Essays on Self-Government

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The circumstances in which both documents were written were very similar and it is apparent that the American declaration of independence heavily influenced the French declaration of rights. There is common call for the right to self-government. The French people created their representative body in the form of their National Assembly which represented like the Americans forming their Congress. They immediately established this by stating “The representatives of the French people, organized as a National Assembly ”. This is equivalent to the US’s entity of Congress as reflected in “ Representatives of the united States of America, ...

Since its foundation and signing the Declaration of Independence, the United States of America has been an outstanding country playing one of the key roles on the world stage. The human history does not know any global historical events in which the country has not contributed. The aim of this paper is to study the impact the United States has been having on the situation in the world. How the creation of the United States and the making of American Culture impacted modern global history and politics? The Founding Fathers of the United States proclaimed the main principles that ...

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Introduction/Thesis In 'Spiders in the Centre of Their Webs': The NSW Police and Bushranging in the 1860s, Susan West speaks of bushrangers that rose to prominence in late 19th century Australia. This paper will look at the rise of bushranging in Australia and discuss the culpability of Australian Law in regards to the rise of the bushrangers. The sources that will be utilized were chosen because they seemed to be upon initial inspection relevant to the thesis topic.

This paper uses a number of primary and secondary sources including books, online websites, and PDF’s. The purpose of all ...

What was the African American Renaissance, and how did it influence American culture and society?

African American Renaissance and its influence The time period 1918-1937 is known for the cultural movement the African Americans in Harlem took place. African Americans struggled against slavery against the white supremacy for decades which ended in the Harlem or African American Renaissance. The revolutionary movement after the great migration brought a remarkable cultural uplift in the American culture. Literary writing, compositions and music became a source of cultural rehabilitation instead of music alone. It allowed the expression pride for the African Americans’ independence and increased black militancy (Harlem Renaissance n.d.).

Why was the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) passed, and what was its impact?

Indian Reorganization Act and its impacts Indian Reorganization ...

Liberal/ Secular Vision

Al-Nasir, who was a major in the army, led the Egyptian military revolution in 1952. Many people thought that the revolution resulted from the soldiers’ experiences in the Palestinian War and the disputed Army Officers Club elections (Islamfiche Project75). According to Nasir, the makings of the revolutions began when he was still a student. His philosophy stemmed from the need to liberate Egypt from the hands of the imperialist government. Nasir believed in an independent Egypt where self-governance and democracy thrived. In his opinion, the revolution was the harvest that the Egyptians had cultivated for a long time. Since ...

Post-War Indian Policy and Aboriginal Activism

Post-War times in the United States were marked by the rise of Indian termination policy and African-American civil rights movement. Against the background of its neighbour, Canada also decided to overview policies and attitude toward First Nations. In 1969, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Minister of Indian Affairs Jean Chretien wrote the 1969 White Paper, a policy paper proposal, according to which Indians became equal to Canadians and Indian status was eliminated. The White Paper abolished the Indian Act that had existed in Canada since 1876 and was considered to be discriminating. However, the new proposal did not ...

Introduction

The issue of self-governance as an element of Aboriginal policy in Canada has triggered a lot of deliberations (Belanger, 2008). Among the debaters are Flanagan and Cairns, who have expressed opposing views on how to formulate and implement Aboriginal policy. Tom Flanagan in his work "First Nations? Second Thoughts" and Alan Cairns in his work "Citizens Plus: Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian State" both bring attention to the typical issues that follow the practicability of Aboriginal governance. These two writers discuss the concerns that face Aboriginal self-governance – discrimination, lack of financial support and stability, corruption and the incompetence of ...

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Post-War Indian Policy and Aboriginal Activism: Annotated Outline INTRODUCTION African-American Civil Right Movement forced Canadians to overview their attitude toward First Nations. In 1969, Canadian Prime minister wrote a policy paper proposal, according to which Indians became equal to Canadians, and Indian status was eliminated: The 1969 White Paper.

Why did Indians not support the 1969 White Paper and idea become equal to Canadians like African-Americans did in the US?

This paper is dedicated to analysis of the 1969 White Paper and historical background of those times. It contains information about the role and place of Indians in Pre-War and War times, change of attitude towards Indians in Post-War times, reasons that led to creation of the 1969 White Paper, ...

