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actions. Also, British Parliament more efficiently voices concerns of the populous. Contrarily, The American system only voices two political parties, but Parliament ranges different beliefs and parties from the Alliance Party all the way to the Liberal Democrats. Nevertheless, the American system possesses a greater safeguard on checks and balances. Specifically, Article 1, Section 6, prohibits a member of Congress from occupying another federal government office. This safeguard puts restraint…

perhaps the most quoted phrase from Aristotle’s Politics despite the observation that the context in which this claim was made has not always been properly understood. Recently, however, frustrations with the lack of political participation in modern liberal democracies have contributed to renewed interest in some of Aristotle’s ideas—namely, democratic theory. Throughout chapters 9 to 13 of Book 3 of Politics, Aristotle provides an empirical assessment of democracy’s strengths and limitations.…

statement to understand, nonetheless. America would not have a purpose if it were not for trying to seduce other countries into its way of thinking. Wilson’s Fourteen Points would eventually go on to creating a nation “committed to the principles of liberal democracy and free enterprise...the values distinguishing the United States itself (Bacevich, 11). Bacevich argues how that same Wilsonian paradigm is still present in our society today. After the catastrophe of September 11, President George…

Liberal Education Liberal Education involves using previous knowledge from course work involving behavioral, biological, and natural sciences to better understand different situations and provide rationale for the best nursing practice. When I began nursing school, I had no real understanding of what it truly meant to be a nurse. I only had the knowledge base that was learned in the classroom and during skill lab. After my first clinical, I developed basic skills such as: bed-making, assisting…

The Liberal Hoax Climate Change: A long-term change in the Earth’s climate, especially a change due to an increase in the average atmospheric temperature. It is largely due to the increasing amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere. Ever since the industrial revolution, it has been a rapidly growing issue. More recently, however, certain groups of people have begun to deny this scientifically proven phenomenon. In fact, in 2015, Donald Trump, who now is the President of the United States of…

Determinants of Stable and Peaceful Democracies: A Comparison of India and Pakistan Once part of the same dominion, India and Pakistan saw diverging political trajectories after partition in August 1947. Save for a period of emergency rule under Indira Gandhi between 1975-77, India is largely depicted as having successfully consolidated a stable and peaceful democracy. In contrast, Pakistan has alternated between military dictatorship and weak democracy characterised by violence. Comparing the…

In this essay I will compare Marxism and Liberal Pluralism and discuss their role on shaping the publics opinion. I will look at some contemporary examples of how the media can be viewed on both perspectives. I will explore the areas of the role of media as the fourth estate, Gramsci’s theory of Hegemony and medias role in a democratic society. “Marxism is the system of socialism of which the dominant feature is public ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange.” (Greg…

way in which a government deals with other governments and is typically a reflection of that nation’s interest or the values of the people. For this reason, there is often quite a lot of debacle over foreign policy, changing when there is either a liberal or a conservative administration. There are two primary approaches to dealing with foreign policy, realism and idealism. Realism is the idea that national interest and safety is put above moral principles whereas idealism is the idea that…

Australia and the United States (U.S.) have shared a profitable relationship for many years, reaching as far back as World War I, where they fought side by side during every major war since that time (U.S. State Department, 2016). The military and political relations between Australia and the U.S. has cemented trade agreements, resulting in benefitting both nations, and their strong alliance is due to many of their shared cultural beliefs and democratic views. According to the Merriam Webster…

if I believe in the curtain issue. If I were to pick a political party that I consider myself, I would say that I’m Liberal. I have many different views on things and when looking at the values and beliefs of Liberal, I lean more to the left. When I took the political ideology quizzes, the quizzes also said that I am Liberal in many issues. When looking at different social Liberal views I would mostly likely agree; issues such as abortion. I believe in pro choice. I feel that any women should…