Politics Essays

Powerlessness: Cause And Effect Of Poverty
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd May 2017
Introduction: Powerlessness is a cause and effect of poverty because people living in absolute poverty often have no political power and is subjected to exploitation by the state. They lack protection, and report w...

Political Leaders: devious, manipulative and ruthless?
Example essay. Last modified: 1st May 2017
Introduction: Are Political Leaders necessarily devious, manipulative and ruthless? Politicians are often portrayed and are often thought to be ‘power-hungry’ and willing to stop at nothing to gain office. The ...

Characteristics Of The Nation State And Transnational Entities
Example essay. Last modified: 1st May 2017
Introduction: The nation is a culture group residing within the territory of the political state. A group of people are considered a nation if (1) they are permanent residents of a defined territory, (2) they exhib...

Summary Of 'The Road To Serfdom'
Example essay. Last modified: 1st May 2017
Introduction: In the first chapter of Hayek’s book Germany and Russia are supposedly headed down “the road to serfdom.” Hayek believed that from a government perspective they intended on heading ...

The Impact Of The Western Sahara Conflict
Example essay. Last modified: 1st May 2017
Introduction: The conflict in Western Sahara was a dispute between Western Sahara (Frente Polisario) and Morocco which constitutes a big threat to regional stability after decolonization in 1975 by Spanish powers. ...

Effect Of Globalisation On Social Welfare
Example essay. Last modified: 28th Apr 2017
Introduction: To understand the concept of Glocalization, an understanding of globalization as a process is to be gained. Since glocalization has basically two positions, both defined by the concept of globalizatio...

Leadership Style In Political System
Example essay. Last modified: 28th Apr 2017
Introduction: India is secular country in nature which consists of 65% of young population which is counted as backbone for country’s development. We need a leadership style in national politics which can bri...

Machiavelli: A Renaissance Thinker
Example essay. Last modified: 28th Apr 2017
Introduction: The fourteenth century was an inexperienced start of a revolution called the renaissance. The renaissance is recognized for its birth of many noteworthy philosophers, including the well-known Machiave...

The Criticism Of The Coalition Governments
Example essay. Last modified: 28th Apr 2017
Introduction: Coalition governments are often criticised, for a number of valid reasons. I intend to address these later in this essay, however the main point of this essay, for me, is to state and explain why I be...

Why Is Sustainable Development Such A Contested Concept?
Example essay. Last modified: 28th Apr 2017
Introduction: As long as sustainable development is viewed as everything and nothing it is weakened as a policy goal, and those wishing to promote environmental sustainability and social justice are hampered if the...

State terrorism and non-state terrorism
Example essay. Last modified: 28th Apr 2017
Introduction: State terrorism is often a neglected phenomenon in terrorism studies. Discuss how terrorism has been used as a weapon by states over the past 50 years. Is state terrorism fundamentally different from ...

Understanding Of Kautilya On Good Governance
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Apr 2017
Introduction: According to the Arthashastra, good governance comes with peace and order which can be achieved through the collaboration of different factors in a community. The first of these factors is the leader....

A Study On The European Identity
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Apr 2017
Introduction: Although the concept of collective identity is a post-colonial phenomenon, a few nations would describe themselves under a collective identity before the modern times of the 19th Century. In fact, Eur...

Contributions Of Lim Guan Eng In Penang
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Apr 2017
Introduction: As a democracy country, there are many politicians in Malaysia. Based on the Oxford English Dictionary, politician means that a person who is professionally involved in politics, especially as a holde...

Confidence Building Measures India And Pakistan
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Apr 2017
Introduction: Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs) are those steps or agreements on which states agree with mutual benefits in mind, and have faith that all concerned shall obey such agreements. These steps or agree...

The Politics Of Secularism In India
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Apr 2017
Introduction: Secularism in India has always been more of a political than a philosophical phenomenon. Secularism may be one of the basic features of the Preamble but its validity as one of the basic features of th...

What Are The Causes Of War?
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Apr 2017
Introduction: Mankind has been fighting one another since before written words could record the outcome. The world we share with all living creatures demonstrates that conflict in the animal kingdom is ubiquitous, ...

The Main Critiques Of Liberal Democratic Model
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Apr 2017
Introduction: One of the most important political ideologies used in the modern era especially by the Western countries is liberal democracy. A liberal democratic state involves of the goals of both liberalism and ...

History Of The United Nations
Example essay. Last modified: 25th Apr 2017
Introduction: During the time period of World war II, representatives from 26 different nations plighted their governments together in order to continue their battle against the Axis powers. Franklin D. Roosevelt- ...

What Are The Virtues Of Democracy?
Example essay. Last modified: 25th Apr 2017
Introduction: Different nations, organization and people often have different perspectives or ideologies on the meaning of democracy. Former U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) defined democracy as: “G...

The Impact Of Interdependence On International Relations
Example essay. Last modified: 25th Apr 2017
Introduction: As we all know , complex interdependence is a concept developed by Robert keohane and Joseph Nye in order to demonstrate that states are completely tied together in various aspects of their national r...

The Factors That Enhance Or Diminish Presidential Power
Example essay. Last modified: 25th Apr 2017
Introduction: The factors that affect the power of a president are diverse. Power is a fluid concept that moves in cycles and changes with circumstance both within terms of office and from president to president. T...

The India-Pakistan conflict: An overview
Example essay. Last modified: 25th Apr 2017
Introduction: INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND India Pakistan conflict is one of long lasting and unresolved conflict of modern times. It started with the birth of Pakistan as a different state in 1947 after the Britain emp...

Effects Of Globalization And Democracy
Example essay. Last modified: 25th Apr 2017
Introduction: Globalization is a tool that shapes our culture, politics, and economics. ¿½An enduring tenet of the post-Cold War era is that globalization can be a catalyst for democratization. In one formulation...

Does Poverty Cause War?
Example essay. Last modified: 25th Apr 2017
Introduction: The central argument of this essay is that rather than treating poverty as a direct causal factor behind war, it could be viewed as one of the many processes that lead to a conflict when other social,...