Political Science

Japan and the United States are among the worlds largest economy. Both countries have democratic systems of government, but there are other political aspects that differ in the two countries. The two countries have completely different systems of government with Japan having a parliamentary and the United States with presidential system. The parliamentary system of Japan has a Prime Minister who is elected by the House of Representatives from among themselves by a majority vote. He is usually the...

The greatest leap in the development of computers quantum technologies That technologies define the path and the speed of progress is difficult to deny for years and decades computers have served the basic measure of human evolution and created conditions necessary for humans to improve the quality of their lives. In the middle of November 2009, the worlds first universal programmable quantum computer has been put through its paces. But the test program revealed significant hurdles that must be...

Introduction Terrorism is an act that is associated with quite a number of evils conducted against mankind. It is a deliberate creation of threat of brutality or causing actual violence towards innocent citizens or a particular government. Terrorists use different techniques in their effort to spread their acts of terrorism. Terrorist in the United States has been of great concern especially after the September 11 2000 attack. In this respect the government together with other stakeholders in the...

The vision, mission, goals and values of an organization are the daily route markers to the destination the organization wants to reach.   They are as good as they are applied daily in the operations of an organization.  They are easily projected by the organization and its employees if practiced by the management who in turn inspire the juniors to ape them in the practice. This paper will look at these aspects as regards Unemployment Insurance Business Branch.  It will try to critic...

As the leader of a country, the foreign policy direction would align with hegemony. As a strategy on foreign policy, hegemony is an institutionalized practice of special rights and responsibilities conferred on a state with the resources to lead. There are two conceptualizations of hegemony. One is as the exercise of leadership over other states and the other is the exertion of power over other states. These emerged because of the achievement of hegemony through either consensus or force. Leadership...

Within a community, there are issues that affect the majority of the members.  When an effort is made to have the community come to a consensus in order to influence a particular strategy, this can be viewed as a public strategy.  Generally a public policy will be any cause of action that is arrived at after consultation with all stakeholders and an agreement arrived at, after a common ground is arrived at among the players. This paper will look at factors that influence public policy...

Neoliberalism has been a mammoth concept in the history of economics and has had a vast impact on the courses of the nations of the world as well as impacting on the lives of millions of people. It has furthermore remained a controversial concept the advantages and disadvantages of which are still fervently under debate. However, from rising to great prominence in some parts of the world, to getting diluted with other thoughts, Neoliberalism has been involved in shaping the history of the world...

Toward More Effective Peace Building The topic of the first article is about looking at peace building in a different light using a different approach and focusing on what the author describes as Institution Before Liberalization (IBL) and the criticisms of both the alternatives to Wilsonianism and the IBL. The author first provides alternatives to Wilsonianism and what are the problems associated with them which render them ineffective. The first alternative is for the state to select a leader...

Gun Show Loophole is a term that refers to laws that permits private persons not indulge in the business of dealing with firearms to put on the market guns at gun shows without a background checks on purchasers or keeping records of sale. The United States federal law requires individuals engaged in interstate firearm commerce to have a Federal Firearm License and conduct background checks through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System controlled by the FBI prior to transferring guns....

To be the person responsible for the welfare of the whole nation is not a laughing matter. To be president or to be anyone who is holding the highest position in the land requires facing different issues every single day in trying to figure out how to make the country the best place to live in for its citizens. Out of all the national security policies in the country, global warming seems to be the most relevant issue today that requires the highest attention from the president. Global Warming...

It is a fact each state is characterized by uniqueness in politics, economic and socio-cultural way of life. The gravity of the situation is that it is through these that the destiny of the citizen is shaped to a vast extent. Given that politics is very pervasive, totally permeating all the spheres of life, it is very dynamic since it is also characterized by the need to seize and consolidate power. It is against this backdrop that the data presented above about Israel 2009 and Turkey 2002 parliamentary...

The size of the district or the district magnitude refers to the number of candidates to be elected from that district. Depending on this number of seats, they can either be referred to as single-member or multimember districts. A single member district has a single seat while the multimember districts have several seats with the minimum number being two a two-member district. Electoral process formulas plurality and majority formulas can be applied to both this type of districts while the proportional...