2011 and January 2012 Sessions EPS-11: POLITICAL IDEAS AND IDEOLOGIES [pic] SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI‚ NEW DELHI-68 ELECTIVE COURSE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE EPS-11: POLITICAL IDEAS AND IDEOLOGIES Dear Student‚ As explained to you in the programme Guide‚ you will have to do a Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA) for each of the elective courses in Political Science. This booklet has Tutor Marked Assignment
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Hobbes argues that "Man is by Nature a Political Animal". The question that asks itself after this is whether an interpretation targets the intention of Hobbes in defining human as animal; and more importantly‚ how did this very animal evolve into a social component?In the introduction of Hobbes’ "Leviathan"‚ he discusses the State of Nature‚ saying that people in their "natural" primal state would only contribute in making laws of the jungle‚ where the strongest feasts upon the weak. He says that
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social sciences Chapter 2 POLITICAL SCIENCE AND OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES Man is a social animal. His social life has many dimensions – political‚ economic‚ sociological‚ psychological‚ historical etc. Social sciences deal with this multi-dimensional man‚ his collective life‚ social behaviour‚ organisations and activities. All of these dimensions of man are inter-connected leading to interrelationship among various social sciences. Political science‚ being one of the social sciences dealing with
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Can the study of politics be regarded as a science? The debate as whether politics can be regarded as a science is ‘complex‚ voluminous and multi-faceted one’ . The origins of political analysis lie in the philosophical tradition of Plato and Aristotle whose work was fundamentally rooted in the normative. At the very early stages of politics as an academic discipline‚ the great thinkers of the time were not concerned with empirical evidence; instead basing their ideas on literary analysis. The emphasis
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GFPP 3413 Analysis political and economy risk Preface. Analysis risk political and economy are one the field in social political economy. To understand what is the analysis political and economy risk‚ first we must know what its mean. First is Risk‚ generally risk mean human and organization had to face risk and must make decision. All the decision made‚ have its own effect. Actually the word ‘ risk’ are come from the French word ‘ Risque’. It mean that if we cannot ventured nothing‚ we cannot
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For decades‚ we often heard‚ in print and broadcast media‚ outcries banning political dynasty in local and national level political posts and calling for national legislators to enact an enabling law espousing the critical issue which many assert “detrimental to nation’s progress and a blight of democracy”. The term is also known as oligarchy‚ an equivalent term in political science and is coined to describe a practice‚ or even a tradition referring to family members or people within the same bloodline
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Introduction: Political Culture has been questioned to have many definitions as it is yet an early process which political scientists are still exploring now to this to see how it affect politics. A political culture provides key elements to the South African political system both in an individualistic and a collective perspective. In South Africa we share a democratic political culture as we are now drawn to democracy after the 1994 change of system. Even now some political leaders don’t uphold
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Political Aspects of International Business International Business (INBU350) The political aspects regard the International Business has been passing through changes that in one way or another affect the organizations. Countries fighting for defend of their territories against others or internal conflicts to keep the democracy alive; for instance the war between Iraq and Iran‚ or the citizens of Venezuela fighting for the survival of their democracy. As a result the pressure of the non-business
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Political Competence – ‘The Right Way’: A Necessity for Corporate Leadership Success Professor Ricchiuto‚ J.‚ (August 13‚ 2011) lecture during residency on Executive Communication on topic Political Savvy in Organization was an eye opener for me. One of the most powerful but often overlooked skills that a Leader needs is Political Competence. Whether to sustain in an Organization or to successfully get things done‚ a good leader must understand what others have in their minds‚ whom to approach and
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Modernization Theory and Political Development There are varying conceptions of development. As a result‚ there are different approaches to the topic. However‚ all the approaches are concerned with the relationship between governance and development (Huntington 387). Development is normally perceived as being crucially determined by structures of governance whereas governance is interpreted through and molded by the objective of development. The role of modernization theory in political development cannot
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