Political ideologies

framers established the unique governmental framework is just as important as recognizing them. In a time when the framers were actively trying to quell individual political ambitions and prevent the reintroduction of a tyranny, they turned to the separation of power and checks and balances. The idea was to separate powers across the political spectrum, which would then prevent any one branch from amassing a concentration of power. Also, each branch is granted the power to check any action taken…

interpreting what God commands differently. This is no more evident on the issues of war, terrorism, homosexuality, and abortion. War has plagued the Earth since the beginning of time. With war’s longevity, it is easy to see how there are different political opinions…

dollars in funds to crush the rebellion. Other immoral actions also harmed the nation, such as the use of concentration camps by the United States. Imperialism also helped spread negative ideologies in America that caused more harm than good to both American citizens and people in other nations. Harmful ideologies such as social darwinism and racial and national superiority spread during the rise of US imperialism. The US was also profiting from nations held under its power and therefore hurting…

The first source is an excerpt from the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, which demonstrates support for the left-wing ideas of collectivism over the elitist system of individualism. Private property is one of the principles of classical and modern liberalism that is present in most democracies around the world; it is the idea of property, both physical and mental, that is owned by the individual only. Although individualism is intended to bring wealth and rewards for those that are hard working…

I compared the GDP of each nation in the year in which each spill occurred. The third variable that this study will look to investigate is political gridlock. For this study political gridlock is defined as a situation in which passing laws becomes difficult, this occurs when the ratio between bills passed and the agenda of the legislature decreases. Political gridlock occurs most often in democracies, for example, the United States experiences gridlock frequently, as one party controls the…

must be able to withstand the test of time. A change in laws follow the change in political views. As society develops, certain ideas became more favorable. These favorable ideas gain the support of certain groups. These groups are better known as political parties. A political party is an organized group of people with similar political aims and opinions that seeks to influence public policy. One influential political group of the late 1800s were the Populist party. The Populist Party consisted…

The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement which predominantly fuelled the events of the French Revolution. The political and social turmoil was inspired by the political philosophers of the Enlightenment movement. By criticising the common public’s scepticism towards intellectual expansion, Immanuel Kant ushered the revolutionary movement through the introduction of the importance of knowledge and reasoning. Kant endorsed the French Revolution, for it was essentially a representation of his…

Various Responses to Miliband-Poulantzas Debate 4.1. Ernesto Laclau: Methodological and Epistemological Problem Robin Blackburn (2014) described Ernesto Laclau as “the outstanding Argentinean political philosopher ... the author of landmark studies of Marxist theory and of populism as a political category and social movement. ... Used the work of Antonio Gramsci to reject what they saw as the reductionism and teleology of much Marxist theory... a ‘post-Marxist’ and an advocate of ‘radical…

Compromise of 1820 disturbed the political peace splitting the National Republican party into two new parties. The division resulted in the birth of the Whig and Democratic parties that dominated the United States’ political landscape. Each party would attract supporters due to their belief systems and leaders; however the ends of the Democratic party would far outlast that of the Whig party and would leave an everlasting impact on United States politics. In 1834, political opponents of…

firmly bound to active living space’ (Evans, 2011, p.750-751). Liberalism, understanding by most people, is the ideology based on the ideas of equality and freedom. However, in ‘The Liberal War Thesis’, the author Brad Evans illustrates that liberalism is not simply a set of principles, but ‘a regime of power that wages the destiny of the species on the success of its own political strategies’ (Evans, 2011, p.748). Although liberalism has always been associated with the idea of peace and…