Essays on Political Leader

Q1: Comparison of Ancient Greek and Egyptian Architectural Designs

There are great similarities in the ancient architectural designs of pyramids in the Egyptians Old Kingdom and the Greek temples of Acropolis that were constructed within the age of the Pericles. The ancient Egyptian and Greek Civilizations are home to some of the oldest architectural structures and designs in history* . However, the evolution of architectural designs in these two civilizations has had different and similar aspects, and is also thought to have taken place within the periods of 1150 BC to 146 BC. In addition, the two civilizations existed in different geographical conditions, implying that the architects in these ...

The role of political leader is a very large. History knows many examples when bloody wars between the two countries and peoples were unleashed in the interests of individual political leaders or groups, and attempts the realization of the delusional ideas of certain "leaders of the people" has claimed the lives of many millions of people. One of the most valuable characteristics of leader is his charisma. The term charisma often is used in political science and sociology to describe a subset of leaders who “by the force of their personal abilities are capable of having profound and extraordinary ...

In the ancient times, there were many civilizations around the world, but all of them managed to develop independently. In spite of the fact that the world is so diverse and the West seems to be too far from the East, different parts of the world have a lot in common. However, it is extremely hard to trace the common themes between the West and the East when it comes to religions without concentrating on their differences first. This paper is going to focus on the differences in the role of the prophets between the biggest religions of the ...

In the Jewish State of Israel, politics and prophecy generally work together. Israel was founded when there was a covenant between God and Abraham. In this covenant, God entered into a relationship of mutual obligation with the Israelites instead of him solely imposing his will. This covenant was not only related to religion but was binding in politics and law. God himself is the King, but He exercises his kingship on earth through his chosen proxies. In the case of Israel, there exist three religious institutions which were led by people who had been divinely endorsed namely the Prophet, ...

Currently, one of the main places in the political processes takes the media. Their interaction with politics, its subjects is felt on a daily basis in a variety of forms and manifestations. The importance of the media becomes apparent when one considers that the instruments of mass communication, as such, are the instruments of power ("fourth power"). The speed and agility give the media an opportunity to effectively influence on the spiritual life of society, the consciousness of the broad masses of the population. They can contribute to the stimulation of public opinion in support of a particular purpose ...

In the contemporary world, it is extremely difficult to differentiate a saint and a hero. We used to take one for another, because each of them performs something significant for the world. In some ways, of course, these terms are different: duties that saints and heroes do have different purposes and are performed in different ways. While saints don’t exist in every tradition, as they are usually connected to religion and protect the morals and ethics, heroes have existed in all the cultures throughout the human history. The latter even exist today in the books and on the ...

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“Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.” Anne Bradstreet. ("Anne Bradstreet") Anne Bradstreet was a puritan and a poet whose father and husband were part of the local government in the early year of the Massachusetts Colony. Her quote is a direct result of her experiences with politics during that time period of early American Colonial Puritan life. Her perspective on the most important factors involved in how politics worked is also reflected in a few of her poems. However, the statement above shows her perspective and understanding of ...

Muslims have two major factions among them: the Shi’iMuslims and the Sunni Muslims. They have differences in their perspective of political leadership of Islam but their commonalities are many. The first belief practiced by all Muslims regardless of birth, gender, race or color is in the belief of Allah, the one true God and Creator of all things. All Muslims ascribe to His word which is found in the Qur’an. All Muslims are united in the belief of his attributes too. He is all knowing, all powerful and has no family, wife or children. Allah is just ...

The first American presidents of the newly formed republic of the United States faced some of the first tribulations of the office. These included both political events as well as negative economic incidents. The presidents' roles about policies for American expansionism directly affected their individual policies. In this academic exercise, the background on political, economics, and American expansionism remain the focus for both Adams and Jefferson presented in the following.

John Adams

As a lawyer/politician, John Adams was as an independent thinker with a quick and blunt speaking manner. This often put this political leader, at odds with others while at the same ...

BOSTON TEA PARTY

If a person with poor knowledge of history hears the name of the event it will arouse association with some meeting of forebears known by their portraits on bank notes, sitting at a served table with cups in their hands. The fact that the event took place in Boston in the territory called Massachusetts being a British colony at those times and that later becoming a state, one might guess from the name and tea really had a relation with this historical fact. The name of the event is of an ironically uttered character. In order to understand why such a big party of expensive ...

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON THE POLITICAL LEADER 2

Abstract The purpose of this essay is to assess various scholarly sources pertaining to Hillary Clinton as a political leader, her various leadership roles, and the overall organizational effectiveness of her leadership. While serving as the First Lady of the United States, United States Senator of New York and Secretary of State for President Obama’s first administration, Clinton has proven time and again to be a leader of resilience and authenticity with effective organizational outcomes. Ideally, the leadership behaviors of Hillary Rodham Clinton provide a diverse and broad foundation for identifying specific characteristics of transformational leadership: the ability to listen ...

International Political Economy

International Political Economy

Introduction

Interest groups, domestic politics, and institutions, both domestic and international, are important factors that determine the foreign economic policy of a given country. Interest groups perform certain obligations, based on their capability to regulate competing industries to ensure safe and free trade. Besides, political leaders are required to execute some demands from the voters as pertains to the economy of the country to secure them a win in next elections. Finally, institutions form a link between countries undertaking international trade as they sign treaties to facilitate this trade. Economists have come up with some theories, which illustrate the interplay ...

Aristotle and Machiavelli have been described as political scientists. The two men have differences in terms of philosophies in relation to the vision they had on the political system. Each man was a product of his own time. Aristotle rose from Greece in the Golden Age while Machiavelli sprouts from Medieval Europe. Their cases gave advice and ideas hold weight in modern political aspects considering their philosophies and outlooks which differ. According to Aristotle, he perceived that the main goal of politics was to deliver a “good life” to the society. Machiavelli’s goal shared the view that the goal ...

