Political Reform Research Paper

Young global citizens need to understand representation and the value of political reform in order to positively affect the way young citizens are represented in different countries and to develop governments. Political science is a moral discipline because it upholds citizen’s rights. Political scientists try to do “good”, but it is difficult to make positive change all of the time. This idea at times has been true, however not many would believe this by looking at our current state, not only politicians but the people as well, need to be held accountable. To continue forward with incremental changes for reform, there needs to be a change not just by representatives, but this needs to begin with the represented.
Positive change can come in politics, but the first step in the process of change, I believe is electing proper representatives, and becoming more educated overall as a society. The people voting need to make educated decisions for representatives, who desire to do “good”, and progress forward. …show more content…
An article I read called “One Soul at a Time” by Sam Huntington said, “Political scientists want to do good. They want to expand knowledge about political life, but also they wish to use knowledge for political reform. Usually this means desiring to promote ‘democratization’” (Huntington, 3). Wealth, education, desire for private gain, social culture, inequality, and acts of cooperation are all things that I consider factors that have lead to political corruption, but they are also factors that I believe have the capabilities to reform our political system. The expansion of knowledge is the first step in reform, and motion to begin doing more “good” within our political system. The citizens of the United States must act to do “good” within society and become more educated to represent proper leaders to move forward in