a recipe for obsolescence. Therefore, for liberalism to win back the upper hand in the West, it must accept that some of the conservative's agenda on the global stage is not only acceptable, but more in line with a liberal platform than a conservative one.
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In voter registration drives, sermons and voter guides, religious groups from across the ideological spectrum have intensified the level of their political activity this year, prompted in part by right-left culture clashes and the legacy of the tight presidential race in 2000.
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Measuring policy success as an increase in wellbeing
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IT PRIDES itself on being the beating liberal heart of Europe, but the murder of film-maker Theo van Gogh has convinced many in the Netherlands that the nationâs legendary tolerance has now reached its limit.
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I was looking at what my friend Stephen Lewis wrote in HakPakSak a few days ago &#151; specifically "...newspapersâ roles as public trusts and cornerstones of our informational infrastructure &#151; i.e. sources of solid information and independent commentary essential to informed citizenry, democratic government, effective public policy, and well-functioning economies".. What this brought up for me is the notion that human beings are themselves infrastructural; especially when they are constuctive contributors to the structure we call civilization. read more
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Unions, management style and emerging influence of Latino's under scrutiny in today's Democratic cacuses
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LONDON, Oct 25 (IPS) - The third European Social Forum appears to mark the  end of the "love story" between grassroots social  movements and the international gatherings that are now in vogue.  In any case, discontent in both camps -- the activists and the  official organisers -- will leave a mark on future events.
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Americans of ages 18 to 30 hold political views that differ from the general population in some ways that are not at all surprising, and some that are, according to the latest survey by the nonprofit group Young Voter Strategies.
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The Dutch government yesterday moved to reverse a long tradition as Europe&#39;s most liberal haven for immigrants by signalling tougher treatment of foreigners and Muslims and greater powers for the security services, in response to the Netherlands&#39; worst
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Time was when marijuana use prompted easy political stereotypes - liberals for, conservatives against. Not anymore. Conservatives of different stripes are likely to have warring views on the case the Supreme