Essays on Political Science

There have been claims that democratic states are more peaceful than autocratic states. This led to refinement of the democratic peace theory. It is believed that as much as the democratic states do fight with other countries, few cases have been reported of a Republican state fighting against another democratic...

To Understand the United States Political System To understand any country's political system, it is significant to know the past information about the nation, and it is fundamental to the establishment of the old constitution. The government structure of the United States is diverse, and it has been in existence for...

Democracy has always been a key to success of leadership in many leading countries globally. It refers to a rule of the people whereby their voice matters in every decision making in a country ("Democracy"). Democracy has four components that include protection of the rights of citizens, active involvement of...

Choi, S., Kim, B. (2012). Voter Intention to use E-Voting Technologies: Security, Technology Acceptance, Election Type and Political Ideology. Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 433-452. This article discusses the features of e-voting technology, in a world of political contexts. The article discusses different types of elections and how...

The Authority of a State The authority of any state is the body responsible for regulating and conducting affairs in the state. There are several factors that make an authority legitimate as they can also face opposition from the subordinates they rule over. Authority is responsible for maintaining law and order...

Many nations in our modern world are divided on the political movement they should adopt in order to remain relevant in modern politics. In different countries, nationalist and populist parties have secured positions in parliament at the local, regional and also the national level where they have gained popularity and...

Every government has a responsibility of protecting its citizens/country against external aggression. During wartime, the decisions that the presidents make determine the fate of their citizens in the war and periods after the war. In this respect and considering my position as the president of a country in war, my...

The world today is experiencing a myriad of political and social issues which cut across different spheres of the society. Therefore, political scientists have tried to come up and explain the causes of such events and provide solutions through the use of tools and techniques made available by political analysis. ...

This logic asserts that the citizens have the power to prevent the cost of war should they reckon it to be too high through the electoral influence over their sovereignty (Rosato 2003, p.587). Democracies have also established systems of “checks and balances” such as political competition, pluralism and executive selection...

Deliberative Democracy Theory and Participatory Theories of Democracy Deliberative democracy theory is the idea that citizens or their representatives participate in making decisions on the laws to be enacted. Participatory theories of democracy, on the other hand, are the idea that citizens participate directly in the decision making without representatives. According...

Several states are today moving away from other types of administration and are embracing federalism. According to He and, " Breen (2017), federal government works well and bring about growth. The best case study of a nation that has embraced federalism is the USA. Federalism is a subdivision of power...

Part 1:             Orthodox liberalism as presented by Adam Smith was developed to present an argument against the theory of mercantilist as well as the theory of colonialism. Liberalism established an approach that significance of the state should not come before the economy (Hobson 2018a). Classical liberalism presents an argument that...