Politics Essays

Even before Schuman announced the plan in a bid to consolidate the scattered coal and steel resources of Western European countries, Winston Churchill had already uttered the need for the United States of Europe on the lines of the U.S.A. Britain could not shed her image of the champion of world affairs next only to America.

During the past thirty years, historians have printed a lot of papers whether directing on the white otherwise black Southerners with reference to slavery within the Old South. Their investigations finish off during 1860, the year prior to when the Civil War broke out. A few scholars have dedicated their entire workings to the subjects of slavery.

The metamorphosis of the EU from a coal and steel Community into a 26 member supranational Union with a significant regional and international economic, legal, and political leverage, evidently brings to the fore the definition (or the redefinition) of the EU’s role in regional and international affairs.

The directive which took effect in 2005 was also meant to ensure free movement of these products across national borders since there would be harmonised standards of all the supplements. The directive (2002/46/EC) therefore gives important definition on the limits and ingredient for supplements. (Jungbeck, 2004, p. 1).

The history of mankind shows that contemporary civilization is in point of fact presents neither more nor less than a symbiosis of various civilizations. The dialogue between civilizations gives evidence that all countries regardless of certain differences in cultures are seeking the clinch the matters of variance by dint of dialogue.

The author states that for Machiavelli, in The Prince, truth is only important as far as it can be used to rule effectively, its importance tied to its utility. While for both, the state or the republic is the area of concern, the difference lies in how each conceived the foundations necessary for its realization and reason for being.

Following this seizure, Finland was used as a buffer state in the Soviet Empire. In the year 1812, Russian Tsar Alexander I combined the entire region of Old Finland into the Grand Duchy of Finland. This led to the beginning of Russian influence upon the area. Until this time, the ties between Finland and the Soviets were close and well forged.

for which I am always on the lookout for answers from all credible forms of sources. As part of my research, I intend to undertake many more tours to the Middle East region and be able to interact with many more experts and common. All along, I intend to gain access to more literature and ensure that something concrete and useful comes out as a result of my research. 

The power of dissidents mostly came from their willpower and idea, and they refused to participate in the obligatory ideological play in the Soviet Union. They became symbols of oppression of freedom of civilization and attracted widespread attention from Western media. During the cold war, they were able to bring out the hollowness of Soviet claims.

Apart from this, the natural calamities, accidents etc. provide a greater amount of threat that could cause a lot of damage to life and property. A single terrorist act can shake the base of any well-established country. An untimely famine or a drought, an epidemic, a natural disaster, accident etc. all takes the face of mighty risks.

Agreement of an EU Action Plan against terrorism including enhanced police and judicial co-operation and strengthened air security. Another important contribution made by German diplomacy to the anti-terror campaign was the organization and funding in Bonn of UN-sponsored conference on the creation of post-Taliban interim regime. 

It was originated by Northern Ireland executive in 2002. The deadline year is 2009. To apprehend it completely, a brief guideline of its objectives and aims is a must which included "direct action policy "in housing, health, human resources, community planning, environment department, office of the first minister and deputy first minister, Central/local government relationships etc".

The introduction of performance measurement and performance management has been widespread across the public sector, within the operations of local authorities, police, NHS, education, central government departments etc. A lot of progress has been made in the development of performance management and measurement (Flynn 2002). 

In the desire to keep in constant allegiance to the demands of modern technology and public service, the government has claimed that taxes as the primary source of revenue would surely create an appropriate solution to the national budget crisis scenario. With the government’s source taken from the public taxation always greater than the amount that is intended for use by the government, taxes are levied to fund several programs.

What used to be regional migrations are now global migrations.  The European Union is often the target of immigrants that hunt for a better life for themselves and their families.  With the open borders and common currency, the European Union has had to open discussion between member states about immigration issues. 

It links citizens and the government providing a means by which people can have a voice in their government. The functional definition of a political party is an organization that supplies three kinds of services: (1) helping legislative candidates get elected, (2) helping legislators get bills passed, and (3) helping members of the collective influence legislation.

