Communalism and Politics in India | Text of the lectureI would like to put before you some propositions to explain the phenomena called ‘communalism’ and its impact on security. First of all‚ I would like to state that security is also a ‘state of mind’. As far as the issue of communalism is concerned‚ it would be surprising to know that the number of people killed in communal violence in the last 50 years is lesser than the people killed in street crimes in the city of Detroit alone. Two
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US consumption of oil - 1/4th of total oil 8. War for oil - Iraq War‚ War on terror 9. Oil as a weapon by Arabs‚ Arab Israeli Conflict‚ Central America 10. Political Greed 11. Pipeline diplomacey Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan 12. The politics of oil nationalization 13. New alternatives ethnol Petro-Dollar War fare demand and supply disturbance of oil Polution owing to oil - Green peace rule - oil Tanker leakage.. Internal conflict owing to oil e.g Nigeria Whats
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Aristotle’s View of Politics Political science studies the tasks of the politician or statesman (politikos)‚ in much the way that medical science concerns the work of the physician (see Politics IV.1). It is‚ in fact‚ the body of knowledge that such practitioners‚ if truly expert‚ will also wield in pursuing their tasks. The most important task for the politician is‚ in the role of lawgiver (nomothetês)‚ to frame the appropriate constitution for the city-state. This involves enduring laws‚ customs‚ and
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The Nature of International Politics The first principle that Thucydides addresses regarding the nature of international politics calls into question the conclusive goals that each individual entity in the world of international relations deems most important. Thucydides states that a country or state’s ultimate goal is to gain power and ruling over other nations. He illustrates this best in The Melian Dialogue through the actions of the war-loving Athenians. In their effort to maintain their stance
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Chapter 5 Synopsis: Ethics‚ Politics‚ and Diversity Valerie Scott APLED 123 1:30pm 5/16/2011 Ethics Defined Ethics is amoral standard for right and wrong. Ethical behavior is a reflection of the influences of co-workers‚ friends‚ family‚ religion‚ and society. Our society and culture influences our ethical behavior. Ethics begins with the individual.
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A South African Investment American oil companies Texaco and SoCal (Caltex) were refining oil in South Africa. They planned to expand their refining capacity. However there was numerous discrimination issues pertaining to the status and treatment of the black citizens. At the time‚ the South African government maintained an apartheid system of governing their nation. Caltex was under scrutiny by American political parties and its stockholders for the way African workers were treated. Whites
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another country or region. This imperialism took place in Africa and it began in the 1800. The Europeans had many motives to distribute the continent of Africa among each other to gain wealth and power. The countries involved in this motion were Britain‚ France‚ Belgium‚ Italy‚ Germany and Portugal. This time was a detrimental period on the African people. This changed the life of the African greatly by implementing laws to govern and if these laws were broken one could imagined the punishment imposed
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The politics of the Gilded Age failed to deal with the critical social and economical issues of the times. It was the era filled with forgotten presidents and politicians who ignored the problems erupting in the cites. Monopolies ruled over all the aspects of life‚ and the greedy men who ruled these monopolies caused poverty throughout the nation. The ideas of limited government caused the political parties to not take a stand on important issues. The "wonderful" Gilded Age in fact was not a pretty
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The Politics of Abolition proved to be extremely controversial during the early days of the movement to end slavery. One simply had to choose sides and consequently a middle ground could not be peacefully reached. Early abolitionists claimed that slavery violated God’s Law and defied the purpose of independence. Not only did this claim bring about upset but the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was accredited by Abraham Lincoln to be the enzyme that sparked the Civil War. Slavery was heavily opposed in the
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background of Foreign Direct Investment in Africa 3 2.0 Motives for FDI in Africa 6 2.1The importance of foreign direct investment: 6 3.0 The Costs And Benefits Of FDI 11 4.0 Factors Influencing Investor Decisions 12 4.1 Reasons for low FDI in Africa 14 5.0 Initiatives taken by African countries to attract FDI 16 5.1 Incentives 17 5.2 Investment treaties 18 5.3 Investment Promotion 19 6.0 Policy Related Challenges of FDI 20 7. Efforts to Promote FDI in Africa 28 7.0 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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