Freedom, Liberty and Democracy
Dissertation - 5 pages - Political science
Democracy is considered by many to be the best type of political system possible, and among this group many believe the system of democracy in the United States is also the best of the best. This notion is one worth examining, and one that in some way has become more relevant in the...
Flaws in utilitarian theories of punishment
Dissertation - 3 pages - Political science
In law and ethics, there is a well known theory that the punishment should fit the crime. In other words, the severity of the punishment should be reasonable and proportional to the severity of the crime. This is the theory of punishment that much of the world adheres to, although the...
The use of political force
Dissertation - 3 pages - Political science
The state has a monopoly on the legitimate use of force, but citizens sometimes also resort to force for political ends. This essay will discuss the circumstances under which this type of force is politically justified, and whether violence has ever led to positive social change. From this it...
The failure of America's health care system
Dissertation - 16 pages - Political science
America's health care system is in trouble. More money is spent on health care in the U.S. than any other country in the world. Our terminally privatized and competitive health system is the most expensive, yielding some of the poorest results. Health care spending is spiraling out of control,...
The conquest of Mexico: Indigenous actions, Iberian Influence and hegemony
Dissertation - 3 pages - Political science
Throughout history, nations and states sought to dominate subordinate groups under many different circumstances. In the first quarter of the sixteenth century, the Spanish Conquistadors began to conquer and colonize the area that would become Mexico (this essay will primarily discuss the events...
Casts and politics
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
India has always been a great mystery to the foreign mind. Indian society has, its own mythology, customs and traditions, such as the very peculiar division of society, which is quite different from the common segmentation into economic classes. The Hindu social organization divides society in...
Martin Luther King Jr and Gandhi review of Stride toward Freedom
Text analysis - 5 pages - Political science
"The intellectual and moral satisfaction that I failed to gain from the utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill, the revolutionary methods of Marx and Lenin, the social contract theory of Hobbes, the ?back to nature' optimism of Rousseau, and the superman philosophy of Nietzche, I found in the...
Terrorism in Sri Lanka: Three decades of civil war
Dissertation - 6 pages - Political science
The history of terrorism in Sri Lanka is mainly a history of the Tamil Tigers and their use of suicide attacks to promote an independent Tamil State, but there is also another terrorist history that the country has dealt with, and that is the uprising and insurgencies of the JVP party of...
Russia: the birth of a leader, Vladimir Putin
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
"Boris Yeltsin and Mikhaïl Gorbachev moved toward destruction of the system that no longer could sustain the Soviet people. I'm not sure I could have had the guts to do that myself. This is a very important change. It gave Russia her freedom.? Vladimir Putin said that while being interviewed...
How Nonprofit Organizations Could Assure Their Survival and Even Their Growth By Understanding Their Stakeholders?
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
Currently most of the world's population lives in democratic societies and market-based economies. However too many people are still confronting high levels of inequality, insecurity and uncertainty. The third sector, the voluntary sector or more generally the Nonprofit sector, defined as the...
Nature of Relations between the Nonprofit Sector and the State
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
The idea of civil society represents a complex concept, which includes several different roles. Stating its nature and its goals in one definition is a challenge. Usually, civil society is described as a space, different from the market and the state, where citizens can be engaged with each other...
Greed and corruption: The emergence of corporate fraud in North America
Dissertation - 4 pages - Political science
Corporations are the cornerstone of the North American economy. While they were first formed as non-profit organizations created for the public good in European societies, by the 17th century, the focus for many corporations changed and the drive to make money took precedence over working for...
Impact and application of affirmative action (24 slides)
Presentation - 2 pages - Political science
Affirmative action is a positive discrimination to ensure the social and economic enhancement of under represented minorities. It provides external support to remove people from the vicious circle of economic backwardness and incompetence. Affirmative action also enables in conducting private and...
Arkansas state government: Political environment, institutions, and legislation
Dissertation - 5 pages - Political science
The state of Arkansas' distinct political environment requires a well planned policy initiative in order to drastically change policy, such as to increase the state's income tax. With a number of costly initiatives currently being implemented, particularly in infrastructure and education, an...
Self-expression with regard to the political environment: The case of Czechoslovakia
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
Throughout history, nations have subordinated others politically, culturally and economically. The ruling regime usually used people who spoke out as an example in order to stifle the rest of the population. The ruling regime would utilize such cases to exercise their power of intimidation. This...
Birth of Modern Turkey and Nationalism rise: The Kemalism assimilation
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Reflecting on the Turkish Nationalism in the 1930's is an interesting phenomenon. The Turkish nationalism is a combination of the European nationalism waves of the inter-war period and the need of the hour ?unity' in the newly created Republic of Turkey. Further, it is also involved in...
