Politics

Technology transfer is an important condition for sustained growth. The article reviewed in the scope of this paper is titled “Challenges in Technology Transfer from Developed to Developing Countries.” In it, the authors discuss several barriers in implementation of new technological solutions for waste management in Middle Europe. Waste management...

Development theory embodies a cluster of theories and models that have been propounded and developed with regards to how best positive change can be achieved in societies. The theories have been built from a pool of nuances drawn from multiple socio-scientific domains and approaches. This section of the paper focuses...

The Great Compromise that was achieved through the balance of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan created the legislative system of the Constitution. The role of Federalism is essential to mention, as it indicates a relationship between the states and the national government. In contrast to the Articles...

Pestle Analysis – PESTEL is an acronym coined from the first letters beginning each of the six tiers of the general environment of a firm. Pestle Analysis as a tool addresses the political, economic, sociocultural, technological, legal, and environmental aspects of a policy. Political: this facet includes government strategic directions,...

To successfully advocate and influence the political community, community health nurses must be politically competent. To do this, they need to be aware of the fundamental political concepts and how politics relates to nurses, patients, and healthcare. They also need to be familiar with theories of political processes, one of...

When the United Nations was created upon WWII, its major declared role was to perpetuate peace among countries worldwide. The horrors of the world wars have undeniably led to the creation of this institution. However, the international challenges to peace worldwide have evolved mainly in terms of the rise of...

Generally, the functions of political parties are being agents of political learning, interest articulation, and aggregation. The first function is exercised through the political communication tools, political socialization, and communication of the party’s goals, the true situation in the country and the pitfalls of opposing parties, and the ways this...

Some countries, the US included, use a specific method for choosing candidates for elections – it is called primary elections, or plainly the primary. This method is used to allow voters in a certain jurisdiction to choose candidates for the further general election. The primary system has greatly influenced the...

The states and the federal government should collaborate in ensuring that there is accessibility and provision of quality services in healthcare. Their collaboration is very vital as it helps in overcoming barriers and challenges in creating high-quality services and affordable health care. The states on their own cannot make changes...

The moral support of politically sympathetic groups occurs when a government embraces the terrorist group’s course, but not the tactics they use. The ideology that these terrorist groups stand for is supported in this notion, but not the acts of violence or terrorism they are using to further their course....

Democracy is a system of elected government wherein authority is theoretically delegated from the people to elected leaders. Under this model, a strong constitution grants authority for elected leaders to govern the people and manage the affairs of government. The power of a state is clearly defined in this model...

National standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in health and healthcare, otherwise referred to as the national CLAS principles were designed specifically to strengthen health justness, advance the quality of healthcare, and ensure that healthcare inequalities are eradicated in the state. This would be achieved through the provision of...

One of the CLAS (culturally and linguistically appropriate services) standards states that the organization has to advance and uphold organizational control and management that supports fairness through policy formulation, better practices, and distribution capital. For this to happen, the organization has to employ, encourage, and sustain ethnically and linguistically diverse...

The dissemination of research findings is often influenced by the pressing need to satisfy the demands of policymakers. The relationship between researchers and policymakers is often poor because of occupational cultural differences and the unrealistic expectations held by both the legislators and the researchers over one another. Political and institutional...

According to Weber, capitalism is a system of production, which provides human needs through a rational enterprise that focuses on making profits. A rational enterprise is an establishment that measures its ability to generate income through calculations based on modern bookkeeping techniques. Bureaucracy promotes rationalized capitalism by facilitating the use...

Karl Marx identified several factors that promoted the advancement of capitalism. To begin with, capitalism was promoted by the exploitation of workers. Exploitation enabled capitalists to generate surplus value, which was necessary for the growth of capitalism. Increasing absolute or relative surplus value allowed capitalists to increase their profits and...

Rousseau will accept neither Hobbes’s transference οf will, οf willing not to will, nor Locke’s giving οf it, on trust. Starting from the assumption that all nature is harmony, all men have a real will which is identical in all men. This will which is common to all men is...

The first major response would be a change in government policy. No preventive or treatment program could ever succeed without proper government policies. While most governments are ready to illegalize prostitution, this move has proved ineffective time after time. It is therefore up to the government to set up effective...

Separation of powers is one of the most vital principles that do undergird the American government system. This describes the parceling out of functions of government, authority and power to different institutions that possess relative independence in the federal system. This will help to prevent any institution from being controlled...

