The suffragette movement
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
We commonly assume that the first feminist demands and protests appeared in the 19th century in Great Britain. However, this feminist spirit of rebellion already existed at that time, with for instance Olympe de Gouges who wrote La Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne in 18th...
What is the difference between "liberalization" and "democratization"?
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
In his 1997 article, The Rise of Illiberal Democracy, published in Foreign Affairs, Fareed Zakaria pointed out a phenomenon which had been growing among the newer states emerged from what Samuel Huntington named the Third Wave of Democracy (1990); newly elected powers regularly failing to...
What role does civil society play in democratization?
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
With the progressive end of the Cold War in the 1980's and the fall of the Eastern Block coincided the multiplication of the number of countries adopting a democratic form of government, an event described as the “third wave” of democratization by Samuel Huntington in his eponymous 1991...
Analyze the principal characteristics of liberalism with reference to current developments in the 'Arab spring' critically examine the view that liberalism's objectives and values are a form of western imperialism
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
The current international context is very complex. The 21st century is characterized by an entanglement of complex relations and inter-dependence between States. In the international studies, we often say that the 21st century began when the Soviet Union disappeared. Indeed, during the Cold War...
Analyze the principal characteristics of liberalism with reference to current developments in the 'Arab spring' critically examine the view that liberalism's objectives and values are a form of western imperialism - publié le 14/02/2013
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
The current international context is very complex. The 21st century is characterized by an entanglement of complex relations and inter-dependence between States. In the international studies, we often say that the 21st century began when the Soviet Union disappeared. Indeed, during the Cold War...
Ireland in the 20th century: Commentaries on a selection of pro-treat and anti-treaty handbills
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
I decided to examine four documents which are both pro and anti-treaty handbills and pamphlets, in order to understand the arguments put forward by those who supported the treaty in 1921 and those who rejected it. This Anglo-Irish treaty, signed by the British and Irish delegations in December...
Ernest Lavisse on the current situation of France (1894)
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
This document was written by Ernest Lavisse, a French historian. His work had a lot of influence in France, and he is considered being the founding father of the positivist conception of history. In this text, he provides us some interesting thoughts on two elements of the French history: the...
Was the Dreyfus affair a victory or a defeat for the Third Republic? - publié le 08/02/2013
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
On the 15 October 1894, the French Jewish Captain Alfred Dreyfus was arrested and accused of giving capital secret intelligence to the Germans. He was unanimously declared guilty of treason by the senior Paris court martial the 22 December 1894, and sentenced to deportation for life in the famous...
State power and world markets - Joseph M. Grieco and G. John Ikenberry - publié le 08/02/2013
Case study - 1 pages - Political science
In this text, Joseph M. Grieco and G. John Ikenberry are explaining one of the main economic theories, the comparative advantages theory of Ricardo. This theory is actually very simple. Ricardo showed that countries would gain to specify themselves in the production of one good and to use trade...
What is the concept of 'Total War' and how useful is it in understanding the conduct of the First World War?
Case study - 1 pages - Political science
The concept of total war describes a war that has implications not only on the battlefield, but for the whole society of the belligerent country. The war is not only fought on the front anymore, but also within the State. It leads to the setup of a war economy: the people are rationed for the war...
23 things they don't tell you about capitalism (Thing 9) - Ha-Joon Chang, 2010
Case study - 1 pages - Political science
In this text, Ha-Joon Chang strongly contests the idea according from which we are currently in a post-industrial age. Such statement derives from the current disappearance of the manufactory industry in the developed countries in favor of the tertiary sector and thus of a service economy. This...
Introduction to the major tools and concepts of the geopolitical approach
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
Western countries used to fix the rules, but today other countries are contesting the rules. After the end of the Cold war, the US was considered a hyper power: it was the only country able to rule the world in terms of economy, policy, culture… The US was so strong it could impose...
Letter concerning the account of negotiations with Rogers and Partners.
Sample letter - 2 pages - Political science
Negotiation between the Oxford Board of Transport and a vocational training organisation called Roygers and Partners. The OFB wants to train this staff to improve their skills in two field : customer service and conflict management. The targeted staff are the bus drivers, and the employees...
The new politics of the welfare state
Case study - 8 pages - Political science
The New Politics of the Welfare State gathers a selection of key texts and thinkers in order to analyse the question of welfare state transformation in our current ‘post-industrial society'. By using Esping-Andersen's division of the three ‘worlds' of welfare system, the scholars...
