The United States and the World - Transnational problems today as seen from Washington
Course material - 12 pages - Political science
In the document issued in September 2002, "The National Security Strategy of the USA", two essential goals of US national policy were stressed: the defeat of "Global terrorism" and "to prevent our enemies from threatening us, our allies, and our friends with weapons of mass destruction". Those...
The Possible Geopolitical Consequences of Further Enlargements of the EU
Course material - 6 pages - Political science
The big enlargement of the EU in 2004 and the last one in 2007 to Bulgaria and Romania have been greeted with skepticism or even hostile reactions in large sectors of European public opinion. This situation, which probably contributed to the failure of the Constitutional Treaty in France and the...
The Interplay of National and European Considerations in the Foreign Policy of EU Members - The Countries Other than France and Germany
Course material - 8 pages - Political science
France and Germany alone can no longer call the tune in the EU. They henceforth have to take much more into account the agenda of the other members. We shall see first that agenda, regrouping, of course, the different countries into larger groups along their affinities, and then the possible...
The Interplay of National and European Considerations in the Foreign Policy of EU Members - France and Germany
Course material - 11 pages - Political science
Since the origins of the European project, Europe has depended on close Franco-German cooperation. As we have seen, all the big moves forward were possible because of the basic Franco-German agreement; the last major instance was Maastricht in 1992. The other countries had to follow. Of course,...
Representation and governance in international organizations - Rapkin, Strand and Trevathan (2016) - Can international organizations be representative and democratic?
Text analysis - 7 pages - Political science
Due to all the problems associated with globalization, economic or financial crisis, and climates, the importance of international organizations such as the United Nations, or the IMF, has never been greater. As its name suggests, an international organization is made up of a collection of States...
English test - Translation and Essay writing: How did the Canadian government respond to the report on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples?
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Political science
This document is a corrected English test made of a translation exercise, a fully written essay, and a rough draft of a second essay. How did the Canadian government respond to the report on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples? Is Australia's origin as a convict colony important?
Welfare Politics - The criticism that Marxism presents against Beveridge's welfare
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
The objective of this paper is two-fold. First, it aims to discuss the main features of Beveridge's vision of welfare. The other aim is to discuss the Marxism approach to welfare and in doing so analyze the critiques that Marxism presents against Beveridge's welfare.
Peace or war : Sharon's legacy of controversy
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
The post-Sharon era began abruptly on January 5, when the 77-year-old Prime Minister of Israel suffered a massive stroke while visiting his ranch in the northern part of Israel (Negev). Everybody seemed to agree that his passing from the political scene would change everything, opening up a...
The Establishment of the British welfare State
Course material - 1 pages - Political science
The State intervention in the domain of social affairs dates to the early 1830s but the effective welfare State was made official on December 2nd 1942 with the Beveridge Report. Following the Second World War, the term "welfare State" referred to a major expansion of State involvement in the...
Country Risk : Social and Political Dynamics
Study guide - 3 pages - Political science
Despite their effects on growth and macroeconomic equilibria, social and political crises have been introduced only recently into country risk analysis. Recent crises (Syria, Arab springs, Sahel civil war) put forward those issues and highlighted the gaps in current methods. The analysis of...
Do people learn the art of becoming a politician, or are they born with it?
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
Over the years and all over the world, if we take a good look at the history, we will realise that great people lived and ruled countries and kingdoms. People like Alexander the Great, Nelson Mandela, Napoleon Bonaparte, etc. There are two things that characterise all these people. In fact, they...
Oral English - English Prime Minister Presentation
Presentation - 1 pages - Political science
Today I am going to talk about the price minister of the United Kingdom. First of all, I will introduce the subject to you then tell you the Prime Minister's story then we will see what are the powers and privileges of the Prime Minister and finally we will talk about the current Prime Minister.
Margaret Thatcher - publié le 21/08/2020
Biography - 3 pages - Political science
Contrary to what one might believe thinking back about her time as a Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher did not come from a particularly wealthy or bourgeois milieu. She was born in 1925 in a Methodist family, who also owned a grocery store business.
The Rohingyas crisis in Myanmar
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Myanmar is a country of Southeast Asia, bordered by Bangladesh, India, China, Laos and Thailand. A little over 1,2 million Rohingyas are currently living in Rakhine State, which was attached to Myanmar in 1784, in the north-western part of the country. They mainly live in the three towns of...
Has political correctness gone too far?
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Political correctness is tyranny with manners- according to Charlton Heston and for Robert Griffin III, 'in the land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness.' Most people seem against political correctness, despite the fact everyone uses it. To begin we can...