Canada is one of the many countries in the world that has a multicultural and diverse population mainly because it is the result of extensive colonialism of European countries in the 17th century. One of the drawbacks of this activity was the death and oppression of the Indigenous peoples living in the place. The legal status of Indigenous peoples in Canada is based on two fundamental principles: it is treaty rights and aboriginal rights. Both were introduced in Canada’s Constitution of 1982, specifying that the Indigenous peoples, who are a subject to these rights, are Indians, Inuit and ...

Abstract

The Criminals of the Bible by Jones critique book review will evaluate the definition of the crimes and the criminals depicted by the author in the book in the lens of Christian morals and criminal justice laws. The paper will highlight and review specific crimes and the offenders as purported by the writer, analyzing them in the lens of the scriptures and the criminal justice laws in an attempt to substantiate the claims and the position of the author concerning them. The book by Jones highlights 25 crimes committed by the biblical characters and the critique review will analyze ...

Communities of Canada

Challenges in the Creation of healthy & sustainable education systems for the First-Nation Communities of Canada Education of the First-Nations of Canada has been one of the challenging issues historically. Various agreements and treaties have been signed among the stakeholders, including the federal and local administration for formulating an education policy that ensures the constitutional rights of the First-Nation communities. A conceptual mechanism needs to be structured to let the First-Nations self-manage their education-related matters to meet the challenges that help in reducing the tensions, differences, and confrontations, occurring between the overlapping First Nations and non-First Nations communities, vying for ...

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Introduction While Canada is considered a relatively new country, much of its history can be traced to the end of the first ice age, 20 thousand years ago. At that time there was still an isthmus, which was a kind of bridge between Siberia and Alaska. Therefore land route generation of Siberian hunters-nomads moved slowly on American soil. This theory is supported by archaeological excavations in the basin of Old Crow in the Yukon, in which was found a set of tools that allows to date the initial period of migration is as described above. Thus, ...

Introduction

The Foucauldian theory of Discourse has been an influential tool used by many organizations in shaping and enhancing the understanding on power. The theory has assisted many organizations to deviate from assessments of power from different actors who perceive the same as a coercion instrument. The Foucauldian theory of discourse additionally drives people away from the discreet operational structures of the actors and tries to make them understand that power is equally distributed, embodied and diffused in discourse, regimes of truth and knowledge. According to Michel Foucault, power operates on other levels and makes up who we are. Foucault's ...

First Nations and Indian Peoples

First Nations refers to Canada’s indigenous or the aboriginal peoples, the original inhabitants also known as the Indian peoples. The term “Indian” is used in the context of the Indian Act to refer to any of the Aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere (excluding the Inuit and the Métis). First Nations refer only to Indian peoples. The term attempts to elevate Aboriginal peoples to a status of first among equals in their quest for self-determination and self-government alongside the English and French founding nations in Canada (Gadacz, 2014). The term is not used by Aboriginal peoples outside ...

Democracy - political regime, which is based on the method of collective decision-making with an equal influence of participants on the outcome of the process. Decision-making process in a democracy is better than in other forms of government, because it forces decision makers to consider the interests of the general public and provides them with more complete information. Democracy also has a positive influence on morality, as the consciousness of own influence on current policy encourages the development of personal dignity, responsibility, sense of justice and desire for the common good. Increase of the moral level of society and officials also ...

Introduction

Alternative renewable energy continues to grow popularity because of the upsetting climate change caused by greenhouse gases, exhaustion of non-renewable energy resources and rising global demand for energy. Renewable resources of electricity production are vital progress and are fundamentally motivated by cost. Solar energy is clean and profuse that is why it is the best among the available substitutes. The modern solid-state photovoltaic (PV) technology began in 1954 upon the discovery of silicon (Si) diodes photovoltaic effect . Crystalline Si and a wide range of thin film solar cells, which are inorganic, are the prevailing photovoltaic technologies employed nowadays . ...

Mayflower Compact

Mayflower Compact “In the Name of God, Amen We whose names appear are the loyal subjects of the Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God and the defender of our faith. We have undertaken this course for the Glory of God to advance the Christian Faith, as well as honor King James and our nation. The voyage to plant the First Colony in Northern Virginia is a solemn representation of God’s presence as we combine ourselves in a Civil Body Politic to preserve the aforementioned order. We also strive to enact frames such as ordinances, Constitution, equal ...

