Political science

not how many people are around you, but by the people that actually care about you and that you have a true healthy relationship with. While I am here at Marietta College I want to establish myself, to get good grades, I want to do well in political science and hopefully do the program where I can go to D.C. for a semester and study through American University. I also want to get involved on campus by joining organizations that I find enjoyable and that I am also passionate about. In my career…

Myers-Briggs, and the Dark Triad. But which of these four is most valuable and useful to political science? Lakoff’s parenting styles seem to be the best and most valuable option for political science. As mentioned in lectures, Lakoff’s Parenting Styles are supposed to reveal the hidden moral values people hold which ultimately correlate to their political values and preferences. George Lakoff noticed that many political figures often use metaphors describing the nation as a family. He began to…

theory; which, in combination with the key tenets of Marxism laid the foundation of a new critical perspective called anthropological political economy. A precursor to the modern form of “political economy”, referred to now as “classical” political economics, has been dated to the eighteenth century, this later divided into the academics disciplines: political science and economics. Originally designed by the enlightenment-era social theorists to explore the “origin and nature of, and…

Mental Illness is a Road Social sciences are broken into micro and macro levels; however, political science is studied largely on a concept of how the micro affects the macro. The combined effort of the individual, therefore alter our political sphere as a whole. A new and emerging political issue is mental illness-- something traditionally thought of as an individual strife. As a postmodern author, McCarthy delves into the issue of mental illness in his novel The Road. This reinforces Foster’s…

What if we lived in a world with no sick people? This is an ideal world that most people would like to be in. The sad truth is that this isn’t the case, my family saw this first hard on October 12th, 1993 when my brother passed away at the age of five. Even though I had yet to enter the world, I grew up seeing the emotional effect it had on my family. Till this day every year we light a candle once a year. My desire to prevent other families from having an identical experience was the Catalyst…

interdisciplinary perspective. Also, both courses introduced several epistemological and methodological frames under which communication research has been developed worldwide. Through the strategy of special guests, they included lectures on the political economy of communication (Professors Robert McChesney and Amanda Ciafone, for example) and on international communication research (Professor Angharad Valdivia) that situated media…

implementing public policy. While modernization and secularization are seen as signs of progress and development, adherence to religion or involving religious beliefs is seen as backward, primitive, outdated and irrelevant to the workings of the political system by many. This is based on the idea of linear development and that total secularism and abandonment of religion in the public sphere are the epitome of development. On the other hand, others find the secular modern world to be alienating…

I would like to study China’s 1935 Currency Reform to investigate the central-provincial relations. After graduating from Stony Brook University, I worked at a business firm where I found that the current European debt crisis shares some similarities with Chinese economy of the 1930s. One of the most crucial issues of the euro crisis is the legitimacy of the European Central Bank. Some members, like Greece, argue that the monetary policy of euro only considers Germany’s interests, but neglects…

Historically, holding a public office was something to be proud about. In recent years, there is more apathy and distaste from young people to get involved and run for political office. It does not matter at what level that office may be. It could be at the local, state or national level. As this has been the case for many years, it has in recent years become more evident. Lawless and Fox, in Running from Office, looked at this problem and made recommendations in an effort to resolve and…

This paper is written based on an exploration and subsequent interview of a city administrator in Brooklyn Park. It will address the role and challenges that an administrator whose practices are closely aligned with the New Public Service world view faces in discharging her duties to the public. In an attempt to answer the central question of how and in whose interest do public administrators serve as agential leaders, three tenets, key to a good public agency that administers in the interest of…