Government

The keyword Government is tagged in the following 8 articles.

Preserving the Role of the French Constitutional Council as a Check on Executive Power

November 22, 2011 - 1769 words | Political Science » France

The Constitutional Council was established when the Fifth Republic was born in 1958 (Cole 1998, p. 63). Initially designed as a tool to protect the executive against parliament, the Council evolved into a powerful force against the Government (Elgie and Griggs 2000... Read Article »

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France Government Constitutional Council French Politics Checks And Balances

Governmentality and the Deportation of Eastern European Roma in Italy and France

April 15, 2011 - 3712 words | International Affairs » Governmentality

This case study asks the following question: given the symbol of the European Union as the ultimate supranational, rights-based, compliance-inducing international organization, why have member states France and Italy escaped punishment for their blatant violations... Read Article »

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Governmentality Roma Minorities Discrimination European Union France Italy

Ungoverned Space, Fragile States, and Global Threats: Deconstructing Linkages

March 21, 2011 - 4932 words | Political Science » International Security

It is widely recognized that state security is no longer contingent upon a balance of power or the threat of conquering states, but global stability is now instead jeopardized by weak or fragile states. Fragile states represent chaos, disorder, and underdevelopment... Read Article »

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International Development International Security Alternative Government Ungoverned Space Sovereignty

Hobbes' Leviathan and Views on the Origins of Civil Government: Conservatism by Covenant

December 30, 2010 - 2552 words | Political Science » Political Theory

In his seminal text, Leviathan, the philosopher Thomas Hobbes offers what was then a radically novel conception of the origins of civil Government. Hobbes’ ideas of the commonwealth are predicated upon his views of human nature and the state of mankind without... Read Article »

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Hobbes Thomas Hobbes Political Theory Leviathan Civil Government Social Contract Human Nature

Corn Subsidies Make Me Sick (and Fat)

November 2, 2010 - 706 words | Opinion » Government Subsidies

There are few Government policies disheartening enough to make me lose sleep at night. But of those few, the subsidization of the corn industry is one big one, and the way in which the Government continues to squander billions of dollars on a senseless policy that... Read Article »

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Corn Subsidies The Farm Bill Government Subsidies High Fructose Corn Syrup Ethanol

A Critical Analysis of the Rwanda-Burundi Genocide and the Sociopolitical Implications of Colonial Rule in Africa

July 22, 2010 - 5675 words | Opinion » Colonialism

There has always been a great deal of intrigue as to why certain people and certain parts of the world are cursed with such a greater deal of suffering than others. Over time certain societies have developed through a series of phases of modernity and civilization... Read Article »

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Colonialism Human Rights Politics Government Africa Rwanda Burundi Genocide Counter Racism Third World Development

Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission: Taking America from a Proud Democracy to a Privately-Funded Corporatocracy

March 9, 2010 - 946 words | Opinion » Supreme Court

Democracy is based on the core principle that the power to govern should be in the hands of the people. In the United States, the people exercise that power by casting their vote for the candidate they see as most fit to lead. This right is now being threatened... Read Article »

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Supreme Court Corporatocracy Democracy Government Citizens United Federal Election Commission 5-4

John Locke and the Second Treatise on Government

October 19, 2009 - 1542 words | History » Government

In 1688, King James II was overthrown by a group of Parliamentarians. This was the result of what is now known as the Glorious Revolution, or the Revolution of 1688. Naturalist and political philosopher John Locke was present to witness these events and was so compelled... Read Article »

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John Locke Government Natural Rights