political, social, and civil rights as they are, the notion of possible futures haunts nearly everyone. Potential political realities in the present and not-so-distant future are examined in Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale and Marge Piercy's Woman Continue Reading...
California's Electoral System of Today -- No return to the New York Tammany! It would be tempting to view the defeat of the Tammany Hall Political Machine by the opponents of political corruption as the clear triumph of good over evil. But the victo Continue Reading...
Marx would therefore react negatively towards the idea that some economic power cannot be distributed in an absolutely equal sense. Communism entails the equal distribution not only of wealth, but also of economic power. Liberalism does therefore f Continue Reading...
Orwellian World The Accuracy of George Orwell's Predictions and What They Hold for Our Future When, in 1949, George Orwell published Nineteen Eighty-Four, the world had just witnessed one of the most trying and tumultuous periods in all of human h Continue Reading...
Revolution American Style: The Nineteen-Sixties and Beyond Paul N. Goldstene's book "Revolution, American Style: The Nineteen-Sixties and Beyond" is a political science book that really is political. The book's central focus is to scrutinize key ass Continue Reading...
Question 1: Interest groups attempt to influence politicians and public policy in a variety of ways. Define the term interest group, distinguishing it from a political party, and briefly describe some of the ways interest groups seek influence.The ov Continue Reading...
An Analysis of Relations between United Arab Emirates and Japan In an era when American influence in the world is waning, the bipolarity of the Cold War years is being replaced by regional partnerships that are mutually beneficial for all stakeholder Continue Reading...
“A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.” The meaning of Bertrand de Jouvenel’s statement has changed little since the French philosopher first wrote those words a hundred years ago. In fact, these words speak Continue Reading...
1. Global governance refers to the shifting of political and economic institutions to transnational agents or organizations. A feature of globalization, global governance theoretically ensures collaboration and cooperation between sovereign nation-st Continue Reading...
Texas Politics: Illegal Immigration, Economy, And Education One of the contentious issues facing the economy of Texas is that of increasing cases of illegal immigration. Opponents of the undocumented immigration argue that, the immigrants act as a s Continue Reading...
Between 1970 and 1997 contemporary federalism was developed characterized by a shift in intergovernmental system of grants. It also saw an increase in lack of funding of federal mandates and concern were raised on the federal regulations as well as Continue Reading...
Doll's House First, find a website about the play and then evaluate the site by answering all the questions below. Note your findings so that you can refer to them when you are working on Part B. http://ucblibrary3.berkeley.edu/Goldman/Writings/Dr Continue Reading...
Streetwalkers are generally the lowest-paid of all prostitutes. They are also in the most danger. As a result, those who work as streetwalkers are likely to be more desperate than other prostitutes, suggesting that, regardless of chosen profession, Continue Reading...
Federal Government Expansion Throughout American history the size and power of the federal government has been continually debated. This is because there are concerns that if it becomes too big it could have an impact on the scope of authority reser Continue Reading...
Gender-Specific Therapy for Women Prisoners RESEARCH QUESTION AND JUSTIFICATION On average, women make up about 7% of the total federal and state incarcerated population in the United States. This has increased since the 1980s due to stricter and m Continue Reading...
City of Brooklyn Park Structure and Function Origins Philosophy Evolution Openness Power Structure The City of Brooklyn Park focuses on family. It's governmental style encourages community participation. It encourages a sense of community pride Continue Reading...
Political Science The USA Patriot Act Congress passed the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act in response to the terrorists' attacks of September 11, 2001. The Act gives federal officials larger authority to follow and seize communications, both for law enforcement Continue Reading...
Three Strikes Law on the African-American Community Three Strikes legislation, which imposes sentencing enhancement on repeat offenders, often culminating with mandatory life sentences for third-time offenders, has gained popularity throughout the Continue Reading...
Parties and Party Systems The Creation and Role of Political Parties and Role Effects In general political parties have four main relevant dimensions; government control to some degree and in some facet including legislation making and approval and Continue Reading...
Role of Democracy in the Middle East There has recently been a wave of democratic uprisings sweeping across the Middle East. Starting in Tunisia, the call for democratic reforms spread through Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Jordan, Syria, Iran and many oth Continue Reading...
