This idea of separate countries encourages women to live life their way “without the need to dominate, and without the need to be dominated.” It presents a peaceful approach, which as Le Guin argued earlier, is more natural to…
Longji Wang 304291956 Discussion 1B “Democratic Empire”: An Inaccurate Description of the United States (1880-1920) Based on the historical evidence from 1880s until the end of the first World War, Franklin’s assertion is inaccurate. Admittedly, the U.S. makes numerous democratic progresses domestically and demonstrates military, economic actions that are similar to what an empire would have done.…
Nonetheless, R.W. Connell in “Change among the Gatekeepers,” argues that in the Western world, men are the gatekeepers to equality. Due to the fact that society privileges men, that gives them access to the resources, and power needed to rearrange society’s gender views, therefore, gender equality is in their hands. However, by not allocating all of the power to one gender, the new world will serve to establish equality based on personal capacities, and it will only be that what will generate difference. Nonetheless, the article Gender and Power by Maria Alexandra Lepowsky describes the Vanatiani customs; “women and men have equivalent rights to and control of the means of production, the products of their own labor, and the products of others” (174). This suggests that women and men are valued for their qualities.…
Undoing Border Imperialism by Harsha Walia provides a wide overview of the consequences of settler colonialism and capitalist neoglobalization. Most of her framework focuses on how to abolish border imperialism and give migrants justice against antioppressive Western regimes. As stated in her introduction her book tries to provide solutions to the various forms of violence such as, deportations, illegal suspicion and control over migrant workers. By doing this she also shows different testimonies of those affected by exclusion and border zones. She says that, “western regimes that create mass displacement, and are most severely deployed against those whose very recourse to migration results from the ravages of capital and military occupations” (6) .…
In Pathologies of Power, Paul Farmer associates his experiences as a physician and analyzes the main problems within society today. He focuses on a favorable working condition that puts the well-being, health and human rights of people into account. He also speaks out for those people whose voices cannot be heard and have no treatment to diseases such as tuberculosis, AIDS and yet they have the right to access this medicine. He combines a firm exemplary attitude and advocates for the poor to deserve health care just as much as the rich. Farmer goes ahead to criticize the unjust violation of human rights by those in power who torture, imprison without due process.…
This political study will define the democratic principles of federalism, presidentialism, and parliamentary sovereignty in a comparison and contrast of the governments in the United States and in England. In the United States, the concentration of presidential is a unique part o democratic institutions, which relies on the three branches of government as a balance of power. More so, U.S. president must govern through the federal governing apparatus, which controls his power through the judicial branch and the Congress. In a similar form of Congressional democracy, the British system of governing relies on the parliamentary sovereignty of the legislative body to make governing decisions. However, Britain does not utilize a presidential system…
Beginning with “Loss”: The Initial Phase of the Ethics in Judith Butler’s “Violence, Mourning, Politics” of Precarious Life This paper aims to discuss about the problem of the rhetoric of Judith Butler’s “Violence, Mourning, Politics” of Precarious Life (2004) by comparing with Douglas Crimp’s “Mourning and Militancy” (1989). Immediately after the September 11 attacks (9/11) in 2001, the majority of US nations supported the United States governments conducts that they launched air raids on Afghanistan and Iraq and detained indefinitely people of Arabic origin in Guantanamo Bay. Butler attempts to the way to formulate the ethical community which resist to this social violence. She insists that some experience and notion of what it is have lost…
As Americans, we hold value over our democratic traditions, but how far does that value extend? Roberts-Miller writes a detailed article discussing democracy’s intricacies and how demagoguery holds an immense impact on democracy. She begins by claiming that an effective democracy requires its constituents to engage in thorough and intelligent deliberation and discussion of the problems in that democracy, thus creating possible pathways towards solutions (Roberts-Miller 459). Behind this claim is her premise that her readers reside in a democratic society, and that they engage in discourse about the issues relevant to their nation’s common good. Roberts-Miller thoroughly describes the characteristics of demagoguery alongside prominent examples of demagogues and their actions throughout history, while all together tying them to her overall claim.…
