Politics of Botswana

A political party is an organization of people which seeks to achieve goals common to its members through the acquisition and exercise of political power (Political Party). Political parties have four important functions, nominate candidates, gather voters, help governance, and watch the power of the opposing political party. Each party has to nominate and select candidates for political office. They also have to rally voters using advertising such as phone calls, brochures, and media campaigns.…

Politics can be defined as the activities in relation with governing an area or country, usually expressed in the form of a debate or conflict. Politics are used all over the world, from a High School debate, to Presidential elections. For years, the art of politics has seen a change in the game, deceit, scandal and false information is becoming more and more common within politics. False information within politics dates back to the 1800 presidential campaign between John Adams and Thomas…

The Populist Party was a major third party during the Gilded Age. The Populist Party had emerged from the Farmer's Alliance (Foster, "Gilded Age Politics"), therefore much of their platform was agrarian based. The two strongest issues on their platform were the nationalization of the railroad and a strong currency that could be regulated by the government (The Omaha Platform). Monopolies ran the railroads and monopolies define their prices. The Populist Party outraged by monopoly control began…

Lastly, the final theme of the theory is about candidates and legislators. Politicians or soon to be politicians see what certain groups want and what will lead to the success of their campaign. It is no coincidence that they tend to appeal to the public’s concerns and wishes as much as possible, if they show a lack of interest then the groups will disregard them as a candidate to vote for. Bishin writes, “In so doing, group members make it clear that they intend to be active and thus signal…

What About Me Political socialization is a process in which we get involved into the political culture. During this process, we acquire the knowledge and build our ideas and preferences to take a political stance(posture). My parents, uncles, grandparents, and adult family members have influences in my political socialization. Since I was a child, in the family reunions, adults talked about political issues. Even though I did not participate because children are not allow to speak or…

The Progressive era changed the face of America by forming many organizations such as the NAACP, FDA and also caused the safety standards to go up. The NAACP helped colored people to fight for their freedoms and equality's that have been stripped from them. The FDA helped get rid of unsanitary food prepossessing plants such as the meat packing industry. The Progressive era also caused a changed in the safety standards in America such as the sprinkler system inside a building or factory to put…

The first characteristic of wisdom that I found was empathy. Empathy is a great thing to have. It allows you to view certain events with different perspectives. It can be helpful socially and also politically. Someone who is biased based on inherited opinions and what is seen as right by other people is not wise. A politician who is completely biased about things is not going to improve the area that they take care of. While it is not very wise to be too biases, one bias is good to have. That…

A group that tries to influence the government to get their work done behalf of common people or to the certain groups for their own interest and benefits called interest group. This people are so powerful and they have the ability to force the legislature to legislate their bill for their own agenda. There are so many interest or lobbyist groups exits in the nation. Some of them are so powerful, and government also cannot have ignored them such as: National Rifle Association, Economic interest…

“All for one and one for all...” (Dumas). From Alexandre Dumas’ novel, The Three Musketeers, this encouraging motto signifies collaboration and coaction within a group. However, when instead depending on another exceedingly, one may develop to be vulnerable and lead to crisis, especially in dire circumstances. Furthermore, the importance of a partnership can be beneficial to both partakers and lead to a solution. Clearly exemplified in the short story, “The Birds”, by Daphne du Maurier, it…

During the late 19th century to the early 20th, the Progressive era was dominated with political reforms and social activism in the United States. The Progressives wanted many positive changes to happen around the government and the social status among the United States. The United States gained lots of economic growth and cultural freedom among women. The Progressive achieved their goal because women achieved more rights and protection and the government was funded better with income taxes.…