Essays on Democratic

Introduction

There are various management styles and democratic management is one of the popular styles of management. Other styles include paternalistic management, autocratic management and laissez faire which makes four style of management that is widely accepted in the organization globally. Each management style has its pros and cons which assists an organization to apply according to the relevant situation and environment of the workplace. These styles of management are a tool to make decisions by the manager for their subordinate and lower level staff and for an organization on a whole. The two ends of style of management are permissive and ...

Introduction

In a democracy citizens take for granted many things that legitimate democratic institutions make possible such as the right to vote, being able to check out a federal law book from the library, or being able to run for city council. Discussions about legitimacy in coffee shops or over kitchen tables are mostly about laws or some politician’s social behavior.

The legitimization of coercive power of democratic institutions may be thought of as an academic philosophical concept but its importance in practical, everyday governing cannot be ignored. Democratic institutions are actors in the justification and legitimization of coercive power because ...

Introduction

Human rights can be said to be the rights that people enjoy to fulfill the values of life. They cover the relations between people and nature, other people and/ or the society. In a social context, they are the rights enjoyed by a nation and sovereign rights of a country (Cohen, 12). The value of respect, freedom for human rights and the principle of holding periodic free and fair elections by universal suffrage are crucial elements of democracy (Cohen, 45). The election must be by secret ballot as the expression of the will of the people. In turn, democracy provides the ...

The Japanese Constitution, which was effected in the year 1947, is based on the fundamentals of popular sovereignty, the protagonism of peace, and respect for basic human rights. The political system of Japan is one of constitutional democracy. Contrary to other systems like the American and the British political systems, which fundamentally have existed in their present form for many years, the current political system of Japan is a much more recent concept dating from Japan's defeat in the World War two and its consequent occupation by the United States. The 1947after-war constitution is an anti-militarist document that includes the ...

Critically examine Robert Dahl’s notion of procedural minimum as essential features of democratic system.

The recent wave of democratization has presented a major conceptual challenge to scholars. Many countries have moved away from authoritarianism, with the application of democracy in many settings. Even though the new political regimes in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and former communist world share important attributes of democracy, many of them differ greatly from democracies in developed countries. Robert Dahl has made profound contribution in determining the essential features that constitute democracy. He came up with the notion of procedural minimum as an essential feature of democratic system. Robert Dahl gives procedural minimum definition of democracy through his seven ...

Consolidation of Democracy

Introduction The road to democracy implies changes in the current political and social structure of a state, as existent literature reveals. This essay discusses about consolidated democracies and about how countries reach the democratic government, passing from an authoritative regime, offering definitions of consolidated democracy and discussing about what countries need to adopt or adapt for achieving this type of government. The current study also discusses about the transition process from the authoritarian to democratic government and what does this involve. It also advances a hypothesis, which will be assessed by analyzing two case studies. The discussion of consolidated democracy ...

2016 Presidential Election Nominees 2016 Presidential Election nominees

Introduction:

After two consecutive Democratic Party victories in the Presidential Election (2008 and 2012), the Republican Party will be looking to regain the country’s top Executive position although they face significant challenges in doing so. President Barack Obama remains relatively popular although he has taken quite a battering on the healthcare reform issue with the Republicans fighting tooth and nail to deny him any progress in this field. His final two years will also be significant, since Congressional elections in 2014 will probably see the Republicans take over the Senate, thus ...

ID Number The Communist Party of China overthrew imperialism, capitalism, and feudalism, and ultimately won the new-democratic revolution and established the People’s Republic of China. Through this, the socialist transformation of the private ownership through production was accomplished, exploitation was abolished, and the socialist system was eventually established. The Chinese constitution states that all power belongs to the people and that the state provides protection to the interests and lawful rights of the minorities and develops and upholds the relationship of unity, equality, and shared assistance among all people in China. Discrimination and oppression are prohibited including ...

Question 1.

