Essays on Political Arena

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In their attempt to identify appropriate research approaches in politics, feminists have often criticized traditional social science methodologies. In her article on women and democracy and the patriarchal welfare state, Carole Pateman raises the issue of the highly patriarchal political scene. She indicates that the positive and social democratic perspective is that a welfare state provides social meaning and equal worth to the political and juridical rights of all citizens. A second, more pessimistic, view on the welfare state, according to Pateman (1987) is that it provides the government with new approaches to exercising power over and governing the ...

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The interest groups are extremely powerful in the Western countries as the source of the representation of the population in the political life of the country. In the contemporary society the shifts in the political arena of the communities are made as the result of the actions of the interested groups. These groups represent the formation of the citizens having the leverages for the exercising influence over the population. They have the power and opportunity to control the spread of the political ideas and behavior among the population. Meanwhile, the political life of the Western democratic countries is not ...

Egypt is a North African country with a high population of the Arabs. The main religion of the country is Islam though there are also Christians and other religious groups sparsely spread all over the country. Social inequality in Egypt is one of the worst in the region. As a bigger population of the country struggle to live below a dollar, the cities keep on rising with skyscrapers. The poor-rich gap keeps on widening. Apart from the evident distinct gap between the poor and the rich, gender inequality is on the rise. Women have gained a little recognition in ...

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Hanna Arendt is a one of the philosophers whose viewpoints have been given greater accords and consideration. In fact, her contributions to the field of political philosophy are immense, and she made outstanding manifestation in delivering critical lessons and concepts about the worldviews about politics, power, and its associated influence. Therefore, it is essential to have sure understanding on the Arendt’s philosophical thoughts and perspectives before delving into the book, “Crisis of a Republic”. Arendt philosophy is anchored on the emphasis on maintaining a meaningful distinction among various concepts of “strength,” “power,” “authority”, and “violence,” besides the need ...

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The period between 1980s and 1990s remains one of the significant periods in the political arena of China. During this period, the Tiananmen Square protests were witnessed Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Hu Yaobang passed away. Students who demanded democracy and greater transparency in the government led the protests. During these protests, Cui Jian, a Chinese rock artist was one of the main individuals that inspired these students as they advocated for a democratic country. Cui started singing in 1981 and went on to form a band in 1984. He became famous in 1985 when he performed his hit ...

How was Jerry instrumental in motivating fundamental to re-engage with mainstream culture?

America is known to have over fifty million Christians who claim to be born again, yet their culture is secular. Occasionally some editors and journalist have portrayed the Christians as outside people who are a threat to the public life. However, the question of modernity whether America is pre-modern or modern is based on the Christians religious beliefs. Susan Harding’s book focuses on the intense language use among born again Christians that caused changes in American politics in the 1980s (Kenneth, 179). Farwell’s words as employed in the book comprises of scriptural narratives that have an influence ...

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The idea of incorporating the Aristotle’s view that “everybody is a political entity, capable of using language for the sake of their personal gains, and the association between the language and the ideology has been a key point of discussion in the research in the political arena for the last several years. In this essay, the arguments and comparison are going to be based on the information gathered on the political slogans in China from the 1949 People’s Republic of China and the U.S presidential election campaigns from as early as 1920. Meaningful outcomes will emanate from ...

Transgender persons have long been experiencing various forms of discrimination on the basis of their sex. These people experience a wide gap between their anatomical sex and their gender structure. As a result, many transgender people have at one time experienced anxiety and distress that there is no proper reflection of their gender and the way they portray themselves. In this sense, there should be great consideration of the legal rights of the transgender people so that they may not face certain challenges such as school discrimination, lack of quality public service and difficulties in getting appropriate gender designations. ...

America in the 1920s: Radical Social Change as a Result of Technological Innovation

Important periods in American history are remembered with nostalgia and awe by the subsequent generations. The 1920s are mainly remembered in American culture for the changing attitudes of the youth, who embraced modern ideas and embraced the technological and ideological changes at the level of the society. Thus, America faced changes of an unprecedented scale in the 1920s (Palmer, 2006). The nation’s economic social and cultural identity underwent profound transformations during this time (Palmer, 2006). Americans enjoyed economic growth, political stability, and an unprecedented transformation due to the technological advancements. Novel technologies and inventions allowed people to spend ...

