political economy‚ branch of social science that studies the relationships between individuals and society and between markets and the state‚ using a diverse set of tools and methods drawn largely from economics‚ political science‚ and sociology. The term political economy is derived from the Greek polis‚ meaning “city” or “state‚” and oikonomos‚ meaning “one who manages a household or estate.” Political economy thus can be understood as the study of how a country—the public’s household—is managed
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and accumulate‚ through whatever means possible‚ be they be legal or not‚ be they moral or immoral. The centre of gravity of this all-round economic crisis has been the advanced capitalist countries of the North‚ but with even more devastating impacts for the countries of the South. World unemployment stands today at 210 million - the highest recorded level of unemployment in history; 64 million more people have been pushed into extreme poverty; 34 million more people unemployed as a result of
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Methodology of Political Science Objectives: At the end of my report my classmates should be able to: 1) Understand the current fields of study of Political Science in which most political scientists work. 2) Differentiate the Relationship of Political Science with other Disciplines‚ especially among those in the social sciences which is closely linked with one another. 3) Apply the different methods of Political Science used by political scientists for the study of institutions
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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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After the Civil War the domination of the "political machine" over the affairs of government in the urban cities of the north became an undisputed fact of local politics. Their power flowed from creating a form of government that sought to perpetuate the position of its leaders by engaging in a bartering process with voters. The political machine existed during a time of mass migration to our urban centers from both immigrants and those in search of work. It played upon the ethnic composition of
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What role has civil society to play in political reform and social transformation today? In this essay I focus on the nature of the state-civil society relationship in Ireland and I offer outlooks on how it may possibly change in the future to involve more of an input from civil society. I begin the essay by discussing the relationship between the state and civil society today. I then go on to discuss my thoughts on the constitutional convention in Ireland. After this I go on to talk about some
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POLITICAL ADVERTISING (page 87) Bolland defines advertising as the ‘paid placement of organizational messages in the media’ (1989‚ p.10). Political advertising therefore‚ in the strict sense refers to the purchase and use of advertising space‚ paid for at commercial rates‚ in order to transmit political messages to a mass audience. The media used for this purpose may include cinema‚ billboards‚ the press‚ radio‚ television and the internet. MEDIA MANAGEMENT (page 123) Media management comprises
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evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of political policing and look to examples of this to provide an answer to the assertion that police are dishonest and unappreciative of political involvement. The essay will then discuss if there is any substance to this claim before concluding with recommendations as to why politics should or should
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Political Advertising: What Effect on Commercial Advertisers?* Shanto Iyengar and Markus Prior Department of Communication‚ Stanford University June‚ 1999 This research was supported by grants from the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation and the University of California‚ Los Angeles. Introduction Commercial advertising has always been a central feature of filipino culture. As encountered in the mass media‚ it is pervasive and inescapable
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Submitted to Trina Nileena Banerjee Political Theatre By Akhila Vimal C MA Arts & Aesthetics Winter semester 2012 Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi Koodankulam Protest: A Performativity of Survival An Inter-Governmental Agreement on the project was signed on November 20‚ 1988 by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev‚ for the construction of two reactors. The project remained in limbo for a decade due to the political and economic upheaval in Russia after
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