Political instability: France, Germany and Italy - publié le 30/11/2006
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
The aim of this essay is to understand and analyze the features of political instability which occurred throughout the 20th century, in France, Germany, and Italy. This objective can be fulfilled by analyzing the works of Almond and Sartori. Almond's work tries to classify the different...
Political instability: France, Germany and Italy
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
Comparison and explanation of the political instability experienced by pre-Fifth Republic France, during the Third and Fourth Republics of Weimar, Germany and post-war Italy The aim of this essay is to understand and analyze the different features of the political instability which occurred...
Globalisation and nation-sates: « The logic of the world economy has in many ways transcended the scale of nation-states » (Knox and Agnew, 1998: 372)
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
Globalization is a complex phenomenon based on the economics of internationalization of trade and the emergence of a single world market which entails the significance of geographical, political and cultural repercussions. Indeed, the volume of international exchanges of goods has been multiplied...
Globalisation and nation-sates: « The logic of the world economy has in many ways transcended the scale of nation-states » (Knox and Agnew, 1998: 372) - publié le 29/11/2006
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
Globalisation is a complex phenomenon based on an economic dynamic of internationalisation of trade and the emergence of a single world market but that entails significant geographical, political and cultural repercussions. Indeed, the volume of international exchanges of goods has been...
The impact of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy on the nation's capital - publié le 29/11/2006
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
When John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected as the President in 1960, he was the youngest President in the history of the United States. Deciding to bring a new style, a new look and a new vitality to the White House, he had a major asset: his wife. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy was only thirty-one,...
The impact of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy on the nation's capital
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
When John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected President in 1960, he was the youngest President in the history of the United States. Deciding to bring a new style, a new look and a new vitality to the White House, he had a major asset: his wife. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy was only thirty-one, but she...
War and the American Presidency : Arthur Schlesinger
Book review - 4 pages - Political science
War And The American Presidency was written by Arthur Schlesinger Jr., who used to be an adviser for Adlai Stevenson's campaign and a special assistant to President Kennedy . He participated in the founding of Americans for Democratic Action, "America's oldest independent liberal lobbying...
War and the American Presidency : Arthur Schlesinger - publié le 29/11/2006
Book review - 4 pages - Political science
War And The American Presidency was written by Arthur Schlesinger Jr., who used to be an adviser for Adlai Stevenson's campaign and a special assistant to President Kennedy . He participated in the founding of Americans for Democratic Action, “America's oldest independent liberal...
"Adenauer's pursuit of Western integration consolidated democracy in the West at the cost of the East." Comment - publié le 29/11/2006
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
According to the newspaper die Frankfurte Allgemeine Zeitung, the number of the unemployed people in Germany has decreased by 25,000 in November increasing the number of unemployed people to 4,531,000. Adenauer's decision to anchor the Western Federal Republic in the capitalist block, rather...
"Adenauer's pursuit of Western integration consolidated democracy in the West at the cost of the East." Comment
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
According to the newspaper die Frankfurte Allgemeine Zeitung, the number of the unemployed people in Germany has decreased by 25.000 in November, reaching the stage of 4.531.000 jobless persons. The Federal Minister of the Economy, Michael Glos (CSU) spoke in the Bundestag „vom ersten...
Analyse the relationship between state and civil society in Hegel's 'Philosophie des Rechts'
Book review - 7 pages - Political science
Since the 18th century, the contrasted views of the state in the Anglo-Saxon world and in France diverge on the notion of public interest. Both movements of thought frequently oppose the vision of an aggregate of the particular interests of citizens to the general interest of the nation. Hegel,...
Analyse the relationship between state and civil society in Hegel's Philosophie des Rechts - publié le 29/11/2006
Book review - 7 pages - Political science
Since the 18th century, the contrasted views of the state in the Anglo-Saxon world and in France diverge on the notion of public interest. Both movements of thought frequently oppose the vision of an aggregate of the particular interests of citizens to the general interest of the nation. Hegel,...
The Last crusade religion and the politics of misdirection -Barbara Victor - publié le 23/11/2006
Book review - 6 pages - Political science
Barbara Victor is a journalist and a frequent lecturer on women's issues and the Middle East. She worked for CBS television for fifteen years, where she covered the Middle East. Her books include Terrorism, an account of the Lebanon war from 1975 to 1982, A voice of reason: Hasnan Ashrawi and...