In 1960, this separation began to change. "Economists began to study voters as rational maximizers, politicians as entrepreneurs, and bureaucrats as suppliers in a market-like process of consumption, production and exchange. Political science has be Continue Reading...
The top of the group would be contract lobbyists who have the most information about a particular part of the political process and have close connections with policymakers in that area. They are the most threatening of all the lobbyists because of Continue Reading...
, although more governments are including citizen satisfaction survey results to address the lack-of-quality-indicators criticism. Ultimately, the article's key findings can be summarized in the four lessons learned from the states that the authors p Continue Reading...
The South African also played a role in its purposeful lack of involvement (Von Feigenblatt 2008). Outcome The eventual outcome of the South African conflict was the establishment of a new government and new constitution in the country, headed for Continue Reading...
In the words of BBC Middle East analyst Gerald Butt (2001), "…his (Saddam's) opponents have not been able to nominate anyone else who might hold Iraq together -- with its Kurds in the north, Sunni Muslims in the centre [sic], and Shi'a in the Continue Reading...
Conclusion The modern Labour Party (also known as New Labour) has come a long way from its Socialist roots in the last two decades particularly since Tony Blair became its leader in 1994 and repositioned the Party as a centrist rather than a lefti Continue Reading...
19 No. 2, pp 28-37, Available from http://www.cis.org.au/policy/winter03/polwin03-5.pdf[April7, 2008] Kirk, R, 2004, Ten Conservative Principles, the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal, Available from http://www.kirkcenter.org/kirk/ten-princi Continue Reading...
"Lingering concern persists about the incorporation of 10 mostly East European countries last year, which some feared would dilute EU prosperity" (Rice-Oxley 2005). When Turkey desired to join the EU, member nations questioned its ability to be inte Continue Reading...
Islamic government may be defined therefore as the rule of divine law over men."(Khomeini, 29) God is the true authority in the state, and the sole legislative power: "In Islam the legislative power and the competence to establish laws belongs exclu Continue Reading...
The length of time allowed for debate on a bill depends on the importance of the proposed measure and the debate time is usually divided equally between the proponents and the opponents of a measure. After the general debate, a 'second reading' of t Continue Reading...
However, they are worth considering on the long haul. Since the oil and gas reserves are suffering from a chronic shortage, a major company such as Exxon should think strategically and expand into this area. The discussion is more complex, in the se Continue Reading...
Gambia, Africa The Republic of The Gambia used to be part of the Empire of Ghana and the Kingdom of the Songhais (Bureau of African Affairs 2005). First records came from Arab traders of the 9th and 10th centuries who had commercial relations with t Continue Reading...
This is significant for those that study politics today and actually seek to understand much of the reasoning behind it and the theories that encompass it. Social contract is a theory that indicates that individuals have an agreement between themse Continue Reading...
In fact, we see that the ruling minority calls upon the ruled majority even for the power to defend itself against the ruled majority, since the ruled majority constitutes the armies of the ruling minority. Mosca writes: "But the man who is at the Continue Reading...
People In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered a brief but stirring speech while the country was in the process of tearing itself apart in a civil war. During that speech President Lincoln stated a phrase that has helped to capture what democr Continue Reading...
Federalist Paper #10, James Madison discusses the Union's ability to control and break the influence of specific factions over the governmental process. The paper includes many strengths, and a few weaknesses. Yet the overall paper convinced me of th Continue Reading...
Philosophical Work: Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan Chapters 17, 19, 29 At the beginning of the first chapter of the second part of his monumental philosophical treatise upon the nature of government, entitled Leviathan, the political philosopher Thomas Continue Reading...
The role of interest groups in democracies presents one of the greatest conundrums in civic affairs. On the one hand, interest groups potentially represent collective power and agency. On the other hand, interest groups can easily become hegemonic an Continue Reading...
Legislative Process in the Upper House of Parliament As Bahrain searches for viable approaches to diversifying its oil-based economy, the relatively small nation, like many of its larger counterparts, is also faced with a number of engineering and Continue Reading...
