Essays on Polity

Introduction: Australia is made of 6 state and 2 territories. It has one the best performing healthcare system in the world. At present, Australian healthcare system is a mix of public and private health care providers. The public health care system is funded by the government. Australia has a three tier government: the federal or commonwealth government, the state/territory government, and the local government. The health care system in Australia is complex. Given below is an overview of the system and its functions. 1. The structure of Australian Health Care System: The system of health care delivery is fragmented ...

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A look at the problems that face the world which include wars, disease, and injustice among others would prompt a re-evaluation of the social system that is in place. It is evident that the system has not led to an overall improvement in humanity. The common underlying factor among the various social ills that face the world today is the adoption of capitalism as the predominant mode of production and social ordering. The need to outdo the competition and maximize productivity in order to increase profits as the primary motivation for capitalism makes the system susceptible to abuse hence ...

The French Revolution was one of the most important moments in world history. The French Revolution symbolized that the ideologies and methods of the Enlightenment were no longer only the work of philosophes, academics and of the salons of Paris. The French Revolution was the moment when all of this theoretical knowledge regarding the way societies and governments should be organized left the pages and entered the streets, the cafes and the political clubs.  The French Revolution was the result of a crisis in France’s ancien regime and its assertion of the division of the state, the polity, ...

INEQUALITY IN BRITAIN

Introduction Social stratification is about the different social classes and relative positions of social groups within a given country or community. In most societies, it has to do with the level of wealth each social category yields, but there are several concepts and theories that relates to it. This includes level of education, norms, social activities and preferences as well as the expectations society places on certain people within each class which leads to taste and the formation of identities. As a result of this, there is the famous “Top 1%”, the upper class, the upper-middle, the middle class, ...

There’s No Such Thing as Society

Everything around us from our devices and gadgets we cannot live without to factories and corporations is our society. Peoples’ behavior, interactions, and choices form, or construct, the society. At the same time, the society through the social structure with norms and regulations has its own significant effect on people. It means that society forms the way people think, determine their role in society, the way people imagine themselves and the way they are perceived and understood by others. Actually, people don't usually ask how works society and do not question their behavior and choices they made every day, ...

Effects of Globalization, Increased Mobility and Migration on Ethnicity

Ethnicity refers to the state of belonging to people with the same identity based on a common language, culture, social experience, or classification. Persons from the same ethnic group are usually defined by common ancestry, myth, heritage, dialect, religion, rituals, cuisine, dressing, art, and appearance (Peoples and Bailey, 2009). Globalization, on the other hand, is a process of integration and interaction among individuals, companies, and national governments dues to interchanging world views, trade, technology, and culture (Globalization101.org, 2016). As social and rational beings, people have become more aware of their interdependence in a constantly evolving world and as a ...

In looking at what way, and for what reasons, Aristotle thinks that "the middle class" is of political importance it is evident that there are a variety of factors related to his conclusion. He understood the need to promote a class that could bridge the divide between the rich and the poor in order to establish a more considerate framework for the promotion of specific values and policies on behalf of the government. Aristotle understood the need to promote economic growth in order to maintain a higher level of political order. He argued that both governments ruled by the ...