In the history of voting and political representation in the world, women have received little consideration compared to their male counterparts. In most world economies including the east and the west, women did not have the right to vote until after 1920. Following the completion of the Second World War, there were only 3 percent of women representatives in parliaments all over the world. However, this figure increased to 8 percent between 1945 and 1965, and later to 12 and 15 percent in 1985 and 2002 respectively. Despite the different political systems, - democracies and authoritarians – women have been ...

Arguably, the society today is becoming too dynamic. In that, technological inventions and innovations have various impacts in the activities of human beings. Media is one of the ways in which media has influenced the democracy. As a matter of fact, media have several main roles in democracy. Accessibility of information is one of the essential factors to the establishment of a health democratic arena. Information is always a weapon that empowers the public on various issues namely political, social, as well as economic. The invention of media has changed democratic issues and perspectives in the entire world. In fact, the only ...

Executive summary

Generally, many scholars have put forward different literatures on this topic of Democratic peace. The theory dates back the days of Immanuel Kant in his perpetual peace work.. From the earlier works, it is evident that democracies cannot go into war against each other though there may lack an empirical evidence on the future of the theory. The most influencing thing when predicting the future of the Democratic Peace theory is the behaviors of the different proponents of groups. According to Kant, the international peace is based on the interaction between the states and the Republican government as noted ...

Introduction

Democracy is the most sought after form of governance in the modern day politics. Many countries have pronounced that their governments are democratic but not many countries have managed to entrench the democratic principles and democratic culture at the governance level. The main ideals that inform democracy have in many countries (including the United States) been partially implemented making it hard for those who are governed to fully enjoy the basic democratic ideal which is the rule of the people by participation.

According to Dahl, an ideal democracy is one that meets at least five criteria which he outlines ...

Introduction

In most discussions in International Affairs, it is common for analysts to blame the cause of war on “bad” and “aggressive” states. These are typically, nations that are either totalitarian in outlook or ruled by a dictator who declares war without much sensitivity to the implications of the war on the broader group of stakeholders. Therefore, the central theme of preventing wars in the world is to create a family of nations that are democratic and this is seen by many as the only way of preventing all out wars and promoting peace in these countries. This is to create a set ...

Introduction

Promoting democracy is not a new phenomenon to many countries. Developed democracies all over the world appreciate the significance of promoting democracy because of its importance in developing foreign policies. Moreover, democracy is much related to politics because it is linked to authority and legitimacy in the world of politics. Politics are linked to international conflicts by global governance and global civil society address issues. More so, the democratic level of the decision-making process within international organizations determines the relationship between democracy and politics (Ribeiro-Hoffmann). The issue of promoting democracy on the international level has not been taken seriously by ...

Biography of Obama

Barack Obama was virtually unknown to the general public before the Democratic primaries of 2008, and had served briefly in the Illinois state senate and then a single term in the U.S. Senate before running for president. His background is absolutely unique among U.S. presidents, who have all been white men, while his mother was a white woman and his father an African from Kenya. He was also unusual in that he spent a great deal of his early life overseas, including with his mother and stepfather in Indonesia, where they were possibly involved in intelligence work. Later, he was educated at ...

2012 Congressional elections

Outcome of the 2012 congressional elections

Introduction In order to understand the outcome of the August 2012 congressional elections in the United States, it is necessary to start by understanding the arrangement of the house, by taking a brief background look on its arrangement and operations, and at the same time, the components of the house. One essential thing to note before taking this brief look is the fact that a political balance must be maintained in the house, for effective management and governance to be achieved. With this understanding, the United States congress house is a bicameral legislature, which means that it is a ...

Introduction

Many countries of the world in the present day often strive to be more democratic as much as possible, this is mainly because people are nowadays more informed, familiar and aware of their basic fundamental rights. Democracy has a broad definition based on the context in which it is used, a country is said to be democratic if it meets some set form of criteria that act as guiding principles to democracy. In politics, democracy is defined as a structure of government whereby people of that particular country are given an opportunity to participate in decision making process mainly on issues that ...

