Neoliberalism

In the article “Why has NZ society become so hard-hearted” written by Martin Thrupp, I will briefly describe the educational issue and its contested nature. This essay will also identify and critically examine the underlying values, assumptions and arguments the author is presenting. Furthermore, it will critically examine the issue from the progressive perspectives and the possibilities and limitations the tradition offers in bringing understanding to this issue. Educational issue and its…

My research was mainly focused on police brutality and racism against African Americans. The key findings in my annotated bibliography were, (1) African Americans who have not violated any traffic laws are stopped and frisked by the police, (2) African Americans are ticketed by police more than whites, (3) African Americans are often handcuffed and humiliated by the police compared to others (4) In general African Americans have the fear of police at all times while driving, (5) African…

Karl Marx began a philosophical revolution. Although rejecting the legacy of philosophy completely, he spent his life developing a radical idea which focused on the material world and the economic forces which drive it. Central to his thought, is that our consciousness is determined by our material reality and that history proceeds from material change. Essentially, class struggle is the engine of history, and has been responsible for slavery, feudalism, and modern capitalism. Marx’s historical…

1. How do the major IR theories define and explain change. Why has this become an important standard in evaluating the utility of alternate IR approaches? Which theory or combination of theories does best at explaining change (use examples from recent events)? Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, major global changes have occurred in the world. In order to understand these changes from an International relations’ point of view, we must look at theories such as realism, liberalism and…

hollow and the listeners is allowed to think theoretically. The use of such seamless application of theories to music is present in two songs. Creedence Clearwater Revival song” Fortunate Song” expresses the idealistic theories of Marxism and neoliberalism perfectly. Suzanne Vega song “The Queen and the Solider” showcases how tightly connected music can be with international theories. The song highlights the theoretical arguments of both Realism and Marxism. Marxism and Post- Modernism Marxism…

Stride: Discourse and Race in Baltimore A Baltimore Program called Stride, nestled within the Center for Urban Families, seeks to support urban communities around employment and parenthood, predominantly fathers and ex-prisoners. I’ll be using Foucault and Racial Formation Theory as a lens to determine how power is at work within this program and at large, as well as their boundaries these theories may have. Understanding Programs like Stride and their effects on communities of color, primarily…

The Cold War long defined American foreign policy. American foreign policy was forced to embody American national identity by advocating for economic freedom and countering the Soviet Union across the globe. Once the Cold War ended, the U.S. faced a world with new actors and new challenges. This new world necessitated a new foreign policy as well. After the Cold War, U.S. foreign policy struggled to meet different challenges, but its core objective of spreading American ideology remained. The…

This essay opines at the outset that ‘the dissection of globalisation must include a careful and critical examination of the term itself.’ (Defining Globalisation Jan Aart Scholte, The Author Journal compilation © 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, p 1471) Thus, any essay purporting to define when ‘globalisation began’ requires a definition – or at least an understanding – of globalisation that is comprehensive enough to encompass its many facets, including economic, political, military, and…

socialism is in a more scientific way. The difference between both tendencies is that Utopian socialism tend to think of the perfect world without taking too much into consideration how it would work. Today, we live in a mostly neoliberal world. “Neoliberalism sees competition as the defining characteristic of human relations. It redefines citizens as consumers”, as described in The Guardian’s article by George Monbiot (2016). With a few exceptions, the dominant ideology is that of the free…

In the article “Farewell to the Man in the Red Beret, Enter the Man in the White Silk Mitre: ‘there is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in,” Peter McLaren engaged in an historical debate of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’ legacy after his death and established a parallel between Chavez’ death and the election of Pope Francis. The author expressed that the election of the new pope, who is a Jesuit, could cause a potential revolution in the Catholic Church much like Chavez caused…