Utopia Utopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The word was imported from Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia‚ describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. Politics and history A global utopia of world peace is often seen as one of the possible endings of history. Within the localized political structures or spheres it presents‚ "polyculturalism" is the model-based adaptation of possible interactions between different
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Krasner‚ from “Sovereignty‚” Foreign Policy (January/February 2001) Kimberly Weir‚ from “The Waning State of Sovereignty‚” An Original Essay Written for This Volume (2002) __________________________________________________________________ State Sovereignty is an issue that has become controversial under globalization‚ and the subject of this review. Sovereignty is defined as the situation where a State is an autonomous and independent entity‚ with the total freedom to make its own decisions in all
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Nation-State A state is a territorial political community for which there is an independent organized Government. A nation state is a state whose primary loyalty is to a cultural self-identity‚ which we call a nation or nationality‚ and is now the predominant form of state organization. Nation states possess sovereignty and legitimacy. The significance of the nation state is that‚ once consolidated around a particular nationality‚ it is a stable form of state organization. Event history analysis
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When we talk about India’s independence‚ our mind and heart swell with pride. Numerous freedom fighters like Gandhi ji‚ Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose‚ Bhagat Singh‚ Chandrashekhar Azad‚ Rani of Jhanshi and many others fought against the British Empire and contributed in the freedom struggle with their undying spirit and bravery. The valorous freedom fighters of India‚ right from the youth to old‚ sacrificed their lives to achieve independence. In spite of severe torture and several hardships‚ these
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different names like permanent executive‚ non- political executive‚ civil servants‚ public servants‚ officialdom‚ departmental government etc. All state bureaucracies are someway organized based on a definite purpose or functions. This is achieve through the construction of departments‚ ministries and agencies charged with responsibility for particular policy areas like education‚ defense‚ agriculture etc. The number of such departments and agencies varies over time and from state to state. In the bureaucratic
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one’s faults against its victories to render it better or worse than the other. This comparative structure‚ found between Thomas More’s two books of Utopia‚ poses the country of Utopia opposite the broader communities of world civilization. Despite the comparison of Utopia as distinct from and morally better than widespread society‚ in truth Utopia is‚ at best‚ an extension. The sloth of governments abroad have led Utopians to pursue lives of group work rather than personal property. In Book I
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Why the state? The state is a faceless entity that is sovereign‚ which consists of institutions that govern the general population of a certain territory. This jurisdiction on a particular territory is practiced through different uses of power. First and foremost the state uses its power to legitimize its actions towards the population under it. It legitimizes all that is what the state think is good for the nation. Pierre Bourdieu discusses these modern tendencies of the state‚ which was
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Macbeth; Not a Machiavellian Leader Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince was written as a guide to success for future and current rulers all over the world. Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Machiavelli’s The Prince both present different viewpoints on how to be a noble ruler. Some people say that Macbeth is a Machiavellian ruler. Others qualify him saying that he holds certain Machiavellian traits but not all. While other people say he isn’t a Machiavellian character at all‚ nor does he possess any qualities
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What is the state of nature? The state of nature is a term in political philosophy that describes a circumstance prior to the state and society’s establishment. Philosophers‚ mainly social contract theory philosophers‚ and political thinkers such as Thomas Hobbes‚ John Locke‚ and Jean Jacques Rousseau discussed and considered the "state of nature" as a starting point to their political and philosophical ideas. John Locke‚ whose work influenced the American Declaration of Independence‚ believes that
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public exchequer in un-Islamic systems. In an Islamic state Bait-ul-maal is Safeguarded and expenditures from it is made in the sense that it is a trust. Definition So how can we define bait-ul-maal? It is the place which is designed for keeping the spoils of war‚ charity‚ land tax and Jizyah (the tax which a free non-Muslim pays in Muslim countries in return for his protection)‚ and this money should be in the hands of the caliph or a Muslim ruler who spends it in what Allaah has ordained. Historically
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