Essays on Government

Canada's Neglect of Africa Over the last few years, Canada's relationship with Africa has been sluggish. Many debates have erupted over Canada's foreign policy, particularly its withdrawal from African peacekeeping missions, humanitarian aid, and economic involvement. Canada's neglect of the continent stems from pre-existing views of poverty, war, and political unrest....

Presidential Campaign Fundraising Presidential candidates raise funds for their campaigns in a number of ways. Presidential campaigns are designed to manipulate a candidate's success. During an election, candidates must collect funds in order to run and coordinate their campaigns. The funds could be used for travel, advertising, and other uses. The...

The Mixed Member Proportional Voting System The electoral method of preference is the Mixed Member Proportional solution. It entails a two-tier election of the majority of legislative candidates (approximately 60%) in single-member districts. The remaining proportion is then voted off party lists at the state or national levels using a compensatory...

A political grouping with individuals or groups of a common purpose is known as an interested party. The communities are officially grouped around a single or mutual interest. The primary target is often to sway public policy in their favor (Gilens, et al. 574). In the United States, an advocacy...

Explain briefly the command-and-control approach to dealing with an externality like pollution. Give an example of how the United States administration used the command-and-control technique to address the emissions crisis. Pollution is and will still be a major environmental problem that disrupts all economic activity and externalities. An externality is described...

In the preface to his book "Act of Congress," Robert G. Kaiser, one of the Washington Post's most prominent writers, admitted that Congress was America's least known institution. The author acknowledged that his endeavors to grasp the inner workings of the country's most establishmentarian facility had been unsuccessful. According to...

Conflicts in Syria have culminated in a seven-year-long civil war that has taken the lives of over a million civilians. The war is being waged between soldiers defending Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, and rebels who do not want the president to remain in office. The violence began in 2011 in...

In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest in how executive orders have been used and whether there has been a violation of presidential executive orders. An executive order is a guideline from the president with the same authority as federal legislation. The president's executive orders are often...

The Framers used the word "securing the blessings of liberty" to refer to the right to question or lobby the government if they disagreed with its policies. Any American citizen is entitled to that liberty and freedoms, which are guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. The argument implied that all...

According to Cavelty (701), a security dilemma is a situation in international relations in which actions taken by a nation to strengthen internal security, such as the formation of alliances, committing to use arms, and rapidly increasing military strength, cause other countries to respond in kind, resulting in increased regional...

When the House is in session, members of Congress may pass legislation. The bill introduced by a congressional representative to restrict the tax benefit on interest paid on residential mortgages would have a direct effect on homebuilders so they would earn less money on their assets (Rossum and Tarr 2016)....

Politics and Youth Engagement Politics plays a vital role in all facets of development. Politics, on the other hand, is marked by the displacement of such classes, such as women and youngsters. This emphasizes the central theme of this article, which is to include an investigation into the reasons why youths...