Politics

My passion for politics started when I was 12 years old, after I started noticing things on television concerning Scottish Independence. I saw the independence referendum as a chance for me to speak out about how I wanted my future to be, regardless of whether I would get to vote or not (which obviously, I wouldn’t). What I did not know though, is that just researching about Scottish and British Politics would cause me to branch out to other countries politics and become more aware social and…

William Davies, author of "The Age of Post-Truth Politics", writes in the public discourse on account of the current sociopolitical ambiance for the general populace. The intention of this piece is to discuss the trend once again breaking out of spinning the truth to create advantages on behalf of the proponent or disadvantage for the opponent. It is a professional piece critiquing, specifically, political parties for their twisting of the truth instead of relying on data to convince the…

Connection between Ethics and Politics The primary concern of politics is to give the description of a government structure and function by describing laws for the citizens to regulate their behavior. It does all this to achieve and bring to recognition the good of the public. Man is hardly a social being alone but also a political being because of the close interdependence between them and the state. Ethics and politics have an intimate relationship considering that both are normative…

masculine friendship which politics is influenced by the relationship between men. In Julius Caesar, Shakespeare only presents two women characters who are only described in a few words. Women only play minor part in this play. In the whole Act 5, the tragic fighting scene, not even a single woman character is involved. Besides, there is love between men, and the relationship of male friendship affects development of the politics. Politics, nowadays, in China is the same as the politics in…

worries and certain aspects of responsibility. One example of the lack of responsibility is the lack of involvement in politics. Politics plays an important role in everyday life and while many college students believe they don’t relate to this subject, they reality is that they do and it affects their lives immensely. College students need to be knowledgeable and get involved in politics to help secure their future lives and to help their country’s…

This conclusion by Wald and Calhoun-Brown illustrates the balancing effect by religion on politics. There are good effects by the religious influence, allowing for decisions to be undertaken on a morally “correct” basis. However, there are also negative ramifications, such as the problem of religious intervention and opinions on purely political matters. These things alternate and switch based upon the specific scenario, and neither one is a consistent occurrence over the other. Furthermore, the…

Bringing Americas Closer Than Ever with Social Media There is a lot of controversy today about social media and the effects on politics, but are we as voters actually getting more knowledge about our political leaders through social media? In an article by Nicholas Carr titled “How Social Media Is Ruining Politics” he clearly states how he believes that social media is having a negative effect on how we view our leaders and others around us. Carr states “We may discover that the gates…

Introduction European politics is a multidimensional topic and a combination of many elements that shape the political system in Europe. In any democracy and especially in Europe, political parties are central to the system because they structure the popular vote, formulate the public policy, organize the flow of power and compete in elections, allowing citizens to choose their leaders. Also, European politicians depend a lot on their political parties for their electoral success to parliament,…

early European Christian scholars and savants is alluded to as Classical Political Philosophy. Classical political thought in antiquated Greece starts with Plato, and rapidly achieves its peak in the rich and complex examinations in Aristotle 's Politics. The political speculations of both logicians are firmly fixing to their moral hypotheses, and their advantage is in inquiries concerning constitutions or types of government. Herodotus draws a captivating civil argument by defenders of three…

There are many pieces written by philosophers in which they express their interest in different forms of government and politics. C. Wright Mills wrote about the model of the elite theory while Robert Dahl wrote about the pluralist model of American politics. The three best-known theories of American politics are the elite theory, pluralism, and hyperpluralism. Groups have been created to support each of the theories. America’s political process is best defined by the pluralist theory which…