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 dictatorships still...
Aung San Suu Kyi
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
To understand Aung San Suu Kyi, we must first understand the country and the circumstances in which she fights. Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Burma. Burma lies between Bangladesh and Thailand; it was a province of India until 1937 when it became a self-governing colony, its capital is Rangoon. In...
A Constitution for Europe?
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
In May 2005, every French home received a book titled Treaty for the European Union. Based on the notions of liberty and democracy, the European Union was already divided on its decision to adopt the European Constitution or not. Defending the ideas of freedom since their adhesion to the EU, a...
Transformation of European Democracies : Essay The role of the British parliament and its power
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Democracy is a system in which the citizens are endowed with a set of inalienable rights, and hold the sovereignty of the power. A parliamentary democracy is a political system in which the citizens allow their representatives, the members of the parliaments to act in their name and place through...
The far-right in Europe - publié le 06/03/2008
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
The far-right in Europe has been a permanent feature in the European countries since the fifties. But for some years the far-right movement, most of the time a mix of populism and nationalism, has an increasing audience among the European population. Earlier it was indeed seen as a marginalized...
What drives the GenY?
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
Who are the GenY? Like any other generation, birthdates might be a relevant indicator. In this specific case, Gen Y are born around the same historical period, that is from the mid-80' to today. However, it is more in terms of shared needs and expectations that they offer an interesting case to...
China, India, and their respective Diasporas
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
The last few decades has seen the explosion in international flows like monetary flows, flows of goods, human flows. This is part of a wide movement that has kept on increasing since the end of World War II, and one that has later been called globalization. In this phenomenon, two new major...
Participation, the principle of good administration
Essay - 11 pages - Political science
Representative democracy is a form of democracy founded on the exercise of popular sovereignty by the people's representatives. The representatives supposedly act in the people's interest, but not as their proxy representative i.e., not necessarily always according to wishes, but with...
Case Study: Surasia's ministry of internal affairs (headquarters)
Case study - 15 pages - Political science
This paper will analyse the Suraisia government Ministry of Internal Affairs' attempt to introduce an innovative culture to the Ministry of internal affairs HQ (MIQ) through the creation of “SSS” and “3i” initiatives. This analysis will take into account the drivers of the...
The European employment strategy
Essay - 22 pages - Political science
The European Union is the most accomplished multinational organization in the world. Since it's beginning in 1950, with the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Union has been integrating more and more, becoming a unique. The European Union was at first, based on economic performances....
Music and politics (2004)
Essay - 16 pages - Political science
Art is often seen as a way to escape from reality, to enter a new universe, and indeed it is. Art has to create emotions, to make people understand how irrational their life can be or sometimes just to make the beauty hidden from their eyes appears. And nobody knows how Art manage to touch so...
Is cooperation possible ? - publié le 03/03/2008
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
2001 saw the world united in indignation, and the emergence of a tacit promise to cooperate in the war to annihilate the flaw of terrorism. 2002 saw the same world divided and torn in the debate over a war carried out by those considering it as vital, and opposed as inconsiderate and unwise by...
Did the League of Nation fail?
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
The idea of an international organization find its roots in the early 18th Century, carried out through Kant's nib. As the world changes and goes towards a globalization of political, economical and social factors, the will of a new form of a society appears to be one of the major concepts of...
Nuclear proliferation (March 2007)
Worksheets - 3 pages - Political science
With the collapse of the USSR and the end of the Cold War, a wind of hope blew across the world. Nuclear proliferation was thought to be a thing of the past, and the building of a peaceful world was believed to be possible. Unfortunately, this season of optimism was short-lived, and soon realised...
In which way can the Esping-Andersen theory help us into doing a comparative analysis of the European social systems? - publié le 29/02/2008
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
Europe is facing major changes at the beginning of the 21st century. Many consider the 19th century as savage industrialization's one. Liberalism largely evolved in the 20th century as evidenced by the fantastic pace of growth of welfare state in many countries in the 1960s and the 1970s. Indeed,...
