Sovereign state

Michael Walzer’s book, ‘On Toleration’, he introduces five distinct types of toleration which he calls regimes. The regimes that he describes are: multinational empires, international society, consociations, nation-states, and immigrant societies. This essay will be focusing mainly on nation-states and immigrant societies and how they are different, but also work together in many ways. But I will also give a brief description of the other three so that we have a good base of understanding for…

How would you feel if the government was watching you by surveillance? Would you feel like your privacy was being violated? Do you like to be watched by strangers? Many people don’t realize that the government is watching their every step every day. They watch us by surveillance thinking they’re keeping us safe. But how safe are we? Every U.S. citizen should know how much their lives are being monitored. As technology improves, privacy as we know it will become extinct. Whether in the name…

were to obtain the extensive knowledge the government has about each individual, people would be targeted with advertisements tailored to them, and all privacy would be lost. Many cultures do not believe in privacy, but the citizens of the United States are very private. Social media and…

government, and that is why I strongly believe that government is necessary. Initially, when thinking of a state of nature, many of us tend to think mostly of the freedom that it will bring, instead of the chaos that will most likely ensue. In the film “Lord of the flies”, the boys state of nature was being stranded on an island, where there was no adult to help guide them. They were in a state of nature until they had voted for Ralph to become their leader, which resembled a democratic…

those on the bottom having them accept the current state of affairs as “natural” by which the state could be able mediate and provide an avenue for their grievances tying into the first essay mentioned in the above. Though Gramsci’s analysis was more concerned with the political realm, he would also note the cultural effects of hegemony by noting the ideological apparatus on how the dominant intellectuals sell their visions. In relation to the state, Gramsci’s theory of hegemony would come to…

but pays little attention to motive. The motive of states and leaders is posed as a question for political scientists, rather than legal experts. However, why states comply with the obligations, duties, etc. of international law is just as important as the system itself. Beliefs and intent are necessary for judgements in many instances within international law. While these more philosophical constructs are typically reserved for determining state practice and other legal requirements, they carry…

During the reign of President Soeharto, the second president of Indonesia, Indonesian governmental system was unitary state with authoritarian system. At this era, the administrative system was set into a hierarchical system; from the higher level to the lowest level namely central government, provinces, cities (kota) and rural regencies (kabupaten), districts (kecamatan), and urban neighborhoods (kelurahan) and villages (desa); with a large number of military officer designated in many…

The books Persepolis 2 and Under a Cruel Star tell the story of two women who were labeled as malicious because of what their country was going through. In Under a Cruel Star, the story was about Heda Margolius Kovaly. She told her journey of the life she lived being a Jew, and after being free her country was taken over by a Communist society. Persepolis 2 is the story of Marjane Satrapi. She told the story of how her parents did not desire for her to live in a country that was at war. In…

In relation to the first pillar, Bannon (1999) states that the World Bank has established an oversight committee to look into allegations of corruption in bank-financed projects, including the assessment of corruption-related risks. In regards to the second pillar, Bannon (1999) states that the Word Bank supports the Anti-Bribery Convention on an international scale, and is working closely with international organizations…

The Inevitable State of Development in Nepal Beginning in the early 19th century, all countries began to diverge away from each other in terms of development. Before this time, all countries were relatively equal in terms of wealth, life expectancy, mortality rate, and other factors of development. Then, all of these countries began to become wealthier, healthier, and more education, but some grew faster than others based on their location, history, government policies, economic policies, and…