Politics by region

Geographers study the characteristics of a particular area, its natural and human elements, and regionalization which discusses the techniques of declining space. A region is defined by physical, human, or functional characteristics. Political Geography is the branch of geography that studies the spatial distribution of the political processes and how they are impacted by a person’s location. Political geographers study…

which have affected the transformation of the Japanese political system and the beyond recognition of the two leading parties (LDP and (DPJ) for many decades. It can be seen that the LDP set out to demolish the once prevalent myth which Japanese politics is a stagnant set of entrenched interests systems that seem basically undemocratic for the opposition parties. In fact, Japanese parties and politicians are increasingly aware of their people’s concerns, the media and other factors that can play…

influenced elected officials to not favor legislations that would place restrictions on guns. Political Elites attitudes on issues influence decisions made by elected officials because of the resources/connections that they obtain. Elites know more about politics and hold consistent opinions about…

An opinion is created no matter the case when it comes to politics. Even if the person states, “I choose to have no preference in politics,” that is his or her opinion. Now, on important subjects to have an opinion about, politics can be considered one of the most important when it comes to American society. The people of America have a civil duty to use their political opinions to affect the future of Western civilization. The term for the summary of everyone’s opinion is called public opinion,…

In the book, Introducing Comparative Politics by Steven Orvis and Carol Ann Drogue, the content containing Middle East, Asia and Africa is infrequent whereas information on the Americas and European is numerous. There is evidence the authors wrote the textbook in a Eurocentric tone. Honestly, the authors were very far from avoiding Eurocentrism and there are ways to avoid the ironic misfortune. Firstly, the case studies are imbalanced amongst the eleven countries. Secondly, Eurocentric based…

philosophy. Ideology impacts many aspects of government from the individuals who create policy to the type of government a country maintains. Its influence upon these aspects can be quite subtle or blatantly obvious. The manner ideology forms in a region is key to predicting its effects on a country. Political scientists examine this formation by classifying it under the domains of religion, emotion, polarization, and education the degree that these domains affect the formation of ideology and…

context dependent”. – Arter 2010 The terms “populism” and “populist” have been extensively ascribed to a variety of political movements, parties, ideologies, political actors, discourse, etc. in various contexts, ranging from history, geography, politics to philosophy; hence the difficulty in defining such words. In the broadest, simplest sense, “populism worships the people” (Ionescu and Gellner, 1969). Considered one of the most dynamic field in comparative political research, investigations…

society, both of which messages appealing to supporters’ emotions and eschewing actual facts which are viewed as of secondary importance to the ‘feeling’ being conveyed. In many instances, a reliance on facts and the use of academic jargon makes politics less accessible to the common people who already harbour suspicion against the intelligentsia and resent the educated establishment as elitist and out of touch, preferring to be communicated with in a simple language and have their viewpoints…

heavily contested concept amongst humans and has always been present within political thought throughout all eras. It is, in most cases, outlined as the capability to impose authority upon both individuals, and the masses within a state or territorial region, in order to control or influence decisions and their effects. This essay will discuss the similarities in the analysis of political power between two key philosophers from the 16th and 17th century who are thought to have founded features…

Everyday narratives: Living in uncertainty in Suleimani This chapter focuses on ethnographic vignettes from ordinary people from the city of Suleimani, Kurdistan. I specifically analyse narratives highlighting living under uncertainty, as part of the bigger theme of everyday politicizing narratives addressed in my thesis. The everyday narratives have resulted from intermittent fieldwork conducted in 2015 and 2016, supplemented by previous reflections and encounters from 2011 in the city of…