World government

In the real world, for example, modern-day North Korea, corrupt governments often deliver false information and hide government plans from their citizens. The lack of government transparency violates basic human rights because people have the right to know what is happening in the world around them. In both Animal Farm by George Orwell and the real world, the lack of government transparency could be solved by using technology and government ambassadors to encourage communication between the…

Overtime self-governing structures have helped the evolution of the role politics and government play in a society. Self-government is a system where the people of a country or state make decisions for themselves and aren’t under complete rule of just one person. Democratic and republican governments are based off of the beliefs in self-governments. Colonial political developments were influenced by traditions from their mother country- England, as well as ideas from the Age of Enlightenment,…

influence of the media and propaganda is intrinsic to political communication. The method of transmitting information between the government and the public is key in both the classification of governments and our understanding of their differences. The freedom of media between authoritarian regimes and liberal democracies is markedly different, in both the control that the government exerts over what is said and displayed in the media. While it is clear that propaganda does have a place even in…

The world today is getting more peaceful and cooperative. Yet, there are places where wars are still happening. In a democratic way, it is believed that people of a nation are the ones who have the authority to control the government. Politicians believe that international actors, more specifically the international institutions such as the United Nations, hold the central authority. The arguments keep going; as such all actors wish to be involved in making the decisions of a governmental system…

in their respective texts in order to effectively convey a message to their audience. Evident in Aldous Huxley’s 1931 dystopian fiction novel ‘Brave New World’, Huxley represents both his personal and political perspectives through a fictional realisation of a futuristic dystopia. His vigorous stance against the rapid industrialisation of the world, and the possible misuse of technology to influence the freedom of the people are reflected overtly throughout the novel. This yearning for peace and…

A dystopia in which even the most minute details of human life are monitored by the government entraps Winston Smith in George Orwell’s 1984. Such a society seems so distant and impossible, yet instills a degree of discomfort in modern-day readers. With the current rate at which technology is advancing, many realities in Winston’s world are quickly becoming realities in the everyday lives of today. Constant surveillance is an undeniable violation of privacy globally and a Constitutional…

the autonomous individual’s capacity for self-government in the context of the problematics of power. Defining government as “the conduct of conduct” and as a term ranging from “governing the self” to “governing others,” Foucault uses this notion of government in connection with the link between forms of power and processes of subjectification. Today, the world government possesses solely a political meaning. However, Foucault’s notion of government was, indeed, placed in a more general context…

Imagine a world wanting to go forward, but only going backwards. A world where the government regulates its citizens to make sure that they are “equal” and of average standard, where if anyone dares to be above average, handicaps are forced upon them. This is the world of Harrison Bergeron, a world of dystopia, but in the meantime, will this also be the fate of America? Equality is the state of being equal in status, rights, and opportunities. Although equality is strived for everywhere in…

Enlightenment Towards the end of the Renaissance, philosophers began to think of new ways of government and the structure of society. Important changes were made that eventually brought the world to where it is today. This period was called the enlightenment which existed during the late seventeenth century and the eighteenth century. For example, John Locke’s ideas about limiting the power of government were a great contrast to the absolute monarchies of the time. Voltaire wrote about…

The Debate of Privacy from the Government A Critic of “The Nothing-to-Hide Argument” The author of “The Nothing-to-Hide Argument”, Daniel J. Solove, discusses the different perspectives and opinions of various people including how the government may view personal information. The article demonstrates this through examples of what people say and the opinion of the article himself. In the article, Solove argues that the information-gathering programs the government uses to track and record…