Political-economic systems are divided for four types: liberalism, social democracy, communism, and mercantilism. Most industrialized countries vary between political-economic systems such as liberalism and social democracy (O'Neil, 2004, pp. 101-133). Political-economic system such as social-democracy is better in providing growth and prosperity for the overall national economy than liberalism, because it is effective at both collective equality and personal freedom. Countries with social-democratic
Essay topics: Australian federalism needs major reforms to be effective in the 21st century. Critically discuss this statement with reference to the Australian Constitution and inter-governmental relations. There are many issues to discuss about the Australia federalism but the essay would only cover some significant issues. Firstly, in the essay Federalism needs to be defined and additionally the essay will be argued that federalism has been successful so far and can still be an effective way of
When discussing feminism in class I came to realize that feminism focuses on intersectional analysis, it all came together while reading Cohen’s essay and her argument on the importance of intersectionality and transformational politics. Intersectional analysis involves the simultaneous analysis of multiple intersecting forms of oppression and subordinations, an ideology every movement should consider when fighting against oppression. Intersectionality is often used in critical theories to describe
This essay follows the question on “types of democracy” and its pros and cons. Democracy is known to be a political system that is practiced by countries all over the world. The word democracy itself came from a Greek word, ‘demokratia’ which literally means ‘people-power’ (Cartledge, 2011). In a democratic country, it is believed that the citizens are the main backbone of the country in which they are the highest authority in making political decisions. However, in my opinion, Andrew Heywood cited
This essay will primarily focus on the way in which sociology emerged as an attempt by humans, to explain and understand ‘modern society’. Sociology has been defined as the scientific study of human life, social groups, whole societies and the human world. It aims to explain the relationships that exists between groups, organisations, and societies and their environments. During a time of great social change during the 18th and 19th
achieved a rapid growth of economy and accomplished industrialization in a short period, which has been summarized as “East Asian Model”. The success of East-Asian countries was attributed to the government interventions adopted by the states. This essay will put forward three aspects to analyze why this model has succeeded in history. Specifically, appropriate development strategies, strong state interventions and efficient administrations are important factors for the economic miracle happened in
Thomas Hobbes, one of the pioneers of modern political thought, in his book “Leviathan” thoroughly discusses the concepts of individual/personal liberty. He makes clear distinctions between one’s scope of liberty in the state of nature and in the commonwealth, emphasizing the trade of individual liberties in exchange to security in the commonwealth. In a Hobbesian world, before entering the commonwealth, people live in the state of nature in which they are also not capable of exercising perfect freedom
Introduction The consequences of a dominant party system for the successful consolidation of democracy, has always been an issue of interest amongst political scientists in democracies all over the world. In a situation whereby one political party dominates the political landscape and faces little prospect of defeat in the general elections, then concerns always arise surrounding the possibility of declining government response to public opinion, loss of accountability and the overall destruction
The author, Anne McClintock, criticizes the sexism of modern nationalism in her essay, titled, “Family Feuds: Gender, Nationalism and the Family”. McClintock argues that, “All nationalisms are gendered .. All nations depend on powerful constructions of gender (61) and she also investigates how national political institutions and systems of cultural representation help support the “institutionalization of gender difference”(61). Mohanty says something very similar, “The assumption of women as an
Introduction The Constitution is the fundamental law of a country and stipulates the basic tasks and fundamental system of a country, which can be defined as the social system, principles of the state system, the organisation of the state power and the basic rights and obligations of the citizens. The constitution is the general constitution of a large, coercive political organisation. In modern society, the constitution is regarded as the basic norms that all government agencies and members of