Social democracy

Political-Economic Stances on Social Security: Liberalism and Social Democracy By merely glancing at political systems across the world, it is clear that politics and the economy are inextricably tied. Both are institutions that maintain a balance between freedom and equality, and both are associated with a variety of ideologies regarding what the best balance is (O’Neil 2013, 101 & 112). We often see how politics and economics influence each other, with economic regulation in policy, and a state’s economy reflecting how well the state can operate. One important aspect of political economy, the study of how these institutions affect one another, is a state’s social expenditures (O’Neil 2013, 102 & 105). In the U.S., a controversial component…

According to McChesney (2015), in his work titled Rich media, poor democracy: Communication politics in dubious times, the media is being used by the few wealthy people to only portray information that fails to recognize the realities of society, especially in the US. Despite the illegitimacy of the information being presented, masses are easily influenced into believing what is being presented by the media since these wealthy are willing to spend their money and other resources including…

millennium. Individual societies have developed independently and therefore, can be held to no standard but their own. My political philosophy is that government is best when is behaves as either a delegate or a trustee on behalf of its people. At the expense of monarchs and autocrats, representative democracies overwhelmingly lean toward the former. As long as governments operate with these constraints in mind — prioritizing either the will or the best interest of the people — any policy may be…

Role of Social Media in Enhancing Democratic Processes. There are several roles social media can play that bring positive impacts to democratic processes. First, within the context of authoritarian regime, social media benefits ‘politically marginalized groups’ (Loader & Mercea, p. 765) to enforce democratization. It is important to be noted that internet does not only serve as a ‘medium’, but also ‘space’ (Papacharissi, 2010, p. 113). When authoritarian regime does not provide space for its…

the center on congress at Indiana University, Lee Hamilton, a former member of the United States House of Representatives, states this about government, “no matter how good a policy, if good people aren’t available to carry it out, it will fail.” As democracy puts governmental power into the hands of the people, it is crucial that citizens embody the theory of enlightened self interest where the ideas of common good are above those of the individual. With a mindset that good people are needed to…

Democracy is a political type of government in which overseeing power is derived from the general population, either by popular vote (direct democracy) or by methods of elected representatives of the people (representative democracy). We vote in favor of our delegates and the one with the most votes goes ahead to represent the majority; the majority being the aggregate individuals who voted in favor of the politician. That delegate talks in the interest of the larger part who voted him in and…

In analyzing the written works of Jane Addams’ Democracy and Social Ethics and Karl Marx’s Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and The German Ideology, they portray how their theories can impact change within a society. While the basic structure and framework of society of society has remained consistent throughout, there are certain elements of society that are consistently subject to change. These authors address these changes as they pertain their theories to the functions of…

Neoliberalism is a political ideology and an economic model that goes back to more capitalist roots where it values the reliance of free market competition without government interference and has a more individualistic view overall. Neoliberalism contrasts many points of social democracy where the government should be involved with the economic state of the country and must give support to improving the public sector to be affordable and decent for the populace. Furthermore, Social democracy…

A.) I believe that social media has played a contributing role in the rising demand for democracy in regions around the world. As an open society (Sterin, 2013, p. 381), our political process, as well as the liberties and freedoms we are afforded by democracy, are on display for all to see. With the emergence of the Internet and social media, this display is now visible to the far reaches of the globe. I believe the moment a group of individuals becomes aware of how things could be and they…

in “further privatisation in the 1990s. Old-fashioned dirigisme was not revived by the Socialists, who on the contrary presided over the marketization of social and economic relations in France” . A similar shift of the main party of the Left can be seen in the Italian General Election, where the Social Democratic ‘Democratic Party of the Left’ replaced the ‘Italian Communist Party’ as the most popular party of the Left. Clear parallels can be seen with Labour policy at the time, which…