Politics

Aristotle’s Ethics Book I obtains copious themes and ideas relevant to classical political theory. One of the most abundant motifs is happiness and how it impacts humans of all stages. As seen in this book, happiness is not always clear cut; therefore, the ability of humans to achieve this marvel of completeness is often disputed. While virtue and honor are acceptable candidates for this vague idea, happiness must be the good. We only strive for these attributes in order to make ourselves happy;…

Thank you for providing me the space to explain why I want to pursue my PhD in Political Science. In this brief statement I will explain my major research interests, why I believe those areas are both academically and politically significant, and why I would like to attend your program. In my graduate studies I would like to pursue research on the role and influence of ancient political thought on early modern political thought and how that has shaped our contemporary political context. I am…

Dahl on Behavioral Science and its Approach to Political Science In a thorough analysis and dissection of behavioral science, Dr. Robert Dahl explores the history of behavioral science and the men behind its design and ingenuity. While exploring its history Dahl takes on the task of critically analyzing what behavioral science was, is, and could be and how the new social science will make itself indispensable to the political arena. In his piece titled The Behavioral Approach in Political…

‘For the Tropicália movement, music was a form of politics.’ Discuss. The music of Tropicália brought a subtle political message of unity and social activism to Brazil in a time of heavy repression. It developed in 1967, following the psychedelic rock movements of USA and UK, but was quickly restricted the following year when its founding members, Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, were exiled as threats to society. Its music applied a mixture of musical styles, from Brazilian traditional dance…

Alea Ortiguerra IDS 4315-0W59 Identity Assignment The identity perspective is interested in the ideas that guide institutions and how power influences ideas. There are many different identity ideas that argue about how the world is shaped politically, such as the spread of democracy and ideals shape the world, that civilization and culture shape the world, that multiculturalism works towards cooperation, and the necessity to champion basic human rights. Each argument has its own analysis on…

Sovereignty is one of the most controversial ideas in political science. Many philosophers have written on this concept, and each of them interprets it differently. In this essay, I focus on Thomas Pogge’s conception of sovereignty that is largely influenced by liberalism. Pogge argues for a multi-layered scheme where borders could be redrawn more easily. According to him, sovereignty should be dispersed vertically instead of concentrating it at one level – the state. However, Pogge’s…

which the ideological stage is set. They necessitate a somewhat unified ideology, a voter pool, candidates to run for election and for those candidates to represent the interests of the party members. Political parties use candidates to influence politics, while social movements use protests and mass demonstrations, and organized interests use contributions and lobbyists. Party’s relationship to the government is that for all intensive purposes they are what most of us would consider when…

PS 331 Participation Exercise Edelman 1. The Political Spectacle a. Edelman defines the political spectacle as, “Accounts of political issues, problems, crises, threats, and leaders now become devices for creating disparate assumptions and beliefs about the social and political world rather than factual statements. The very concept of ‘fact’ becomes irrelevant because every meaningful political object and person is an interpretation that reflects and perpetuates an ideology. Taken together,…

Kautilya as a Strategic Advisor Kautilya operated as a key advisor to the Indian King Chandragupta and sought to encapsulate his interpretation of the science of politics in a work that would instruct kings on how to properly govern their states. Whether in the ancient or modern world the counsel provided by a strategic advisor must adhere to some basic principles to ensure the advice is received, respected and ultimately acted upon by a senior leader. James E. Lukaszewski categorizes such…

The “Game of Elections” is known as in other words as the American electoral process or political system. There are five main players in this game and they are political parties, interest groups, media, candidates, and voters. Each of these players play a key role in the American election and how each one has a major effect on voter decision-making. (to be continued)… The first of five players are political parties which are defined as organized groups whose goal is to gain office and exercise…