The mutations of social democracy (late XIXth century- 1945): From long-term aspirations to "here and now" policies
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
In 1871, the Paris Commune, a proto-socialist attempted to form a new regime on communalistic and collectivist principles, and was savagely repressed by governmental troops led by Adolphe Thiers. Communards, if divided between patriots advocating the continuation of a revolutionary war against...
Eurojust: A key factor for the development of judicial cooperation?
Case study - 8 pages - Political science
The area of freedom, security and justice of the European Union (EU) is closely linked to the establishment of an internal market within the European Union, especially with the freedom of movement. In this respect, the creation of common rules against transnational criminality became an issue of...
Should the brokerage work done by TDs be regarded more as a cause or a consequence of the weakness of the Dail vis-a-vis government, or are the two not related to each other?"
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Ireland was once qualified ‘a periphery dominated centre' (Garvin, 1981), or put differently, a political system in which the government is monopolized by local interests rather than national ones. For example, Irish Teachta De'las (TDs) spend most of their time protecting the interests of...
To what extent are national ministers constrained by bureaucracy?
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
The chairman of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee, John McGuinness stated in a recent newspaper said that, “actually protected by status, knowledge and powerful unions, [senior public servants] had no difficulty keeping under control those few ministers who wanted to make a difference, as...
Book review: Integrating Islam, political and religious challenges in contemporary France, J. Laurence and J. Vaisse
Book review - 5 pages - Political science
The book is divided in three parts : the first one raises the question of how it is to be Muslim in France. The second part comes to the history of muslims citizens' integration. Finally, the third part focuses on political issues linked with Islam. The authors start by reminding that Islam...
Treaty of alliance and mutual assistance between his majesty with respect to that of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the President of the French Republic, signed at Dunkirk, on 4 March 1947
Essay - 13 pages - Political science
In March 1947, an historic alliance treaty was sealed between Britain and France. Indeed, it conveyed for the former a dramatic shift in its traditionally cautious and reserved foreign policy towards continental Europe in general and France in particular. The Entente Cordiale of 1904 had already...
National welfare-states and Europeanization
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
Nowadays every major industrialized state has established some form of welfare state, although the precise design differs considerably amongst countries. However, the basic idea common to all forms is that the state redistributes some of the resources of the market economy in order to achieve...
The origins of Hezbollah
Essay - 10 pages - Political science
In this essay I will be focusing on the formation of Hezbollah, and will begin this exploration starting in 1943 until 1982. I would like to answer the question: Was Hezbollah created for Iranian interests? Iran's contemporary involvement in Hezbollah is sometimes referred to as interchangeable...
The consequences of 9/11 on USA
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
September 11, 2001 will be remembered as a day that made history, not just in the U.S. but around the world. However it is true that the direct consequences of the attack are more visible in the countries directly involved; so among others the United States. These consequences are different in...
Dictatorship and democracy- an essay
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
In December 2010 began what is called "Jasmine Revolution" in Tunisia. The term 'Jasmine' is much criticized in the press and is not unanimous: in fact, the term "Jasmine" was used when Ben Ali took power and the term evokes sweetness, this contrasts with the destruction and pillage the...
Internal communication strategies of Nicolas Sarkozy - publié le 23/02/2012
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
We musn't forget that Nicolas Sakozy used to be a lawyer, a field where the pleadings are decisive, even if he was specialisied in French business law. He knows a lot about Management and gets the spirit of jurists. Sarkozy's political career began at the age of 22, so he now knows a lot...
Tendencies towards privatization of international security management
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
In March 2004, after two foreign soldiers were found dead, the world learned that the troops deployed by the United States in Iraq did not consist solely of local soldiers. A shadow army, composed by more than 100000 contractors was there, and among them thousands of heavily armed mercenaries...
Lilly Ledbetter
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
Lilly Ledbetter is a famous American woman who lives in Alabama and who has been victim of discrimination. Her case is now very famous. Everything started in 1979 when Lilly Ledbetter was hired at the Alabama Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company as an overnight supervisor. At work she was victim of...
The declining status of native women after European contact
Case study - 8 pages - Political science
Contact between Europeans and Indians brought together two disparate systems of gender divisions. Prior to European contact, Native American women enjoyed greater levels of power and autonomy than their white counterparts. As European influence and culture spread, it predicated a decline in...
Proceedings of the Symposium, "Strangeness from abroad: cultural representations of otherness in Great Britain (17th-20th centuries)"
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
After the French Revolution and the Independence of the United States of America, written constitutions became more numerous. In 1820, forty-eight constitutions had already been drafted. Thirty years later, eighty more written constitutions was counted in the world. At the end of the twentieth...
