Politics Essays

Bureaucracy is a rational construct of a modern capitalist state. It is ideally an apolitical organization of state functionality through its agents, the bureaucrats. The bureaucratic organization is usually rule-bound, merit-based, consistent, and hierarchical, subject to impersonal authority, possessing tenurial security.

Discourse analysis can also help the observer to better understand the power struggle that can take place between two competitors, especially those warring in an arena of words, such as a debate. The first few examples come from the first Presidential debate between Senator John McCain and President-elect Barack Obama, which took place on September 26 at the University of Mississippi.   

 "Demos" means people, and "cratos" means government. This is the meaning of the word (the nominal definition), but the concept to which the word corresponds (the real definition), has been evaluated or developed through history. The term "democracy" has been claimed by both the capitalist world and the socialist world. 

The Unionists and Nationalists have always – and still to this day are – considered as being competing forces, and the British government, which is the organization that should have had the most influence on these competing forces, actually had quite little influence on them overall, especially between the years of 1963 and 1972.

Smith and his colleagues continue that the unprecedented volume and velocity of international flows of trade, investment, information, cultural exchanges, and human migrations are creating a new, more tightly integrated, world and one that seems to be in the throes of some fundamental structuring.

That is "Are we doing the right thing" or "Is there something else which can be done" In the end what's done will be done by those involved, but it is crucial to take an account of more than just one opinion in trying to figure out the best course of action.

Should the decline of Soviet Union ought to be interpreted as a direct outcome of the military dominance ushered in by the Regan administration or were the reasons for Soviet demise embedded deep into the political, economic and cultural framework of this ex-superpower? Understanding the decline of Soviet Union poses some utterly tough challenges to the contemporary historians.

In regards to the New Democratic Party (NDP), a group that initially supported the Canadian involvement in Afghanistan for just over four years, it now has other intentions. Today it calls for the withdrawal of Canadian troops from Afghanistan in order to send them to other parts of the world such as Lebanon, Haiti, or Darfur. 

More significant of an issue, would be that Congress increased its number of investigations into shady dealings that occur throughout any of the branches of government during the 1960s. As in the movie, Congress, today, would have investigated in depth when Smith was attacked by fellow Congressman Taylor through the media.   

Rescue efforts were initiated after hours of the attack. The rescue efforts took several months to complete including eight weeks of putting the fire off. The expenses incurred were massive and the number of precious lives lost was great. In this concern, emergency management is an important consideration.

Evo Morales won the Bolivian Presidency on a ticket that was heavy in promoting improvements in indigenous people’s quality of life. Since colonization by Spain indigenous peoples has endured 500 hundred years of poverty, discrimination, and oppression. Morales has inherited a Bolivia that includes a high poverty rate and an undereducated population.

This work is intended for disclosing the key factors favorable for Russia’s survival and expansion. Phenomenon of any empire rising and expansion is not unique. We can compare and contrast the life cycles of many empires. Here our primary aim is in describing “driving forces”, both external and internal, which were most important at the stages of appearing and expansion of the Russian Empire. 

Terrorist attacks can be launched by ethnic minority citizens that are acting on behalf of a foreign country or ideology. When the terrorism is perpetrated by US citizens against the US government, political ideals, or our social structure it is known as domestic terrorism. The FBI's definition of domestic terrorism is broad and sweeping.

Even today, the victory of the Liberal Party in the 1906 elections is considered to be the most remarkable reversal of an electoral trend. Along with few other notable modern elections, particularly the ones of 1945 and 1979; the general elections of 1906 join the list of the events that are considered as the turning points in British politics.

Though this has created inequality where some countries in the Western advance countries are the reapers of the gains emanating from globalization while Third world countries still lavish in their state of penury and underdevelopment.

Voter preferences change over time, and it calls for the joint effort of researchers from diverse fields like political science, electoral geography, and statistical modeling to understand the changing patterns. The first part of the paper will deal with some of the social attitudes of British citizens and their voting behaviour patterns, as have been observed over the years. 