Expatriates conventions always come to a consensus that rapid action needs to be done on issues that behoove national and international attention. However, any further discussion always leads to profound opposition in opinion. So much has been done to solve healthcare problems from the federal government, local, and the state....

Nursing has three powers that it can exercise to enhance its optimum contribution. The three domains are control over the substance of practice; that is, the content, the context of practice, and the control of the professionalism; competence. “The absence of power in the regulation of content and context of...

Considering that Nevada, and in particular the city of Las Vegas, is home to people of diverse ethnic groups, a number of healthcare issues are inescapable, especially healthcare disparities among the minority groups and inadequate healthcare services for those who access it. This is attributable to the lack of commitment...

An electoral system refers to a systematic and structured method through which all the votes which have been cast during an election are subjected to the process of counting, analyzing, and eventually announcing the outcome. For an electoral system to work, there must be an electoral body that is specifically...

This form of government in which people elect the authorities is called a republic. Depending on the main body of power elected by the people, three types of republican governance are distinguished: presidential, parliamentary, and mixed. Republic, as a form of government, has its pros and cons. The advantages are...

The power under question is purely political, and so a political party is a well-organized unit that will often participate in electoral processes to elect popular and most deserving leadership. In addition, a political party will at times launch protests in cases where it feels the government has overstepped or...

Political parties in democratic states have broad-based roles compared to those operating in governments that are not democratic at all. For instance, in a country where democratic ideals are not practiced, political parties have limited powers and duties to perform. In most cases, there is usually a single ruling party...

The United States of America and Canada have been related for over two centuries now. They both have a common political system and structure, which they inherited from their former colonial master, Britain. The two countries have enjoyed a warm bilateral relationship, especially in trading activities, in spite of the...

The United Nations Organisations is an umbrella body that represents and oversees the socio-political and economic interests of the member states. Under the United Nations charter, member countries are bound by laws and regulations which have been mutually agreed upon for purposes of peaceful coexistence and resolution of disputes. It...

The notion ‘constitution’ has several meanings, one of which derives from the ancient, general understanding thereof, and another one means the narrow, modern understanding. Starting from ancient times, the constitution was a cultural phenomenon and meant a general form of government, rule, and code of conduct governing the lives of...

The tendency towards constitutionalism has grasped the majority of nations and countries in the course of the 20th century. Constitutionalism, in fact, dictates the necessity to limit the power and authority of the government to the borders of the constitution that serves to protect human rights and to establish the...

The Canadian Constitution lists the rights and freedoms protected under its provisions; the fundamental rights of Canadians (freedom of religion, expression, and association) are included in the list. Democratic rights (the right to vote, to run a political office), mobility rights, and legal rights are also protected under the Constitution....

As it has been proven by long-standing conflicts and discrepancies between the federal government and provincial government spheres of influence, the federal principle incorporated by the Canadian Constitution Act, 1867, does not survive any criticism in the modern period of time. As it comes from the thorough analysis of the...

The modern world is diverse, and despite the fact that all countries are united by a common territory, nation, and culture, there are still many differing opinions, goals, and standpoints within every separate country. People form groups according to their beliefs and interests, all of them wish to take part...

In chapter five of the Second Treatise of Government, John Locke describes property as one’s life, liberty, and estate. According to Locke, individuals have dominion over themselves and as a result, own the rights to their freedom. Individuals also have authority over physical property that they acquire during their lifetime....

The United States will accept IFRS because of its well-built moral tradition and its long-standing intolerance for unethical conduct. Its economic and financial principles have been applied by other nations as a benchmark to assess their economic and accounting success until lately. The United States must lead in adhering to...

A democracy is a form of governmental organization in which power belongs to all people who constitute its population; plainly speaking, it is the rule of people. In a democracy, people have an equal right to vote, freedom of speech, religion, etc., and can qualify for elections in governmental institutions....

The U.S primary system gives eligible voters the chance to vote for candidates who will then proceed to subsequent elections. One merit of the U.S primary system is that it is more consultative and thorough. Usually, a candidate goes through a series of voting processes that ensures that the right...

The use of television in election campaigns has been very instrumental in persuading voters to vote either way since the era of U.S President J.F. Kennedy. In fact, televised campaigns were later found to be the most powerful tool for not only reaching potential voters but also influencing their opinions...

