Introduction The role of nuclear weapons in international politics is one of deterrence and conflict. Webster’s dictionary defines a nuclear weapon as an “explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions‚ either fission or a combination of fission and fusion.” The definition uses the words “destructive force” as it defines what a nuclear weapon is. These weapons are so destructive that they have only been used twice in the course of warfare‚ both times were
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addressed in at least two distinctly different‚ but mutually related ways as follows: firstly‚ in terms of its “logical correctness” along with the precision with which it depicts the reality of the economic society; and secondly‚ in terms of the social hegemony that it exercises along with its ‘acceptance’ within the policy circles. The nature of relationship between the two‚ however‚ depends on the manner in
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Review Essay On: World System Theory By: Ahsan Ishaq(4th Semester) Presented to: Dr. Tahir Amin Area Study Centre‚ QAU‚Islamabad. There are many dimensions for the study of international relations‚ one of which is political economy. World system theory and the dependency theory are amongst the chief theories of this dimension. These theories have emerged
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Cultural Studies and the Academy 1. Cultural studies in the academies of the advanced capitalist countries has transformed the object of studies in the humanities. In particular‚ in English departments‚ cultural studies has challenged the predominance of the governing categories of literary studies (the "canon‚" the homogeneous "period‚" the formal properties of genre‚ the literary object as autonomous and self-contained) in the interest of producing "readings" of all texts of culture and
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and established an oligarchy” (Hooker). Not only were they sulking in the shame of their defeat‚ but they were subjected to what they would have considered a backwards and insulting form of government. Richard Hooker‚ in his article “The Spartan Hegemony‚” says that this oligarchy ruled “with an iron fist‚ often ordering summary executions of political opponents‚” and the local Athenians ended up dubbing them “the thirty tyrants.” This is the most extreme example of their broad mistreatment‚ but
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Literature has emphasized heavily on how states make their strategies. Among these‚ literature on balancing strategy has the longest tradition‚ dated back to the writings of British historian E. H. Carr (1946) as an equilibrium of powers. Kenneth Waltz‚ the founder of neorealism /structural realism scientifically analyzes balancing strategy regarding a constructed international structure‚ locating the thesis of ‘balancing versus bandwagoning’ systemically. The study of international relations after
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international system has remained unipolar. The United States still has supreme power in the international system‚ but within the next 25 years‚ a transition of power will occur forming a multipolar world dethroning the United States from their hegemony. In the Neorealsim field today there is a debate on whether the current international system is unipolar or multipolar. People who view it as multipolar see other great powers arising and International Government Organizations have an influence
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of social capital on those who are less powerful then they are. (Bourdieu‚ 21‚ 1986) This promotion of a singular social capital creates a hegemony that all others in society are expected to assimilate and conform to. The forced assimilation to a single social capital is symbolic violence according to Daniel Schubert. He goes on to state that cultural hegemony itself‚ in a multicultural society such as the United States‚ is symbolic violence and allows for the domination of one group over another
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proposed in reports from a field study in social inequality in Australian schools. “Towards a new sociology of Masculinity” critiques male sex role literatures and proposed a model of multiple masculinities and power relations. The gramscian term hegemony was current at the time in attempts to understand the stabilization of class relations. Before the women’s liberation movement‚ a literature in social psychology and sociology about the male sex role had recognized the social nature of masculinity
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BACILA‚ Edcelyn M. 11280190 MADEPOL ‘Development’ is a concept which is contested both theoretically and politically‚ and is inherently both complex and ambiguous. (Sumner and Tribe‚ 2008) The Development of Development The issue on how to achieve development had gained a huge arena of talk on the development field but it is not alone in the limelight‚ even the concept of ‘development’ had gained many significant issues and changes‚ as well. Defining ‘development’ from the beginning
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