Eastern State Penitentiary

The concept of citizenship and its boundaries are contested, yet its definition in the plainest form is to be a member of a political community, such as a nation-state and possess legal rights and political duties. As can be seen from its many ideals – namely republican, liberal, bound, cosmopolitan, pluralist or solidarist – citizenship has multiple sources of meaning, be they cultural, religious, ethnic or gender related. These conceptions each have their respective merits and downfalls, which…

In William Blake’s poetical verses explaining the two contrary states of human existence, he observes the world with an extensive view from a state of “innocence and of an imagination unspoiled by stains of worldliness” (Keynes 12), and from a state of “indignation and pity for the sufferings of mankind as he saw them in the streets of London (Keynes 12). Holding firm to such ideologies as proposed by John Milton and Emmanuel Swedenborg, Blake believed in the philosophy that because all men were…

citizens are slowly taking the personal freedoms to take risk away from the individuals. Although the restrictions placed upon its people have certainly help Australia government to earn its reputation as a ‘Nanny State’. It can be argued that we are not in the danger of becoming a nanny state as long as the restrictions are reasonable. This essay will focus on how the rules and regulation posed by the government on two of the most controversy topics: smoking and alcohol are able to influence…

The Role of the Police The Police are described as the civil force of either a national or a local governed mandated to prevent and detect crime and maintain public order. The institution of Police is tasked with making a number of decisions, and it is their duty to address actions that were not supposed to be taken (Klamh and Tillyer, 2010). The aim of this paper is to discuss the social purpose of the police, the reasons why we need them, and what they represent, what we expect from them and…

In most cases, countries implement regulations on lobbying only in response to public outcry over a recent scandal. In the United States, national lobbying regulations were passed through congress and implemented as early as 1933, and the first widespread act to cover all groups was passed in 1995. Even prior to this regulation, most states had their own regulations starting in the 19th century. Since 1995, the legislature has made many changes to the existing rules, creating a complex web of…

the case when she wrote this poem. The first section of the poem, Maya states "You write me down in history, with your bitter and twisted lies" (Angelou). She is stating that throughout the generations, lies after lies were written about her people. She also states "You may trod me in the dirt, But still, like the dirt, I rise" (Angelou). She is…

enlighten you with the correct meaning of my argument. In your letter you state that my book is indicating that humans should go back to a stage of nascency but I rather believe that it is not only impossible to regress to that stage but rather that humans should have stopped progression when societies emerged. You also express the idea that I claim that it is because of thinkers and philosophers that our world is in a state of pandemonium. However, I rather am of the opinion that it is the…

others tend to succeed when anxiety is high. 2. What are the potential issues with the theory? a. The main criticism of the Individual Zones of Optimal Functioning model is that it does not explain why some people perform better in certain emotional states. For example,…

In this era known as the Information age, information such as videos, movies, messages..etc are shared rapidly virtually. A question arises in our minds, when there is trade there are government regulations in our physical reality, are there government regulations in our virtual reality? The regulations on the internet broadband, such as Netflix the government has regulated some, but not as much as other entities. Many may ask, what has the current government done with deregulating Net…

The basic definition will leads to the basic understanding of interlocking directorate. The definition of Interlocking directorate is that it is when the same person sits in a board to represent various corporations. Interlocking directorate has to do with the power of elite. This is because the power of elite talks about the one percent of people who have all the money is the ones who have the power of our nation in their hands. Interlocking directorate refers to those in the power of elite who…