Science Review (2009)‚ 1:1‚ 33–61 & Cambridge University Press‚ 2009 doi:10.1017/S1755773909000010 The nature and future of comparative politics PHILIPPE C. SCHMITTER 1 1‚2 * Emeritus Professor‚ European University Institute‚ Florence‚ Italy 2 Recurring Visiting Professor‚ Central European University‚ Budapest‚ Hungary The future of comparative politics is in doubt. This sub-discipline of political science currently faces a ‘crossroads’ that will determine its nature and role. In this
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MEDIA AND POLITICS We all agree that a well-informed public leads to a more open‚ just and civic-minded society. Yet today it seems every major and minor news network has a Sunday talk show or weekly roundtable dedicated to "educating" the American public about politics. In addition‚ with the growth of the Internet‚ thousands of Web sites exist with information on politics and government. The irony is that while the quantity of places we can go for political information continues to increase
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IN ENGLISH IV Submitted by: Mascardo‚ maria jida submitted to: mrs. leonora villarin PHILIPPINES POLITICS NOW AND THEN PHILIPPINE POLITICS TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT INTRODUCTION BODY SUMMARY DEFINITION OF TERMS STATE THE PROBLEM CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my gratitude to those who have inspired and helped me in my endeavor
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ETHICS IN POLITICS As the great teacher Mahatma Gandhi‚ said many years ago‚ the first evil in this century is "politics without principle." Ethics is the discipline dealing with right and wrong. The true worth of a nation is‚ in the final analysis‚ the true worth of its leaders and the people that they lead. If the leaders are good and committed to the service of the country and the people‚ and if the people themselves take active part in governance and select good leaders‚ a nation achieves
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Money in Politics In the world of politics today there are many problems. Nasty campaigning and Slamming ones opponent have become commonplace in today’s world. This is a very Distinct problem. Yet the root of the problem isn’t the candidates themselves‚ in most Cases. The national committees for the republicans and the democrats is at the true heart Of the problem. The money which is spent by those massive institutions to their party’s candidate in each election is
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THE POLITICS OF COMEDY Is this thing on? In efforts to promote voter education‚ laughter is perhaps the best strategery. Comedy and tragedy prove one in the same‚ as the saying goes. The variability of the twosome‚ however‚ substantiates rather inconsistently in politics‚ an arena overflowing with participants who take themselves too seriously. And where a potential candidate attempts to utilize comic relief‚ one often discovers the result to be rather tragic. In lieu of the consequences
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Comparative Politic: Key terms Chapter 9: Political Attitude and Behavior Political Culture : the pattern of attitudes‚ values and beliefs about politics‚ whether they are conscious or unconscious‚ explicit or implicit. Pp. 171 Values : basic ethical priorities that constrain and give shape to individual attitudes and beliefs. Pp. 171 Political Identity : the way that people label themselves as belonging to particular group. For example: national-state‚ class or caste‚ ethnic group‚ religious group
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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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Does Schmitt or does Rousseau describe the current state of American politics most accurately? Carl Schmitt‚ a German political theorist and Jean Jacques Rousseau‚ a French political philosopher‚ both give their views on democracy and its inner workings. Schmitt show great disdain for democracy. He believes it is corrupt and “seems fated [then] to destroy itself…” Rousseau clearly believes in democracy; where the citizens have duties to the nation and enter into a social contract with the sovereign
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Criminalisation of politics has become an issue of grave concern among the Indian intelligentsia. And though the top leaders of all political parties agree that those with criminal record should be debarred from contesting elections‚ the number of such people is only increasing. In 2004‚ about one in five MPs had a criminal record‚ including some with charges of heinous crimes such as murder‚ rape‚ dacoity and kidnapping. Why does it happen? The most important factor‚ which determines
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