Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp The atrocities committed against individuals in events such as slavery, the two World Wars, the Holocaust, and the apartheid in South Africa caused the issue of human rights to become a major concern for all nations across the globe, particularly for the western nations. The issue of human rights, however, has its roots…
Read MoreShare this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp There are different types of political identities. These identities include adscripted, free choice, group, and individual identities. Courtney Young explains group identity as universal. It is universal because people are in different types of groups, which includes groups of people with the same race, religion, and culture. With group identity, people will be…
Read MoreShare this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp State refers to the rule tool of economically dominant class. Class nature is the fundamental properties. State includes three elements, namely political power, territory and the unity of people. State power is the embodiment of the country. It is a society institution with power governance and has external and internal sovereignty in a…
Read MoreShare this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp In 1960s, Africa’s futures looked bright, especially that the continent was gradually disengaging from the bondage of the colonial imperialism .On the basis of Madison’s (1995) estimates of per capital gross domestic product (GDP) for a sample of countries during the first half of the century, Africa had grown considerably more rapidly than…
Read MoreShare this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Different countries in the world have got their own political system in order to have their countries run and organized and most of them belong to two major systems, namely presidential and parliamentary system and with their own unique characteristics. The presidential and parliamentary systems have lots of different characteristics in their nature…
Read MoreShare this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp During the 1950’s Mossadeq was the leader of the National Front. (Moaddel 1993) He was democratically elected by the Iranian people. (Moaddel 1993) Around 1953 Mossadeq nationalised the oil companies in order to benefit the country’s economy. (Moaddel 1993) The oil companies and Iranian bourgeoisie were appalled by this move. (Moaddel 1993) Therefore…
Read MoreShare this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp The news that people hear coming from Mexico, especially in recent times have not been very positive. The continuing violence along the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated even more dramatically within the past few years, mainly because of the Mexican government’s constant efforts to cut off Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTO). The violence associated…
Read MoreShare this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Voting back in the 1800s was limited to white men. In the late 1900s voting rights slowly began to garner attention and people started to protest. African Americans and women protested for their right to vote and eventually won the right. Now in 21st century, voting doesn’t seem that important to us anymore.…
Read MoreIndia, the word which invokes awe and mystique, is an idea of a nation that runs contrary to all established concepts of a nation-state. It neither has a common language nor a single religion. It’s mind-boggling cultural, religious, linguistic and geographic diversity is virtually impossible to fathom, so much so that India is often referred…
Read MoreShare this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Economic sanctions can be and are a valuable tool for enforcing international norms and protecting our national interests. The U.S. Policy of applying economic pressure in Cuba originated soon after Fidel Castro came into power in 1959. The United States first imposed a full trade embargo on Cuba on February 3, 1962, after…
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