The supreme courts and the progressive shift
Thesis - 3 pages - Political science
Prior to the New Deal, the Supreme Court viewed individual natural rights as the most important liberties. Since then, the Supreme Court has enlarged government involvement, restricted liberties of private property and has created government regulations to protect and equalize social and economic...
The right to freedom of speech
Thesis - 2 pages - Political science
As Americans, freedom of speech is one of the rights we cherish most. In recent times, this freedom of speech has been called into question. Namely, where it may occur and what we are allowed to say. In the court cases Harper v. Poway and Doe v. University of Michigan, the justices examined these...
Rights in conflict
Thesis - 2 pages - Political science
The founding era of the United States is often regarded as the great moment, what some have called the perfect time between Machiavelli and Kant. There was however a great divide that stretches through the centuries until today. This divide is based on the power and strength of our constitutional...
Would it be possible to create a family policy at the European level?
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Nowadays, families seem to be the basis of our contemporary societies. We commonly speak of the family unit as a stem cell, which would be the foundation of our social organization. But, as strange as it may seem, there is no common family policy in the European Union. At first sight, it can...
Why does Hezbollah provide social services?
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia movement that was created in 1982 in response to the Israeli occupation of Lebanon. In the beginning, the organization was mainly military because of the context of war at the moment of its creation; it has also become a major political player in Lebanon and has taken...
The defeat of the new Democrats in the U.S. Was it only due to Clinton?
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
From 1932 until 1980, the New Deal public philosophy attracted an electoral coalition that had enabled the Democratic Party to dominate national politics for decades. However, since 1964, the New Deal consensus began to be challenged by some groups within each party's coalition while the rise...
Hubert Humphrey and the 1964 election
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
Humphrey and Johnson entered the Senate in 1949. While Johnson entered as a Southern conservative, Humphrey stood as a champion of civil rights. Indeed, Humphrey who served as Mayor of Minneapolis from 1945 to 1949 gained notoriety by becoming one of the founders of the liberal anti-communist...
British Identity and Faith Schools
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
In February 2010, a report from the think-tank Civitas, the institute for the study of the civil society, claimed that some Islamic schools were promoting fundamentalist views. Therefore, British politician Ed Balls ordered Ofsted to investigate a small sample of faith schools to find out if they...
The rise of Beirut as the capital city and its implications for the Lebanese nationalism
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
Lebanon is a very complex entity. We need to understand some concepts about the historical features of the country to grasp a better understanding of its current state. First, Modern Lebanon is part of a larger unit: historical Syria, as opposed to the present Syrian Arab Republic, which now...
Habermas and Rorty - the existence of universal human rights
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
Human rights have been taken for granted in the Western world. It was asserted that they were universal and every human being was entitled to them on the ground that he or she was human. These rights are considered as inalienable since they are inseparable from the human nature. The challenge is...
Paul Kowert, "National Identity: Inside and Out", 1998
Text commentary - 7 pages - Political science
The concept of national identity was emphasized from the beginning of the 1990s as a crucial unit of analysis for scholars of international relations. Indeed, the post-bipolar era is characterized by two opposite trends dealing with the identity issue. First, the resurgence of nationalist...
Franco's Spain (1939-1975) and Pinochet's Chile (1974 ? 1981)
Essay - 1 pages - Political science
Dictatorship is a political regime in which an individual (or an assembly) gathers and gets all the powers. The political leader is not elected and his power is arbitrary and coercive. Violence is used as a means against any form of opposition. This political analysis will deal with Franco's...
Immigration in Iowa
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
The United States of America has been and is still an important land for immigration. Attracted by the American dream, the hope of a better life, thousands of people were displaced from their homelands into a new territory. Iowa is not a state that is an exception to this American tradition of...
A new scramble for African oil? Historical, political and business perspectives
Book review - 3 pages - Political science
While Africa is often referred to as a loser in the globalization process, natural resources in oil and gas turn the continent into a very interesting one for Western oil-dependent economies. It has been suggested that Africa is witnessing a 'New Scramble' with China and the United...
Exploring Borders: Control, Movement, and the Challenge of the Transnational
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Globalization is characterized by a huge increase in flows of various kinds, such as merchandises, ideas, capital and also people. Even if the free circulation of flows blurs certain borders, the human circulation remains a burning issue for Western countries. The arrival of people coming from...