Europe and the far-right movements
Case study - 9 pages - Political science
On Friday, July 22, 2011, two terrorist attacks occurred in Oslo, Norway. The first one was an explosion which happened at Regjeringskvartalet, government district of the city of Oslo, killing eight people and injuring several others. The second attack occurred two hours later in a youth camp...
What can the study of EU environmental policy tell us about EU governance?
Case study - 10 pages - Political science
Although it was not at the core of the EU integration, the environmental policy is nowadays at the heart of the EU policy-making and governance. This regulatory policy relies on the statement that all human actions have an impact (positive or negative) on the environment. Recognized as useful and...
Special relationship between England and America
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
Louis XVI, who detested the English, protested " Americans feel a fatadic predilection to Britain". This quote was the first use the expression a "special relationship", that Churchill later went on to use in 1946. Indeed these two countries have shared a common language and similar cultures,...
Critically assess the significance of the principle of subsidiary within the EU's legal framework
Case study - 14 pages - Political science
Central concept in the ‘European language', the principle of subsidiarity is at the core of the European Union (EU) legal order, at the heart its politics and policies. With the principles of conferral, of proportionality, the direct effect of the supremacy of EU law, the principle of the...
The Great Scramble: European Anxiety and the Division of Africa
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
In the high Victorian era, the Great Powers of Europe were suddenly struck with what initially seemed a inexplicable fever to divide among themselves an entire continent about which they knew remarkably little. Although some of the colonies subsequently formed became very profitable, the initial...
Mass media and the war in Iraq
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
The song entitled "Boom!", by the band System of a Down (S.O.A.D), appears off their third studio album Steal This Album! Released in 2002, the album failed to meet the success of S.O.A.D's previous album Toxicity. The album was created mainly because unfinished songs were leaked onto the...
Why voter turnout should matter
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
Voter turnout in the United States can be defined as the number of votes cast versus the number of registered voters. Since the 1960s, voter turnout in the United States has been steadily declining. "After rising sharply from 1948 to 1960, turnout declined in nearly every election until dropping...
The struggle of the civil war
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
Strong national parties in both the North and South seemed capable of resolving sectional issues. But by the late 1850s, America became more and more divided with the adoption of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. This act negated the Compromise of 1850 and allowed the expansion of slavery on a...
Colonies lay foundation for U.S.
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
The colonization of the New World began with Spain. Soon after, England began taking a serious interest in colonizing the New World for economic, social, and religious benefits. England saw a great economic advantage through colonizing. America was the world's new market and English companies...
The Indian caste system compared to middle age feudalism
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
Society has transformed its design to structure itself in the most efficient possible way through many trials of success and failure. The separation of people into different levels of class has always erupted within the majority of governments of ancient civilizations mainly due to the various...
Can humanitarian intervention ever be purely humanitarian?
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
“Humanitarian war is an oxymoron which may have become reality”(Slim, 1996, 1). Slim' s quote describes perfectly our contemporary world where interventions in the name of human security have become a common international concern in global politics. In the 20th century, it is estimated...
How convincing do you find Weber's analysis of the relationship between Protestantism and the rise of modern capitalism?
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
Many sociologists have raised the issue of religion and economic behavior but it is Weber's Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, published in 1904 which has had the biggest impact on the history of sociological thought. The imminent German philosopher of the beginning of the 20th...
Sample resume: Comoros mission to the United Nations
Sample resume - 2 pages - Political science
The United Nations Third Committee is the committee dealing with Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs, as well as Human Rights issues. The main focus of these Human Rights Issues being the Advancement of Women, the Protection of Children and the treatment of Refugees addressing a variety of...
Radical persuasion: How cults gain members
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
It is easy to hear about a thousand people killing themselves at the suggestion of one man and dismisses them as being crazy. It is natural to hear of people committing suicide to board a spaceship and write them off as being gullible sheep. When one hears about a group of people living in a...
A war for identity: Vladimir Putin's image as a product of the war in the Northern Caucuses
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
Voloyda Putin stood atop a staircase looking down at the toilet that was fixated against the bottom stair of the communal apartment. He gripped the freezing metal handrail with his left hand and shifted the large wooden stick in his right. He had spotted another one. With his eye on the target...
Language and violence: An analysis of President Bush's recent rhetoric
Case study - 7 pages - Political science
His words have influenced the way we see our roles as Americans and the way we see and respond to the violence that was perpetrated against us. To what extent are the President's speeches the persuasive rhetoric of a good leader, and to what extent are they distortions of reality? Political...
