Women in Muslim States and Politics • Women have gained basic political right‚ the right to vote and to stand for office in almost all Muslim-majority states‚ with the last major holdouts‚ Kuwait and Saudi Arabia‚ on the verge of joining the others. Despite having such rights‚ Muslim women‚ like women worldwide‚ are underrepresented in high office and legislatures. However‚ a number of Muslim countries outside of MENA have seen women in high office in numbers that exceed world averages. Such
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"PLANNING COMMISSSION AND POLITICS OF POVERTY AND HUNGER IN INDIA." Recently in a curiously timed press release‚ the Planning Commission of India‚ government’s official think tank‚ released the data regarding current poverty levels and present Government’s success in bringing it down and with this associated political circus is back in town and tall claims of poverty eradication is being made from the power-corridors. The Planning Commission has claimed poverty
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was discussed how Americans are often mislead and are becoming apathetic to politics. In the Introduction of the textbook it was stated‚ “Much of the blame for public ignorance falls not only at Americans’ feet‚ but at a broken political and media system which is responsible for disseminating much of the misinformation and distortion that Americans suffer so regularly from today (27).” The United States system of politics in the media is therefore‚ not sustainable in the long run if the American public
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Personal Identity Personal Identity can be broken down into three areas: 1.) Body 2.) Memory and 3.) Soul. In John Perry’s "A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality" these composing aspects of personal identity are discussed at length. In the reading and class discussions the body was defined clearly as a part of one’s person‚ even alluded to at times as a "prison" in which one cannot escape until one dies. Memory and one’s Soul seemed to be lumped together many times‚ understandably
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India is the largest democracy in the world. It’s the most diversified nation with more than a billion people living with communal ‘cacophony’ among each other. We have the longest written constitution among any sovereign nation with 117‚369 words written in the English version. There is an elected government which is suppose to work for a period of five years under the citation that it is a government by ‚ of and for the people. The above statements make our political system look like a very gruesome
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women’s participation in the House of Commons has substantially increased from 1 female seat holder in 1921 to the present day 64 seats held by women. Although this increase is seemed as substantial‚ the debate about the underrepresentation of women in politics has been a central topic of debate by politicians‚ scholars and the general public in Canada. Although it is widely agreed that representation of women in the House of Commons needs to increase‚ there are two fundamentally different views regarding
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The news is an account of events‚ mainly those that are timely‚ dramatic‚ and compelling. News organizations use the most interesting stories to attract an audience and make a profit. The news allows Americans to be informed of the world of politics The news influences how we see‚ and view government. As a result‚ the news chooses to share topics they think is most relevant to the people within limits. For example‚ The fairness doctrine had banned radio stations from siding with a political party
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The Discovery of the Self Naomi Nye’s Works The purpose of this paper is to analyze the self and identity in the works of Naomi Nye‚ and to examine the popular culture representations of Arabs as terrorist. After the September 11‚ 2001 attack‚ more and more disappointment‚ frustration and curiosity towards Islam and Muslims have aroused amongst Americans. Part of Naomi Nye’s political statement lies in her attempts to change the American mainstream perception of Arabs by providing readers with
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Constructing identity in today ’s media saturated world is not an easy task. For with a simple flip of the television channel or a turn of a magazine page there at our disposal is a vast array of possible identity models. In modern society identity is perpetually unstable it must be chosen‚ created and constructed with reference to unavoidable surrounding media culture. Considering the frameworks surrounding the construction of identity by theorists including Louis Althusser and Anthony Giddens‚
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Life is a journey in which an individual travels. During this long and epic journey one discovers who he is and what he is meant to do. Throughout this adventure‚ the individual continues to build onto oneself‚ creating his own self-concept and self perception. These two elements are sometimes thought to be the same thing. However‚ there are differences. Self-concept is the set of attitudes‚ opinions‚ and cognitions that a person has of oneself. On the other hand‚ self perception is the idea or mental
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