Politics and race

“Ugh, politics.” is a normal response to get from many people when the topic is brought up in conversation. Everywhere we look, it seems like the vast majority of people not only avoid putting much thought into politics, but also try to avoid talking about it altogether, as if it were some sort of taboo. At the same time however, if you can get the ball rolling in one of these conversations, it won’t be long before you find out that people have both deeply held beliefs that seem to be very…

In Russell Jacoby’s The End of Utopia: Politics and Culture in the Age of Apathy argues that we have lost the determination to envision the good, intellectual collapse, the politics have been reduced to a dry topic, and utopian thinking ought to be included in politics. In Picture Imperfect: Utopian Thought for an Anti-Utopian Age the main argument was on anti-utopianism. Russell argues that politicians once considered utopian ideas you think of the welfare state after the second world war being…

that bring a scholarly, data-driven perspective to questions within this area of inquiry. Special credit to George Washington University’s Henry Farrell, whose article in the Annual Review of Political Science, “The Consequences of the Internet for Politics.”…

be examined here is Allen Guelzo's House Divided: Lincoln, Douglas, and the Political Landscape of 1858. This source takes a more technical examination of not just the speeches and overall influence of Lincoln during this time, but also on where politics stood around the middle of the nineteenth century. This allows the book to feel somewhat modern in that it has a comprehensive amount of knowledge on the subject while also feeling historical in the sense that it has a large number of personal…

communication laws. The media have a significant involvement in our modern democratic system. It is important that we know the importance of the First Amendment “freedom of the press” without this it would be difficult for our society to understand politics. The Media’s responsibilities are to research and report on important matters of government and…

It was only recently that I have began understanding politics and how the government functions. My government teacher in high school helped educate me on different issues and court cases that have been exposed throughout history and with each subject matter, I began to develop personal opinions on what should or should not happen. Even though I grew up in a fairly conservative neighborhood with people who leaned right teaching most of my classes, I identified as a liberal. Reflecting back, I…

In Porterfield's work, Conceived in Doubt: Religion and Politics in the New American Nation, she addresses the impact that religion and politics had on each other from the very beginning of the United States. Throughout the work, she addresses not only politics and religion, but the impact that gender, race, and class had on the religious and political systems that were developing. Porterfield's main points all circle back to the main theme of doubt, in which political and religious changes and…

lowering the voting age would have a positive impact on electoral participation. Most individuals under 18 are likely to are likely to still be in school and live with their families. Young citizens tend to be not so engaged on the governmental politics today. All the elective policies are not easy to explain in the system. The government is afraid that young U.S. citizens does not know…

of how music is tied to politics, and specifically addresses arguments of whether it should be or not. The author starts her discussion with a historical example with the inquest of composer Hanns Eisler by the Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC). The author’s intention in presenting this case appears when she focuses on the defense Eisler. He made statements to the Committee that suggested his music was “music, and nothing else,” having nothing to do with politics. This was in sharp…

people in the senate or in the congress or those people wearing tuxedoes and delivering their speech to the people. To determine if someone is politically eligible, we shall define ‘politics’. Politics is the ability to exercise power and to influence the people by means of authority. According to Lasswell, Politics is about who gets what, where, when and how. It is concerned with the resolution of conflict and allocation of resources. Hence, through these definitions, we end up…