Political Science

The history and amendments of Laws on Gun Politics in America and the dangers associated with the possession of Guns. Gun politics is an issue that has been taken so seriously by most countries. In the past, during World War II, most powerful States like Russia, Germany and America had different opinions on the manufacture of arms and the use of arms. As a result, the United Nations decided to put regulations on the manufacture, use and supply of guns to control the misuse of guns by the major...

Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau were economic theorists and they contributed to the political economy. They suggested that public policy making should be a decision of all the citizens in a country and should not be done by a few people and imposed to the majority. They advocated for democracy in the public policy making where all the people affected by the policies should contribute to the establishment of the policies. The three political economists suggested that a democratic economy is the best...

De Walls piece cites the case of Darfur and how the ruling Sudanese government failed to protect those at the receiving end from a series of brutal acts of genocide. The author illustrates how despite there being well-documented incidents of genocide, the government got away without doing anything. The UN Peacekeeping Forces and other reports consistently described the events in Darfur as to come within the meaning of the term genocide, yet they proved to be largely ineffective.  Many issues...

This paper aims to provide knowledge on the racial and ethnic hegemony in contemporary France. It explains the broaden issue on the impact of  racial injustice to  French youth immigrants living in the suburbs of Paris. It describes how the suburban ghettos became the primary source of civil unrest due to the failures of the French government to render a pure sense of socio-political equality to its immigrants. This paper argues on the central controversy in the realm of the French intellectual...

The United States is a federal government, which has devolved units of governance. City and municipal councils represent the units of decentralized government. They are empowered through their state statues to implement the federal agendas within their communities and they act as links between the federal and state government and the local citizens. The Honolulu city council is an empowered city council mandated by the local citizens through election and the state laws to serve the community around....

Instructor Name Inside NASA high technology and organizational change in the U.S. space program By Howard E. McCurdy  A Review In Inside NASA the renowned space historian and sociologist Dr. Howard E. McCurdy, studies NASAs organizational culture and the agencys collective attitude towards the work of space exploration in the organization in the early days of NASA as compared to the state of NASA in in the 1970s and beyond. The book is a mainly a study of organizational culture with the use...

Theoretical context This context is based on the acknowledgement of changes in support of violence based on suicide bombings from the Palestinian population while looking at the motivation behind such support between two significant periods with differentiated support. Gaps being addressed The author tries to focus on the issues that have not been focused on as the motivating factors towards this kind of violence. In the Middle East, suicide bombings have been conspicuous for their use by radical...

The United States of America democracy is sometimes viewed to be challenged by the Supreme Court that has the power to nullify democratic rights of the society in its decisions. In order to protect individual and social rights, interest groups have been formed to act as mode of checking on the superior power of the judicial process by thoroughly participating in the same with regard to achieve overall democracy away from ill advised notions of specific societies. The main function of interest...

Texas Supreme Court s composed of elected judges who run for a term of six years. Statewide partisan election are held to select the most qualified judges who sit in the two highest courts and other subordinate courts that hold election after every four years. Contrary, the United States Supreme Court is composed of Presidential nominated judges who have to be approved by the senate. Unlike the Texas Judges who sit for six years the Supreme Court of the United States is guided by life tenure with...

The integration that occurs with globalization has resulted in greater interaction between people all over the world due to availability of good transport and removal of barriers that hinder the free flow of people, goods, knowledge and capital between borders. This has resulted in greater interlocking of people in all areas of life from social, political, financial but the major effects has been its effects on culture. Cultural globalization leads to joining of languages, the ways of life and to...

Globalization fuels insecurity Globalization is the involvement of many nations and or regional organizations and economies are integrated into world wide trade unions and connected through communication net works to form a global village with free and quick movement from one region to another.  The economies, political characteristics, cultures, social norms interact at global level. Mittelman insists that the world in the era of globalization is going to have insecurity. He draws a devastating...