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The understanding of the historical evolution of the country is the key for the interpretation of the culture of the particular nation. At the same time, the history of the country contains the explanation of the causes and consequences of the particular events. These stages and events should serve the role of the example for the future conduct of population and leadership of the state. In this regard, the evolution path of Zimbabwe as the past colony of the British Empire represents the interesting development story. In 2015 the country celebrated twenty-five years of the independence. This South-African country ...

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For several years the United States maintains the operation of the first past approach in the election process. With that, the government of the country is seemed to be locked within the two major political parties due to the fact that any external party is deprived from the opportunity to enter the political arena and rule the agenda of the country. Meanwhile, the existing two political groups in the United States are regarded to have dramatically different agenda so that the voters are frustrated with the government. Accordingly, the majority of the people in the United States express the ...

The greatest thinker of other western countries played a key role in influencing the various revolutions that took place. Adam smith particularly as a great economist placed his ideologies in the business world, for example, the bloodless revolutions in commerce . The western countries in their response adopted the business ideas for example, the use of lasers fair. The concept called for free trading of the business without the government interception. Galileo on the other hand explained various events that it is actually the earth that is moving not time, he explained further that the earth is round in shape. Agricultural changes ...

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In the recent past, the world has experienced paradigm shift in the political arena as a result of the emerging uprising movements in different parts of the world. Most of these uprising movements have been experienced in Syria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and other nations in the Middle East. These revolutionary waves are characterized with protests, riots, and demonstrations and aim to set the pace for political reforms by overthrowing dictatorial leaders from power. Many people may perceive the emergence of uprising and revolutionary movements as spectacular and unique aspect, but this is not the case because revolutionary movements have existed ...

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The postclassical countries are the countries that have undergone the classical stage whereby they have developed in economical perspective. The postclassical countries, these countries include India, Greece/Rome and china. They are the countries s after the classical for example the countries that come after the classical were characterized by the technological advancement. Byzantium and Abbasid were among the postclassical countries, which are characterized by the modernization in the economical perspective, the use of machinery in production and a rather more advanced technology.

Greece followed Rome and Rome itself followed the Byzantium that latter changed and founded the Russia. China being ...

Over the years, gender inequality issues within the society have led to women empowerment and successive fight for gender equality. Despite consistent women activist groups and international agreements, women have remained poor and illiterate in the society. According to research, women have limited access to resources and services such as medical care, employment, property ownership, training, and credit. As a result, women have become more susceptible to domestic violence, and poor living conditions as compared to men. There have been various women’s empowerment organizations around the globe that have been founded with the aim of addressing women needs and ...

The Patriotic Act first came into effect after the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. At the time, it seemed like a very good idea and many Americans were in support of the act as they viewed it as a plausible way of deterring future acts of terrorism. Most of the country was still in shock after the devastation caused by the terrorist attack and naturally, they rallied behind what they thought was an effective response to this major setback. It is clear that the people at that time ...

Over the years, elections have formed and played an integral role in the America’s political life. Elections provides the people with the opportunity to elect their preferred leaders, forms a favorable platform to shape and influence the political discourse and trends in the country and promotes the establishment of an effective electoral system. The house election of 1992 remains one of the historical elections in the American calendar that marked the end and the beginning of a new trend in the America’s political arena. The 1992 house election coincided with presidential election that involved two presidential candidates- Bill ...

Part 1: Do American’s Need Government?

Which institutions make a difference and how do they make a difference? Yes, American’s need government: the government is not only beneficial to the Americans in more ways than one, but also necessary. There are undertakings within the county’s setting that require the government’s oversight. The government is important as it ensures there is military control and protection of its citizens. Through the government, the country is provided with a defense system through which it can defend and or deter attacks within its boundaries. The government is also important as it ensures there is a means of representation for ...

Women under the Shadow of Social Safety Nets in Korea

- Introduction For centuries, women around the globe have struggled continuously to gain similar rights and freedoms enjoyed by men. Women were often treated lowly by men as they believe these women should stay at home and take care of the children. In some regions, these women are prohibited to go beyond grade school and married off once they are literate enough to read and write basic numbers and words. Others are forced to hide their faces and a few even taste the pain brought by constant abuse. Movements have been done around the globe to improve the situation ...

