Northern Ireland Assembly Debate on Policing and Justice Matters
Text analysis - 3 pages - Political life and election
A 2008 Northern Ireland Assembly committee debate on devolving policing and justice matters, featuring discussions between Sinn Féin, UUP, and DUP representatives.
Committee Business: Report on the Inquiry into the Devolution of Policing and Justice Matters, Extract - Northern Ireland Assembly (2008) - How are the three parties defending what they think is the best interests of the community in front of their opponents?
Text analysis - 3 pages - Political life and election
The text studied is an abstract from the Report of the Committee Business of the Northern Ireland Assembly, talking about Devolution of Policing and Justice Matters, on March 11th, 2008. The document is the transcript of the intervention of different members, after the announcement of the...
Congressman Dennis Kucinich addresses the Democratic National Convention on August 26, 2008 - Dennis Kucinich (2008) - How did Kucinich use criticism of the former administrations to promote Obama's idea to value the return to a real American democracy? - Obama's Ideas
Text analysis - 1 pages - Political life and election
Throughout his speech, Kucinich does not exactly develop the reforms thought by Obama, but points out the major challenges he would like to face and provide improvements for.
2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address - Barack Obama (2004) - How can a politician make a unique and inspirational keynote through his personal experience and background?
Text analysis - 2 pages - Political life and election
The text studied is a speech by Barack Obama, given on the 27th of July 2004, during the Democratic National Convention in Boston. At this time, Obama was still a newcomer to politics, engaged with John Kerry. The whole keynote is to encourage people to vote for John Kerry, representant of the...
Better Together: Speech by Ex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the Eve of the Scottish Independence Referendum in September, 2014 - What rhetorical techniques are adopted by the former Minister during his speech in order to persuade the audience of his arguments?
Text analysis - 2 pages - Political life and election
The speech we are going to analyze was held the day before the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum by Gordon Brown, former Labor Prime Minister of the UK, as part of the Better Together campaign. Brown was a firm defender of the "No" vote, and in this speech, he clearly establishes his position...
The Downing Street years (Margaret Thatcher)
Text analysis - 4 pages - Political life and election
This text is an extract from Margaret Thatcher's Memoirs, 'My Downing Street Years'. This book is an autobiography written by Thatcher herself in 1995, in which she explains her ideology and justifies her government policies, led from 1979 to 1990. This book is more a political...
Civility Electoral Vote and Foreclosure of Violence in France
Text analysis - 12 pages - Political life and election
The incentives fail to motivate social actors to develop the modern political order as an ideal of rationality and functionality that is a guarantor of genuine peace of mind and body. By characterizing the state through its ability to claim "a monopoly of legitimate physical coercion", Max Weber...
Commentary on Margaret Thatcher's memoirs
Text analysis - 3 pages - Political life and election
Margaret Thatcher became the UK's first woman Prime Minister, and she won two further general elections. However, she became the most unpopular Prime Minister in British history. This text is extracted from 'The Downing Street Years', by Margaret Thatcher in 1995. In this extract she...
Participation and trust on contemporary western societies
Text analysis - 4 pages - Political life and election
In his article "Ruling the Void?, Peter Mair has investigated the decline of the conventional political patterns, and more precisely the average citizen's demobilization towards the traditional political parties in most of the old settled Western democracies. This trend has been largely...