Democratization versus Rule of Law - published: 01/04/2010
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Professor Daniel Saadoun distinguishes three features that are deemed essential in a modern democracy: universal suffrage, the inscription in the preamble of the Constitution of a set of rules that the State cannot modify or erase and the obligation for the State to look after all the rules...
The political system and indigenous populations
Thesis - 3 pages - Political science
As one can easily notice, the politics, culture, and characteristics of our country as well as surrounding countries can not be defined within the boundaries of concrete definitions. As the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, once said, “We become not a melting pot but a...
War: A truth and a lie
Thesis - 3 pages - Political science
In the words of Otto Von Bismarck, “people never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.” In keeping faith with this notion, numerous passages that have been read and discovered throughout the duration of this course thus far correlate with war and lies. Two...
Review essay on "Soft Power"
Book review - 2 pages - Political science
Joseph Nye's book titled, “Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics,” heavily showcases the terms hard power and soft power. By Joseph Nye's account, hard power defines itself as being a term in which everyone is familiar with. Hard power, thus, deals with how a country's...
In the 21st century, how true is it to claim that the nation-state is sovereign?
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Nowadays, with the emergence of a vast range of new actors which have an impact on various fields such as policy-making, organization of economies and ensuring the education of populations for example, some argue that the sovereignty of the state is threatened and that the sovereign nation state...
Nationalism and the First World War
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
By the end of the 19th century, Europe divided into two alliances, because the probability of a war had increased. On one hand, the Triple Entente was settled in 1907 and constituted of Great-Britain, France and Russia. On the other hand, the Triple Alliance was implemented in 1891, composed of...
Moderation defines justice in Plato's republic
Thesis - 4 pages - Political science
Plato's Republic centers on defining justice and proving that it benefits the person who possesses it in the form of happiness. This is done through outlining a truly just city by analyzing what virtues would need to be present within it and hence the virtues required of the individuals residing...
Federal state of the United States and its superiority over other states
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
The United States is a federal republic, which means that republic shares sovereignty between different levels of government. This system of government is opposed to a unitary republic like France. The Constitution of the United States of America is one of the oldest in the world which was...
Outline and critique the role of the Supreme Court in the American political system
Thesis - 6 pages - Political science
This remark from a future Chief justice of the United States Supreme Court highlights both the major place of the Constitution and of the Supreme Court in the American political system. The Constitution is a symbol of nationhood for the Americans, the reference on how to run their system. The...
The hurdles that a prospective presidential candidate must overcome to become her/his party's presidential nominee
Thesis - 5 pages - Political science
The road to the White House is a long and difficult one which leads to the most powerful and eminent political function in the topical world. The Founding Fathers gave particular attention to the presidential election, prescribing the electoral system, but they did not define any nominating...
Politics in the Western European states
Thesis - 6 pages - Political science
‘A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time ' . It is with these words that Alfred Wiggam describes the conservative ideology. This prevalent negative perception of conservatism explains that not many European parties claim themselves as...
An evaluation of the accounts on political authority in Hobbes and Locke
Thesis - 5 pages - Political science
Since the beginning of time, the issue of authority has been discussed. From God, to absolute Sovereigns and until democratic parliaments, different outlooks on political power and its holder have been developed and applied. These theories have been fought or defended, they have given birth to...
The role of the State Head
Thesis - 2 pages - Political science
The term head of the state generally represents a figure who symbolizes the continuity and legitimacy of the state above the day-to-day political division. Traditionally, different functions are linked to him: international representation of the state, law promulgation, nomination of the major...
The separation of powers, checks and balances in the United States
Thesis - 5 pages - Political science
The American Constitution is the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man.' It is with these words that William Gladstone describes the Supreme Law of the United States. This famous document, written by the Founding Fathers and ratified in 1789, is the...
What is meant by the term "civil society"? Which role does civil society play in a democracy?
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
According the European Commission, a Civil Society is the "community life which is exercised between the state and the market. The objectives of the participation of the Civil Society are to support the elaboration and the implementation of the policies using practical advices." This definition...