The issue of the influence of the politics on the church is one that has plagued the nation for many years. But often one is left with the question: Can the society truly separate the church and politics in the society? For centuries the political structure of countries like the United Kingdom, the monarchy had a tremendous impact the overall governance of the country. Kings had control over the religious structure of the country and this led to a number of religious factors being affected by the political restrictions. The fact is that the relationship between the State and the Church ...

Abstract

Think tank refers to non-profit making organizations that engage in research, public policy analysis, as well as advocating solutions. Think tank focus on providing evidence, insightful, and interdisciplinary based analysis in the process of rational policy making. Think tanks through execution of its roles affect long-term changes in public policy and political opinion. Think tank affects long-term political opinions by creating a mediating environment between the public and the government. In the modern political arena, think tank generate new thinking that changes the way political opinions and decision makers respond and perceive to the global issues. The political opinions in ...

Integrating Ideologies Essay

Introduction Ideology is defined as the system in, which there are sets of ideas and vision of beliefs that people have or have interest on especially in the political arena (Hawkes). Ideologies have a profound impact on the way we see the world and prioritize our lives. They can also be extremely divisive and create a great deal of conflict between people and communities with different belief systems. There are different traditional ideology such as republican, democratic, libertarian and socialist. These ideologists are what are making people to make some certain decisions.

The libertarians believe in liberty in that the ...

The military controls much of the political and economic state of Egyptian affairs. Throughout history, the images of Egypt's revolution show that the Egyptian military supported the civil disobedience in Tahrir Square. The recent events in Egypt show that Egyptian military forces maintain opposition to terrorism. Some Egyptians believe that the Muslim Brotherhood can gain unity amongst the Islamic countries in the future and create a united country and free Palestine. However, the fall of Hosni Mubarak, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), brought the military body to avow a peaceful conversion of authority within a democratic system. This fact ...

Women have long been suppressed and prevented to hold higher office or positions since the ancient times. There were suppositions that women are not politically savvy or capable of handling responsibility outside the home, let alone have a voice in society. Some societies even restricted women from becoming educated to suppress their desire to fight for their rights. However, as the years progressed, societies around the globe slowly became divided in how they treat their female constituents. Jamaica, for instance, had been open to women empowerment but they still held certain reservations on allowing to dominate in the political arena. ...

Question 1

Please fully discuss why it is beneficial for a nation that women be elected to political office. Response: It is beneficial for a nation to have women elected in the political office. In a global perspective, women are underrepresented in the world of politics, about 20 percent of the average percentage of women in the national parliaments. This underrepresentation is just one of the facts presented for women who are part of the politic arena. In addition, there are many argumentations about the representation of women in politics. On the contrary, justice arguments are clear for the representation of women. ...

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AT & T is an industry leader in the telecommunications services. The industry giant deals with digital television sets, cell phones, high speed internet, home phones and wireless appliances. The company was doing relatively well until it lost the exclusive rights it enjoyed under a contract with Apple for its iPhone. This pressure in the market has been compounded by the 4G network from its fierce competitor, Verizon (Ireland, Robert & Michael 69). The company launched a bid to acquire T-Mobile for 39 billion dollars, although the deal never materialized. While all these factors affect the operations of AT & T, other factors in ...

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 ...

In the present social setting in the world, women play a very vital role in the field of politics. The roles that women play are diverse in the sense that women are both at the forefront in the political arena and they also constitute the most vulnerable and marginalised victims of political related adversities and atrocities. Many political decisions in the world today are influenced to some extent be feminist principles. In the same way, the dynamics of the world’s politics affect women in a great way. For instance, during wars, women are the majority of the victims. Currently there ...

Over the years, gender parity has remained one of the critical challenges that developed and developing nations continue to grapple with in the modern era. As a social challenge, gender parity exists between men and women and has been manifested in various facets of the society, especially in education, healthcare, politics, and economy to mention, but a few. However, women have organized forums, established feminism movements and formed an alliance with human rights organizations to fight for gender equality; an aspect that has reduced gender gap in the education and healthcare sectors (Wright 89). Although this marks an important step in ...