Environmental issues linked to North-South relations posing a challenge for Geopolitics
Internship report - 10 pages - Political science
Economic globalization, global media flows and the Internet seem to make our traditional conception of geopolitics, in terms of political geography and international relations, no longer appropriate. The deepening impacts of globalization, especially within North-South relations, have undeniably...
Book review: Bicameralism
Internship report - 4 pages - Political science
The book Bicameralism, by George Tsebelis and Jeannette Money, was published in 1997 by New York: Cambridge University Press. As indicated by the sober title, the authors study bicameralism, or a “legislature that involves two distinct chambers in its deliberation” - from the Latin bi...
Promoting Democracy
Internship report - 8 pages - Political science
Chapter four of Payne's book deals with the notion of democracy, which is a very old one. Democracy is a process, that is to say it is in constant evolution. Today, we can say that most developed countries are democratic, and each country has followed a different path to achieve democracy. The...
The paradox of loyalist prostate paramilitarism
Thesis - 3 pages - Political science
“The British should realise that we will not accept Dublin interference in our affairs. The potential for Protestant violence is as great now as it always as”. These two sentences, taken from an interview of the Loyalist leader John McMichael in 1985, illustrate the contradiction of...
What do we mean by Eurocentrism, and what are its dangers?
Thesis - 5 pages - Political science
For Ama Mazama "there is no general agreement as to what precisely Eurocentrism is", this term highly controversial has indeed several definitions which usually refer to the political opinions of their authors. According to a broad conception Eurocentrism can however be defined as following...
The non-influence of European public opinion on Europe's engagement in Afghanistan
Thesis - 4 pages - Political science
"The war in Afghanistan has been unpopular in continental Europe for a long time" noticed The Observer in July 2009 when in April 2009 the Guardian reported: “Barack Obama today won agreement for substantial NATO troop reinforcements in Afghanistan, when nine European nations, including...
Starting point (Religion as politics)
Thesis - 35 pages - Political science
In 1670 Charles II signed the secret Treaty of Dover, the first of a series with France whereby he became a pensioner, albeit a modest one, of Louis XIV and, in the words of the treaty sought jointly 'to humble the pride of The States General' (the Netherlands). Few in 1670 could have...
American Foreign Policy: What was driving the war on terror?
Thesis - 7 pages - Political science
The violence and the impact of the 9/11 attacks led the Bush government to act strongly in order to reassure the American people. Acting strongly at the time meant that the US would have to fight "the war on terror". This expression, although vague, highlighted a struggle against terrorism -...
The Politics and Policies of Cross Borders Region: Is the West Bank barrier an actual border?
Thesis - 8 pages - Political science
Israel has been building a separation wall between its territory and Palestine since 2002. A decision that goes against the current global movement for a borderless world. Whereas it has never been that easy to circulate from a country to another, some prefer to protect themselves against a...
Goldilocks politics: The Third Way
Thesis - 8 pages - Political science
This text is an extract from The Economist, a weekly newspaper, published on 19th December 1998. The Economist is a newspaper supporting free trade and liberalism even if sometimes it can tend to be more moderate, so we can say that it is rather right of centre. The writer remains unknown so we...
Biological Warfare: The ethical questions behind bio-terrorism
Thesis - 6 pages - Political science
Last year's Swine Flu panic made our complacency to chemical and biological threats readily apparent and very much like during the Anthrax attacks of 2001, confusion and apprehension spread quicker than most could have ever imagined. Health authorities were caught by surprise and the general...
Government undermines the Movement and Targets of the Black Panther Party
Thesis - 5 pages - Political science
The 1960s was a very active decade for the Civil Rights Movement. The Movement lost activists such as Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and President Kennedy was assassinated. The sixties was also a time of protests and riots. The civil rights movement repeatedly appealed to the federal government...
"I Have A Dream" Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Famous Speech Analysis
Thesis - 2 pages - Political science
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's speech was delivered on August 28, 1963 in Washington, DC in front of the Lincoln Memorial. This speech was designed to reach out to millions of people, whether listening in the audience or wherever they could see/hear him talking. He was speaking to educate...
The European Union, a Sustainable Development Normative soon to be Global Power? Evidences from the 2002 Johannesburg World Summit
Thesis - 4 pages - Political science
Over the last decade, the European Union (EU) clearly came out as a Sustainable Development (SD) worldwide challenger. Is the Union's SD internal commitment enough to predispose it to become a global power in this field? Building on Ian Manners' concept of “Normative Power”(NP), we will...
What does it take to become a successful presidential candidate in American politics?
Internship report - 5 pages - Political science
San Francisco, on November, 15th, at the Civic Auditorium: thousands of people are waiting on the pavement for Barack Obama, Democrat candidate for the investiture to the presidential elections. He arrives, stands up near his car, takes a megaphone to reassure people: “don't worry, you will...
