Politics of Botswana

Assignment #3: Amreen Abdul-Majid Extremist political organizations are formed when people with extremist views get together and openly share their views on a certain topic or situation. However, the way people respond to these extremist organizations can either put an end to the organization or let the organization keep running. Three citizens and I are responding to how we would respond to extremist political organizations. Citizen 1 believes that we shouldn't tolerate extremists and…

Sabastian’s Plan Sabastian knew he had to get Stevenson to talk to Futility somehow, so he got Jeffferey and they both went to his quarters to begin talking about how to get Steve to talk to Futility. They had come up with many plans, some really bad plans: blowing up the world, killing a sheep, placing player heads, and many more terrible plans. After a while of thinking and improving an ok idea they had, they had come up with the perfect plan to get Steve and Futility to talk to each other…

Interests groups are exactly what their name implies they are. They are made up of groups of individuals that believe the same thing and stand for whatever that is. They utilize people known as lobbyists, who basically represent the the special interest groups to government officials in order to help get whatever that group wants passed. Lobbyists are not supposed to bribe politicians, instead they are supposed to use their knowledge and bias of information to try to persuade politicians to…

From reading the short passage of Thomas More’s Utopia, I truly believe that injustice and inequality do exist in More’s “good place”, because the people are to follow the rules and roles that they have to go by. Throughout the passage, it seems that men and women can't make their own decisions/choices and can't be equal. They all have to play their roles to keep the Utopia or “good place” in balance,and this is wrong. According to the text,"The same trade generally passes down from father to…

Interest groups are a vital part of politics inside of the United States. Interest groups do many things to try to spread their ideas and influence. This is because they have some sort of effect to somehow influence every election, influence the decisions made by the officials within our government. Along with the ways that interest groups try to spread their influence, there is also some ways and groups that are attempting to restrict it. Interest groups are a major piece to what makes the…

A political party is an organized group of people that share their opinions and ideas about how the country should be governed. The party elect a candidate, who based on the vote of the people became the President of the country. The United States follows a presidential election process, which initially each political party select a nominee. Later on, those candidates campaign across the country to present their plans and views to the voters, as well as participate in debates facing the…

Power tends to corrupt (1)“Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely” said in 1887 by a historian and moralist, with the name of Lord Acton. (2)Corruption is the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. It can be classified as grand, petty and systemic corruption, depending on the amounts of money lost and how bad the action really is. Everyone should know about corruption, it is a huge problem in many countries including United States. (3)Corruption can be broken down into…

thoughts about how the government and politics should operate. Americans will make sure the government prominence to have liberty, equality, and democracy. There are three political subcultures, Moralistic, Individualistic, and Traditionalistic Political Culture. Moralistic Political Culture is when people can see the government as a public service which is provided by a government to people to improve their living conditions. People will participate in politics to ensure the public good.…

Discussion Questions: 1. Political socialization is influenced by family, region, and religion. Political socialization is most influenced by the family and parents of the individual as these beliefs are intentionally or unintentionally preached to the child from a young age. 2. Starting with the Vietnam War and Watergate, the confidence in the government has drastically declined. Watergate shocked the American public, as they discovered corruption at the highest office in the country. It was…

The partisan model of law refers to a fervent and almost militant fanatic supporter of a political party or cause that places the advantage of the law solely towards the party above public interest. A good example of the partisan model of law is the legislature that most democratic countries boast to have. Legislative attitudes are partisan attitudes so long as there is strict party discipline in parliament. All legislative decisions will be taken on the basis of the ideology of the leadership…