Essays on Political Systems & Ideologies

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A Corruptive Factor in American Politics

5 pages / 2353 words

In the last presidential election cycle, $1,977,700,000 was independently spent in support of Barrack Obama or Mitt Romney, $828 million of which was raised by political action committees (PACs). This money, enough to send 54,100 students to an in-state public university for free for four...

Corruption Democracy in America Political Corruption

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Democracy as One of The Staple and Founding Features of The United States

2 pages / 1111 words

With origins dating back to ancient Greece, democracy is regarded as one of the staple and founding features of the United States. It is a political system and a means for the people of a nation to choose their leaders and keep them accountable for...

Democracy in America

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The Impact of Communism and Nationalism on Society

3 pages / 1447 words

Introduction Communism and Nationalism have both played a major role in influencing the ideologies of people’s thoughts, which ultimately significantly changed people’s behaviors. With the development of nationalism, there was an enlightenment period that transitioned society from an agricultural to an industrial one, moving from...

Communism Nationalism Society

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Exploring The Past: an Insightful Historical Analysis

3 pages / 1447 words

In January 1961, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushschev delivered a speech in Moscow in which he predicted that there would be a global movement towards socialism and mentioned that‘ wars of national liberation’ were instrumental in this process. He also offered Soviet support for resistance movements...

American Government Communism World History

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The Activism Project Proposal and Issues of Racism in The United States of America

2 pages / 837 words

Activism Project Proposal (revision) Backround Racism is a problem in the United States that activists, such as Martin Luther King Jr. and his daughter Yolanda King, have been working to change for centuries. For example, when Yolanda walked the same route as her father in...

Activism Racial Discrimination

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Nation-building Process

5 pages / 2315 words

The process of nation-building is an effort to develop the spirit of patriotism and solidarity to create a country whose people share a common identity. The major aim is to foster national unity by developing a new nation and an integrated race (Hippler, 2002:1-3). In...

Nation Building National Identity Patriotism

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An Overview of Trade Agreements and Canvassing in The United States

6 pages / 2567 words

As laws are voted on by members of congress many times there are people working behind the scenes attempting to influence politician’s decisions. These lobbyists argue their position to politicians along with financial resources in order to gain the support of congressman on their view...

Free Trade International Trade Lobbying

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How The United States Economy and Politics Are Affected by Politics

3 pages / 1439 words

By definition, the act of lobbying is to seek influence. In 2016 The United States Congress received almost thirty million dollars in influence. Lobbying can be used for good, but many times the money is used to further the cause of corporate interests. These interests...

Lobbying

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How Democratic is The Constitution and is There a Need for The Removal of The Electoral College

2 pages / 809 words

The constitution certainly created and helps to uphold a democratic nation. It outlines and set in place a particular democratic government and set of laws. The men who wrote the Constitution were not elected. Certainly there were great leaders, but there were no formal election...

American Constitution Democracy in America Electoral College

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A Study on How Marxism Has Influenced Our Grasping of Education's Place

2 pages / 848 words

Marxism is a top-down macro approach and a conflict theory that sees society as based on class division and capitalist exploitation of the working class. Karl Marx founded Marxism, and he described capitalism as being made up of the capitalist class or bourgeoisie and the...

Marxism

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The Civil Rights Movement: a Struggle for Equality

2 pages / 795 words

The Civil Rights Movement was a variety of activism that wanted to secure all political and social rights for African Americans in 1946-1968. It had many different approaches from lawsuits, lobbying the federal government, massdirect action, and black power. The high point of the Civil...

Activism Civil Rights Movement Equality

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The Life and Impact of Lilian Wald

1 page / 586 words

Early Life and Education On March 10, 1867, Lillian Wald was born into a German-Jewish middle-class family in Cincinnati, Ohio. She resided with her family in Ohio until 1878 when she moved with her family to Rochester, New York for her father’s career as an...

Activism Biography Nurse

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A Report on Nationalism and Its Views

3 pages / 1491 words

Nationalism was first used in print in 1789 by the anti-Jacobin French priest Augustin Barruel and since then there has been no term as widely and intensely debated in the various discourses as ‘nationalism’ right from the days of Hegel, Mazzini and Renan down to...

Nationalism

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The Domino Theory: The Main Reason for Us Involvement in The Vietnam War

2 pages / 932 words

Some claim the domino theory was the key reason for the US intervention in Asia as it halted communist progress, The Domino Theory was the belief that communism was spread from one nation to its neighbours and so on. It was based on an analogy...

Communism Imperialism Vietnam War

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Mao Zedong and The Great Leap Forward

1 page / 392 words

Mao had ambitious plans, He wanted to speed up the pace of economic growth, based on industrial development and the collectivization of agriculture; and he wanted to emancipate China from the bonds of the Soviet alliance, which he found increasingly restrictive. Unfortunately, it was at...

Communism Mao Zedong

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Liberalism and The Matter of Being Independent

3 pages / 1295 words

Introduction Liberalism is an existent fact that in the minds of the people who practice it that there should be liberty world over and in addition, to that equal rights. Through these views, the liberal minded individuals portray a lot of distinct characteristics. Human rights...

Freedom Liberalism

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The Spread of Afrikaner Nationalism in South Africa

5 pages / 2180 words

Introduction In this essay body, the focus will be on the rise of Afrikaner nationalism, which was incumbent on Afrikaners’ attitudes towards class, reactions to class issues, and their engrained social identity. The role of class was significant to Afrikaner nationalism, both internally, in reference...

Nationalism South Africa

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Comparison of Free Enterprise and Communism

1 page / 622 words

Introduction to Economic Systems Let’s start by introducing capitalism; capitalism supports the idea of private property, believing that society can thrive when individuals are free to purchase and produce as they please. On the other hand, socialism is the theory that property ownership should be...

Capitalism Socialism

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Cultural Revolution in China

1 page / 359 words

The Cultural Revolution was a very important event in Chinese history. The Cultural Revolution started on October 1st, 1949. It started when Mao Zedong declared China to be formally known as the People’s Republic of China or PRC. This announcement ended the civil war between...

China Chinese Culture Communism