"The Last Crusade. Religion and the politics of misdirection" Barbara Victor
Book review - 6 pages - Political science
Barbara Victor is a journalist and a frequent lecturer on women's issues and the Middle East. She worked for CBS television for fifteen years, where she covered the Middle East. Her books include Terrorism, an account of the Lebanon war from 1975 to 1982, A voice of reason: Hasnan Ashrawi and...
The future of the state in a global context: Is the European Union a super state?
Essay - 13 pages - Political science
The organization of the world has been changing for the past few decades. Besides the nation sates, a lot of different forms of organization have been coming up. The development of international relations has brought about the need for organizations which enable cooperation between the national...
The hidden motivations behind the religious discourse of George W. Bush and his decision to go to war in Iraq
Essay - 91 pages - Political science
Today's American exeptionalism is not only related to the myth of the American dream and to the U.S. military and economic superiority, but also to the role of religion in the American domestic and foreign policy. The president, himself, a born again Christian, does not hesitate to use a...
Women representation in politics: A comparative approach between France and the Nordic countries
Dissertation - 32 pages - Political science
Nowadays, women are increasingly annexing high political positions in State office. Recently, three women reached the status of ?Head of State' in different countries. They were Michelle Bachelet in Chile, Ellen Johnson from Sirlead in Liberia and Tarja Halonen in Finland. Moreover, women...
Women representation in politics: A comparative approach between France and the Nordic countries - publié le 17/10/2006
Dissertation - 32 pages - Political science
Nowadays women are increasingly accessing to high political positions in State office. Indeed, three women recently reached the status of Head of State in different countries: Michelle Bachelet in Chile, Ellen Johnson-Sirlead in Liberia, and Tarja Halonen in Finland. Moreover, women play more...
To what extent is Blair's New Labour party the true heir to Thatcherism?
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Thatcherism may be defined as the economic, social and political ideas and particular style of leadership associated with Margaret Thatcher. The British Prime Minister who served the nation from 1979 to 1990, believed in a mixture of neo-liberal beliefs in the free market and neo-conservative...
Why is decentralisation a reform of the State?
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Globalization, Europeanization and Decentralization form the core of the pressures faced by nations. "A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation,? said Edmund Burke (quoted by Norton in Jones et al. 2004: 348). Thus, if the study of changes is interesting,...
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 national...
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 at the...
Why did communism become established in Eastern Europe after the Second World War?
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Shortly before the official end of the Second World War, on 25th April 1945, American and Soviet soldiers met at the Elbe. In order to reach the Elbe River, the Russian troops had to come all the way across Europe, thus crossing Eastern Europe. By the end of the same year, seven states occupied...
Deliberative democracy is theoretically plausible and institutionally impracticable
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
According to some scholars, the modern meaning of 'democracy' is, 'a way of organizing the state, that has come to be narrowly identified with territorially based competitive elections of political leadership for legislative and executive offices' . The problem with this...
Deliberative democracy is theoretically plausible and institutionally impracticable - publié le 24/07/2006
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
What we mean today when referring to 'democracy' is, according to some scholars, 'a way of organising the state that has come to be narrowly identified with territorially based competitive elections of political leadership for legislative and executive offices' . The problem with...
How have social democratic parties changed over the last 25 years? - publié le 24/07/2006
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
The changes observed in the last 30 years, and more specifically, the last 25 years have produced an unexpected and important identity crisis for all parties rooted in the tradition of Western European reformist socialism. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the world experienced great changes....
How have social democratic parties changed over the last 25 years?
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
The changes of the last 30, and especially 25 years have produced an unexpected and important indentity crisis for all parties rooted in the tradition of Western European reformistsocialism. In fact, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the world experienced great changes such as new expectations...
Do we need feminist theory in International Relations? If so why?
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
Feminism is a critical social and political movement which emerged at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century with women's claims of equal rights in society and in the political sphere, with the assertion of the right to vote. However, now, since the end of the...
Do we need feminist theory in International Relations? If so why? - publié le 24/07/2006
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
Feminism is a critical social and political movement who first emerged at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth with women's claims of equal rights in society and in the political sphere, with the right of vote. But now, since approximately the end of the...
The 2004 European elections
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
On the 13th of June 2004, except in a few countries (Ireland, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Czech Republic and United Kingdom where it occurred one or two days before), more than 338 millions European citizens went to the polls to choose their representatives at the European Parliament, namely the...
