Various authors and political analysts have criticized the one-party-system in Africa and its impact on democracy and development of the ‘dark continent’. There have been debates over the past as to whether single-state party system is the way to go for Africa, with civil societies, international organizations and local African scholars deeming the practice as […]
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‘The European Union is a unique political system.’ – Discuss. The main topics that will be covered, through political comparison, is how unique the structure of the EU is, in terms of hierarchy and branching of authority, the way in which the EU fulfils its role as a democracy; in what ways is the EU […]
Establishing borders along physiographic features create many problems that might prompt conflicts in the border areas. Physical geographical features such as rivers, mountains, escarpments, estuaries, deserts and lakes have been used as natural borders for granted, because it is the easiest way to mark the border between states, establish peaceful relations and for their attribute […]
Idealism is an approach in International Relations (IR) derived from liberal thought and refers to the nineteenth century and the post World War One era. The most important key elements of idealism in IR, firstly is the view that man is inherently good, peaceful and rational where ‘human reason and processes of social learning renders […]
India, the word which invokes awe and mystique, is an idea of a nation that runs contrary to all established concepts of a nation-state. It neither has a common language nor a single religion. It’s mind-boggling cultural, religious, linguistic and geographic diversity is virtually impossible to fathom, so much so that India is often referred […]
Federalism was the most significant political movement took place out by means of disgruntlement with the Articles of Confederation, the focus of which is on restraining the authority of the federal government. A yeoman of that time (1786-1787) in the western Massachusetts significantly reinforces the movement in response to the Shay’s Rebellion. The incapability of […]
Collin’s Dictionary defines socialism as “a political ideology which aims for societies in which poverty is eliminated, market forces are not the sole means of the distribution of economic wealth and where the human ideals of cooperation and altruistic behaviour develop”. Nehru also believed in the socialism and he named the ‘socialist society’ as ‘good […]
As each country becomes more developed through time, individuals are also gradually receiving better education which propelled them to think about ways to improve their lives. Although everyone is different, they generally have similar ideas because of similar living conditions. The history of political parties began back in the 1600s by the Ancient Greeks (Flanders, […]
For Margaret Thatcher, the US-UK relationship was not only ‘natural’ and ‘special’; it was ‘extraordinary’ and ‘very, very special’. At the 1981 Conservative Party conference she declared that ‘had it not been for the magnanimity of the United States, Europe would not be free today’ [1] . Her implication was that, under her leadership, Britain would not […]
