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Essay Political philosophy asks questions such as where do governments get their authority from? How much power should they have? The legitimacy of governments and what is a legitimate government? What is justice, should governments be fair? What laws should be in place or if there should even be laws? What rules should the governments follow? Should the people be fully obedient to the government or should they have a level of disobedience? What form of governments should be in place? Democracy?…

The best approach for studying comparative politics is through an empirical inquiry rather than a normative one. Empirical inquiry is based on evidence while a normative is based off assumption. Researchers will often become biased when discovering something if they believe they already know the information. Normative inquiries are often based of what someone believes is right or wrong. An example of an inquiry question: Is having a president (United States) more effective than having a prime…

them had a common background; motivation related to the political forces that shape our world. From the passage of King’s Leopold’s Ghost that shows how powerful nations certainly shape trade and progress; to the fundamental issue of why and how the current notion of development was created; to the issues of how development plans interact and affect the less favored nations. It is unquestionable that the common denominator is how political forces are fundamental to understand all of situations…

The concept of citizenship and its boundaries are contested, yet its definition in the plainest form is to be a member of a political community, such as a nation-state and possess legal rights and political duties. As can be seen from its many ideals – namely republican, liberal, bound, cosmopolitan, pluralist or solidarist – citizenship has multiple sources of meaning, be they cultural, religious, ethnic or gender related. These conceptions each have their respective merits and downfalls, which…

Given the context of Smoketown, the combination of political philosophy and information processing frames of reference would work best. Political philosophy is the strongest frame at providing an overall policy goal through its dialectic approach. However, it is the weakest of the five frames at providing technical details or a plan of action. Information processing counterbalances the major weakness of political philosophy by being the strongest technical frame since it provides prescriptions…

generations, much of their information comes from internet sources. In response to this different demographic some companies have been putting out apps which focus on political information. She explains how the app Electr was designed to give the youth access to this information in the way they are used to. She also introduces other political apps…

inequality of women, including the systemic violence they face in our contemporary societies. Political theory has given me a framework in which to pursue the desire I have, to understand these issues in an educated context. This has led to my fascination with the writings of political thinkers, frondeurs, philosophy, international law, and the freedom of sexuality. I intend to purse feminist political theory, especially in context to Islam. Theses bodies of writing are leading me to seek to…

it only seems logical that perhaps the most important asset of American lifestyle, its political landscape promoting democracy and, most importantly, freedom, should follow suit in transforming political news and initiatives. Political candidates must begin building campaigns around digital media to increase levels of political participation among all Americans, but especially young people. While high political participation rates nation-wide…

Political thought has been a distinctive activity of human beings since the ancient period. Thinking about politics is an inevitable activity of the earliest political thinkers. Several of them have sought to explain about the institutions, practices and government that they have found themselves living into (Boucher & Kelly, 2009). The magnitude of the differences among the proposals of these political thinkers could be attributed to the changes in the society occurring at that time. The…

Kautilya as a Strategic Advisor Kautilya operated as a key advisor to the Indian King Chandragupta and sought to encapsulate his interpretation of the science of politics in a work that would instruct kings on how to properly govern their states. Whether in the ancient or modern world the counsel provided by a strategic advisor must adhere to some basic principles to ensure the advice is received, respected and ultimately acted upon by a senior leader. James E. Lukaszewski categorizes such…