Political science is above all the study of power: how it is created‚ exercised‚ justified‚ and challenged. As a social science‚ political science focuses on group power‚ the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of collective decision-making. Hence it leads us to consider the ethics of power‚ which in turn involves conceptions of community‚ identity‚ justice and citizenship. Under the banner of political science we gather the study of democracy‚ war‚ law‚ rights‚ wealth‚ and authority‚ as well as the institutions that
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Q1. Identify three types of political risk evident in Chavez’s Venezuela and give an example of each. Political risk is the political forces will provoke drastic changes in a country’s business environment and adversely affect the goals of business enterprise. There are three kind of political risk in the case “Chavez’s Venezuela”‚ macro-political risk‚ micro-political risk and legal risk. After populist socialist president‚ Hugo Chavez took the office of Venezuela‚ he took many actions to
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The compare and contrast between Apple and Microsoft With the rapid development of the technology‚ especially electronic industry‚ some companies are developing well‚ especially Apple INC and Microsoft. Apple and Microsoft have been competitors for a long time‚ their development direction is different and they had different performance. Their strengths and weaknesses are reflected in three parts which are operating systems‚ research and development concept of products and the market. In
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Political Developments in the colonies The British thought that they were the most advanced and freest nation; they thought they were the best of the best. They put themselves at the very top of the “food-chain”. The power in England was shared with the Parliament so that that there would be no dictator‚ Constitutional Monarchy. There was no written British Constitution. The Magna Carta‚ Bill of Rights‚ English common law and the Acts of Parliament made up the Constitution. There were many
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Philippine’s Political Dynasty The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines states in Article II Section 26‚ "The State shall guarantee equal access to opportunities for public service‚ and prohibit political dynasties as may be defined by law." How can we define political dynasty? Political dynasty is a family‚ clans or group that maintains power for several generations. These clans root themselves into our national and local governments for many decades. Almost every position in the government
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anthropological political system noted for its simplicity. According to common anthropological knowledge‚ a band usually consists of not more than 30-50 individuals. Bands display an egalitarian form of authority which advocates equality among members and the eradication of hindrances to the doctrine of equality. However‚ bands often exhibit a weak form of leadership due to the non-existent of rules and written laws the support their leaders. Tribes are loosely-structured anthropological political systems
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to bring out the similarities and differences between Microsoft and Apple. It is evident that rivalry is the mother of innovations in the contemporary world. The rivalry between Microsoft and Apple to dominate the technological industry and markets has seen major developments in the industry. Their achievements have been tremendous in the past years‚ and in 2012‚ according to the Fortune list‚ Apple was perched at position 17 while Microsoft was at 37 (Noga 20). Many people tend to think that the
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Crespo Pol 1101- Political Science Professor McCool Spring 2012 The pre-existing and existing of Political Parties Political parties have been a vital part of America’s government History. As we all know the United States “party system” is known as a two-party system – Democrats and Republicans – whom both compete for most of the offices in American government. This occurs because of government and election laws‚ especially the use of single-member legislative districts. Political parties are
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Machiavelli once said‚ ”Politics has no relation with morals”. With righteous reference to this statement let us now turn ourselves towards India‚ and have a look at India’s glorifying political past as well as the subduing present. 66 years of Indian independence are on‚ the nation has seen very few landmark changes in the political field. And TODAY Indian politics has been reduced to nothing more than a mere cat and mouse chase. Amidst this chaos one question arises that :Since the youth is the new face
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Political Philosophy - “…nation shall not lift up sword against nation…” (Isaiah‚ 2:4) Superficially‚ political pacifism is often discarded due to its lack of practicality. However‚ my primary goal throughout the course of this paper is to prove pacifism is rather practical. This is not to be mistaken. I am not deeming political pacifism as correct or incorrect but more so asserting its practicality by imparting thoughts in support of properly warranting consideration. In a primary sense
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