Parties

The Boston Tea Party is the most important turning point in American history because it marked the first of a series of subsequent events—from British colonies to independent states and from independent states to a united nation -- that led to the formation of the United States of America. First and foremost, The Boston Tea Party led to the Revolutionary War and consequently to the Civil War, which in turn, ended the institution of slavery and redefined the political and social configuration of…

The Black Panther Party for Self Defense (BPPSD) whose beliefs followed the practices of Malcolm X was founded in Oakland, California, in 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. It started as a political grass-root organization with a hand full of members and over time expanded into a national and international party. However, by 1980 the Black Panther Party of Self Defense was an Oakland- based organization again, with no more than twenty-seven active members and by 1982 the party came to an end. …

The Populist Party, also known as the People’s Party, was largely made up of workers who sought to bring power to the common man. The party was largely agrarian but also contained many miners and members of labor unions. These people were forward-looking because of their desire to reform and the fact that they embraced change. They were liberal reformers that desired fairer treatment as big business flourished. The populists sought to bring about change by raising the price of crops, fixing the…

Political parties are of eminent importance in guiding the activity of modern liberal democracies and they simultaneously act to support and to subvert the principles that envelop democracy. The organisation of the masses into cohesive entities where political power can be aggregated is one of the most important functions carried out by political parties as it feasibly allows the average member of the populace to participate in the democratic political process. Accountability of the ruling…

result of this, is highly applicable to this book. In 1984 the Party has complete control over the residents of Oceania and uses heavy monitoring, torture, and brainwashing tactics to remain in control. By closely monitoring all citizens, the Party can ensure that all of their strict rules are being followed and no crimes or conspiring is occurring. Every area, every home, every room that the people live in have a screen that allows the Party to carefully monitor everyone at any point in the…

Federalist Party In the wake of the early beginnings of America, many agendas clamored for attention as to the direction the nation should take, and the Federalist Party played a major part. One of the formidable political parties of its time, Federalist Party ideologies were largely elitist. For Federalists, the defining characteristic was their championship for a stronger central government, with the view that it would lead to a more powerful nation. As a party, Federalists generally frowned…

In this article, “The Electoral Costs of Party Loyalty in Congress”, the authors Carson, Koger, Lebo, and Young, attempt to understand if partisan loyalty has a more significant adversely affect than ideological extremity on the electoral outcomes of incumbents. Therefore, the authors set up an experiment to determine whether voters punish incumbents more severely for voting lockstep partisanship than for ideological extremism. By understating the article’s results, political scientists are able…

How much does caliber affect a person’s opinion? In the short story, “The Stolen Party” written by Liliana Heker, strongly emphasizes the differences within a society's class. It starts off with Luciana, a girl from the upper class, inviting Rosaura, the daughter of Luciana’s maid, to her party. Rosaura wholeheartedly believes that she is being treated as an equal, as Luciana’s friend, at the party, but throughout the night she is constantly fetching drinks, running around, and being purposely…

could be a spy, still, many people had this undoubted believe that the party would bring them better lives. Which in my point of view, their lives were not that great, lack of resources, lack of freedom to speak and think. It was impressive that the party, the Big Brother could use fear that everyone has toward pain and death to built an ideal society which is beneficial to the party, and convinced most people to believe that the party was doing what is best for them. This book reveals more…

which seemed to be a sinking ship. As the months progressed and the Soviet Communists solidified their power in the state borders were closed off and passports confiscated. Anyone who had been in any way associated with the former Social Democrat Party or who supported a free market economy and democratic ideals were immediately black-listed and found themselves unable to obtain work or aid and at the forefront of persecution. Those who were suspected of having loose loyalties were aggressively…