Constitutionalism

online article “What was Absolutism?” stated, “In effect, the ruling individual has ‘absolute’ power, with no legal, electoral or other challenges to that power”. This proves that the government was entitled to rule as they pleased. In contrast, Constitutionalism, which is…

Realism and liberalism are the two main theories in the international relations field. Realism describes about a pessimistic selfish world, a world that war can easily happen because of the seeking power of all nations. Liberalism believe in optimistic world that nation will cooperated to play the “win-win game”, in which means that sides get theirs advantages and the existence of would decrease. This essay would explain about these two theories and would attempt to analyze the crisis in Ukraine…

In this essay, I will focus on the community development in the Taiwan situation by using the Sunflower student movement. In the beginning part, I will introduce the background of the incident and the role of different stakeholders. Then, I will focus on talking about the short-term and long-term impact towards the communities and finally I will share my opinion towards this incident. Introduction of the Sunflower student movement In the March 18, the university students have occupied the…

Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson’s collaboration, The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism, and Todd Gitlin’s book, Occupy Nation, examine the formation and workings of two politically dichotomous social movements, the Tea Party Movement and the Occupy Wall Street Movement respectively. Both books profile each social movement profoundly and conduct rigorous research before making their respective conclusions about the causes and effects of each social movement. I found both…

Some history events are essential evidences that illustrate ideas of how the event begins and ends. Some historians take a time to write books and articles about important events to demonstrate deep details that readers may not know about. Many historians have constructed an event to their own ideological beliefs to infiltrate those beliefs to the readers. Moreover, a Presidential history or a biography topic can be constructed with a lot of interpretations that results in arguments and…

The United States of America was born in and of the Enlightenment. The American Revolution, our national documents, and our system of government were products of Enlightenment philosophy. No other nation`s history can be identified in the same way as much with the Enlightenment as ours. The Enlightenment, or Age of Reason, was a revolution in thinking that began in Europe in the 17th century. After centuries of political and religious oppression, philosophers were beginning to advance theories…

“The role of education is to teach students about the unique and exceptional historical events that made the United States of America the greatest nation humanity has ever seen.” This statement, although many would like to believe in it, is a lie. For centuries Americans have declared the United States “the greatest nation in the world,” “leader of the free world,” a place of “life, liberty, and happiness,” a place where anyone could achieve the “American dream.” This mindset, is the belief of…

V. Historical Case Study: Black Populism (Late 19th Century) The rise of black populism in the late 19th century is a prime contributor of democracy that was questioned and rebuilt in a better fashion. Until black populism came about, the kind of democracy that flourished in United States was Southern democracy, which drew most of its support from white people who were plantation owners and/or former slave owners, the “elites” of then-America, who were also, quite frequently, white…

It is said that when it comes to foreign policy, the American government is not so much an example of “separation of powers” but rather of separate institutions exercising overlapping powers. It is important to first distinguish between what it really means when we say the American government is not so much an example of separation of powers, but rather of separate institutions exercising overlapping powers. In terms of American government, it is split between the presidential powers and the…

In the comparison of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean Jacques Rousseau and their respective ideas of The Social Contract I would like to begin by breaking down what the Social Contract is and all its encompassing ideas. The concept of social contract theory is that before civilization man lived in the state of nature in its purest form. There was no central body of governance and no law to regulate society. This meant there were hardships and oppression on certain sections of the society…