The election of Barack Obama as President in 2008 marked the first time an African-American had been elected to the nation’s highest office. While many of his political opponents were inspired by the milestone, it also raised questions about affirmative action policies. These policies started in the late-1960’s and required...

One of the questions that dominate the political theory is who has better chances to seize power in society and whether all people can have access to power in one capacity or another. Over the last few decades, the political field has seen the formation of two opposing theories: structuralist...

The 1948 US presidential election held on November 2 was a significant moment in the history of the United States. All forecasts showed that President Harry Truman would lose to Republican candidate Thomas Dewey. However, the election results of 1948 was the victory of Truman, the candidate of the Democrats,...

An electoral system represents all customs, laws, procedures, and institutions used to elect representatives in a political system, political group, or another entity. The electoral system of any country is of prime importance for the outcome of elections. For example, in Canada, elections are conducted under the rule of federal...

One way through which parties can evolve is through their number as well as the different philosophies or ideas which they stand for or support. It is important to note that political parties are not static vehicles of change, but they respond to every stimulus within their environment of operation....

President Nixon’s foreign policy was manifested in the fact that he shifted the American ideological conflict with China and USSR towards a containment policy. Nixon foreign policy with China imperatively changed the course of US-China relations by visiting China in 1972. Explanation: R. Nixon repeatedly stated the necessity of changing...

The democracies can be presidential and parliamentary. The parliamentary government is the one where the legitimate power to govern is granted to parliament; it is the most widely spread type of democracy in the world. “A parliament is a legislative body usually comprised of two houses of assembly”. Parliament is...

The North American Free Trade Agreement is a binding pact that was appended by three member countries, namely Canada, Mexico, and United States. The agreement has been operational for nearly one and a half-decade. The impact of the treaty created a trading zone in North America. This agreement has two...

The definition of “implied powers” applies to powers that are not expressly provided to Congress by the Constitution but are nevertheless exercised by it. They are considered to be “necessary and proper” for the effective execution of those powers granted to it by the Constitution. Explanation: The authors of the...

The doctrine of limited government rests on the assumptions about the corrupt and evil nature of the human being in general, and the theories of Locke and Jean-Jacque Rousseau about the limitations that should be posted on the government by a constitution, a set of laws, and the social contract...

Herbert Hoover was born in 1874 and was the 31st president of the United States of America. He was the first president to be born west of the Mississippi River. He served as the United States commerce secretary in the 1920’s under the leadership of Warren Harding. During his tenure...

There exists a highly supported opinion that the Canadian legislature is clearly unrepresentative in the modern period of time. The support for this opinion can be found in the words of Lisa Young who was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary. This...

The Canadian Parliament really seems to have failed its public in law-making because of the distribution of power in it. There are diverse parliamentary committees that conduct many supplementary activities in addition to the work of Parliament in law-making; there are such committees as the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development...

The legislative structure of Canada is identical to the one of Great Britain – it was adopted by the country as soon as it became a nation in 1867, with the country’s political pattern being built according to the British sample. However, much has changed, and the system shows its...

One of the main reasons for which it is so hard to define politics is that this notion covers a wide range of definitions, participants, events and tendencies. As it comes from the explanation of Guy, every society is an organized community of individuals who want to achieve a unique...

It is widely known that Canadian provinces possess a large set of individual characteristics and enjoy a high level of autonomy from the federal government and from each other. It is understandable in case one looks in more detail at the history of their formation and inclusion in the territory...

The politics of nation-building in Canada is mostly the responsibility of the federal government. The Constitution Act of 1867 granted the federal government the power to conduct nation-building, is in force even nowadays, and establishes the clear dominance of federal decisions concerning nation-building over all other levels of government. However,...

This paper is going to take the position that the world is not moving away from the US hegemonic power to a new system of world order. In doing so, the paper seeks to evaluate the United States with reference to parameters used to judge whether a country is super-powered...

America is in a political and moral dilemma in trying to reconcile pluralism and includes nonwhites with democratic ideals that the founding fathers espoused. This is not the full meaning of democracy because racism needs to be overcome to gain the expression of E Pluribus Unum. Within the country’s walls,...

In the essay “How Markets Corrupt Children,” Barber discusses and criticizes modern mass culture and consumerism, its impact on children, and their tastes. Barber states that consumerism was born for the third time in this century as a result of a complex combination of circumstances, not the least of which...

Numerous factors encourage a binary party choice in the United States as opposed to the multiparty system that exists in other countries. An important structural reason that the United States has only two viable parties is our “winner takes all” elections, as opposed to the proportional representation common in parliamentary...