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The celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln bore great presents in form of Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ movie and Eric Foner’s book, ‘The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery’. Both the book and the movie attempt to give their separate portrayal of America’s greatest protagonist, the sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln. Revered and respected by Americans from all over the country for his stand against slavery, Lincoln was a figure to respect, a politician to fear and a grand dramatist. Both Spielberg’s movie and Foner’s book attempt to reveal as much politically accurate account of ...

Since the end of the World War II, the left movements took an active political role in politics in Latin American and have played critical role in liberation of those economies from dictatorship leadership. By 1990s, these left wing movements had replaced most government with neoliberal democracies. Presently, these movements are playing an active role in guarantying radical changes in efforts to enhance national sovereignty. This essay evaluates the manner in which they play a critical role in political arena and the challenges they face in their endeavors with special reference to the relationship between Latin America and United States. ...

The tea party is a political movement in the United States that is mainly concerned for advocating reductions in federal budget and the national debt. Such reductions are proposed on grounds of minimizing taxes and the government spending. The movement perpetuates moral authority in that is evident in the history of the United States. The tea party has been perceived as conservative, populist and partly libertarian from different quarters. It has a history since 2009 of supporting some political personalities while it is also known to have been involved in sponsoring political protests. The tea party joined the political arena in ...

According to Cooperation Commons (Para 1), prisoner’s dilemma is a situation in which the parties might fail to agree even when it is in the best interests of the two to agree. The term was coined by Melvin Dresher and Merrill Flood who were working at RAND back in 1950. The term prisoner’s dilemma came about because the scenario was formulated from the prison perspective where two prisoners are convicted with no proof of the crime. If they do not cooperate, they both risk having a lesser sentence. However, if any betrays the other, the one who betrays is ...

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I found myself thinking sociologically when I found that equality in Canada among the two genders was on the way to being the most enhanced in the world. Canada have for so many years named the top ranking in improving the conditions for their female citizens (Canadianwomen.org 5). The government is convinced that the equality between men and women should be implemented for the economic development in the country. It has done several developments to ensure that this happens. Canada has tried its best in enhancing some of the gender equality policies. Some of the successful policies are the ...

Globalization in the Arab world refers to the westernization of the Arab culture in reference to their customs, institutions, ideas, and attitudes. Although globalization has had different impacts in different regions, however, in the Middle East, globalization is characterized with constant insecurity, endless wars, and increased economic dependency. Thus, rather than creating opportunities in the Middle East, globalization has created threats. Globalization has played a key role in enabling the western countries to become superpowers at the expense of the Middle East region, hence resulting to the anti-globalization struggles that are very violent. The violent anti-globalization reactions by the Middle ...

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The foreign policy of the United States could be closely related to the way that the United States tries to interact with other foreign states. In addition to that, it is also instituted to analyze the standards that are set related to interaction within its organizations, the citizen’s fraternity as well as the corporations. The foreign policy could be generally involved with the different dockets of which it tries to address. Basing on the United States strategies incorporated in the policy, there are different goals that are related to its foreign policy. As indicated in the latest Foreign ...

The financial crisis that hit the global economy in the latter part of the past decade brought to question the soundness of financial practices particularly in the world’s major economies. Many governments struggled to bring their respective economies back on course although the post-crisis initiatives to address the causes seem not to have been sufficient. Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is a movement established in 2011 following the crisis and in response to continued suffrage of the ordinary American citizen at the hands of the few corporate elite in the financial sector and politicians. This was set out clear in ...

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The simplest way define a fallacy is that it is the logical error in an argument or evaluation of a policy. Additionally, it can be the incorrect argument in rhetoric and logic that results in a lack of validity (Laurel 8 – 12). They are classified into formal and informal fallacies. Others have defined fallacy to mean a mistake in belief that is based on certain unsound argument. This paper identifies the ten fallacies as they are obtained in the political arena, explain how each of the identified fallacies are being employed, and the reason for the application of these fallacies. It should ...

Going Rogue: An American Story is a memoir written by Sarah Palin offering a sharp focus on the political life of Sarah Palin. The book offers a clear perception of Palin’s take on the John McCain campaigns, challenges, divergence in ideologies in the team as she gunned for one of the topmost national offices in America. The former Alaska governor comes out open on various accusations that had been leveled on her by campaign-mates, the fourth estate and the general public(Whetsell,5). The name “Going Rogue” is derived from the phrase coined by McCain political advisers who were not party ...