Constitutional Convention

Constitutional Convention of 1787 was a significant day in the history of the United States. Constitutional Convention set the future course of action for the national and state governments in the United States of America. Diverse factions and delegates from federal and state governments participated to formulate a constitution for the United States. Different factions represented at the Constitutional Convention with wide difference over numbers of issues, however, they all overcame the difference and finalized the American Constitution at the Constitutional Convention. American Constitution has been the foundation of the United States government for over two centuries. It defines the ...

Arising as the biggest ideology of African culture, Rastafari movement became a household name in the late 1930s in the republic of Jamaica. Though many people describe Rastafarianism as a form of religion, the advocates of this movement consider it as a way of life. They believe that Haile Selassie equates to Jesus Christ in the Bible. Rastas or Rastafari is the name given to the followers of this movement. Moreover, Rastafarianism refers to the way of life for many of its followers. However, the Rastafari family dislikes this term because they believe it is associated with Babylonian culture. This paper hopes ...

(Name of your Institution) When the Europeans established contact with the Aboriginals in Canada, they started to make treaties and agreements with the Aboriginal people since they saw an opportunity of expanding their territory. Once European settlement began, the original inhabitants of the land found that the civilization they had developed for themselves faced the threat of extinction. The foreigners had no respect for their culture and lifestyle, and their sole purpose was to modify the land to meet their . Through their treaties, the Europeans had carefully ensured that the Aboriginal people would give up their title ...

The crisis of modern society is expressed in a crisis of identity as an individual social individual (man) and individual communities. The relationship between global, „world „society of individual communities is mediated by the so-called . Mega - trends: scientific and technical progress, economic integration , information and communication revolution , the movement for human rights and the practice of globalization, exposes contradictions identity of traditional and modern society , and identity of human existence in general . Where is the social process role and place of politics and religion - working on new content identity of a man and society , or maintaining the status quo ...

Morton Grodzins, The American System as a Single Mechanism, 1966

THESIS In the view of author, the US government is involved in complexity due to the involvement of all three layers of government in all the functions. The three layers are working or functioning with unclear or undistinguished roles. The division of authorities and responsibilities among all the tree levels is the main issue in the US system. In the author’s opinion, governments have to appropriately divide the authorities and responsibilities among all the three layers to avoid overlapping of functions. The great number of governments does cover complication of activities. Distribution is not appropriately administrated ...

Introduction

This essay is based on the topic of America Revolutionary War. The War is also known as the American War of Independence. The war began between the Great Britain and thirteen colonies of British in North America. The American Revolutionary War was a conflict that resulted in the separation of the United States from the Great Britain. The duration of the war was from the year 1775 from 1783. The war had a significant impact on the American society. The impact of the war was in terms of political, economic, and social variations. The main focus of this is to discuss ...

Religion and politics is an issue that has been of great concern when political research is concerned. There are many arguments about the religious stands of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln is seen to be religious and yet he did not acknowledge being part of any religious affiliation in his life. In his life as a young man, Lincoln is known to have adopted “the Doctrine of Necessity’(Winger 3). This is what he used to call in his tentative years. One of the famous quotes that are associated with Lincoln concerning this issue is “that the human mind is compelled to ...

The delegates who met at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia for the framing of the constitution were in disagreement with each other on competing claims of local self-government, sectional interests, and national security. The union of the states was already flimsy, so their failure to agree on any of these competing claims meant that the states would most likely dissolve. For instance, small states were unwilling to accept a constitution through which large states would gain excessive power, whereas slave states were unwilling to accept a constitution that would ban slavery. Fortunately, the framers of the constitution managed to resolve these ...

Switzerland and the EU

Since the early 16th century, Switzerland has remained untouched by regional and international conflict as it stood alone as a neutral territory and became a sanctuary for people wishing to stay away from wars and conflict throughout the region. With the major World Wars and regional conflicts settled, Switzerland was expected to have joined the European States in forming its very own regional organization, the European Union, to maintain the peace in the region and rebuilt what was lost in the conflicts. However, it was unexpected that Switzerland had not acceded to the EU given that other neutral territories such as ...

Liberty and equality are values that individuals hold dear. After adding the value of self-government to liberty and equality, politics are created which introduces competition for power.

In general the values may be the same, but the interpretation of liberty and equality are quite different. Values are formed by many inputs such as education and class as well as culture, family and societal experiences.

Two middle class women may have the same values and meet each other often in groups which work for equality among races or for freeing innocent people being held in jail. Both are middle aged ...