Introduction

The Muslim Brotherhood refers to the transnational political and religious group that was created in Egypt by the Islamic scholar Hassan al-Banna on the basis of the belief that Islam is a way of life and not simply a religion. Banna was opposed to the Western concepts of democracy and justice. He considered the imitation of Western customs sacrilegious. Therefore, he founded this organization to unite the believers of Islam from all across the world into the bond of brotherhood and liberate Egypt from the bondage of Western influences (Jones and Cullinane 2013). By definition, democracy refers to a form of secular ...

The oldest political party in the United States is the Democratic Party. In the late 1700s the Democratic Party was founded and their ideology reflected the belief that monarchs and aristocrats were corrupt. One of the aristocrats they had in mind was Alexander Hamilton. The Democrats viewed Hamilton’s fiscal policies as elitist and thought Hamilton was corrupt (Gerring 1998). Democrats believed in protecting the agrarian nature of the United States. To that end, they held up the nation's farmers as being examples of good men who represented virtue, freedom, and individuality. Democrats believed in states’ rights above the ...

Introduction

This paper seeks to show, as Owen (1994) believes, that peaceful regimes based on a liberalist democracy are more likely to secure and maintain a condition of “democratic peace” than regimes that are neither liberal nor democratic. However, as reported by Kahneman and Renshon (2007), even liberalist decision-makers have to be wary of advice offered by hawkish advisors, because the human mind has a natural bias towards the more aggressive solutions and to be unrealistically optimistic about the consequences of such decisions.

How Liberalism Produces Democratic Peace:

Owen (1994) reviews and supports the concept of “democratic peace” – the idea that wars between democratic nations are unlikely and ...

What is meant by the term "Competitive Elitism?" Using the suggestions of Max Weber and Joseph Schumpeter, identify the ways in which the modern state has deviated from the classical notions of democracy.

Competitive elitism is a type of democracy in which "there [is] little scope for democratic participation and individual or collective development, and where whatever scope existed was subject to the threat of constant erosion by powerful social forces" (p. 125). Essentially, the tenets of science and philosophy, as well as logic, are eschewed in favor of technical development and uniformity. At the very least, an overwhelming majority ...

The 20th century has brought a lot of changes all aspects of contemporary social life and it specifically changed the mass media environment within the United States. Modern technologies and development of new ways of spreading information presented a new format of informing and communicating that could reach the audience in a serious number of different ways. New actors have recently entered the environment of political communications. They are the talk show hosts and the reports of popular tabloids, and their manner of informing altered the manner that was previously used by journalists and leaders to communicate with the audience. In ...

Cultural anthropology, as a practice, notes the fundamental and subtle differences between cultures in an increasingly globalized world. As the world gets increasingly smaller, cultural anthropology will become more complex, especially when it comes to economic systems and how they interrelate. Globalization has led to increased access to foreign goods; various economic and cultural theories will be used to explain the effects that the melding of different cultures and markets are having on the way nations and peoples interact economically. A shift towards democratic autonomy is suggested as a potential solution for the complexities of melding different economic systems in a globalized ...

America is famed for being a nation that respects the rights of the people and makes sure that the governance of the land is streamlined towards the same direction. More often than not, the ruling party is forced to be on its toes on these matters as the opposition acts as the watchdog. Well, this two party system seems to work perfectly well for the nation. The paper below explores the history of these two party systems and their implications in this year’s presidential elections.

Democrats and Republicans

It sis the election year again and the Americans are getting ready for the ...

Establishment

Abstract America took the initiative to create the security mechanism to involve the majority of democratic countries and stabilize Europe, because the fact that the Soviet Union no longer controlled the surrounding countries increased the tensions in the region. In April 4, 1949, the countries signed a final treaty that established NATO. The USSR has strongly opposed the formation of the organization. In a response, it created its own structure to maintain its stability in the Western Europe. Not all countries became beneficial because of the creation of NATO. Some countries found themselves on the wage of the war with ...