In the field of political science, there are many forms of governments formed with specific characteristics differentiating each type from the other. The most common types are democratic governments, anarchy governments and the dictatorial governments. Of all these governments, there is a uniform characteristic that the mode of governance is what dictates the traits of the leader (James, 2010).

Thesis statement

Having scantly looked at the common forms of governance, I would like to deal more closely with dictatorship. This is due to the increasing number of dictators in the world. Also, provided is a summarized analytical outline of the metamorphosis of dictatorship ...

Defining race as a political sociological theory

Race remains one the controversial topics that raise a heated debate among scholars and members of the public. For many years, the debate has revolved on whether the term race is effectively used in promoting diversity, cohesiveness and regional integration or not. Some people hold the view that the term race has been misused by political leaders in dividing people along ethnic and tribal lines. Another section of people believe that leaders have used the race to promote peace, diversity and regional integration. Based on these assertions, most people prefer not discussing issues related to race in the public because ...

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Lester Bangs was born in 1948 and he grew up in a family where his parents had little time for him with his father being a drunkard who battled with alcoholism his whole life. He had been to jail a number of times and he never interacted with his son that much. Therefore, Lester took an interest in music and writing. This is what kept him busy in the empty family life he led during his childhood and in his early teens. He almost became a vegetable from drug abuse at one point during his adolescence. He however, reformed and decided to go ...

Arguably, the issue of gun control is one of the controversial issues that have generated both political and social debates. As a matter of fact, gun control is one of the crucial topics that have raised a lot of controversial topics in the political arena. When it is analyzed, the gun control has various impacts on society, as well as how we view on violence and justice. Studies show that people in various regions in the world support the right to own guns while others believe that the right to own guns should not be allowed. The law that deals with ...

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Media and politics have a close ties with one exposing and selling the ideologies of the other. This is because the aspiring politicians get the exposure to the public domain through the media channels. The Media plays a crucial and critical role in the ensuring that the political arena is exposed and the individuals in the ,public domain get to understand what is happening in the general cycle as far as the elections and the day to day running of the government and the govern mental organizations are concerned. In the election years people and the personnel who work in ...

Ideology is a word that has been subject to many definitions. According to the Macmillan Dictionary, ideology is a system of ideas and principles on which a political or economic theory is based or a set of ideas with a strong social influence. Ideology is therefore a very wide topic given that it covers all ideas that may have had a considerable impact in making the country what it is today. Having this in mind, ideology is most often associated with the political aspirations of both the citizens and the leaders. For instance, according to Mark L. Hass, ideology is leader’s preferences for ordering the political ...

Life in East Berlin was quite different from that of West Berlin. Most of the citizens of East Berlin saw the state as being illegitimate, it was artificial and as a puppet of the Stalin regime. They were very opposed to the enforcement of a single party state of the ruling Socialist Unity Party. They viewed the state of West Germany as being more attractive. Most of the East Germans commonly viewed the Socialist Unity Party as the Russian party not as a German party (Ross 25). However this was not the only aspect of life in East Germany, in fact life ...

Arguably, since the beginning of 21st century political system and its outcome has entered a new era of high-tech politics. The behavior of policymakers, politicians, and citizen is tremendously shaped by modern communication technology. As a matter of fact, modern day campaigns, elections, and outcomes are dictated by modern mass communication. In this perspective, modern mass media communication technologies include television, fm radio, magazines, as well as newspapers. Modern mass media reach wide number of people of which it influences both the elite in the society and the masses. Historically, modern communication technology has developed tremendously; especially in relation to news ...

LEADERSHIP

Question One

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in October 1869. He is the chosen individual in this context considering his widely known and recognized name, character, and most vitally his undertaking (Gandhi, 2007, p. 14). His predominant existence and presence in the political arena in the last century and their relation and impact in the current era are factors that make this leader a strategic and ideal one for analysis. Mahatma was a pre-eminent leader in India during the Indian independence movement. He is mostly known from his political ideologies and undertakings.

Mahatma was the pioneer individual regarding the factor of ...