Three ideas of contractualism : the ones of Locke, Rousseau and Rawls
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
“The great non sequitur committed by defenders of the State, including the classical Aristotelian and Thomist philosophers, is to leap from the necessity of society to the necessity of the State” , noted the American anarcho-capitalist Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995). Indeed, what...
A broad overview of modern secessionist movements
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
Secessionism is a process that has been part of international discourse since the development of government. Regardless of the success or equity created under a particular rule, various groups have sought separation from the state in an effort to create more autonomy and achieve a higher level of...
Youth political participation in the United States
Essay - 19 pages - Political science
Statistical analysis of voting trends in the United States show that after reaching stable levels in 1950, voter participation has decreased significantly throughout the last half of the twentieth century. This trend has been especially noted among youthful voters between the ages of 18 and 34....
An analysis of one of Winston Churchill's most famous speeches: "The Sinews of Peace" or the Iron Curtain speech.
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
Throughout the course of history, notable social and political leaders have offered up their opinions on specific subjects and pressing issues of the day. While many of the leaders have given impassioned, well-reasoned and well-delivered speeches, only a few have gone down in history as truly...
Should everything be object of securitization?
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
On 10 January 2000, the Security Council of the United Nations chose symbolically, to dedicate the first meeting of the new millennium to the issue of AIDS in Africa. For the first time, it has labelled a pandemic as 'threat to international peace and security'. The underlying idea of...
Strengths, weaknesses and areas for improvement in British environmental policy in the areas of climate change and energy
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
Climate change is now recognised as a major threat which can lead to worldwide disasters. Since the end of the 19th century, the average global temperature has risen from 0.4 to 0.8°C. Since we have begun recording the earth's temperature, 1998 has been the hottest year. The sea level has...
What explains the disintegration of Yugoslavia ? - publié le 06/07/2008
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
Yugoslavia was created in 1917 by Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in the World War I context. It was later joined in 1929 by Voivodina, Montenegro and Bosnia. It has experienced wars and changes in political regimes, being first a monarchy and turning to communism after the Second World War under the...
How does Gramsci understand social cohesion and consent? - publié le 06/07/2008
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Antonio Gramsci is without doubt, a spiritual follower of Marxism. Drawing the consequences of his experiences of worker's movements and communist party politics, as well as of his numerous readings and philosophical influences, he has greatly contributed to the evolution of Marxist thought...
Security and emancipation - publié le 06/07/2008
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
The 20th century has witnessed many struggles for emancipation, and a strong emphasis put on security agenda in many countries. Regarding emancipation, many examples come to our mind like the decolonization era, after World War II, the feminist struggles for equality between genders all over the...
How have environmental movements contributed to the development of democratic civil societies in Eastern Europe?
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
1989 was the springtime of societies aspiring to be civil. As Garton Ash puts it, one of the major challenges regarding the transition from the communist rule to democracy, was the development of a civil society. Citizens of Eastern Europe had been deprived of the possibility to freely organize...
EU Conditionality and State-Building in Bosnia: An Uneasy Relationship
Thesis - 75 pages - Political science
The thesis examines the adequacy of the EU conditionality to induce state-building reforms in the particular context of Bosnia. The purpose is to analyze whether the conditions set, and the incentives offered by the EU are adequate to induce state-building reforms. The EU conditionality has been...
To what extent was the Popular Front responsible for France's defeat in 1940?
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
The French military collapse in 1940, was one of the greatest military catastrophes in world history . On the 3rd of September 1939, France and Britain declared war on the Nazi Germany, after its invasion of Poland two days earlier. On 10th May 1940, Hitler hurled the German armed forces against...
The core of the swedish mass media system
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
The issue with the regulation and ethics of journalism and media is intrinsic to the existence of the freedom of expression. The mere fact that this freedom exists, raises a difficult question to each journalist, does the freedom of expression and media allow me to report any event in any form?...
The provision of welfare in the United Kingdom
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
Among all the typologies, which exist within Welfare States, most authors classify the United Kingdom as a 'liberal state'. For example, Titmuss sees the United Kingdom as a 'residual model of social policy', where the needs are met by the state only when the private market and...