Problem Statement:

Does poverty in developing countries hinder development and expansion of democratic processes? Literature review: Colier (2008) in his article The bottom billion: Why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it questioned the role and reasons as to why poor countries in Africa are failing in not only implementation of democracy, but also improving their economies. The article tries to answer the reasons why with Globalization there has been observed increase in poverty especially for certain and specific countries in Africa. Colier presents these countries as immune to Globalization effects. The book addresses ...

Arguably, in the entire world there are various forms of government, in which countries have an option to adopt. One of the forms is called constitutional monarchy. This is a form of government, whereby a monarch takes charge of the state within the specified parameter stated in a constitution. It can be blended constitution, written or uncodified. In one way or another, constitutional monarchy differs from the absolute monarchy; in this case, absolute monarchy is a form of government whereby absolute monarch is a basis of power, but it is not constitutionally bound in legal terms, yet the monarch has powers to control respective ...

The main purpose of consolidation of a democracy is to ensure that the new democracy matures in a way that it cannot revert back to dictatorship without an outward shock. A government can only be considered consolidated when it moves away from problems such as concern for overthrow of the government. Unconsolidated democracies, therefore, suffer from official but intermittent elections and clientelism. The process of moving a country to become a polyarchy is consolidation. This is the point in which a country can have free and fair elections and the freedom of citizens to expression and choices on the leaders is when a country can ...

Introduction

Contemporary generation has benefitted from marked technological developments, particularly access of varied information through social networking sites. There have been innumerable advantages of social networking sites for personal or corporate benefits. Other public organizations and political parties recognize social networking sites’ abilities as proponents of democracy. To enable one to effectively support links between social networking sites and democracy, it is relevant to provide an effective definition of democracy as a form of government where citizens exercise rights to elect people who are regarded as capable of governing the rule of law. The current discourse hereby asserts that social ...

“How Democratic is the American Constitution?” is one of Robert A. Dahl’s latest works. In his nook, Dahl delves deeper into the complexities of the process and the ideals of the framing of American democracy. Although most Americans view the American Constitution as a beacon of democracy that came about in the most methodical manner, however, Dahl reveals to his readers that this is not the case. Dahl’s book begins by posing the abiding question that is the book’s title as well, and Dahl also goes on to ask Americans why they should uphold the American Constitution. ...

Islam and Democracy

Introduction The literature that has been written about Islam and democracy are both highly complicated in terms of interpretation of the fundamentals of democracy and are in an equal sense argued from several points of reference. These factors are compelling and are significant to the level of democracy in the Islamic world. The comparative debate presented in arguments by Irfan Ahmad and Bernard Lewis creates major literature that reveals the limitations in this path of inquiry. The main proposition in their argument is the discussion of the cliché aspect that surrounds Islam and their objective levels. The core ...

Abstract

Introduction The title of the article is - The Rube Goldberg Democrats. The source is The Wall Street Journal. The author is Daniel Henninger. The argument for the article is that it is against Obama Care. The author emphasizes that this program is characteristic of other failures by the Democrat Government such as social security and admission to colleges. This article stresses that Obama Care will put a blemish on the brand identity of The Democratic Party. There are several elements that I will discuss in this essay. They include, increasing expectations on government, failure of the Democratic Party ...

The Challenges faced by the European Union

This paper discusses two specific challenges that the European Union (EU) is facing currently. One is the democratic deficit and the second challenge is the euro crisis. The ‘democratic deficit’ can be defined principally as the disagreement regarding the lack of democracy in the European Union as well as in several of its other bodies. It is apparently claimed that due to this democratic deficit, the European Union and all of its other bodies are unapproachable to the common people as their functioning methods are extremely complex in nature. At each and every single stage of the process ...

It is essential to realize that every society has a unique political culture. This political culture is shaped by the common needs exhibited by the members that constitute that particular society. The similarity of needs with a society means that that the electorate within that given area would be willing to vote to office leaders that have an agenda that seems to address these needs (Ellis 57). This is the phenomenon that has engulfed the State of North Carolina for many years. Most of the members that constitute the state both a local and state level tend to be in favor of ...

Are Democratic Rights Necessary for a Strong State?