The persistence of a two-party system has both positive and negative effects on the function of American democracy. The parties contribute to the organization and operation of the government. Many of the positions in the congress are a function of the two-party system, such as Majority and Minority leaders, and...

Public opinion is one of the most important factors as far the President’s leadership is concerned. The role played by the public opinion is manifest during the electioneering period, when the actual elections are taking place and even during the Presidential term in White House. Through the use of opinion...

The four democratic concepts/principles include property relations as one of the major principles of democracy, freedom or liberty, majority as the basic source of decisions which should be treated as sovereign, and equality which can be considered to have different meanings and forms in various theories. Thus, the concept of...

The president and the Congress work hand in hand in the process of facilitating smooth running of the entire country. As the tradition, the Congress plays the broader role of checking the excesses of the president in various legislative functions. According to Pfiffner and Davidson, “presidency is entirely dependent on...

As Genovese observes, the former presidents “exercised legitimate emergency powers in the midst of crises”. The act that the President can lead the Congress emanates from the constitutional powers the President has. The available tools of leadership are derived from the constitution itself. For instance, the President is the Chief...

The Keynesian theory put forward that a nation prospers not because of the physical assets but because of the revenue they get. The income is the whole amount of the income the population of the country receives. This can be evaluated by the working money in a countries economy that...

The following are considered to be the challenges while introducing the new strategic management policies in ZISCo. The mission of creating a new-market-oriented culture while conserving its customary values. A market culture may be defined as a results-oriented, competitive setting in which the ZISCo is getting the job done and...

The issue of government interference and involvement in the personal affairs of individuals has been met with fiery resistance all down the years. As mentioned in the article ‘#1 Habeas Corpus for any person’, there seems to be a paranoid fear that the government would bring in draconian measures and...

Shalom suggests that the word science in political science reflects the belief by some that the political world can be studied in the same manner as the physical world that just as physicists have discovered formulas to express the relationship between physical phenomena and so too will political scientists find...

The relationship between the President and the congress is dependent on a myriad of other relationships, top on it being whether the government is acting in unity or divided altogether. The other dominant factor that cannot be ignored is the prevailing relationship between the President and his or her party....

Over 30% of newly coming to the U.S. legal immigrants are the holders of “preference visas”. It means that they have sponsors among employers or family members, being already either permanent residents or citizens. The reality is that these [reference visas are not available to everyone on an equal basis....

The public image of the US is marred due to the perceived anti-Muslim actions taken by the government post-9/11. The image-building strategy taken by the previous US government international relations advisors was faulty in its approach to international or public diplomacy. International public relations are defined as the organized effort...

The most important relation that the Canadian government would want to conserve is its relation with its neighbors, the United States. In essence, the country relies heavily on policies such as defense and security, water and air pollution, indulging in investment, and many other agreements that it has with the...

Diplomacy got its roots from what is presently the French language, with its activities dating beyond the past two millennia. With the first Foreign Ministry created in Paris France, other European countries saw the importance of their own countries being represented in foreign land. This would therefore drive these states...

The first New Deal began in 1933 and focused on banking reform, work relief programs, and the end of the gold standard. That included the establishment of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which guaranteed deposits up to $5,000, thereby restoring public confidence in the banking system. Huge public works programs...

The 9/11 attacks proved three important means for the American society: a) Anti-American terrorists do exist and will continue to be in the foreseeable future; b) the terrorists have the resources to carry attacks; c) the consequences of the attacks will strengthen the terrorism wave (Flynn). The domestic security efforts,...

Before the announcement of the president’s order of closing Guantanamo Bay, the latter was heavily criticized by human rights organizations, which were later joined by former detainees and academics. Although it is stated that the closure of Guantanamo would have little impact on US detention practices elsewhere, the controversies resulting...

The main stakeholders in the policies addressing food waste are the UAE residents, the residents of the developing countries who experience hunger, and the UAE government. The residents of the UAE play a significant role in resolving the policy problem. Thus, the main factor of the problem resolution is people’s...

Despite being the manifestations of logical mistakes, ad hominem arguments can still appeal to different audiences, sometimes including well-educated people. Any person has his or her own opinions about people’s characteristics, and personal preferences affect one’s ability to think critically, especially when it comes to sensitive topics. Thus, if my...