The study focuses its attention in particular on the period between 1909 and the end of the twentieth century. A number of developments, adaptations, and new philosophies regarding censorship emerged during this time. In particular, the post-Victorian attitudes and the effects of war will be considered and critically analyzed in relation to the key social and political changes during this period.

The idea of representation in electoral politics goes back more than a century, but it has since been refined and expanded to cover a wide range of demographic and electoral contingencies. In particular, Phillips’ introduction of the notion of “politics of presence” adds new dimensions to political discourse in liberal democratic societies.

The Private Finance Initiative has been touted by economic experts as one of the most cost-effective methods of providing quality service to the public. PFI as it is commonly known was introduced in Britain in the early 1990s by the then conservative government led by veteran administrator John Major. The basic premise behind the concept was to involve private players in service provision hence lessening the burden on the government.

The author states that the term transformation relates to the changes that are likely to occur or have already happened. These changes are may have both negative and positive impacts on to governance system, therefore bringing in good or bad governance. Most people in European society mainly prefer the bureaucratic mode of role.

Policy analysis and advice were very personalized, idiosyncratic activities, passing from sage to ruler, from counselor to monarch, with only scarce and episodic regard for recording and routinizing the activity. While this was the case at the early stages of the history down till the nineteenth and the early twentieth century, the events, particularly, the growth of colonies and the large scale influence of economy in the political scene.

The political development of China was influenced by the Soviet Union's ideology. The China Republic adopted the “best” traditions of communism and reflected the model of the Soviet Union's political structure. For a long time, Mao was a leader of the Chinese people and their ideological tutor. He announced the policy of "leaning to one side".

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948-1998) also affords the right to privacy. A person is supposed to be assured that nobody would monitor his or her movements or that his or her private abode and personal effects will be free from intrusion unless of course a valid reason is offered and the prescribed procedure is followed.

Governments are often portrayed as being at the mercy of transnational actors whose only loyalty is to their profit making abilities. Yet, in the wake of government’s declining role in defining its economic and social policies it has moved towards the formation of regional organizations.

The author states that there are key differences that have to be recognized by the two sets of policies. To achieve her political objectives, Hill points out that Thatcher essentially had to centralize power. In contrast, New Labour policies revived local governance including the restoration of the Greater London Authority.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is described the long-term investment by a foreign based direct investor in a business organization or enterprise residing in an economy. Basically, the relationship in a foreign direct investment supply scheme, consists of a investing parent enterprise and the foreign affiliate where money is invested in.

The Home office further announced that every route to migration and immigration into the UK will be based on the merit-point system to be implemented in the next few years. The main modifications of Britain's new migration policy includes a 75 merit based points in order for new migrants and migrant worker to enter the country.

The paper shows that British settlement introduced institutions that aided in improving economic performance, also that property right plays a major role in determining economic performance. British colonies with relation to GDP level shows that British colonized countries have higher GRDP levels than the other countries.

In such conditions, any institutional design is inadequate for the development of the constitutional state as well as other democratic institutions. A common belief is that there are two paths to the development of a sort of political culture agreeable to the constitutional state, the internal formation of a single, consensual political culture.

Though Marx believed in the increasing development of history, and also in the unavoidable ruin of capitalism, he believed that by destroying the support of capitalism he would be able to hurry the total fall of capitalism and thus bring forth a socialist era. There are many of his works that seemed to be revealed as a result of his reactions to the growth of new areas of political economy.

The organization supporting the theory is well organized, well financed, and adept at promoting their political cause. Yet, they have been unsuccessful at moving forward for wide-ranging, and sometime counter-intuitive reasons. Though highly organized, the movement has limited appeal due to the litmus test placed by its major tenet, religion.

Last year, the country joined Cuba rebels in a sordid fight for independence from its colonial master, Spain.Personally, I favor the United States helping Cuba because I believe in the Manifest Destiny. Even though it was made more than a decade before I was born, it was a constant part of my early education.

The policy permits the trading partners to attain mutual gains with goods and services produced according to the law of comparative advantage. Comparative advantage is the ability of any country to produce anything at a lower comparative cost than other countries. Free trade is important for development especially for developing countries and least developed countries.