There are various democratic rights that people have in the countries who chose democracy as their form of government. Whether it is necessary to choose democracy to turn into a well-developed country can be seen on the examples of the strong countries, especially if compared to the ones that experience major problems in different spheres of life. In this paper I am going to analyze examples of four countries, two of them being strong (Norway and Canada) by different criteria, one medium (Venezuela) and one weak (Zimbabwe). On the basis of this examples it will be possible to see how following of ...

In his book information and the Crisis Economy, Herbert I. Schiller contends that the current proliferation of information activities and increasing sophistication of information technology they demand are the result of efforts to control the political, economical, and cultural strains produced by a general crisis in the world market system. This is a review of chapter seven of the book ‘The prospect for democratic communication.’ Schiller opens the chapter by stating that the communication process could serve constructive motives if it could draw the attention of people to the problems they face as well as offering a channel for the presentation ...

Introduction

The immigration legislation in the U.S. today is the product of decades worth of political wrangling and public anger on both sides of the debate. The immigration debate has gone back and forth between the two political parties in this country to such a degree that there is de facto compromise on the elements of reform, and now all we have to do is implement the reforms that are already in place. The argument has gone back and forth for decades with both Democratic and Republican regimes signing legislation that encourages immigration then opposes immigration. The full circle is here ...

Introduction

Each and every education system in the world is designed to suit the explicit desires of the ruling class and regimes. Evidently, there are nations whose major goals that shape their education towards the pious person. This scenario could be the opposite for other nations whose main goal of education is geared to war-like informed individuals and graduates. Other governments concentrate their systems to produce the industrious man who loves quality in all dimensions that is, taste, character and knowledge.

In reality, Socrates identified four regimes that are revolutionary and dependent on each other with time. These are Timocracy, ...

Although critical of democracy, Tocqueville did recognize that democracy was the form of political arrangement which would most likely be dominant in the future. While democracy could lead to an overall well being, it could also lead to a type of servitude. Examine and evaluate two of the principal means – the notion of self-interest properly understood and the need for associations – which Tocqueville believed are necessary to mitigate against the dangers of equality and democratic society.

Tocqueville’s Idea of Democracy

The criticism of American democracy by Tocqueville can be expressed as “the tyranny of the majority” (Roark, p. 19). This idea has been ...

There are various types of governments in the world. The governments hold different ideologies and have different ways of electing or getting their leaders. In general, there are autocratic governments and democratic governments. This paper describes the various types of autocratic and democratic systems of government, their ideologies, and ways of getting leaders. Fascism is a form of government with a dictator is in leadership. The dictator operates by suppressing any opposition and, therefore, thrives in intimidation, threatening, criticizing; regimenting as many economic activities as possible. The dictator usually comes into power through power inheritance. The main ideology of fascism ...

The Hong Kong Student Association aims at promoting a culture of Hong Kong and facilitate the amelioration of the members’ lives. The participants of the elections are the active members who are admitted to the association without discrimination of their religion, sexual orientation, sex and color. The elections are held in every year unless in the case of an impeachment process for an elected leader as stipulated in the constitution. The campus politics just like the national politics involve numerous processes and intense campaigning since there is a competitor running for the same seat. The students’ unions have been attributed with ...

Book Review on

This book review has been written by Name of Student of Class of Student of Name of College on Date of submission The book” How Democratic is the American Constitution” is written by Robert A. Dahl's who is a political scientist and teaches political science at Yale university. He is author of many books on political science and other text books, and has earned many honors and awards as an author. The book was published in 2001 and covers a discussion on the undemocratic elements of American constitution. The author has highlighted the continuity in development of democratic practices and ...

Introduction

Democracy and its real meaning has generated a number of debates especially in the field of political science. According to minimalist definition, democracy is considered to be a system whereby the rulers are chosen through a competitive election, and in a broader perspective it includes a number of dimensions like freedom, participation as well as the accountability in terms of leaders. These broader perspectives of democracy have, in a number of cases considered to be liberal democracy. Liberal democracy is characterized by a political system which has a sole responsibility of protecting individual as well as a number of liberties while providing a guarantee to both the horizontal as ...

