http://www.unaab.edu.ng COURSE CODE: COURSE TITLE: NUMBER OF UNITS: COURSE DURATION: GNS 202 Elements Of Politics And Government 1 Unit One Semester COURSE DETAILS: COURSE DETAILS: Course Coordinator: Email: Office Location: Dr. O.O. Adegboyega‚ B.Sc.‚ M.Sc.‚ PhD oyekunle2006@yahoo.com CGNS Department‚ COLAMRUD COURSE CONTENT: Man as a political animal; theories of state. The evolution of the modern State. Varieties of political system and institutions. Ideologies of political Liberalism
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My View on Politics Without politics‚ the world would be in chaos due to the lack of discipline. Politics help to organize the laws of the land‚ and help us to find people that would lead us to a better place than we were. But politics can also lead to corruption within the state and person. Politics can bring mud-slinging words to unneeded arguments and harsh comments to simple videos. That is why I believe that politics have a good side‚ a bad side‚ and an ugly side. Life has many good things
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Introduction The problem of actors is one of the central‚ and at the same time one of the most controversial in the study of international politics and relations. Indeed‚ one of the main criteria of international relations is the presence of regular interactions between the social communities geographically separated by political boundaries. In international relations‚ actors are those whose activity goes beyond one state and‚ therefore‚ participate in cross-border relations
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Authority/Power/Politics Authority What is Authority The word authority derives from the Latin word auctoritas meaning invention‚ advice‚ opinion‚ influence or commands which originate from an auctor‚ indicating that authority originates from a master‚ leader or author. Essentially authority is imposed by superiors upon inferiors either by force of arms (structural authority) or by force of argument (sapiential authority). Usually authority has components of both compulsion and persuasion
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Politics have had an invasive presence in local administration since local governments formed. Local administrations can differ greatly in size and scope‚ yet they are all affected by regional political attitudes and state policies. Politics played a much greater role in previous eras‚ with the pinnacle being the era of “machine politics” that dominated local administration throughout the 19th century. A series of reform movements that began in the 1880s would curb this trend and set a path towards
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Introduction Office politics – a taboo word for some people. It’s a pervasive thing at the workplace. In its simplest form‚ office politics is simply about the differences between people at work; differences in opinions‚ conflicts of interests are often manifested as office politics. It all goes down to human communications and relationships. There is no need to be afraid of office politics. Top performers are those who have mastered the art of winning in office politics. Office politics‚ or how power
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Policy‚ Elections‚ and People A Study of Religion in Politics Introduction Religion has always played a large role in politics. Religion has played a role in the division of parties‚ political policy‚ and in influencing voters to vote for a particular candidate. It is presumed that religion has existed since the beginning of time and that it stills holds a prominent position in what occurs in today’s society. Religion‚ no matter what belief a person may have‚ often regulates what a person believes
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The question of the participation of students in politics has always evoked a lot of discussion. It has been a very controversial subject. Two contrasting opinion is have been expressed by the two groups of people. Both the groups are equally convinced of the merits of their cases. The discussion goes on between the students‚ teachers‚ politicians and other well-wishers of the student community. In spite of their best efforts‚ no satisfactory or convincing solution has so far been found cut. Those
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Workplace Politics in Organizations Abstract: In any organization‚ it is naive to expect a politics-free zone. And business schools can never prepare you for the manipulations and mind games that work in a corporate set-up. Author and banker Ravi Subramanian says‚ "People who whine about politics are‚ more often than not‚ people who have played politics and lost the game." Workplace politics‚ (office politics or organizational politics) is the use of power within an organization for the pursuit
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Administrative and Politics Dichotomy Christopher J. Corbett Grantham University Professor Rob McNellis Abstract For many years‚ the political-administrative dichotomy has been one of the most disputed theories of public administration. Despite serious debates and critiques‚ the differences between politics and public administration have been present over the past decades. The question still remains today whether or not politics and public administration can work
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