Hegemony

States’ prominent goals, in the realist theory, is to balance power. Realists believe that balancing power leads to greater international security because one state cannot overthrow all other states and force them into submission because of one state’s hegemony. Balancing power can be done by building up security in states since security is a function of power, and if all states have great power, none of them can be greatest. The ideology behind Realism stems from several philosophers. First,…

underprivileged religions. Just like the other –ism’s we have discussed; religious oppression is also structural and systemic. The privileged religion in our society is Christianity; a religion that has become the “normative” in America. Christian hegemony refers to the everyday incorporation of Christianity through “U.S schools, neighborhoods, and workplaces” (228). Christian privilege allows religious holidays to be respected under the federal calendar, Christian images and architectures to…

for all they are worth, contending, more systematically and more conspicuously of course, that the defenders of money and rank marshal speciously ethical artillery-such as Lady Catherine’s “duty,” “honour,” and “gratitude”-in order to sustain their hegemony, and that it is only by force of “prejudice” that we are either bullied or duped into equating our moral imperatives with their interests”…

This leaves out a big piece of the picture. Doyle within his piece identifies the United States as a “liberal hegemony”(102). It does not consider it could fall out of being liberal and change. Part of the idea is that liberal hegemon would “enforce peace”(Doyle 102). But it is possible for the U.S. or any state to fall out of liberalism. An example of this would…

Lucassen focuses on the role of independent religious, economic, and political differences, as prime movers in both the development and dissipation of xenophobic beliefs that swept France and England in the late 19th and early 20th century. Although Lucassen presents a strong historical recollection of social relations that led to widespread nativism, he oversimplifies the root causes of xenophobic sentiment, focusing too intently on singular elements instead of the additive nature of the…

Peaceful, and I stress peaceful, resistance to an unjust law is a net positive towards society. I say this because of the lack of viable alternative options in the face of injustice. These other options are sorely limited, coming down to small variations on the following: Violent resistance (which lends itself to extremism and the replacement of one corrupt system with another corrupt system) and outright non-resistance (which lends itself to collaboration and in turn a total lack of any change)…

The People’s Republic of China has a long and infamous record on countless authoritarian laws that they have bestowed upon their citizens. One of their most notorious policies happens to be the One-Child Law. This law forbids families of China’s largest culture group, Han Chinese, living in urban areas, from having more than one child. Those caught with two or more children could face punishment in the form of a fine, a loss of their job, or even forced sterilization. This legislation as…

As the reading “Settlers of Color and ‘Immigrant’ Hegemony: ‘Locals’ in Hawai`i”, the indigenous Hawaiian people thought they were Native to the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaiian had established kingdoms and they had their special culture, and at that time, they were indigenous. After nearly 2000 years, Hawaii…

How do Executive War Powers Impact United States Politics? In terms of US war powers, it is well known that Congress exclusively holds the power in the Constitution to declare war. However, in more recent times, the Presidents have found ways to declare military action without the input of Congress, starting in the Cold War Era and extending into today’s military campaigns (Burns, 2015; Hathaway, n.d.; Hinnebusch, 2007; Van Alstyne, 1972). In this paper, I will present current and former…

The author in the short story uses the suburb in which the family lives in as a symbol to refer to the white hegemony at the period of apartheid. Also, the husbands mother “the witch” in turn symbolizes chauvinists who invaded South Africa. At the beginning she advises the family to be cautious and not let “the people of another colour” get closer to the house as…