Introduction

The word democracy has had many interpretations through history. It is known as a western political system which allows people to elect their rulers in a periodic basis, and it seems to be a term under which most modern governments would like to be associated with but not many are willing to fully comply with its conditions. Democracy is said to be able to bring prosperity and peace, but the fact that most countries in the world now provide some form of popular elections does not seem to have stopped violence between many of them, principally some Middle East countries like Israel ...

It is common knowledge that the two main political parties in the United Sates are the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Each of these parties enjoys a huge following across the entire country. Nevertheless, some states are known to be red states or Republican Party strongholds while others are known to be blue states or strongholds of the Democratic Party. The main reason that Americans choose which of these two parties to follow is because they stand for certain ideologies. Consequently, a citizen has the option of choosing a party which he or she feels has ideologies that are agreeable them. ...

Introduction

Since it gained independence the year 1776, the United States of America has grown to become one of the most powerful and developed countries in the world. The extent of America’s power can be measured by its great military and financial power that that only few countries can boast to possess. In terms of the country’s advanced level of development, the country has shown impressive levels of technological, governance and democratic advancement. However, this paper will seek to discuss on whether America’s level of democracy has been develop to its full potential or if there are a ...

Over the years, participative democracy has been thought of as the ideal decision making style in the organizational setting. On the contrary, this style of decision making has no place in the contemporary business practice (Cumbers & Mcmaster 2012). The major reason why democratic decision making is not ideal is the fact that it undermines successful management. Democracy, in its raw sense means majority rule. The word was coined in ancient Greece and was used mostly in a political sense to refer to a style of leadership where one rose to power by virtue of being selected by the majority through ...

Introduction

The United States of America is perhaps one of the most successful nations in the world that enjoys great liberty and prosperity. Today, the system of governance used in the United States has been adopted by other nations in modeling their own kind of leadership structures. The nations’ leadership is based on a constitution that defines the operation of public administration and guides the operation within the public forum. However as the world is under constant changes a new challenge arises every other time. The present worldwide re-examination of the function of the State and of public officials and civil servants ...

Part II

Question 2 Democratization has been very rampant in Africa. Democratization can be defined as a transition or change in the political regimes from non-democratic to more democratic states. The transition often involves a change from an authoritarian regime to a semi-democratic or a full democratic system. It may also involve a change from the semi-authoritarian political regime to democratic and transparent political system. In Africa different workshops and meetings were convened to discuss how the issue of the authoritarian regime could be eliminated. Some scholars described such discussion as a ‘second wave and policy of liberation in Africa’. Numerous individuals and movements fought in ...

Introduction

Africa today is one the most undeveloped continents with numerous issues plaguing it. This paper shall be examining Africa’s past and history in general in an attempt to understand how it arrived in such a situation. The primary focus of this paper shall be the reasons that as explained previously led to these failures. Europeans colonized all of Africa with the exception of Liberia and Ethiopia 19th and 20th century. The numerous guiding factors behind colonization included search for raw materials and settlement for surplus population among other reasons. The Africans prior to the colonization had their established systems ...

The Reality of “Accepted Truths” Today

The Reality of “Accepted Truths” Today

Introduction

Studying political science necessitates critical thought on the status of “accepted truths” as applied to contemporary American politics in comparison to its past. Review of the literature whether this remains an appropriately assigned characteristic of American politics as recognized forty years ago frames the discourse of the scholastic task presented in this document. Von Eckardt (1995) advises “The truth of an argument alone makes it convincing (when it is) undeniable or self-evident, that is, evident by its own terms and definitions, it forms one of the axioms of politics (Von Eckardt, 1959, p. ...

