Political ideologies

democracy, the citizens are sovereign which means they are the prime form of political authority. Power is…

EJ Dionne, a columnist for the Washington Post, gave the annual Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science, on Wednesday, April 13. (Connor, 2016) Dionne expressed his opinions on why this particular president election has been so greatly divided. (Connor, 2016) Dionne’s lecture, “Our Divided Politics,” discussed two of the disagreements in modern politics, individualism vs. community. (Connor, 2016) Dionne never gives a definitive answer to this question, because there isn’t one, this…

and social justice are two ideologies which are closely linked as most of the time political behavior lead to social justice or injustice. Simply put social justice is the mere justification of the status quo in the society. Many times there have been demonstrations against some sort of intolerable status quo as a result of various barriers to economic, social and political development such as inequality, war, poverty etc. While social justice may be termed as political driven, many a times…

lowering transaction costs in any social, economic, and political relationship. It is the central concept of not only human contacts, but also institutional interactions that take place in the political arena. Trust assessed in political terms is commonly referred to as political trust. It happens in two political contexts: when citizens appraise the government and its institutions in general or when constituents appraise their individual political representatives. The qualities underlying…

The American system of government enables the nation's citizens to elect leaders to represent the ideas and opinions of those people’s respective districts. In the congressional branch of government, these elected officials generally have two methods of representation: the instructed delegate and the trustee model of representation. In the delegate model of representation, elected officials vote and make decisions on issues based entirely on the wishes of his or her constituency, with no regard…

The Stanford College of Humanities defines a democracy as “... a system of government with four key elements: a political system for choosing and replacing the government through free and fair elections, the active participation of the people in politics and civic life, the protection of the human rights of all citizens, and a rule of law and procedures that apply equally to all citizens” (What is Democracy). In lure of this definition, Libertarian philosophy, as interpreted by David Boaz, is…

Although Machiavelli and Socrates both lived during times of uncertainty, political fragmentation and violence, their philosophies about how the state should conduct itself are in direct contrast with one another. Machiavelli’s the Prince is founded on the principal that if a ruler wishes to maintain power, he should embody the ideology of pragmatism, while Socrates believes the state should follow him in his commitment to moral purity and justice. The inherent dissonance between these…

against anti-gay bigotry. In Arlie Russel Hochschild’s novel Strangers in Their Own Land, Hochschild travels to the heart of the conservative right: Louisiana. She interviews men and women about their experience living in Louisiana, as well as their political views. The book serves as an attempt to answer the question of why people who would so benefit from left policies, continue to vote in line with the right, and why they are veering more and more to the right as time progresses. I will…

Composers incorporate their own ideologies and beliefs in their respective texts in order to effectively convey a message to their audience. Evident in Aldous Huxley’s 1931 dystopian fiction novel ‘Brave New World’, Huxley represents both his personal and political perspectives through a fictional realisation of a futuristic dystopia. His vigorous stance against the rapid industrialisation of the world, and the possible misuse of technology to influence the freedom of the people are reflected…

will define the themes of civic loyalty and “virtu” in the qualities of a good citizen and good leader in the political systems of Socrates and Machiavelli. For Socrates, the notion of civic loyalty (to the gods, military, and laws of the state) is defined in the qualities of a good citizen and leader to serve the greater good of the state. In a similar manner, Machiavelli presents the ideology of “virtu” as a guide to create a good citizen, and more importantly, a good leader, such as a prince,…