Assignment Two: Analysis of Political/ Editorial Cartoons Cartoon One: Coalition of the Drilling. [pic] Leahy‚ S. (2010) Coalition of the drilling. Retrieved 28th May 2010‚ http://www.news.com.au/couriermail Context: the context in which this article is placed is one that is well situated within today’s political and economic standings. Within the world today there is much talk about the war in Iraq and the world’s oil reserves. This cartoon looks at the very serious issue of the war
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A category of interest groups that has the most political clout in Texas is business‚ which includes oil and technology. These business groups have the ability to lobby lawmakers to pass legislation that would benefit them. They are able to do this because many of the businesses are big businesses with much money at their disposal. Because of this‚ business groups are able to maintain professional staff‚ lawyers‚ or a legal relations department in Austin to communicate with the legislature. This
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THE NATURE AND MEANING OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Science is a discipline that is given the status of a social science. In fact‚ Aristotle (the ancient Greek philosopher) called it the Master of Science. He saw Political Science as the highest science because he thought all other sciences depend on it. But as one of the social sciences‚ Political Science lacks a universally unified and acceptable definition as scholars have different approaches to its meaning. From its origin‚ “the term politics
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The political opinions of voters in a given social system are an inevitable result of many directive factors that may include the education that a voter receives to the structure of political system they preside in. This political polarization in which voters exhibit distinctly different and extremely opposite political ideologies is especially relevant to modern voting systems such as the two party system in Australia and the United States‚ in which the opinions of more moderate voters are often
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Political Parties as institutions. How can organization analysis and or institutionalism help us understand differences between party systems? Institutions are set of established rules guiding a group. It could be as informal as simple collectively shared ideas or norms to as formal as organized legislative laws or bodies. Institutions are distinctive and hence differ from one another. Defining institution in political science and in terms of political parties has been a difficult thing to do
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Rhetorical Analysis on Political Cartoon: NRA vs. Congress Luis Garza Texas A&M International University Abstract Rhetorical Analysis on Political Cartoon: NRA vs. Congress Murder. Massacre. Mourning. Sorrow. In the recent months‚ the United States has gone through two of the most devastating serial massacre in history. One which took place in Aurora‚ Colorado and another in an elementary school located in Sandy Hook‚ Connecticut. With this said‚ Congress‚ along with President Obama
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population of all the 50 states‚ we are stereotyped into a category where our votes are considered sometimes a “nuisance” and “dead-weight”. It wasn’t till politicians such as Senator Mike Enzi and Senator Al Simpson was Wyoming finally put on the political map. Senator Mike Enzi is the chairman of the Health Administration board and has received numerous awards and honors in his quest to grant Wyoming and America a better health care system. Senator Al Simpson (1979-1997) was chairman of the Veteran’s
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Political sponsoring of NGOs Does the end justify the means? Political parties sponsoring NGO’s‚ is it acceptable? Greenpeace and green political parties are united in their position against nuclear energy and their support for renewable energies. Christian charity organizations and conservative political parties both stand for traditional family values and against family planning. But does this mean they should work together? Often political parties sponsor NGOs‚ but is this sponsoring even
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In its contemporary meaning‚ political economy refers to different‚ but related‚ approaches to studying economic and related behaviours‚ ranging from the combination of economics with other fields to the use of different‚ fundamental assumptions that challenge earlier economic assumptions: Political economy most commonly refers to interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics‚ sociology‚ and political science in explaining how political institutions‚ the political environment‚ and the economic
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distinction of a new formation of political parties in the United States. This new political division would have a lasting effect on the future of U.S. politics. What was the cause of this division? In the administration of Washington and Adam’s the nation was being divided by the positions being taken on issues of emerging political factions. The issues of foreign affairs‚ ratification of the constitution‚ and Hamilton’s Fiscal program dictated the formation of new political parties. In George Washington’s
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