Slavery in the United States of America
Course material - 2 pages - Modern history
Slavery already existed before the 17th century when it was in the American colonies. The Spanish first introduced it and made tremendous profits out of slavery. For financial and economic benefits, America decided to follow. In the American colonies, the first Africans were brought to Virginia...
World War I
Essay - 2 pages - Modern history
In June of 1914, one man by the name of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, was assassinated. The death of this man would ultimately lead to the bloodiest conflict in all of human history up to that point. This assassination was the final trigger in the tension that was brewing between...
Evolution of the Republican Idea in France from 1789 to 1870: A Historical Analysis
Essay - 4 pages - Medieval history
Discover the evolution of the republican idea in France from the French Revolution to the establishment of the Third Republic in 1870. This comprehensive overview explores the key milestones, challenges, and transformations that shaped the republican sentiment, from the initial break with...
CJEU Judgment on Romanian Judicial Promotion Regime
Law case - 7 pages - European law
The CJEU judgment in case C-216/21 highlights structural gaps in Romania's judicial promotion regime, undermining judicial independence and impartiality.
Understanding Political Authority: A Study of Legitimacy and Power Dynamics
Essay - 14 pages - Politic philosophy
Discover the intricacies of political authority and its relationship with power, legitimacy, and public perception. Understand how authority is exercised, maintained, and sometimes lost, through the lens of philosophers like Plato and Diderot. Learn how effective communication, experience, and...
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...
Clinton Impeached - Peter Baker, Juliet Eilperin (1998) - How does the lie become the main factor of accusation?
Text commentary - 2 pages - International relations
Despite his relative frequency in the last couple of years, an impeachment procedure remains a rare event in American political history, as it requires the members of Congress to be ready to vote for the deposition of an elected president - meaning first that the president has been...
Comparison of American, French and Russian presidencies
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Presidential regimes are not the same through the world. People give their presidents certain powers but also enable other body to control or remove the president in case of need through a constitution and by the way of elections. We discuss about three presidential regimes in this...
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...
Congress and Foreign Policy and Control of the Executive
Thesis - 10 pages - International relations
A Foreign Policy aims at finding how to expand the country into what territories through tactics of national interests, how to create and maintain a favorable international order, and how to protect democratic values at home and abroad.In the US, both the President and the Congress share...
The hidden motivations behind the religious discourse of George W. Bush and his decision to go to war in Iraq
Essay - 91 pages - Political science
Today's American exeptionalism is not only related to the myth of the American dream and to the U.S. military and economic superiority, but also to the role of religion in the American domestic and foreign policy. The president, himself, a born again Christian, does not hesitate to use...
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 impact of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy on the nation's capital
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
When John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected President in 1960, he was the youngest President in the history of the United States. Deciding to bring a new style, a new look and a new vitality to the White House, he had a major asset: his wife. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy was only...
The representation of the American reality series
Case study - 4 pages - Medias
Series where the president is represented are very successful in the United States. In the State where freedom of speech is the first amendment, movie makers enjoy creating fiction with the role of the president. They imagine a political life at the border between reality and...
The power of power
Thesis - 2 pages - Political science
In The President, Miguel Angel Asturias depicts a society in which all aspects of life are manipulated by a ruthless, tyrannical President. In the book, the President has control over all facets of daily life through his employment of a corrupt secret police; “A network...
Assess the significance of the Watergate scandal - publié le 12/01/2009
Thesis - 4 pages - Political science
Born in 1913 in California, Richard Nixon became the 37th president of the United States in 1968, after being governor of California in 1950, then vice-president at the side of Eisenhower. This republican president earned a big success at the beginning. He indeed managed to...
The presidency: Where foreign policy and domestic politics collide
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
Political scientists have long sought to discover where the foreign and the domestic spheres of the presidency connect. Presidents, it is assumed, must balance military needs with political needs, whether those political needs entail gaining domestic support for the president's...
The 1980 Iranian Hostage Rescue Mission Decision
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
"It was my decision to attempt the rescue operation. The responsibility is fully my own", stated President Carter after the failure of the rescue mission designed to save the American diplomats taken hostages in Iran, six months ago. By recognizing his full liability in this collapse,...
"Cultural Politics", E. Lampton (2002)
Book review - 11 pages - International relations
The book "Cultural Politics"written by E. Lampton addresses two simple questions: Why is the relationship between the United States and China so difficult for Washington and Beijing to manage? And how can it be handled more effectively? The book reaches one simple conclusion: both nations can...
The portrait of John F. Kennedy - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 8 pages - Modern history
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. The youngest ever elected to the presidency and the first of the Roman Catholic faith, John F. Kennedy won the...
The UN and France in the Ivorian crisis
Thesis - 20 pages - International relations
The “oldest daughter” of France did sink in the chaos following the events which have occurred in the night from September 18 to September 19, 2002 simultaneously in Bouake and Abidjan. We need to understand such a complex conflict where there is not enough retreat to seize all the...
JFK Assassination
Case study - 2 pages - Philosophy
President JF Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 while driving in an open limo through the Dallas. The autopsy report conducted showed that he was hit by two bullets-one on his head and another on the neck. Harvey Oswald, the culprit who is believed to have assassinated Kennedy was later...
Motivation, stress and communication: Case study
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
The job I chose would have to be something within the government. And if I picked a job there it would be as President of the United States of America. I would be in charge of running the country and deciding the fate of hundreds of millions of people. I would be in charge of a number...
The impact of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy on the nation's capital - publié le 29/11/2006
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
When John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected as the President in 1960, he was the youngest President in the history of the United States. Deciding to bring a new style, a new look and a new vitality to the White House, he had a major asset: his wife. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy was only...
Assess the significance of the Watergate scandal
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
Born in 1913 in California, Richard Nixon became the 37th president of the United States in 1968, after being governor of California in 1950, then vice-president at the side of Eisenhower. This republican president earned a big success at the beginning. He indeed managed to...
The Federal reserve system - published: 02/11/2010
Thesis - 7 pages - Finance
The structure of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve or Fed) is quite unusual and to understand why it is unusual we must analyze its history. The Fed was created in 1913 with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, and was largely a response to a series of financial crises,...
Venezuelian Foreign Policy
Essay - 25 pages - International relations
Articles on the subject of Venezuelan foreign policy are abundant, and easily available. Every political action, speech, or voyage of President Chavez is diligently covered by the media. It is because of the availability of such detailed information, that I decided to study a diversity of...
The portrait of John F. Kennedy
Essay - 8 pages - Modern history
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. The youngest ever elected to the presidency and the first of the Roman Catholic faith, John F. Kennedy won the...
Lyndon Baines Johnson: An overview study
Essay - 8 pages - Philosophy
When one thinks of the president Lyndon Baines Johnson, typically one associates him with the turbulent period we call the ‘sixties.' Whether or not his term in office merely coincided with this era is an issue often debated. Nonetheless, his commanding presence has left an...
Defining Republicanism
Essay - 9 pages - Modern history
When the Treaty of Paris officially ended the American Revolution in 1783, the new American citizens were faced with the challenge of forming a system of government that was functional, well structured, and non-oppressive. Over the course of six years, the former colonies searched for a...
