Bulgaria: Transition towards democracy - publié le 21/01/2009
Essay - 22 pages - Political science
Bulgaria is due for accession to the European Union in 2007. According to most international reporting mechanisms the country has reached the final stages of democracy, and is ready to proceed with accession. While on many levels, such as economically and politically, Bulgaria may have...
Democracy deficit in Canada
Thesis - 6 pages - Political science
Canadians have always loved the fact that their nation is a democracy, and arguable one of the most developed democracies in the world. However, now more than ever before, there is a call from many Canadians to reinvigorate and revitalize democratic institutions in the country. One only...
Bulgaria: Transition towards democracy
Case study - 29 pages - Economy general
Bulgaria is due for accession to the European Union in 2007. According to most international reporting mechanisms the country has reached the final stages of democracy, and is ready to proceed with accession. While on many levels, such as economically and politically, Bulgaria may have...
Union Tradition, Institutionalization Dynamic and Industrial Democracy in France and Germany after
Essay - 12 pages - Modern history
The concept of industrial democracy is both old and generic. As such, it allows the comparative questions in an unique arrangements and ideas that have emerged in national and historical contexts. The notion of 'industrial relations' in France and 'industrial relations' in...
Approaching Alexis de Tocqueville's Democratic Poetry: The French strenuous perusing of Democracy in America
Essay - 14 pages - Politic philosophy
"Mr. de Tocqueville, let us have a chat", King Louis-Philippe would say, "I want you to tell me a bit about America". This conversation between the French with Alexis de Tocqueville about America and Democracy is more than 170 years old but still seems to whet the interest of French...
Did Poland make a success of its return to the democracy?
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
Poland, the fatherland of Nicolas Copernicus, Frederic Chopin and Jean-Paul II, is widely regarded as an icon of the emancipation of the people's democracies of Central and Eastern Europe with respect to the USSR. More still, Poland appears in the international imagery as an effective...
A critical examination of the European Union's commitment and approach to promoting democracy and Human Rights in accession candidate countries and elsewhere in the world - publié le 17/05/2009
Thesis - 10 pages - European union
The current image of European Union's democracy promotion is marred by the discrepancies of member states' attitude vis-à-vis the Chinese violation of the Human Rights. In contrast to most European countries, Great Britain and Germany have already claimed that they will not assist to the...
The party of European socialists and the identity of European social democracy - publié le 31/08/2006
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
The question as to whether there is currently something that can be called the crisis of social-democracy is arguable. Social-democracy and socialist parties are still the counterpart of Conservatives and Christian-democrats, sharing alternatively between government responsibilities...
The party of European socialists and the identity of European social democracy
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
The question wether there is currently something that can be called the crisis of social-democracy is arguable: after all, social-democractic and socialist parties are still the counterpart of Conservatives and Christian-democrats, sharing alternaltively government responsibilities at...
A critical examination of the European Union's commitment and approach to promoting democracy and Human Rights in accession candidate countries and elsewhere in the world
Essay - 10 pages - European union
The current image of European Union's democracy promotion is marred by the discrepancies of member states' attitude vis-à-vis the Chinese violation of the Human Rights. In contrast to most European countries, Great Britain and Germany have already claimed that they will not assist to the...
Was the political economy under Blair best described as neo-liberal or reformed Keynesian?
Essay - 9 pages - Economic politics
In order to answer the question as to whether the political economy of New Labor under Blair was best described as neo liberal or reformed Keynesianism, it is necessary to define the two ideological trajectories. Indeed, neo liberalism sees the markets as self regulating entities and...
The will for democracy in Hong Kong: does it dismiss the modernization theory model?
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
According to the modernization theory, the better the economical situation of a country is, the more likely a country is to adopt a democratic political regime. Indeed, according to Samuel Huntington, the economical growth may lead to the rise of the importance of middle-class and of their...
Book review : GIDDENS, Anthony, The Third Way: the Renewal of Social Democracy, Cambridge, Polity, 1998
Book review - 6 pages - Linguistics & languages
Faced to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the socialist bloc in the late 1980s on the one hand, and the advanced spread of the neoliberal discourse, on the other, European social democrat parties started a process of discussion which aimed to analyse realistically the global changes that the...
Democracy in Nigeria at the dawn of the 21st century - publié le 12/01/2009
Thesis - 6 pages - Political science
“« Democracy is good, » says Godwin Eweye, a video-store owner, « but Nigeria is not yet fully democratic. »” A few days only after Nigeria's 2003 parliamentary elections, this local comment illustrates the enduring difficulties that the country faces in its attempt to...