Are the American democratic principles at risk today?
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
The founding fathers of the United States never mentioned "democracy" once in the Constitution. In his article entitled "AMERICA IS IN DANGER OF BEING RULED BY THE MOB", published in 2015 in the Newsweek, Victor Davis Hanson shows that there is a contradiction in the American regime. Indeed, he...
Is the US a democracy?
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
The United States is considered as the most developed democratic model. It's born of a democratic will. They have the mission to spread this democratic model to the whole world. It is in the name of this democracy that the United States penetrates within certain states to impose the...
Does class still explain how people vote?
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
"People think politically as they are socially. Social characteristics determine political ones." Wrote Lazarsfeld in The People's choice published in 1944. As this statement highlights the paramount importance of social class on electoral choices, it is often used to explain the...
Ethnic patriotism and the East African revival: a history of dissent, c. 1935-1972 (2014) - PETERSON Derek
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
In his study Derek Peterson tries to define the debates around identity and solidarity in East Africa after the colonial era. Nowadays these issues are still a place for struggle. Indeed the oppositions presented in his study are still relevant. Once methodological and archival issues are...
New Labour implements a political revival in England
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
In 1999, Tony Blair hopes "A New Britain [...] liberated from the forces of conservatism that so long have held them back, [...], a model 21st century nation". Labour Party is elected with the intention of developing the country with new ideas, in order to create a new kind of politics. The party...
America Is Living James Madison's Nightmare - Jeffrey Rosen (The Atlantic): the mob rule
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
The document under study is an article entitled "America Is Living James Madison's Nightmare". This except from the American magazine The Atlantic was published in the October 2018 issue. It was written by Jeffrey Rosen, an American academic and commentator on legal affairs. The audience of...
Women's rights in Tunisia Post-2011: Constitutional Reform and Party Politics
Essay - 10 pages - Political science
Tunisia, a small country, sixty times smaller than the United States, possesses little importance at the geostrategic level and does not have a lot of natural resources. Surprisingly, it is thanks to its women's rights policy that Tunisia can claim nowadays to be a country of capital...
Summer 2016 review (United States and United Kingdom)
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
There was a mass shooting in Orlando that turned out to be a terrorist attack. It was an attack on gay community/LGBT community, in a nightclub by the group ISIS. The terrorist was working on his own / he was a lone wolf terrorist. He said he committed the terrorist attack on behalf to ISIS, he...
A People's History of the United States, Chapter 24, Zinn Howard - The Clinton Presidency
Book review - 3 pages - Political science
It is no secret that most politicians make vows to the American people in order to get elected and oftentimes they will say certain things to please the public as well. It is one of the reasons politicians have a reputation as manipulators. It is this topic that Zinn starts the chapter off with...
Trump President of the United States, what should we expect?
Essay - 1 pages - Political science
In the last few months, businessman Donald Trump has made a spectacular and surprising entry in the political world after rising to the position of the Republican candidate for the 2016 election just after announcing his decision to run. Trump has promised many massive changes in almost every...
The Republic of Germany and the German political system after World War II
Course material - 5 pages - Political science
Our conception of the Federal Republic of Germany is very different from what it was only 15 years ago. Throughout much of its history, Germany was under the leadership of dictators and was never very comfortable with democracy. Germany's first experience with democracy occurred from...
Sustainable Development Goals - Goal 5: Empower women and girls and make things equal for them
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
Ever since the society exists, the problem of equity between men and women is very present in the everyday life and very well known by all its members. Even though centuries passed, the situation is still alive and only in the past decades the difference started to be seen. Even if everybody is...
How is social protection organized in France in the field of work?
Study guide - 2 pages - Political science
For thirty years, the labor market has undergone profound transformations. The labor force has been increasing, mainly due to demographics. It is therefore important to frame at best the working conditions of all the active people who participate in the country's economy. Branch of social...
The Non-gouvernmental organizations
Study guide - 2 pages - Political science
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a public interest organization that is neither a government or an international institution. An NGO is a private actor participating in an international school of thought supported by an international institution. Marcel Merle defines NGO as "Any group,...
Imagine the conversation between Nick Clegg and David Cameron when they negotiate the coalition government
Study guide - 1 pages - Political science
Thursday, 6th May 2010, Britain voted. David Cameron, leader of the conservative party, is now the prime minister of United Kingdom. After the results of the elections and the breakthrough of Liberal Democrats party, David Cameron has called Nick Clegg, the leader of this party, in 10 Downing...