Lebanon's fragility: The case of the Civil War 1975-1990 - publié le 28/02/2008
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
The states of the Arab East have always experienced challenging political and social issues mainly inherited from their creation by Great Powers after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Indeed, the Western organizational model of the time, i.e. nation-state, poorly fitted the regional realities....
Discuss the methods by which Britain became a great power
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
The very notion of power and by extension the one of great power, have always been elaborate concepts to grasp. Should one study the strength of a nation from a historical perspective, then it appears that the notion of great power could only be defined comparatively. Indeed, it is only in its...
Democratic transitions in the Arab world
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
At the end of the Cold war, the political models of modernization different from democracy were totally discredited. Democracy, defined by Ghassan Salamé as an ‘arrangement institutionnnel qui permet de garantir la participation des citoyens au choix de leurs dirigeants par la voie...
The African Union and the Darfur crisis: Stakes, results and prospects
Essay - 9 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...
What were the origins of the French Revolution? Economically, politically, culturally, intellectually
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
Since the beginning of the Revolution, the contemporaries have looked for explaining the events that occurred during the French Revolution. They suggested several arguments about the causes of the revolution. Some argue that the Revolution is the consequence of a plot, an intellectual conspiracy....
Torture and Confession: History over Time and Space
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Torture must be humane, that is, it should cease immediately when the person confesses', wrote a French officer during the Algerian war, to regulate the practise of torture. This sentence reveals an interesting point, concerning the link between torture and confession. By being the only...
New Rome
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
French Minister Hubert Vedrine has admitted that since the fall of the Soviet Union's America is the only “superpower”. The United States is no longer in competition with other countries. America seems to be invulnerable and rules over international relationships because of which...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) law and the environment
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
In 1979 the Brandt Commission recommended that an international trade organization incorporating both GATT and UNCTAD was the objective towards which the international community should work. This dream came true in January 1995 when the World Trade Organization (WTO) became the successor to GATT,...
Remembering Veronica Guerin
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
Had Hamlet been Irish, he would certainly have said that 'there is something rotten in the State of Ireland'. So would Veronica Guerin, an investigative journalist who believed in exposing the truth about 'drug barons' and crime in Ireland. She confronted ruthless gang members,...
The American Declaration of Independence
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
On the 4th of July 1776, was adopted by the Second Continental Congress, the American Declaration of Independence, completing the Lee Resolution, that asserted the independence of the Thirteen Colonies. This Declaration proclaimed that the Thirteen British Colonies in North America were 'Free...
Pro-israeli lobbies in the United States
Worksheets - 3 pages - Political science
The Jewish community in the USA is often criticized because of the belief that it is responsible for the USA's foreign policy in the Middle East. There's a strong belief that the Jewish community is represented by very powerful and organized organizations, that exert a great influence in...
Can the military be a-political? Should it be?
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
The world has been stunned since 1989 by the speed with which the countries of Eastern Europe abandoned four decades of Marxist-Leninist rule and moved into Western-style democracy and capitalism. Although the process of transition was, of course, delicate, it seems that very often economic and...
Despite the state sovereignty principle, why have some states improve their human rights practices in response to international pressures?
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
For World War II, a large majority of states had been involved in international organisations, like the UN, and they have been linked by international conventions and treaties. Obviously, because of the increase in international relationships, states always have an eye on anothers politics, which...
Review of Mearsheimer-Walt, "The Israel Lobby"
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
The last few decades has witnessed what is perceived to be unconditional support for the state of Israel. This support, which began after the 1967 War, is not wavering and according to two international scholars, sometimes contradicts the best interests of the United States of America. At the...
Why, according to Iversen, have the United States and Continental Europe adopted such different approaches to labor markets and social protection?
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
Published in 2005, Torben Iversen, tries in his book ?Capitalism, Democracy and Welfare', to build a general explanation on why within a group of countries labeled western type democracies there are such differences regarding economic equality and welfare protection. With an integrated...
