Democracy is a very important aspect of politics. There are many types of democracy such as liberal democracy, social democracy or even electoral democracy. The focus of this essay will be on the strengths and weaknesses linked to liberal democracy and another form of democracy compared to liberal d...
Realism, Liberalism, and Marxism are the three main theoretical positions that have shaped and dominated our understanding of the international world. Out of the three theories, Marxism has had the least influential role. Nevertheless, it should not be disregarded because it has a continuing validit...
While researching the American Enlightenment Movement, I found that although historians talk more about the French thinker's role in the revolution, it was actually four American rulers who left a mark in history. Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Madison all used their know...
Two widely renowned and opposing philosophies of what can be an accurate predictor of world politics are known as realism and liberalism. Overtime, these particular schools of thought have developed into strategic sciences; and two notable, ground-breaking theorists include, Hans Mogenthau and Imman...
Personal and Political Freedom Many immigrants came to the United States for freedom. They knew about America's freedom through media, propaganda, as well as word of mouth. The propaganda included information such as: freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, free education, right of private ...
Throughout time there has been a constant struggle between the ideas of social control and the rights of the individual. Even at the present time there are conflicting opinions on how much power the government should have and how much power the individual should have over themselves. John Locke, lik...
This paper will explore the guidelines and strategies that Niccolo Machiavelli advocates for in the proper and effective way of ruling a government as a prince. In this paper Machiavelli's tactics will be analyzed and compared to modern day governments. This paper will seek to show how his tactics a...
The In's and Out's of Political Participation In America political participation is an important factor when discussing democratic governments. Americans use their participation as their voice. By definition, democratic governments depend on political participation by citizens in order to keep democracy alive. Therefore, when assuming that political participation does have an impact on political outcomes, one must come to the conclusion that it makes a large difference if some citizens are more active than others. More importantly, the large difference is mostly seen when some citiz...
American Foreign Policy / POLS 4690 A paper submitted to Dr. Galatas of the History and Political Science Department at Georgia South Western State University The Era of Good Feelings: An Era of Idealism or Realism? The Era of Good Feelings was the national mood of the United States from...