Authoritarianism

PLS 445 Kairat Tugylbay Take Home Quiz 3 What is the primary overriding cause of State Failure in Africa Today? According to Bates, How are Elites and Masses are supposed to behave? To what extent are the Elites responsible for State Failure in Africa? How did governments manage economies, Post-Independence? In a Failed State, Bates Says that people can Either Live in Security or Prosperity, But not both. Why is this case? Why has Political Violence Become Such a Prevalent Phenomenon across…

In the choice of research methodology, the researchers first have to choose one of the research paradigms like positivism, interpretivism, and pragmatism. Every research approach must follow the way of investigation such as epistemology, ontology, and axiology (Maxwell, 2005) as the essence of research philosophy. Therefore, I would like to follow the viewpoint of pragmatism as my research approach that should overcome some disadvantageous position of positivism and interpretivism, discussed…

empowering and emancipating for Register Nurses because it allows them to jointly organize as a social, political and governing force within the hospital culture. “Before unionization, there was hegemony (ideological predominance) of patriarchal authoritarianism; afterward, there was counter-hegemony of egalitarianism…

a military dictatorship lasting from 1888 to 1985, at which point the military peacefully transitioned power to civilian rulers. Brazil shares many of the challenges faced by other South American countries that have undergone transition from authoritarianism to a democratic government, one being a persistent breach between the principle…

Media representation of immigrants reflect group prejudice against immigrant population - The media tends to represent groups of people in ways that are largely consistent with the broader society’s view of those groups. As such the media may represent a public face to the unfairness, concerned and worries of the general social group from whom the media expects to extract its funding. The social concerns of a particular era may be reflected in the prevailing themes in the media. As an example,…

Political Ideology Under Hitler and the Nazi Party: Police State Following the passage of the Enabling Law, the rest of the political system was Nazified, turning the former Democratic government into a single party police state. With the death of President Hindenburg in 1934, Hitler combined the role of Chancellor and President into a uniform role, dictating his role as the Fuhrer of Germany, and by 1934, Hitler was enforcing Nazi doctrines and ideologies on all aspects of life in Nazi…

If I were teaching a course on ethics I would have a few goals. The first would be to teach my students how to use their ability to think critically. I would start with critical thinking because I do not believe that any of us can begin to understand existing ethical theories or really examine our existing ethical values without the ability to think critically about them. We need to be able to use reason, rather than emotion when studying ethics and without the knowledge of critical thinking…

individualistic one, when compared to the Ego Theory and Bundle Theory. The vast majority of work in this field is based on the individualistic self, however one study that brought the theory of socially acquired personality to light was Adorno’s Study on Authoritarianism, (1950) whereby personality traits such as racism and attitudes towards homosexuals were seen to be caused by upbringing, showing the importance of social relationships as part of the…

There has been much discussion and debate over whether Russia has truly and sufficiently transitioned into a democratic state. My notion of democracy is a system that includes free-markets, free-elections and has significant amounts of political and economic competition. Looking at Russia it is clear that none of these factors are full present. Although Russia has transition significantly form a communist regime, they still remain by definition a ‘state-managed’ democracy. As for the other…

The Awakening: A Struggle Between Society and Independence The Awakening begins with an average Creole society in which each gender plays their significant role in life. The women are loyal to their families and husbands. The men are involved in business and run the household. This was the “typical” society of 1898. In this story, a confident woman named Edna steps out of the boundaries to begin a moral revolution. She expresses the desire of wanting “liberation, but also love and appreciation”…