Repressive transitions may take place through negotiated changes, national reconciliation, or reinstating of democratic process. It is important to identify the agents of repression and their possible continuation as public servants to prevent violation of human rights and promoting national reconciliation.

U.S. involvement in Iraq The involvement of USA, the self proclaimed policeman of the world, in Iraq was strategic and stretched over a longer period of time. It must share due responsibility for the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives during the period it supported the Saddam Hussein regime and also after the invasion of that country in 2003.

It aims to ensure the most efficient and effective use of land in the public interest while attempting to resolve the rival requirements of development and conservation. Further, it has a significant function to discharge in respect of its involvement in the Government's strategy for advancing sustainable development.

Friedman (2005) calls it a flattened world wherein the playing field can be considered as “open and level”. Friedman explained how the world has shrunk.  Technology has allowed everyone to compete in a leveled playing field within the global marketplace, something which was not possible before the major advances in information technology.

Throughout the vast majority of American history, the Government has prided itself in being a government for the people and by the people. This notion entails mass participation in the governance of the country.  This call for mass participation is at the heart of the democratic process and is facilitate the facilitated systematic course of suffrage.

In the Greece parliamentary elections of 2004 the effects of political marketing gave a new culture to the politics of the country. Greece's socialist PASOK party, in power for all but three of the past twenty-one years, was braced for disaster at the October local government elections.

 It is the most evident form of independence from the all-encompassing body or organization of nations around the world.  It gives nations freedom from intervention unless otherwise specified according to agreed policies.  Domestic jurisdiction is what sets nations apart and breaks down homogeneity. 

An alpha value of .05 is chosen to accept or reject the null hypothesis. The hypothesis to be tested is the level of dependence of the variable vote on the independent variables gender, age, level of interest in elections, bases to pick a political party, level of trust in British politicians and opinion regarding the effectiveness of voting.

In such a way that ordinary people in an organized crime commit money laundering and so are the terrorists that make their financial transactions to support their operations. While money laundering has been recognized as potentially practiced illegal act by any ordinary individual, the world is particularly concern with terrorists financing along with money laundering crime.

 Therefore, proper mediation should go a long way in bringing both the parties to an agreeable solution. History proves that war is not the ultimate solution of any dispute but it gives birth to other complex issues and many times takes the countries towards deadlock. Thus, dialogues and peace negotiations are the only ways to resolve the conflict between Israel and Palestine.

The term “Democracy” started in Ancient Athens in the 5th century BC, they were considered to be the “Cradle of Democracy”.  Democracy comes from two Greek words: demos which means “people” and "kratein" which means “to rule”.  These two words are joined together to form democracy, literally meaning “rule by the people”.

This paper will begin with the statement that various measures have been reported against the growing institution of money laundering from the European end. The 1990 convention was introduced by the Council of Europe at a time when the global awareness of money laundering was minimal and the combat against it was in its initial phases.

These requirements were often so bureaucratic that they had a negative effect on the way in which the charity could operate (O'Halloran, McGregor-Lowndes and Simon 152). As a result of this, the Act was passed amending and adapting the previous charities acts in 1992 and 1993.

European Union (EU) is a union of twenty seven independent countries which joined together to enhance economic and political corporation of those member regions. EU is the ultimate outcome of a free trade area in Europe that began among 6 European countries way back in 1957 after the scrapping of its predecessor organization European Coal and Steel Community.

In the realm of policy-making, a number of scholars in recent years have re-opened the doors towards understanding the role of ideas in policy change. Building upon the inadequacies of rational choice and institutional approaches, these theories emphasize that ideas play an important role in contributing to policy change.

Moreover, China’s exchange rates, the Renminbi (RMB) to the US dollar, and other foreign currencies have pushed its export commodities prices much lower, which in turn have boomeranged to the other countries’ currencies. This vicious cycle prompted Roach to conclude that “China is one of the sources of current world deflation” (People’s Daily, 2002).

The majority of contemporary political theorists consider that the state has authority in the descriptive sense. This means that the state maintains public order via creating rules and issuing commands that subjects generally obey due to the dominant belief that the state has authority to do so (Hart 1961). However, some thinkers do not perceive the attitude of subjects toward such authority as the decisive factor.