According to the 1776-Declaration of Independence, men are created equal and must have equal opportunity with life, liberty and happiness. With this in mind comes the importance for civil rights movements in our times. Equality of opportunity is sought by all human regardless of race, nationality, ethnicity, color, sex, age, or religion. Equality also greatly determines ones happiness and freedom in life. Racial discrimination among black Americans represents most common form of inequality in our...

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized  (Fourth Amendment, United states Constitution). The Fourth Amendment is one of the most important amendments in the United States Constitution.  One of the...

In the last one decade, China has posed several economic and military challenges to the government of the United States, which has enjoyed the monopoly of being the superpower for more than five decades. America is facing a lot of challenges from terrorism to economic problems that most people believed was greatly affected by the war that President Bush initiated against Afghanistan and Iraq in his quest to finish terrorism (Peerenboom, 2007). How has China turned to be a Competitor of the US Most...

Significance of Freedom of Speech Freedom of Speech is one of the hallmarks of every democratic society.  It allows citizens to freely express their opinion on matters affecting their interest.  It also embraces a number of rights aimed at insuring the free and effective communication of ideas from one person to another.  The right is considered so important that the speech that is protected and guaranteed under the constitution involves not only those that reflect the sentiment...

The political system of the United States is clearly stated in the constitution of 1789 after declaration of Independence in 1776. It is a federal system which means the power is divided between the central government and the fifty states. Power doctrine in the US constitution is based on three branches, legislative, Executive and Judicial branch. The legislative branch compose of the house of representative and the senate, the executive branch however, consist of the president, cabinet and the...

The most tremendous debate that has been focused on in the current American politics is the health care reforms debate. The health reform bill was proposed by President Barrack Obama, the head of the Federal state. However, in the United States politics, the constitution does not provide for a president with absolute powers. Instead most of the political decisions are steered by the Congress and the Judiciary (Darlington, 2009). This is a contributing factor to the long time being taken for the...

It is true that the three branches of the United States government are separated political institutions who check and balance the power of the other branches while at the same time sharing powers with the other branches. Basically, the executive branch is tasked to execute or enforce the law, the legislative branch is tasked to make the law and the judicial branch is tasked to formulate the law. In practice we can see this relationship in the congress or the legislative branch passing the law while...

With the collapse of the cold war, new threats and challenges to world peace have emerged from different quarters. The spread of terrorism and religious fundamentalism, primarily in Muslim dominated states, is responsible for many of the attacks on civilian and military targets.  Trade disputes are also emerging as a potential cause for conflicts among nations (Hufbauer, 2006). Governance issues have raised tensions in states where the political dispensation is undemocratic. Major world powers...

We must take note that in many cases, the American government was a response to the oppression and cruelty of the British rulers during the conquest of during their time. The structure of the British government was greatly transformed to adopt a government that is based on equality, self government, individualism, diversity and unity. As stated in the Declaration of Independence itself (1776), The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all...

South Africa is found in Africa and is located on the southern tip of the continent bordering the Atlantic Ocean on the west and the Indian Ocean on the south and the east. South Africa is surrounded by other neighboring countries which include Namibia in the northwest, Zimbabwe and Botswana in the north, and Mozambique and Swaziland that are found in the northeast (Pearson Education, 2009). According to the CIA publications in the world fact book, South Africa has a population of about 49 million...

Democracy is arguably the most desired form of government worldwide. Democracy, also referred to as the rule by many, is a political orientation where the majority of the citizens decide on the supreme power of the country through elections. In this case, they freely elect their leaders who in turn act as their representatives.  This can take forms of direct democracy where the people rule directly or representativeindirect democracy where representatives are elected to identify with the people...

Please describe why you are interested in serving on the Citizens Redistricting Commission. As a citizen who has exhibited utmost neutrality to a persons racial background, impartiality to their economic standing, and a lifes mission of service, I would like to be given the opportunity to further this calling and be among the pioneers of the innovative legislation that is about to be implemented in the entirety of the State of California.  I am certain that giving the authority of redistricting...