Affordable housing is a term used for housing units for people within a specified income bracket usually towards low-income people but can also be applied to all income brackets. It can include both rental hand ownerships. For example in a certain country housing cost which is a certain percentage of the person's salary is considered affordable. 

This dissertation reveals a detailed review of the available literature on the various factors responsible for the financial crisis in the Russian economy and the economic progress made by the country in the post-crisis period. The Russian Federation experienced a sudden explosion of the barter and money surrogates during the period between the years 1995 and 1998.

The similarities and differences of the national budgets and national defence spending will be discussed in a broader context considering the US defence agenda. The concept of defence economics will be discussed, and I will also analyze how these concepts could be used for efficiently allocating and planning resources which are under the Department of Defence and Defence authorities.

White peninsulares (those born in Spain) and criollos (those born in America of Spanish background) were considered elite then; they were served by the white Canary Islanders, who naturally worked as wage laborers; then came a large group of ethnically mixed pardos,

The entire portion of the UK economy that was previously part of the public zone was sold to the private sector. Their employees bought some out; the public largely bought others. Some civic services were indentured out to the private sector; others were laid on a more commercial foothold. The UK privatization plan had sway on economic policy all over the world.

Besides, the 2010th may be a timeline for further enlargement as Ukraine, Turkey, and former Yugoslavia republics (Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina) are also standing in the queue (Archick, 2005). Historically, each stage of EU enlargement used to cause the “displacement of powers” on the continent.

And in the neo-liberal economic order of the world today, national economies are ever more intertwined, making it impossible for any one nation to insulate itself and its people from the effects of the crisis. This is most obvious when we take a look at the data pertaining to the recent global economic recession, precipitated by the collapse of credit derivatives.

 On September 12, 2001, less than 24 hours after the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, NATO invoked Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty and declared the attacks to be an attack against all 19 NATO member countries. In the following months, NATO took a wide range of measures to respond to the threat of terrorism.

Fascism when defined in a broad sense is the opposition to ideologies held by fascists or organizations, people, and governing bodies. It encompasses those who have engaged in direct action or those who simply disagree with the fascist ideology. Political parties in the past and in modern days have been associated with political movements.

Because the United States had previously been such a welcoming country for incoming students, terrorists were able to get trained as pilots at American institutes. Because United States airport security had previously been somewhat more trusting, those same terrorists were able to use box cutters to intimidate passengers and airline employees, gaining entry into the cockpits of three passenger planes.

In this kind of government, the general public practices a freedom where everybody can participate in making a decision especially in selecting a leader who will guide and rule the nation. On the other hand, public authorities were given power to rule and guide the society.

Accordingly, this article puts a broader historical view on placing this action and other recent international activity within the Balkan region.  This is for the reason that the latter part of 1995 international intervention cannot be considered in isolation from the expectations and anxieties engendered by past incursions into the Balkans, several of which helped establish the norms of intervention and non-intervention on a global scale.

In President Obama's address to the cadets at West Point, he makes a point of trying to evade responsibility for how badly the situation has gotten in Afghanistan. He also tries to justify the troop levels that were currently in Afghanistan before and after he took office, most likely because the responsibility was his and he most likely lied about how he has handled the war.

New actors and relationships were introduced; older actors and relationships were redefined. U.S. President George H. W. Bush (1991) spoke of 'new world order. The United Nations (UN, 1994) introduced the concept of Human Security. At the center of this evolving debate was an examination of the interaction between the state and non-state actors in the international arena.

In the larger frame of multiculturalism and globalism, the significance of cultural differences becomes easily comprehensible. Engaging the cultural differences has become of the most prevalent issues of the liberal democracies all over the world and tolerance often attains central status in discussions on cultural differences.

On ethical and legal grounds, the system is justified, and the system is a true reflection of democratic values. The only disadvantage relevant to the system is that state with a lower majority will fail to achieve its objectives, and under these circumstances, Congress will play a positive role where each state enjoys equal representation.

The author states that the former president's arguments can be subjected to judgment on its validity owing to what has so far transpired regarding the security situation in the Gulf counties he mentioned in his speech. It is true that several American Servicemen have sacrificed their lives in an effort to bring sanity and peace to the world.