In the British political system, a row of checks and balances and other constraints, both formal and informal, exist to prevent the emergence of concentrated and unconstrained political power. In particular, they are the state system of power separation, the role that the monarch plays in the process, and the...

In Britain, laws are adopted in Parliament at Westminster as it is the highest body of legislative power in the country. In recent years the tendency has been established for the European Union’s impact on law adaption in Britain. However, this tendency is still not powerful enough to take it...

The two best presidents: Theodore Roosevelt and his nephew, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR considered Theodore Roosevelt the greatest man he had ever met because of his energy, his zeal for reform, and his vision. He rates as one of the best presidents not only because he was a war hero,...

The private sector owns a large number of critical infrastructures; therefore, it has roles and responsibilities of protecting them. The role and responsibilities of the private sector involve limiting the ability of terrorists to carry out attacks in the United States. Since the private sector carries out daily transactions, which...

Policy Analysis Policy analysis studies ‘who gets what’ in politics, ‘why’, and ‘what consequences does it bring’. Policy analysis identifies the policies governments take, the reason why they undertake such policies, and the effects of the policies on the politicians and citizens. Policy analysis can be categorized into two broad...

After the end of the cold war, many writers and theorists predicted no other such historical events. However, according to Huntington, the fundamental source of conflict in this new world will not be primarily ideological or primarily economic. The great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of conflict will...

Though Obama’s speeches have an idealistic pitch, the foreign policy directions of his administration are very much rooted in realism. Obama has shifted the focus of the ‘war on terror’ from Iraq to Afghanistan-Pakistan (Af-Pak) theatre. Despite knowing about the proliferation track record of the Pakistanis and their undeniable governmental...

The two of the most important parties in the United States of America are the Republican and the Democratic Party. One of the most important controversies between these two parties is the size of the Government. While the liberals believe that a larger government is one of the most important...

Streamlining the Government business is a new type of technical development. This also helps the Government to involve more and more people directly in the public administration sphere. Al Gore launched a revolutionary concept about public administration. This also stops duplication in the process. There are talks about outsourcing the...

The political system in Mexico, despite its stability when comparing to other countries in Latin America, has gone through many political changes after the revolution that started in 1910. It can be argued that this stability was combined with a certain monopoly of power during the reign of the Institutional...

The notion of dictatorship can be confusing when it is combined with the word perfect. Perfect dictatorship can be related to a ruling regime when the government claims it is practicing democratic principles, and besides the apparent simulation of such practices; however, the regime is far from being democratic. One...

To answer this question one must have a clear understanding of the terms ‘Public Opinion’ and ‘Public Choice’. The pooled or collective perspective of the public concerning a specific issue may be termed as Public Opinion. Political economy is an issue, which has enormous implications on the daily lives on...

As per the liberal theory, Iraq posed a number of problems that threatened the stability of the world. Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait was a direct violation of liberal principles in that a totalitarian state had invaded a peaceful state out of hegemonistic ambitions. Liberal theory rested on principles of liberty,...

America has always held the liberal principles of liberty, freedom and ‘pursuit of happiness as its core principles for realizing the ‘American Dream’. America’s avowed policy of ‘spreading democracy everywhere’ has been the galvanizing element of its foreign policy. Today, America stands by the liberal theory and has always taken...

Liberalism posits that liberty, equality, rule of law and individual rights are the best panacea for ensuring peace in human affairs and a liberal democracy is the best form of government that ensures maintenance of such peace. Liberal approach holds that peace, stability and security are endangered by non-liberal states...

While oil undoubtedly was a prime factor why the US invaded Iraq, other complex factors also played an important role. Since the end of the Cold War, US geostrategic experts had been arguing for a more muscular Grand Strategy since there existed no challenger to US might. Brzezinski postulated that...

American “style” of approaching national security policy is best described as being not overly intelligent, to say the least. We create problems only to think of how to deal with them later. The adoption of policy of “multiculturalism” has resulted in this country being flooded by potential agents of foreign...

The fact that the majority of American mainstream politicians cherish the concept of Globalization does not make a whole lot of sense. We need to understand that Globalization is nothing by a synonym for economic interdependence and outsourcing, which in its turn, implies that countries affected by Globalization will have...

Ronald Reagan became the President of the USA at a time when the country had suffered massive setbacks in terms of suffering diminishing growth in almost all fronts of the economy in addition to a decline in the morale that resulted from a gradual deterioration of the country’s image and...