The swedish broadcasting system and its content
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Sweden is characterized by a population with a high demand of and access to media. In 2005, Swedes between 9 and 79 years old consumed around six hours of media a day, 97% had access to the Radio, 98% to television, 74% to the Internet and 75% had subscriptions to daily newspapers. Over 80% of...
Electoral emendation: Changing the college that chooses our commander-in-chief
Essay - 11 pages - Political science
Stewart is an elector representing the state of Vermont in the Electoral College for the election of the president. The popular vote has been tallied and it is time to finally elect the president. The results for Vermont's popular vote tells Stew that he is supposed to vote for Blaine Darvy,...
Trends in US voting behaviors throughout the course of the twentieth century
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
The United States of America was founded on the principle of democracy. The Founding Fathers believed that the power of the government was so great that it should be placed in the hands of the people. As such, the basic framework of democracy that was established by the Founding Fathers was on in...
Discussion about the differences between nationalism and national identity
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
From the middle of the eighteenth century uptil now, the concept of a nation has generated various theories and approaches. Towards the end of the eighteenth century, people began to express a certain need for belonging to a nation, particularly in Europe, and also in the United States....
Warning of food riots : time to change - publié le 24/06/2008
Worksheets - 2 pages - Political science
"A little conversation, a little more action please": Both people and the environment need action more than ever. Yet, what should our priorities be? Should we aim to protect the environment or feed more people? This dilemma is increasingly facing developing and emerging countries. In Asia, more...
One Man, One Culture, One Decade
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
When the culture was based on rebelling against the very culture that we are seeking to explain. Attempting to understand the culture of the Vietnam era will only lead you in a circle of contradictions and ever changing ideals. In part, due to the fact that there was no dominate overlaying...
The campaign of Bill Clinton in 1992
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
The 1992 presidential election was special because it used the most sophisticated marketing techniques found in the commercial marketplace. Techniques used to market products to consumers were used to market the candidates to voters because of competitive pressure. It was really a new era in...
Warning of food riots: Time to change
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
"A little conversation, a little more action please": Both people and the environment need action more than ever. Yet, what should our priorities be? Should we aim to protect the environment or feed more people? This dilemma is increasingly facing developing and emerging countries. In Asia, more...
The Bhopal crisis
Essay - 20 pages - Political science
The Bhopal disaster happened in the early hours of the morning of December 3rd, 1984. It is one of the most terrible industrial disaster or maybe even the most terrible disaster that ever happened. It took place in Bhopal which is the capital city of an Indian state called Madhya Pradesh. The...
The animal imagery as a metaphor for political power: analysis of the symbol "eagle"
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
The myriad of symbols which have characterized the History of politics renders the aim of studying this imagery ever more arduous. Hence, it appears relevant to focus on the place which has been allotted to animals by Men in order to represent their own standpoints or rulings. In fact, a large...
The Causes and Consequences of Divided Government
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
Divided party control of government occurs when at least one House of Congress is controlled by a party to which the President does not belong. Much of the most popular research on divided government was done prior to the 1994 elections, when the Republicans took control of the House of...
The construction of the modern State
Essay - 11 pages - Political science
'Man is by nature a political animal', arguing on that Aristolte induced the existence of political communities. Men lived in communities for decades. However, man's living condition has changed with the passage of time. One landmark change was in his environment. Each evolution was a...
The influence of oil on the politics and the stability of the states in the Middle East
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
As it is argued by Raymond Hinnenbush, "The core periphery struggle over oil has been a dominant theme in the region's politics from the overthrow of Iran's Mossadeq to the formation of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to the second Gulf war." The discovery of oil...
An in-depth analysis of the role of the Brazilian state in its economic development
Essay - 12 pages - Political science
The third world is a subject which has caused much ink. Several features can be found as economic problems, political instability, authoritarian regimes. However, some countries as the tigers (South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong-Kong) succeed in dealing with their economic and political...
The impact of globalization of French politics
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
According to Manuel Castells, the pre-globalization state used to shape society, and identities, but this is no longer true because the state has lost power over space and time. The equilibrium has been upset by the sudden growth of the flows of goods, capital, information, services and...
How can rising levels of abstention in national elections be explained?
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
With 66.5% participation at the first round of the French municipal elections last month, we notice that the number of voters has slightly diminished since the last municipal elections that took place in 2001 (67.4%) and that those figures come within the scope of the continuous diminution of...