It represented a significant shift in both the political and domestic policy of the US, with results such as increased federal government control over the money supply and the economy as a whole (Chandler 1970). The New Deal was based on the three R's: relief for the unemployed, recovery for the economy, and reform to prevent another depression.  

Much of the attention on the economic aspects of the enlargement of the EU has concentrated upon the high-profile issues which are linked to the level of relative economic development in these countries; the perceived threat of large-scale migration and the budgetary costs arising from the implementation of EU agricultural and regional policies.

The main aim of Canadian government is to combat global poverty. It is one of the developed countries and it has realized that it has an obligation to ensure that every country has economic, social and political stability. “A role of Pride and Influence in the world: Development” (Aileen Carroll international cooperation minister) was the international policy statement in Canada 2005 (CIDA).

Sino-American relations refer to the interstate relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.The forces that govern Sino-American relations are often shaped by the respective power and strategy of the United States and China.  The United States is currently the world’s lone superpower with the ambition and capacity to exercise global primacy, while China is rising powers on the international stage.  

The UN charter stipulates clearly the procedures that should be followed by a country to perpetrate coercion or violence to another state. The UN charter is the only legitimate basis that a country can use to attack another sovereign state since it has been reached through consensus by the member states forming the United Nations.

The concepts of securitization and de securitization and the emphasis on studying security as a discourse allow us to escape state-centric realism, but this framework is at the same time unable to account for a possible change in normative standards for conflict resolution and the strengthening of legally binding agreements.

Karl Marx was born on May 5, 1818, in the city of Trier in the Rhineland, where he completed his early schooling.  His father’s side of the family was all rabbis.  His father was a prosperous lawyer who adopted Lutheranism for himself and his family in 1824.  His mother was from Hungary, and she never learned to read or speak German.

All these factors are interrelated and have grown each other with a competitive manner. Governments in the developed countries have balanced this impact with their available resources, while developing and under developed countries have suffered its impact at a level which was many occasions beyond toleration for the government and the common man.

The author states that Clinton has plans to end the Iraq War, stop global warming, provide a universal health care system for Americans, reduce America's dependence on foreign oil, and provide many benefits for the middle class. She is currently the front runner in the polls for the Democratic Primary.

Initially known under the name European Economic Community, established by the Treaty of Rome in 1957, the European Community was established in 1967 and is today known under the name EC by the Maastricht Treaty in 1992, which aimed to the creation of the European Union under three separate pillars.

Afghanistan and Iraq have been facing political and humanitarian crisis since the height of the terror campaign that ended with ousting of their dictatorial regimes in power a few years ago. Security has been a thorny issue in the two neighboring countries. Various strategies have been advanced to militate against the resultant effects of the two wars.

Globalization is a broad term and is perhaps can be best comprehended as a process that is comprehensive of other processes that are increasingly binding people more closely into one global system with one fortune. These sub processes can be enhanced economic interdependence, increased cultural influence.

The greater controversy surrounds exactly how human-induced climate change will be realized at the regional level and across time, who will suffer, and what should be done. Governments in many developing countries and at least two industrialized countries have, over the years involve the implicit assumption that climate change is a nuisance, that it has little or no economic costs while doing something about climate change.

Legitimatization has mainly drawn on the prescriptions of neo-classical economics. Deregulation of domestic economic life, less state intervention in economic activities, and fewerobstacles to international trade: these are the main tenets of neo-liberal policy.

The understandable war use of the raid for propaganda purposes may contain led to an exaggeration of its success. The publication of Webster and Frankland's appraisal of the air offensive next to Germany brought a re-evaluation which, even as acknowledging the attack's accuracy, held that the physical result was of fundamental significance.

The United States has faced many enemies both from outside its borders and from within. A few wars were fought on American soil in the 19th century, but since those times, America has conducted military action for the large part in other countries and abroad. Most times in the past, America and other modern nations fought wars in a traditional manner.

'Class is undoubtedly a significant factor when considering voting behaviour; traditionally two thirds of all voters chose their 'natural' class party, the working class favoring Labour and the middle class Conservative.