Essays Tagged: "political ideology"
Mao's Communism: A short histography.
-Tung (Zedong) can be viewed as being on the socio-political level with Marx, Engels, and Lenin. A kind of "genius-tactical-philosopher" but differing ... plified in his "Little Red Book": Quotations From Mao Tse-Tung. However, if the reader infers Mao's political ideology within the context of this limited source, a distorted imposition (perhaps planne ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory
What is fascism and why does it emerge?
Fascism is a political ideology that consists of an all powering totalitarian government, which has total control ... often allowed to emerge because it is usually easy to get support from the upper class.The fascist political structure consists of a totalitarian government with an extreme sense of absolutism. Absol ... y, Socialism and Nationalism". Toronto: John Willy and sons INC., 1971.Kolinsky, Martin "Social and Political Movements In Western Europe". London: Croom Helm, 1976."The Comparison from the Existence ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory
ideological legacy of the french revolution
nch Revolution. From its outbreak in 1789, the Revolution touched and transformed social values and political systems in France, in Europe, and eventually throughout the world. France's revolutionary ... t substantially, the French Revolution provided the world with its first meaningful experience with political ideology.The immediate effects of the French Revolution was the formulation of the Declara ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > The French Revolution
The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Arms Race.
d in a bitter arms race that was to last for decades. The primary point of conflict revolved around political ideology - Russia was communist and the US was capitalist.Communism is an interesting phil ... itself apart from communism with its strengths and weaknesses. The advantages of capitalism include political freedom including the right to vote and voice opinions, and a choice in choosing jobs. In ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War
The Rise of Classical Liberalism in the Nineteen-Eighties and Nineteen-Nineties.
been changing in its social and economic spectrums over the past two decades. In turn, the current political ideological viewpoints of liberalism have digressed toward those of John Locke and John St ... of the eighteenth century in order to compensate for these changes. Reform liberalism, the popular political ideology at that time, was insufficient to deal with the problems that were arising due to ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory
The NDP and Its Inability to Garner Support Among the Poor.
that the NDP are fighting for not regularly vote for their policies? I believe that because their political ideology and agenda is so focused on only one social class of people, this alienates and s ... for this include lack of time and lack of education. Many poor people feel disillusioned with the political system in general because they feel no matter who wins they still suffer.Another reason ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Causes for Violent Crimes.
Causes for Violent CrimesThe political right believes that the root cause of violent crime is bad genes or bad morals. Not so, sa ... dead-end jobs. I believe that while doing something about the causes of violence surely requires a political ideology, the only way we can determine what those causes are in the first place is to che ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues
Lula: The End of Latin American Populism?
Whether authoritarian or democratic, rightist or leftist, populism has been the most pervasive political ideology in Latin American politics for nearly a century. Yet populist leaders, while extr ... mass support, have also contributed decisively to the region's failure to develop economically and politically. Populism, especially when practiced by undemocratic leaders, has been one of the bigges ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics
Reasons for the Rise of Political Parties in The US.
e separate powers of the States upon its ruins." (Out of Many, 203) Simple suspicion and a clash of political ideology led to the first division within a united party. This party was originally united ... cious debates ensued and the gap between the two grew so large that the inevitable formation of two political parties occurred. The French Revolution served to show the two parties that their differen ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
This essay showcases the Founding Brothers as more than politicians and figures enthroned in history books, but as people with ulterior intentions and biting intellect.
, and as luck would have it any other way, would not have survived the fissures caused by differing political ideology. The only thing that really separated the new government from the same fate as ot ... many Federalist causes while in office. Those who opposed Federalist ideology formed the Republican political party. Thus started the first official rift of many to come.Political parties in the early ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
With reference to Bertolt Brecht and John Osborne, discuss ways in which political viewpoints have been communicated to a theatre audience within the last century.
The term 'political theatre' has been accepted as defining a left-wing theatre, critical of the capitalist sys ... capitalist system and expressing in its work the need for radical change. However, most theatre is political in a broad sense, as a playwright usually has a certain ideology that he wants to convey t ... certain ideology that he wants to convey to the audience. In this essay, I will discuss the rise of political theatre, and will concentrate on the two playwrights Bertolt Brecht and John Osborne.The f ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
Review of The Graduate
and made the top tem list of A.F.I.'s best American films ever made.Regarding the film in late-60s political ideology, The Graduate is a decidedly liberal film. In its principle, conflictive characte ... onflictive characters are political opposition (both in age and sex). Seen in its time, a decade of political identification such as sexual and racial, The Graduate establishes clear pawns, and allows ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Social Darwinism
alism abroad and cruel social policies at home. Social Darwinism was not a scientific theory, but a political ideology that used Darwinism (a scientific theory ) as its justification. Some social Darw ... to regulate the economy or cure social ills such as poverty. Instead, they advocate a laissez-faire political and economic system that favors competition and self-interest in social and business affai ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The Great Purge
ove the rest. An extremely important factor in the assessment of the causes of the purges is political ideology. Going all the way back to Karl Marx's scientific socialism theory, it is evident ... ince Stalin rose into the party as an organizer and administrator but not an ideologist, he learned political ideologies through the teachings of Marx and Lenin. Once in power, he quickly began to alt ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Enron - Doing Business in India
eople who previously were supportive of a government planned economy should have been expected. The political ideology of India at the time was emerging from a radical perspective - a movement away fr ... ndia was important as well as far-reaching.When making moves into Maharashtra, Enron noted that the political and economic environments were favorable. Contingency plans should have been made for a po ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
The interaction of ideologies
been changing in its social and economic spectrums over the past two decades. In turn, the current political ideological viewpoints of liberalism, in order to compensate for these changes have digres ... of the eighteenth century scholars John Locke and John Stuart Mill. Reform liberalism, the popular political ideology at that time, was an insufficient majority in the 2003 provincial elections.While ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Nationalism in Mexico, Japan and India
between nations as well as unity and prosperity among citizens of ones country. Nationalism is the political ideology that stresses people's membership in a nation, a community defined by a common cu ... m England with its peacefulidealities and Mexico started to increase economically with their new political ideas and the oil laws that were passed in the 1940s. Unlike Mexico and India, Japan used ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Politics
ave been influenced by my parents as a strong Liberal. My curiosity about how things work led me to political science. My ideological development has been tortuous rather than linear. I began in an ea ... and knew I had a strong liking for libertarianism.It seems clear that intelligence is unrelated to political ideology. For every brilliant liberal mind, there is a brilliant conservative mind. For ev ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
My experience with poltical surveys
The Political Ideology surveys I have taken shown me that I am more conservative on my views of politics ... ave been influenced by my parents as a strong Liberal. My curiosity about how things work led me to political science. My ideological development has been tortuous rather than linear. I began in an ea ... liking for libertarianism. It seems clear that intelligence is unrelated to political ideology. For every brilliant liberal mind, there is a brilliant conservative mind. For ev ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Should We Take Anarchism Seriously?
Anarchism as a political ideology did not emerge until Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865) declared himself an 'anar ... from Greek and literally meaning 'without rule', had negative connotations and was often applied to political opponents as a derogatory term with the meaning "advocating chaos", for example the Digger ... , a dangerous chimera'. But, as this essay will show, we should instead see it as a set of coherent political ideas that we should take seriously as a political ideology with influence in the past and ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory