Women in Irish Politics This essay will examine why there are so few women in politics and if gender quotas could be the solution. Women make up over half of the Irish electorate but yet remain markedly underrepresented in the Dáil and in wider political debate. Political debate in Ireland has been dominated by male voices over the years and because of this over half of our entire population’s opinions have been drowned out to some degree. The Dáil has always been at the very least 84% male. This
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THE POLITICS OF CONSENSUS BUILDING: A CASE STUDY OF THE PROVISION OF BOREHOLE WATER FOR ASAMANG COMMUNITY IN SEKYERE SOUTH DISTRICT A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE‚ UNIVERSITY OF GHANA‚ LEGON‚ IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE MAY‚ 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Abbreviations and Acronyms ... ... ... ... ... ... ... iii List of Tables ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
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THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL LOCATION TSHOLOFELO.F.MOTLALESELELO 201200601 PART 1: SUMMARY OF MUSA DUBE’S ARTICLE HIV/AIDS is not only a health issue it is influenced and in some cases even a result of matters concerning our society’s culture‚ beliefs economics and even politics. It is therefore an issue of development as well. As such it is important to find ways of dealing with prevention and subsidizing the effect of the disease. A theoretical method which Musa Dube uses in her article to analyze
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In Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought‚ Wolin attempts to provide an understanding of politics and the political and the characteristics of the space and discourse of political philosophy throughout history. While Wolin doesn’t claim the authority or ability to define political philosophy‚ he begins with the intention of studying the nature of the activity and its limits and developments. He sets up the inherent ties of the political to the public or commonwealth
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INTERNATIONAL POLITICS-MEANING‚ NATURE AND SCOPE INTRODUCTION International Politics as an academic discipline is of a recent origin. This discipline is that so new that it can be called as the ‘youngest of all the social sciences’. It is dynamic in nature. The first chair of international Politics was founded in 1919 at the university College‚ Wales‚ U.K. Since International Politics is concerned with the relations among different nations. In the present time‚ Environment protection‚ growing
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MONEY AND POLITICS IN NIGERIA Since the return to electoral politics in 1999‚ and particularly after the 2003 general elections‚ Nigeria ’s political parties have been criticized by the media‚ academics‚ observers and the electorate for corrupt and unbridled use of money in politics. The anti-corruption initiatives of the administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo provided a suitable environment for some civil society groups to engage governments and other stakeholders on the issue of corruption
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Administrative and Politics Dichotomy Christopher J. Corbett Grantham University Professor Rob McNellis Abstract For many years‚ the political-administrative dichotomy has been one of the most disputed theories of public administration. Despite serious debates and critiques‚ the differences between politics and public administration have been present over the past decades. The question still remains today whether or not politics and public administration can work
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Introduction Office politics – a taboo word for some people. It’s a pervasive thing at the workplace. In its simplest form‚ office politics is simply about the differences between people at work; differences in opinions‚ conflicts of interests are often manifested as office politics. It all goes down to human communications and relationships. There is no need to be afraid of office politics. Top performers are those who have mastered the art of winning in office politics. Office politics‚ or how power
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Problems of Student Politics Author / Source : by Adil Sakhawat Friday‚ 24 February 2012 01:21 It is said that education is the backbone of a nation and the students are its future. Student life should be spent in study and interaction with all in order to gain knowledge and groom oneself as an ideal human being. But at present the alarming fact is that student politics is considered as a powerful weapon for the political parties in Bangladesh. As a result‚ students in public universities become
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The Nature of International Politics The first principle that Thucydides addresses regarding the nature of international politics calls into question the conclusive goals that each individual entity in the world of international relations deems most important. Thucydides states that a country or state’s ultimate goal is to gain power and ruling over other nations. He illustrates this best in The Melian Dialogue through the actions of the war-loving Athenians. In their effort to maintain their stance
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