Essays on Politics

Democracy: Representation and Civil Rights Democracy is a system of a government of the people, for the people and by the people. The public elects a few leaders to represent them and make laws and policies in a manner that exhibit political equality. Political equality is the process of equal treatment...

Bauhr, Monika, and Marcia Grimes. “Transparency to Curb Corruption? Concepts Measures and Empirical Merit.” Crime, law and Social Change, vol. 68, no. 4 ,2017, pp. 413-458, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10611-017-9695-1. Accessed 4 May 2018 Summary: The authors are keen on defining what transparency is and they definite it as a condition that helps to...

Globalization is putting increasing pressure on the and strains on the resources, coherence, sovereignty and principles of self -governance on the nation states.  As result to this, the rate of emigrants and immigrants has tremendously increased making some of the nation states adopt the principle of walling their states for...

The Congressional Gridlock The congressional gridlock entails a situation where the Congress cannot perform its constitutional duties because of political differences between the two leading political parties in the United States; the Democrats and the Republicans. Moreover, the situation is made worse by radical political affiliation to each opposing sides to...

by George Orwell and Eric Blair and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury are dystopian fictions. The two fictions have a number of glaring similarities in the plot and character development. Evidently, protagonists in the two novels lead meaningless and bland lives, but the appearance of a woman in their lives...

A snapshot of a better performing economy A snapshot of a better performing economy of the 21st century, on global ratings, takes into consideration the immense economic, military as well as diplomatic advances that the Peoples Republic of China has accumulated in less than a decade. It has nuclear weapons; military...

Bilateral Relations and Foreign Policy Bilateral relations are agreements ties between any two sovereign states. These ties dictate the way of conduct of the political, economic, and cultural activities between the two countries. The two countries also exchange diplomatic agents in order to facilitate negotiations and adherence to the laid cooperation...

Even though the initial purpose of the Senate in Canada was to guarantee provincial representation in the government, its principles of independence and impartiality are believed to be a compromise. For instance, in the views of the general public, the only purpose of the Senate is approving the agenda of...

The Australian parliament representation democracy is considered one of the few great representation models globally that have shown resilience, flexibility, and stability which are key requirements for a prosperity of the democratic values. The country’s system has been influential in the promotion of transformation of both the constitutional and political...

According to the international theory The term anarchy can be coined as the absence of any form of supremacy, authority or sovereignty by the world. Consequently, it can be attested that in an archaic nation, there is absolutely no form of a hierarchical supervision or perhaps coercive authority that can be...

Liberal Democracies and the Balancing Act of National Security and Individual Rights Liberal democracies such as Australia are struggling to establish a balance between the demand for national security and individual rights. On one hand, individuals ought to be given vital human rights that accords to the rule of law such...

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"). Since the beginning of humanity, laws, politics, and policies have always influenced the way of...