What are the main obstacles to the provision of global public goods?
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Global public goods are hard to define. Even though, there is a consensus about the definitions of public goods and collective goods, there exists different approaches. Public goods are supposed to be available for all and they are characterized by two principles: non-rivalry, which means that...
An analysis of why Canada's regulation of competition is weaker than in the United States
Dissertation - 9 pages - Political science
Canada, with its more or less 30 million people, is one of the United States biggest trading partners. As a matter of fact Canada is the US largest market for its agricultural export in the northern hemisphere. This importance of the Canadian market had been numerously acknowledged by the United...
Maasai gender relations during the colonial period: A patriarchal transformation
Case study - 15 pages - Political science
The imposition of colonial power in Africa disrupted all aspects of indigenous society. Not only were Africans robbed of political independence, but pre-colonial social structures were also destroyed or transformed based on the mercy of certain colonial powers. The Maasai, a pastoral people in...
Women and Unions in Contemporary Japan
Essay - 15 pages - Political science
Post-war Japan has seen considerable change with regard to women. The 1946 Constitution guaranteed for the first time, the equality of men and women under the law. Subsequently, the revised Civil Code and a range of domestic laws, including the Fundamental Law of Education and the Labour...
Effective leadership in public administration: "The great leader is seen as servant first", Robert K. Greenleaf
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
Globalization, decentralization, economic uncertainties, and other contemporary challenges ask for a new kind of governance and a new role for public agents in every country. Governments have to reshape the public sector to cope with this environment that requires civil servants to assume new...
Leftist movements in Latin America
Essay - 1 pages - Political science
In the 1990s, a political tendency to the left took place in many Latin American countries, numerous leftist politicians came to power simultaneously. A few examples should be mentioned, such as Chavez in Venezuela, Lula in Brazil, Nestor Kirchner in Argentina or Michelle Bachelet in Chile. This...
The emergence of democracy in sub-saharan Africa
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
"A nation is [therefore] a large-scale solidarity, constituted by the feeling of the sacrifices that one has made in the past and of those that one is prepared to make in the future. It presupposes a past; it is summarized, however, in the present by a tangible fact, namely, consent, the clearly...
Discuss how "race difference" was constructed and deployed in the Irish/British struggles
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Ireland is an island situated off the west coast of England. It is the oldest colony of the powerful British Empire. Indeed, the British were attracted by Ireland's fertile lands. Furthermore, this part of their kingdom could be a springboard for the Crown to spread the English hegemony....
Globalization and the women's movement in Chile
Dissertation - 9 pages - Political science
Globalization, namely the neoliberal economic policies and democratic decentralized market oriented state, is considered to be both a positive and negative development. Globalization intends to improve the conditions of developing countries so that they may experience all the benefits of...
The African Union and the Darfur crisis: Stakes, results and prospects - publié le 17/05/2009
Dissertation - 11 pages - Political science
Since the independence of Sudan in 1956, Darfur, situated in the western part of the country, has been confronted with numerous and violent conflicts. The actual crisis in the region began in February 2003 and opposed originally the non-Arab rebels of Darfur against the forces of the Sudanese...
Robert Kagan, "Of Paradise and Power, America and Europe in the New World Order"
Book review - 5 pages - Political science
Robert Kagan's Of Paradise and Power was published in January 2003. The book is in fact an extension of the author's article “Power and Weakness” which appeared in the Policy Review in June 2002. In his book, Kagan presents a very interesting point of view. He shows that, whether...
A discussion on the efficiency of a Regional instrument: The Cartagena Declaration - publié le 17/05/2009
Dissertation - 5 pages - Political science
The events which disturbed South America started in the 70's and during the period 1975-1982 for Central America. Encouraged by the reversal of power of general Pinochet in Chili on September the 11th in 1973, other countries of the South American continent (Argentina, Uruguay, Brasil...)...
Reflection on a discourse by Tony Blair to the American Congress - publié le 17/05/2009
Dissertation - 5 pages - Political science
Tony Blair addressed a discourse to the congress of the United States of America (USA) on July, 17th, 2003. It is a political text strongly related to the political context at that point of time, which I will discuss later on. The discourse can be explained by looking at each of the sentences and...
Communatarism" in Great Britain and the "French Republican model" of integration: With which method should the public policies be controlled while dealing with a multicultural society - publié le 17/05/2009
Dissertation - 4 pages - Political science
The issues of national identity, citizenship and multiculturalism are definitely in the middle of nowadays debates. In his work, John Rex develops the approach that the development of multiculturalism policies might diminish tensions between dominant and minority groups within a contemporary...
