Essays on Politics

Political Ideology in Social Studies Political ideology in social studies is defined as a set of doctrines, ethical ideas, symbols, principles, or myths of a certain social class, movement or institution that offers a cultural and political blueprint of how the society should work (Heywood, 2017). The main concern of any...

World order is the power and authority distribution on the global stage by political players (Duncan et al. 30). The term "world order" may seem strange in the face of conflicting realities. Although it is assumed that states are the same in a formal sense, there are blatant inequalities between...

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...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is located in Central Africa is the second-largest countries in the African Continent. Also, is has one of the highest population amounting to 78 million making it one of the most populated states in the world (The World Bank in DRC). The country attained independence...

Bureaucracy and Its Importance Bureaucracy is an organization's system that is notable for its size and complexity, it is mainly established with the objective to attain goals like responsibilities and assignments. The systems are mostly found in federal, county, municipal and state levels of government and sometimes large private corporations. Bureaucrats...

The 2016 Presidential Elections The 2016 elections represent the second time that Democrats have won the majority vote but still lost the presidential elections. While the presidential election in 2000 was a close run, it pales in comparison to Trump's election to the office. Philip Bump recaps what happened in the...

The American Constitution is a written text that was ratified in 1787-88 with subsequent amendments being passed since based on the procedures outlined in Article V.  The primary goal of the Constitution, perceived as the law of the land, is to ensure that that there is a limit to the...

The Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections cost Hillary Clinton greatly. The Russians used a variety of techniques to influence American citizens from voting for Hillary Clinton and encouraged them to vote for Donald Trump.  Questions are still asked how Trump managed to win the election while he only...

At the end of the cold war, there was increased volatility of the economy within the country. Therefore, the emergence of the political movement out of the framework of territorial states suggests the importance of considering the territoriality of the states within the historical context (Agnew, 1994). Therefore, the conventional...

The Impact of Trump's Border Wall on the US Economy The current President of the United States, Mr. Donald Trump is planning to accomplish one of his significant campaign pledges of building the southern America border. Mr. Trump promised to construct the wall to prevent and deport illegal immigrants inhabiting the...

Foreign Policies and Trade-Offs Foreign policies govern the relationship between states or countries to attain specific objectives. Trade-offs form the foundation of most foreign policy making, especially in the US. These trade-offs may be grounded on such aspects as short-term and long-term interests, or human rights and political stability. In the...

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...