DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY POL S 215 – SECTION 3: INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT FALL 2013 MONDAY‚ WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY 2:10 PM – 3 PM 1652 GILMAN Instructor: Dr. Valerie Hennings vmh@iastate.edu Office: 545 Ross Hall Office Hours: 9 - 11:30 a.m. Tuesday & Thursday and by appointment Teaching Assistant: Bobbi Newman bnewman@iastate.edu Office: 515 Ross Hall Office Hours: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Monday‚ Wednesday & Friday and by appointment
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An essay on Robert Gilpin “The Nature of Political Economy” This chapter introduces differences and similarities between politics and economics. Both of them affect one another. In another hand‚ politicians and economists have different ideas and consumptions about the same facts. Also‚ they choose different ways of analysis. Moreover‚ Mr. Gilpin talks about the importance of the understanding the nature of political economy. In today’s rapidly changing world‚ where globalization takes place and
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Lack of Internal Democracy: All over the world there is a tendency in political parties towards the concentration of power in one or few leaders at the top. Parties do not keep membership registers‚ do not hold organisational meetings‚ and do not conduct internal elections regularly. Ordinary members of the party do not get sufficient information on what happens inside the party. They do not have the means or the connections needed to influence the decisions. As a result the leaders assume greater
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Central Questions of Philosophy Political Philosophy 7/8/2013 What is Philosophy? The Central Questions of Philosophy – Political Philosophy • Value – Ethics (Good‚ Evil‚ Right‚ Wrong‚ Justice) • Political Philosophy – Aesthetics (Beauty) • Reality – Metaphysics (Cosmology‚ Ontology) • Knowledge – Epistemology (Theory of Knowledge) PHI 7100 History of Philosophy: The Classical Philosophers ©2013 Richard Legum – all rights reserved 1 What is Philosophy? Political Philosophy Some central
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In this paper I will examine female political leadership. As a male growing up with a single mom that worked hard for equality‚ I understand firsthand the struggle that some women are met with. If we analyze the recent years‚ we can see that there has been numerous women that are soaring into leadership ranks in government. I find the leadership tactics of women prime ministers and heads of state; to have patterns that have emerged for women engaging in political positions in different section of
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well as the entertainment industry allow people to get instant fortunes and many of these young millionaires use this “new money” to bribe politicians and buy political systems. Many of these young entertainers and businessmen that get money and power very quickly don’t know how to manage their money and their authority. A lot of political leaders‚ like Ida Amin‚ abuse the power that they have been voted into. Some leaders are voted into power democratically and then change the constitution or don’t
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Egypt is politically stable‚ but there have been many examples of unrest in recent years. Egypt has only a limited democracy‚ where elections allow only some political parites‚ and the elections have proven to allow few changes from pre-democratic times. Still‚ Egypt has made great advances‚ and may arrive at a true democracy in the coming years. The main challenge is the Muslim Brotherhood‚ which run for elections‚ but which adhere to an anti-democratic ideology. Their strength in the 2005 elections
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Renaissance and Political Institutions Name: Instructor’s Name: Class: Date: Introduction Renaissance is a French term meaning rebirth or revival. Renaissance period in the history of Europe starts from the beginning of 15th century to the end of 16th century. The Renaissance manifested the transitional phase from the medieval ages to the modern era. It was a time of social and cultural changes in Europe. It is believed to be the beginning of the modern world and hence the new phase of the
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What is philosophy... and particularly political philosophy? Philosophy is a broad or specific study of areas concerned with existence‚ values‚ ethics‚ knowledge and reason. The word philosophy is rooted in the Greek word philosophia which literally meant ‘the love of knowledge’ So questioning human existence is one example: Does God really exists etc. Important as well are questions about what we know and what we can know; both constitute the area of philosophy known as epistemology (the theory
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examples of two globalizing forces and explain each. 2. What is sovereignty? Identify to forces that challenge state sovereignty in the contemporary world. 3. What is liberalization and how is it different from democratization. Distinguish political liberalization from economic liberalization. Provide examples of each. 4. What is meritocracy and how is it different from democracy? Identify an example of a government or US state agency that is based on the principle of democracy and one based
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