Politics

In world politics, there are two main theories, realism, and liberalism. Realism is when politicians exemplify or perceive things as they are in the world, unlike liberalism where it is believed that people are capable of improvement and have confidence that people will develop into something better (Baylis et Al,2014: 4). “Realism is mostly concerned with questions of order justice and change at the domestic, regional and international levels” (Lebow, 2016: 35), unlike liberalism which is…

Political Parties have huge impacts of things that go on in today’s society. Many political parties are well out spoken and are mostly heard than seen. What is a political party you may ask? A political party is an organized group of people with very similar thoughts and opinions politically. They seek the influence of those who have political power to get their candidates put into the public office. Politicians may talk about anything from taxes to education. Whichever catches the attention of…

Parties were destined to play a central role in American politics ever since the introduction of representative democracy in the United States after the establishment of the US constitution in 1788. The founding fathers of American agreed that direct democracy would be detrimental to US society. James Madison wrote in the the Federalist papers 10 that direct democracy would create the tyranny of the majority, whereby political decisions would favor the majority and disregard the interests of the…

American Politics have a variety of subjects. We are able to debate over our government officials, sports teams, and even our American way of life. However, along with the politics we are also able to find a sense of hypocrisy in the American spirit. America was unfortunately found upon greed, and power; and this still reigns true today. In the textbook “American Government” by Cal Jillson, the author interprets these political views and by doing so helps to see and understand the American…

Distinction between power and politics It might be relatively straightforward to give a definition of power and politics but it is more difficult to distinguish between them (Drory and Romm, 1988). Drory and Romm (1988) argue that these two are often used interchangeably and that the difference between the two has never been fully established. There are numerous academic definitions of power and politics. Politics can be defined as the science catering on guiding and influencing policies and…

Women in Canadian politics: Challenges that continue to matter for all Canadian women voices The recent 2015 elections set record highs for Canadian women politicians. The 2015 federal election beat the record for the most female candidates in a single election, and the Alberta 2015 general election resulted in the closest a governing party has ever come to obtaining gender parity with 25 women and 28 men elected as members of the ruling NDP (Women in Canadian politics, 2018). Alberta’s Premier,…

From Celebrity Politics to American Politics Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Clint Eastwood; what do all of these names have in common; each one of them was a celebrity who become a part of American Politics. One might assume that most celebrities are more comfortable waiting to their unleash they’re strong views on politics when a gentile discussion occurs, but it seem that they do not do really anything to make change in favor of their views. However, throughout history a few…

Today’s teens are known to be uninterested in politics, and some of the reasons they are uninterested is, that they do not care about politics because it does not affect them, teenagers simply do not know about politics, and teens have been raised in the age of social media. The first reason that researchers do not think teens are interested in politics is that teens do not care about politics because it does not affect them. For example, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, a cognitive neuroscientist from…

Before we can discuss the concepts between the three spheres namely, politics, government and governance, it is very important to discuss the concept of state because without a state, none of the three spheres mentioned above would exists because they all function within a state. A state, according to Cloete (1993:147), is an independent territory with clearly established boundaries that are recognized by the people of that territory, and the people and governments of other recognized states. A…

“Identity politics” has enabled groups who have been marginalized by society to ban together over certain shared experiences. By working collectively, these segments of the population are able to raise awareness and are instrumental in securing certain freedoms, already enjoyed by the rest of the population. While some may label these freedoms as “special rights,” in realty, that are simply the rights guaranteed by law. While there are numerous benefits to “identity politics” there are also…