Cohen insists that “the structural transformation of the lived condition of marginal communities has to guide our struggle,” and that changes in policy and other action are means within the struggle. “Struggle” points to the necessity of doing with intention, in interdisciplinary and multi-dimensional in positioning ourselves against the state. A look at health, social determinants of health, and health outcomes gives insight to another form of state violence. An inequitable distribution of income and resources in our society leaves racial minorities and poorer people at higher risks for health concerns.…
Let us now turn to the possible solutions to respond to the end of the nation. Immanuel Kant argues for cosmopolitan constitutions with a principle of universal hospitality, that is to say for the right of a stranger no to be treated with hostility when he arrives on someone else’s territory. Kant argues that this arises from the natural right to the earth’s surface. He also argues that this has to be done within the framework of Republics –that is to say states is which the executive and the legislative power are separated and that have a representative system– which would mean that all nation-states would have to agree to apply this principle of universal hospitality. Kant argues that it is in the states’ interest to do this as it would guarantee peace.…
The signature Occupy tactic of ‘the people’s microphone’ perfectly exemplifies the movement’s rejection of leadership and its concomitant practices. Owing initially to the fact that any form of electronic amplification was strictly banned in Zuccotti Park, speakers expressed their thoughts and concerns by articulating in snippets, which then had to be repeated by the entire crowd. What was born out of necessity soon turned into a central feature of Occupy camps across the world (Costanza-Chock, 2012, 381). Movement organisers have noted that such a mechanism creates “a powerful sense of the collective through shared speech”, engendering a more profound sense of belonging than passive participation. Moreover, such tactics encouraged members…
Nightingale (2006) critical analysis was to recognize gender-environment nexus from different point of views (feminists, political ecologists, essentialists, historical materialists etc) for innate knowledge to conceptualize about relationship between gender and environment. Her main argument was ‘gender’ is biologically constructed social, cultural and political phenomena defined by sex where women are more oppressed and marginalized by male hegemony but also dominated by class, race, color and religious belief. She also added as women interact more with environment hence valuing their understanding to protect ecosystem is incredibly important. I found the truth in my real life and agreed with her quotation of “work on gender and environment…
The seminar titled ‘Democratic Modernity: Alternative Ideas of Nationhood and Women’s Liberation in the Rojava Model’ was organized by ‘Karl Polany Research Center of Global Social Studies’ on 5th December 2017 at Sault House of Corvinus University of Budapest. Dilar Dirik and Sercan Cinar were the speakers of the event. Dilar Dirik who is an activist of the kurdish women's movement based in Europe writes on Kurdistan for an international audience. She discussed about Rojava model and the kurdish movement in Syria. The key essence of the discussion was about an alternative idea of nationhood and women's liberation in a very patriarchal society as Syria.…
In recent three decades, the importance of gender equality, women’s empowerment and the recognition of women’s rights in succeeding sustainable development has progressively recognized. All over the world gender equity is refer to human rights, precisely women's rights, as well as economic development. Precisely, gender equality means that women and men have the same rights, equal access to resources as well as opportunities across all social institutions such as family, education, politique, religion, media etc. (The United Nations International Children’s Fund, 2011). Gender equality is also one of the goals of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which look for creating equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities…
Introduction to Political Sociology Political sociology is a broad discipline and interrelated with several areas including sociology, political science, history and economics etc. It is basically the study of power and relationships between society, state, citizenships, political participation and their socio-political interactions. It has specifically focused on the questions about the nature of power, development of states, sources of political changes, idea of citizenship and notion of political participation. In this sense, the purpose of this paper is the analysis and explanation of certain aspects of the power, state, citizenship and political participation. Contemporary political sociology involves, but is not limited to, the study of these critical concepts and their interaction within the larger cultural context.…