Religion is a system of beliefs with symbols and rituals with or without god (Giddens 2009). Religion has given people cultural meaning and has defined the norms and values. The role of religion can be seen in both the personal and social aspects throughout history. People mentally needed the religion‚ not only due to the faith and rituals‚ but also because it was the only exhaustive system which has included all sorts of rules. By transition from renaissance to industrialisation and the start of
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At the foundation of the widely differing systems devised by democratic peoples‚ there is one essential conviction‚ expressed in the word democracy itself: that power should be in the hands of the people. Although democracy today has been slightly inefficient in this idea‚ with the wealthy‚ elite class challenging this right‚ "it nevertheless claims for itself a fundamental validity that no other kind of society shares ." To completely understand the structure of democracy‚ one must return to
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palgrave-journals.com/cpt Silence: A Politics Kennan Ferguson1 Department of Government and International Affairs‚ University of South Florida‚ 4202 East Fowler Avenue‚ SOC 107‚ Tampa‚ FL 33620-8100‚ USA E-mail: kennan@luna.cas.usf.edu This article investigates the unfamiliar political implications of silence. Generally regarded as simply a lack of speech imposed upon the powerless‚ silence is thereby positioned as inimical to politics. In a normatively constituted lingual politics‚ silence’s role can never
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Madhu Babu.K‚ Contact me in 08105837859‚ Youth And Politics Youth are young generation of the country.They play a vital role in the development of country. A famous writer Sri Sri(Srirangam Srinivas)said that “Our country is not in the hands of lazy and corrupted old politicians‚this country is ours i.e youth”. A country with good political government is said to be developed country. But politicians are misbehaving.They are mainly focussing on earning profits and neglecting
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the youth are said to be of tender age. They are not considered experienced and knowledgeable enough to understand the complex world of politics. That is why some people believe that the youth should not take part in politics. But when the government reduced the age of eligibility for casting vote from 21 to 18‚ the message was quite clear: that the youth should actively take part in the process of elections whereby the candidates are elected to form governments at the state as well as centre.
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On hearing the word politics‚ what usually springs to mind are images of government‚ politicians and their policies or more negatively the idea of corruption and dirty tricks. The actual definition seems to have been obscured and almost lost by such representations and clichés that tend not to pinpoint the true essence‚ which defines this thing‚ called politics. In order to make an attempt at a definition of politics a systematic approach is required. To begin with‚ a brief historical
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Students and Politics The most progressive‚ articulate‚ inspired and dynamic segment of the country’s population is the student’s community. The formative period of student’s life should be utilized for an all round balanced development of his/her personality. Political experience constitutes an essential part of this learning experience. This period prepares one to face the challenges better and enables one to succeed in life. The much hyped dirty murky nature notwithstanding Politics has the potential
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of his anger toward the politics and political parties while having the conversation he was saying these political parties and political structure is nothing but a waste of valuable resources of common people‚ they can’t do any betterment for the country. He said. “We really need some change; we need new and young leadership instated of this age old politicians and political culture.” Then I asked him that if he is thinking about bringing new and young leaders in politics then why he doesn’t take
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Students in Politics (http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911060/Students-in-Politics ) The student community‚ being young and energetic‚ are a bundle of inflammablematerial‚ which at the touch of a spark ignites into a large uncontrollable fire like forestfire. They‚ being young have no patience‚ are lively and malleable.In India‚ the trend of students actively participating in politics began in the early 20thcentury‚ when India was fighting for its freedom. The elders being busy with their breadearning
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Student politics Students are the backbone of the society and if they are not brought up properly‚ the future of the society will be darkened. Students have nothing to do with the politics of the country and they have to devote their full attention to their physical‚ mental‚ intellectual and spiritual growth. Their studies and the method of education in that age went ahead in helping them to grow properly as an asset to the society. The students have full say in their own affairs and the best
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