Notably both Shambayati (2008) and Arjomand (2013) recognize the instability of Muslim countries that have embraced a different type of leadership throughout the years. While most Asian countries whose citizens mostly that practice Muslim religion choose to stick with the sharia law, others have embraced the western type of democratic leaderships. Some of these countries include Indonesia, turkey, Iran, Egypt, and Tunisia among others. While these countries have worked to achieve an amiable balance between the western democracy and the traditional sharia law, they all face numerous challenges causing instability in the smooth running of these governments. These two articles ...

<Student’s name> Turkey is the first secular state of the Muslim world, has put the problem of state- radical transformation of the political system on the principles of Europeanization of political democracy and a market economy. This country has shown that people centuries adherent of the Islamic religion and culture, able in one form or another to perceive and develop self these institutions, values ​​and attitudes to achieve significant progress in the economic, social and political development. In this context, Turkey has a very complex, convoluted and difficult journey, which began in the first half of the XIX ...

The proliferation of democratic-Islamic regimes in the Middle East cannot lead to peace. In view of its basic definition, it will theoretically proof that it does bring peace but in the reason sense, democracy can be defined as a set of rule that is set aside for the numerous to bull the less numerous in the society. In the case of Middle East nations, egalitarian actions cannot stop war in Middle East but instead increases the tension within the religions and nations (Kamrava & Mehran, p89) Democracy symbolizes rationalization and marginalization process of the weak group in the Middle East, ...

Abstract

The Democratic Party and the Republican Party are the two major wings of the political phenomenon in one of the world’s oldest democracy, the United States of America. Democrats and Republicans came together on doctrines of completely different ideologies and therefore their take on issues have always remained different, though agreements have occurred on small scale now and then. This article is a discussion of differences and rarer similarities between these two wings and the differences amongst factions within.

Introduction

The United States of America is, without a doubt, one of the oldest democracies in history. The political history of United ...

Healthcare in the United States has been a center of controversy for a long time. Access to quality healthcare has been limited to the rich at the detriment of the poor. The current infrastructure in the United States requires the citizenry to own health insurance, which will aid in reducing the cost of healthcare. However, it is worth noting that despite the United States being one of the strongest nations in the world, a reasonable proportion of its population remains poor. A large number of people in the United States do not earn wages that can allow them to access quality healthcare. ...

Introduction

Indisputably, political identity is a more complex and difficult concept for any individual to grasp. Political identity essentially involves varied concepts that include political affiliation, which encompasses social, moral, and economic factors. Another amazing aspect of political identity is the fact that it is composed of both individualistic and interrelation aspects. Every individual has a political affiliation, which aims at providing an outline and understanding of inspirations, beliefs, and the opposition. I am now of voting age and having a political identity or affiliation is very important. The following is my political identity, which includes my political affiliation to the Republican Party, ...

The American nation is highly famed and acknowledged around the world for being one of the nations in which democracy is highly practiced. Based on the definition given by Abraham Lincoln, one of the founding fathers of the nation, democracy is defined as a government of the people, by the people, for the people. This implies that the people are central to any form of government. The rights of the people are respected and carefully looked into. Furthermore, the government has gone on to try and influence the entire world to accept the democratic forms of government. This is done ...

Political realism, liberalism and constructivism are three theories alive in international relations today. However, throughout history, one theory outshines the rest by continuously playing a vital role in world-wide affairs. From on-going wars to daily foreign policy acts, the philosophy of realism is applied more often than not. Realism looks at the uncertainty that exists between nations and how the various conflicts in the world need to be followed accordingly, without trust. This theory can be appropriately applied to events today and many historical conflicts over the centuries.

Comparatively, liberalism is a theory that, although it already existed, transformed with the ...

A case study on FridgeCom

Question 1: Using specific examples drawn from the case study, critically discuss different styles of leadership and potential behavioural responses.

In today’s global economy, leadership and organizational behaviour are important factors that can determine the success of organizations. However, the methods used by leaders to influence employees for achieving goals are a matter of contention among researchers (Skansi, 2000). In answering this question, various leadership styles that motivate employees to increase productivity levels have been discussed. This answer attempts to focus on the various modes of leadership and potential behavioural responses to them in terms of motivation, communication, ...