The struggle for democracy: An analysis of false flag terrorism in post-war Italy and its contemporary relevance
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
To analyze politics is to attempt to understand the evolution and application of ideas in circumstances that are seldom clearly defined. These ideas are formulated into ideological structures that become the governing principles of specific political philosophies. Words such as morals, culture,...
Dictatorship and democracy- an essay
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
In December 2010 began what is called "Jasmine Revolution" in Tunisia. The term 'Jasmine' is much criticized in the press and is not unanimous: in fact, the term "Jasmine" was used when Ben Ali took power and the term evokes sweetness, this contrasts with the destruction and pillage the...
Who governs in modern liberal democracies?
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
"Imagination governs the world? said Napoleon Bonaparte three centuries ago. It may however, be difficult in today's world, to affirm who governs the world. Mankind has always been governed by numerous models. Thus, the Greeks invented democracy and were governed by the "demos", the...
Democracy in Nigeria at the dawn of the 21st century
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
“« Democracy is good, » says Godwin Eweye, a video-store owner, « but Nigeria is not yet fully democratic. »” A few days only after Nigeria's 2003 parliamentary elections, this local comment illustrates the enduring difficulties that the country faces in its attempt to...
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...
Book review: Democracy and Education, by John Dewey John Dewey
Book review - 3 pages - Literature
John Dewey was a philosopher, psychologist, and political commentator and activist, who also wrote about a whole host of other topics: art, nature, logic, ethics, and democracy, amongst others. However, most of all, he is perhaps known as an educational thinker. His ideas on education are...
Issues in and around Liberal Theory: What is Liberalism?
Essay - 7 pages - Economy general
“In this essay I shall propose a theory about what liberalism is”. Dworkin's project is here clearly exposed. And, as most political thinkers when they try to define a coherent theory at the fundaments of actual political movements, “I face an immediate problem. My project supposes...
Issues in and around Liberal Theory: What is Liberalism? - publié le 13/01/2009
Essay - 7 pages - Philosophy
“In this essay I shall propose a theory about what liberalism is”. Dworkin's project is here clearly exposed. And, as most political thinkers when they try to define a coherent theory at the fundaments of actual political movements, “I face an immediate problem. My project supposes...
Democracy and totalitarism - publié le 11/05/2009
Thesis - 6 pages - Philosophy
Nowadays the term ‘democracy ‘has become a widespread reality which is practically accepted everywhere. Even China's leaders argue that their country is on the path to democracy but “it needs time” (Wen Jiabao, China's Prime Minister). Nevertheless many...
The "pro-democracy movement" in the summer of 1989 posed the biggest challenge to the CCP regime in PRC history. What were the causes of the movement and why did it fail? What is your assessment of the prospect for China's democratization?
Essay - 5 pages - Political life and election
"We are going to take back the powers of democracy and freedom from the hands of that gang of old men who have grabbed those powers away from us". Those are the words of Wand Dan, student leader, during a speech on Tiananmen Square at the end of April 1989. Since 1984 and the acceleration...
Is liberal democratic peace theory dead?
Essay - 4 pages - Politic philosophy
Democratic peace theory, which postulates that democracies tend to avoid conflict with each other, has long been a cornerstone of international relations thinking. However, as the world evolves, some voices are being raised to question the validity of this theory. This essay therefore explores...
Democracy and totalitarism
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
Nowadays the term ‘democracy ‘has become a widespread reality which is practically accepted everywhere. Even China's leaders argue that their country is on the path to democracy but “it needs time” (Wen Jiabao, China's Prime Minister). Nevertheless many...
Identify and Assess the Core Elements of Liberal Thinking in International Politics
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
At the end of World War I, the world was traumatized and will never be the same as it was before. Indeed, the 'Great War' was the first total war, the first large-scale slaughter. President Woodrow Wilson in his 14 points speech represents his hope for a change in international policy. In...
The paradox of American democracy (Chap. 1), by John B. Judis
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
John B. Judis is a senior editor at The New Republic, where he is working since 1982. He graduated at the University of California at Berkeley in 1965 and taught philosophy there later on. He was an active leftist activist during the 60es and founded the leftwing journal The Socialist Revolution...
What are the common classical liberal assumptions about human rights and how are they criticized by Proudhon, Marx, Engels, and Bebel?
Essay - 3 pages - Theories and economic notions
The United States declaration of rights proclaims three main rights: right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. They are perceived as intrinsic to human beings. These principles were built in opposition to the monarchy and were supposed to ensure the people their rights, in the sense of...
Institutions and Political Representation - Good representation is an unreachable goal
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
"Good representation" is a tricky phrase. The idea of "unreachable goal" is another. First part of the proposition: What can the expression "good representation" mean in a democratic context? If there is such a thing as "good representation," then there is also such a thing as "bad...
