Essays Tagged: "political power"
Ancient Greece
lose-lying islands lead to a unified, maritime civilization. However cultural unity did not produce political unity. Mountain ranges and deep valleys separated the peninsula into small economic and po ... nto small economic and political units. Constant feuding between cities and surrounding empires for political power made Greece the sight of many battles.Prehistoric PeriodArcheological evidence shows ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Eleanor Rosevelt
United world. For someone who never held elective office, Eleanor Roosevelt wielded a great deal of political power. She wrote now laws and appointed no high officials, yet the self-knowledge and prof ... islike for the convention spectacle always remained with her. Under the impact of Franklin's political nececssities and the promptings of her heart and curiosity, she was begginning to outgrow ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Federalism
loped several constitutional principles of government which have become fundamental to the nation?s political operation. Some of which included federalism, and separation of powers.Federalism , is als ... ation of powers.Federalism , is also referred to as federal government, a national or international political system in which two levels of government control the same territory and citizens. Countrie ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Nature vs. Nurture in "Cry ,the beloved Country"
man accustomed to city-life. Here in Johannesburg, the city develops in John a value for money and political power. John tells Stephen that, 'Down in Ndotsheni I am nobody, .... Here in Johannesburg ... and when it is good, I can make ten, twelve, pounds a week'(35), showing his concern for money and political influence over his own homeland. Msimangu describes John as having 'not enough courage, f ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
Caesar
Perhaps no other man in the history of the world symbolizes military and political strength as much as does Gaius Julius Caesar. This man became a legend for his military ex ... Julius Caesar. This man became a legend for his military exploits and an almost global setting, his political manipulations which covered decades of cycles which covered power and loss of power, and h ... into an obvious organizational scheme. His early life was spent the training period for his rise to political power; his middle life was devoted to the obtaining and consolidation of power, and his de ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
"Folk" Resistance in the Nineteenth Century
century Latin American history is written as a struggle between the conservatives and liberals for political power. This is most likely a common thought because out of the sixty-three historians for ... the sixty-three historians for this period only, one is female and all are wealthy, well educated, politically minded individuals. Burns, on the other hand, does not see Latin American history in thi ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History
Stoker and Yeats. About Irish fiction, and how it relates to the philosophical and political atmosphere of Ireland around the turn of the century
in control of the country began to fear the rise of the Catholics, which threatened their land and political power. Two Irish authors of the period, Bram Stoker and William Butler Yeats, offer their ... still entertaining and serve as a testament to the power of literature as a platform for social and political opinion.
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Machiavelli's view of human nature. Speaks of "The prince"
which would serve his best interests. These interests were gaining, maintaining, and expanding his political power.1 His understanding of human nature was a complete contradiction of what humanists b ... m harsh and immoral one must remember that these views were derived out of concern Italy's unstable political condition.3Though humanists of Machiavelli's time believed that an individual had much to ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
The money tril in the Government+ works cited !
ssurance that the decisions made are moral. A democratic government can be nurtured or corrupted by Political Action Committees and corporations, especially in the form of campaign contributions.Democ ... s run and represented by its people. These ordinary people are "considered as the primary source of political power" (Democracy). This is a big contrast to communism, where the party in power controls ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
This essay is about hate on the internet
riends or family, but at other times it is bragged about. Hatred can be motivated by the desire for political power, for the need to put someone in their place, even by religious beliefs. The Internet ... ion of hate and negates it by offering a more "insightful and historically accurate" examination of political and social history." (Guide to Hate Groups, sound clip).This method eliminates the questio ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking
Antigone: Political Authority
Political power results from the fear of force. The individual acts out of a fear of consequences of ... of a fear of consequences of disobedience and in accordance with the desdire for self-preservation. Political Authority results from a belief in the moral correctness of the organization in question. ... epted. The laws are obeyed for their own sake.In Antigone, Sophocles suggests there is no basis for political authority: that Creon's citizens obey him out of fear of the consequences of disobedience. ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Machiavelli
y which would serve his best interests. These interests weregaining, maintaining, and expanding his political power.1 His understanding of humannature was a complete contradiction of what humanists be ... em harsh and immoral one must remember that these viewswere derived out of concern Italy's unstable political condition.3Though humanists of Machiavelli's time believed that an individual had much to ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Marx's Theory of Class
Marx presents us with a theory of world history as asuccession of class struggles for economic and political power. The main classes of pre-capitalistsocieties are stated as: 'freeman and slave, patr ... y is to discover which is the dominant mode of production within it. The basicpattern of social and political relationships can then be known.Since Marx concentrates his attention on the class structu ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Decline of the American Empire
mpeting to become the foremost leaders of their time. They amass great wealth, powerful armies, and political sway. When the influence and might of these countries transcends the confines of their bou ... utlived all of its rivals in the great game, it is the United States of America.This vast empire of political power, economic and military supremacy, exerts its influence over much of the world. It ha ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
This is an essay about the annexation of western lands during the 1800s. It includes annexation of Texas, Oregon and western lands of Mexico.
the west for wealth or adventure. Others sought to improve their social position or increase their political power (Schlesinger, p1-2). These settlers by the thousands moved westward over the Appalac ... . This request did not please many people because they believed that the pioneers would disrupt the political state of the territory. (House Executive Document, p135). Also, by annexing Texas, slavery ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Compare and Contrast Functionalist and Marxist Theories of Stratification.
of status groups, known as estates, became dominant. The system was closely related to property and political power with landownership being the key.Though gender and ethnicity have become increasingl ... y strength, and the qualities of the mind or of the soul, and another, which may be called moral or political inequality, because it depends on a kind of convention, and is established, or at least au ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory
Prophet Ezekiel.
7-587 during the time of the Babylonian conquest. At the time of the writing, Babylon was a leading political power as a nationand one action of theirs was to exile the people of Judea in order to ... nderstand the passage of the dry bones prophesy in a metaphorical sense, the passage does have some political merit today when one thinks about Israel's claim to Palestine.
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Canada is both an authoritarian and antiauthoritarian state.
In an authoritarian state an elite holds political power and citizens have little or no part in the political process. Authoritarianism is th ... s a democratic country that prides itself on citizens' opinions that have at least some part in the political process. But based on the characteristics of an authoritarian state - the supremacy of the ... both an authoritarian and antiauthoritarian country.In an authoritarian system the state holds all political power, and the purpose of citizens is to serve the state. Obedience to the state means tha ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government
North American Frontier: Beginning and End.
aders, farmers, and miners led the movement with business men not far behind. Wealth, adventure and political power were the main course of motivations. The settlers by the thousands moved over the Ap ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars
Ancient History- Rome.
pport from the senate, and retaining popularity with his army and the peoplehe was able to gain the political power needed in order to give Rome the opportunity of changing into the Empire itcame to b ... an was born on September 23, 63 B.C.E. His great-uncle was Julius Caesar and, therefore, he had manypolitical connections in Rome. Caesar favored Octavian from an early age. Octavian joined Caesar in ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History