Essay on Politics

of women in politics and congress has increased. Most recently (2009), it was recorded that women make up 90% of Congress while 73% of women serve in the House of Representatives. Additionally, this year for the first time in American history, there was a female candidate in the 2016 Presidential Election. While evidently there has been tremendous progress and an increase of female participation in politics during the last twenty years, females are still underrepresented in politics and…

1. Stronger political parties would decrease the need for interest groups and lobbyists. Interest groups are organizations of people with shared policy goals who enter the political process at several points to try to achieve these goals. Interest groups are policy specialists. Most interest groups push for certain key policies; interest groups focus on specific issues. Meanwhile, the goal of political parties is to have candidates who are members of the party win elections, in order to pass…

When you were young, you had no idea about what kind of person you would become. You had no idea what turns your life would take, or where you would end up in the end. As you begin to age, you slowly create a blueprint of your life and your personality, and the longer you live, the more detailed this blueprint becomes. In Persepolis, the main character, Marji, is just starting to create this blueprint, and her blueprint starts out very vague. However, as she grows, she begins to develop the…

One of the numerous basic survival needs for humans is sleep. An average person sleeps for eight hours in a day and approximately lives for 71 years. With that information it is not hard to say that the average human sleeps 207,320 hours (71 years multiplied by 365 days in a year, that answer multiplied by 8 hours) in a lifetime, an estimated one-third of our lives. Each night, when our heads it the soft pillow and finally lull into a sleeping state, we as individuals will have four to seven…

The English word "politics" is derived from the Greek word polis. In meaning, a polis was the Greek’s political standpoint and community in which they lived. The polis or was the most important form of committee that dominated the Mediterranean world for 1300 years from 750 BCE to 500 CE. In practice a polis was an autonomous group of Greeks with its own citizen army its own set of laws and its own specific gods. So what did it mean to be a Greek who lived in a polis? Well, it meant many…

Crystal Malmgren Dr. Robar Essay 1 October 8, 2017 Nationalism and populism play a big part in our political system. But not a lot of people understand there are different political views, where they come from, or how they started. Many people also have their own opinions about certain political views. First, I will review nationalism's history and what viewpoints it holds. Then I will talk about populism's history and what view point it holds in America. Nationalism is the oldest ideology…

“All for one and one for all...” (Dumas). From Alexandre Dumas’ novel, The Three Musketeers, this encouraging motto signifies collaboration and coaction within a group. However, when instead depending on another exceedingly, one may develop to be vulnerable and lead to crisis, especially in dire circumstances. Furthermore, the importance of a partnership can be beneficial to both partakers and lead to a solution. Clearly exemplified in the short story, “The Birds”, by Daphne du Maurier, it…

A political party is an organized group of people that share their opinions and ideas about how the country should be governed. The party elect a candidate, who based on the vote of the people became the President of the country. The United States follows a presidential election process, which initially each political party select a nominee. Later on, those candidates campaign across the country to present their plans and views to the voters, as well as participate in debates facing the…

influx in those who would speak out about the political corruption that was plaguing the country. Although for those who spoke freely of what they wanted to see changed would face consequences. Corruption/monopolies were a major part of American politics. The large corporations that essentially owned America financially, were seen as being able to do whatever they pleased. These corporations would give money to senators to make sure that they had someone influential to lean in their companies…

assassinations of Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Before this class, I had never necessarily looked into this particular decade in depth; however I did have a general idea of what went on. My perspective on this highly controversial topic is that politics in the 60s forever changed the way Americans live today. My personal opinion is that the 60s had to most significant political and spiritual change than any other decade is recent history. Anything from racial equality to the intense…