Peter Drucker cites leadership research in his article in Psychology and states “management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things” (All About Leadership, 2010). The number of countries that have supported the cause is a strong indication that people feel military action is ethically justified. Obama spoke to the UN General Assembly about a message to recreate the manner in which the wars on terror, conflict, climate and health. He spoke of the Ebola outbreak and Russia’s need to address Islamist militant threats within its borders. He used some flower words that are a hallmark of an Obama speech ...

Introduction

The film Qiu Ju revolves around two people who are very stubborn. This includes Qui Ju and the political leader or head. In the film, Qiu Ju heads to the police chief to demand an apology from the political leader who caused physical harm to her husband. Because of her persistence, the police officer is forced to settle the matter. However, the political leader ends up behaving in an unwelcoming manner by throwing the compensation money on the Qiu Ju’s feet. In a counter reaction, Qiu Ju refuses to take the compensation money and decides to launch an appeal ...

Over the past several years, the government has tried its best to remain neutral towards all religions. Essentially, government neutrality towards religion requires that the ruling government does not favor any sect, religion or denomination over the others. In order to enhance the government’s neutrality towards religion, there are several laws that deny the government authority to interfere in religious matters. Government neutrality towards religion is a good idea because it fosters good relations between people from diverse religious backgrounds, creates a conducive political environment, helps to avoid isolation of religious minorities, and ensures that there is freedom of worship ...

The Islam religion had no divisions before the death of Prophet Muhammad in the year 632 A.D. It is believed that the Prophet Muhammad had prophesied that upon his death there would emerge more than 72 Muslim sects (Friedman 128) but only one of them would not go to hell (Mervin 11). The biggest cause of the split was the lack of and/or the failure by Prophet Muhammad to name his successor before his death. Conventionally, his successor would have been his eldest son or a male relative. The problem was that all his three sons who were the ...

Leadership is an important aspect of organizations, regardless of the type of association one belongs to. If a group is led by an effective leader, then the company reaches its goals and members of the group become successful as well. Not only are goals met, but everyone performs according to set expectations. The role of the leader is to “keep the ducks in place” and ensure that each one in the organization has a clearly defined goal and position in the team. On the other hand, when a leader does not think about the plight of his subordinates and is the type ...

My Father's Lunch My Leader’s Pool

Saturday afternoon, End of the month, he'd sit at the kitchen table he’d float on the water, in khakis and a workshirt. in a blue swimming short White napkin, a beer, the serrated knife. Body guards, waitress, trainers.

Pieces of prosciutto or headcheese Amarula at his disposal or Ciroc

or kippered herring all in fancy and curved glasses layered on slabs of black bread. brought to him by a beauty

Outside, the ripe hayfields Awaiting, the media guys

or the stacks of shutters
 or the angered citizens or the forest needing to be cleared
 or the policy waiting to be argued or the snow needing to be pushed aside or the opposition waiting to scold ...

James Q. Wilson’s recommendation on the guiding principles that make public organizations efficient and effective and how they may be applied to a work organization Wilson gives a number of guiding principles for the making of an efficient and effective public organization. Indeed the principles as explained by Wilson are fundamental and important for the successful management and running of government in a manner that is efficient and effective. Wilson seems to suggest that management of public organizations needs to assume a cautious approach that is informed with the knowledge of the purpose for which the public organization suffices rather than ...

The relationship between Christianity, the principal religious belief of the West, and Islam, the predominant religion of the East, has been in the limelight in contemporary times. The fundamentalism and terrorism having got intertwined and the governmental body too referring to the war against terrorism as the Holy Crusade, the issue now needs to be comprehended and the essential contrasts and similarities between the two pivotal religious beliefs need to be put under a scanner. It needs to be taken into account in the inception that both the religions are monotheistic. Both the religions describe God as the paramount creator ...

The history of Mahatma Gandhi is dated back in October 2 1869, when he was born in Porbandar India. He rose to become among the most respected political and spiritual leader in India. History has it that he played an essential role in the fight for independence of India from the British colonial rule. He led the Indian people in the nonviolent resistance against the rule of colonialism. The name Mahatma was developed by the Indians to mean great soul. This shows that Mahatma Gandhi had a great love for the people. Therefore, mahatma Gandhi can be described a political figure a ...

There is an array of talented politicians who have lodged their presence and remembered in United States of America due to their style, performance, achievements and policies. This is not easy to choose a single leader from a bunch of talented people but on basis of their achievements and how they handled the situations, we would try to find out most significant American political leader of twentieth century. This paper talks about Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt also known as FDR is considered as the most significant political leader of twentieth century due to his policies and decisions which helped ...

Arguably, every country in the world has significant historical figures, whose activities are attributed liberation, independence, revolutions, as well as war. Others have steered the country into radical political, economic, and social changes. Certainly, these leaders are the basis of the contemporary situations. Some of these historical figures include George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Hancock.

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson is one of the famous and important personality in the history of United States. Jefferson was a philosopher, American political leader, and essayist. He was the third president of U.S. Jefferson was born on 1743 in Albemarle county Virginia, and ...

Abstract

Having emanated from the Greek term politika, Politics is a process where people come together to discuss and make constructive decisions. Generally, the term politics is associated with the science of governance in affairs of states and to an extent, the institutions including the general behavioral activities in civil governments. Also, the term politics best applies in special fields like in academic sectors, religious segments and corporate. Politics encompasses social relations that involve authority and it is therefore connected with regulations of political units’ public affairs as well as strategies employed when formulating and promulgating policies. This paper discusses how ...