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Political Opinion, 2005.
This paper discusses factors that influence political opinion and the inter-relationship of politics and the media.
2,225 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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This paper explains that the factors which effect political opinion are family, gender, race, religion and region-values. The author points out that media in America has taken many positions from self-supporting mass-readership, to investigation for political reform to the talking heads of politicians, which allowsthe voters to be more objective, to the electronic press, which reaches a broader crowd furthering the media market. The paper relates that electronic news allows spin control, through manipulation and quick planning, on the part of the political figures to the point that a certain newscast calls itself a "no-spin zone".
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"Public opinion is defined as the "attitudes, perspectives, and preferences of a population toward events, circumstances, and issues of mutual interest. It is characteristically measured by the sample survey or public opinion poll." Public opinion of politics is then simply the attitudes, perspectives, and preferences of a population towards political issues. Surveys and polls are used to determine public opinion of political matters but they are not always accurate."
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Political Corruption and Public Opinion, 2006.
This paper examines America's public opinion on the political corruption surrounding electoral campaigns.
835 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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The writer of this paper focuses on America's lack of faith and trust in the reforms directed at campaign financing and funding. The writer of this paper stresses that America's growing distrust in the electoral process is due to the amount of funding needed to launch and run an effective campaign. The writer explores the rising costs involved in running an election campaign while stressing the relative ease for any candidate to simply purchase a political post, albeit at the right price. This paper contends that the only way to once again regain the public's trust and support is to adopt and implement strict electoral and finance reforms and regulations. This paper delves into the growing abundance of reform initiatives aimed at making political elections more ethical and less dependent on personal wealth and/or large external donations.
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"The clean elections style of campaign finance reform has a great deal of favorable potential for success, mainly because of its delicate balance between the opposing schools of thought on campaign finance. In other words, the clean elections system is very capable of respecting the rights of those who wish to exercise their free speech (in order that all citizens have opportunities to be "active and equal partners" in the political arena through high levels of spending on campaigns), as well as attempting to level the playing field, which many view as a highly important strength of clean elections. Considering our representative democratic government in the light of a collective partnership with an emphasis on equal, individual rights demonstrates the strong advantages of a clean elections system."
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Examines possible reasons for US entry into the Korean War (1950-53), with reference to several political science theories, such as balance of power and public opinion theories.US Involvement in the Korean War, 2001.
1,560 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 7 sources, $ 51.95
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Examines possible reasons for US entry into the Korean War (1950-53), with reference to several political science theories, such as balance of power and public opinion theories.
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"The most apparent theory behind the United States? involvement in the Korean War must be the balance of power theory. Russia was obviously the most threatening side in the Korean War, therefore the states aligned against the Soviet Union. The United States was resolved to contain Russian influence, and prevent threats to world peace and the independence and stability of other nations by resorting to collective security arrangements and acting through the United Nations."
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Political Socialization, 2002.
This paper discusses political socialization, the process of developing political opinions, biases and even political apathy.
1,095 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper discusses political socialization, the process of developing political opinions, biases and even political apathy. It discusses the influences of family, schooling, peers, mass media, political parties and religion on one's beliefs. Four methods of indoctrination into the political society are also discussed-- latent, manifest, affective, and instrumental socialization.
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"Political socialization begins early on in life and is an ongoing process affecting individuals throughout. It is how people eventually identify personal beliefs and expectations in American politics. These political views can include our level of patriotism, faith in the democratic system, standards by which we hold governing bodies, and opinions regarding public policies. From the playground to the classroom, the office to the dinner table, much of our lives affect our political opinions. The most easily identified agents of this are family, schooling, peers, mass media, political parties and religious influences. Further more, these means indoctrinate us in the political society through four basic methods: latent, manifest, affective, and instrumental socialization."
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Musicians Play Music... or Politics?, 2005.
This paper discusses whether music influences political opinions.
1,925 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 61.95
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In this article, the writer maintains that the political song plays an important part in the politics of the United States. The writer discusses that a political son is not only an expression of ideas of the songwriter, it is also the message which ordinary people and politicians hear and interpret for themselves in different ways. The writer notes that the relationship between musicians, politics and audience is evident. The writer also points out that it does not matter that the musicians cannot stop the government to make the unwelcome decisions. What matters is that they are concerned. The writer concludes that music as a part of culture is involved in social and political life.
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"If there is a performing artist, there is an audience who will like what he does. This audience is the main reason for the artist to exist, to move on, and to create and develop the art. These people support and promote the artist by buying his or her records, going to the concerts, talking to other people. This audience consists of those people who can be called followers of the artist, who feel like sharing the same ideas and emotions. The same pattern can be seen in politics. There are politicians and those people who share the same ideas, who see the future of the country in the same specter. So, this people surely support the politicians they agree with. Now, how are these three parties connected? The hard relationships between them create something similar to the knot. If there are people who do not like somebody's music, they just do not listen to it. Of course they also may critique it, but there is no too much importance in this matter. The situation is more serious, when there are politicians in the head of the government, whose decisions do not satisfy people, and musicians in particular. So in the country of democracy and freedom of speech they have the ability to speak against the government out loud. In this case the connections are visible. That is why the most of the political music is seen as opposition to the politics of the country."
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Political Development, 2002.
This paper compares and contrasts the political views from two works by Samuel P. Huntington and Gabriel A. Almond.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper compares the political opinions of Huntington and Almond, looking at what they believe political development requires, the key aspects of politics, primary functions of government, causes of political instability and political institutions. The author discusses how one can achieve political stability.
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"To Almond the keys to politics are the public and authoritative aspects of politics. There is a substantial portion of life that is private and not part of political life; the rest of life is public and political. According to Almond, a political organization has to have authority over its citizens. Developed countries evolved into welfare states providing social insurance and public education to the public. Consensus has turned toward limiting the increase in welfare states cost and the possible abuses of monetary funds. It has become necessary to impose limits."
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Ukrainian Political Culture, 2004.
An exploration into Ukrainian political culture during the process of political and economic transformation.
16,137 words (approx. 64.5 pages), 64 sources, MLA, $ 249.95
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This paper analyses public opinion of the Ukrainians towards political and economic changes in Ukraine during the first decade of transformation (1991-1999). The paper assumes that the economic crisis is a serious precondition for the emergence of anti-democratic attitudes in Ukraine. It reveals that there are serious problems with democratisation in Ukraine and how the general economic, political and social disorientation helped the elites to implement ?partial reforms? only, which were beneficial for their private gains. It also looks at how the low level of people?s political participation, undeveloped civil society and general mass ignorance paralysed society, prevented the population from playing an active economic and political role, despite of high protest potential.
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Introduction
Chapter 1
Theoretical framework
Comparative Perspectives on Democratic Transformation
Democratic and Economic Regimes Under Postcommunism
?Quadruple Transformation?: Four Attempts to Break with the Past
The People
The Elites
Chapter 2 The Winners of the First Decade
Dynamics of the Economy
The Attempts for Democratisation
Chapter 3 Public Attitudes Towards Transformation
Attitudes Towards Economic Changes
Attitudes Towards Political Changes
Attitude Toward Mass Media, Level of Knowledge and National Culture
Democratisation in the Times of the ?Crisis Mentality?
Conclusions
Bibliography
Appendices
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"When the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union proclaimed the revolutionary programs of democratic and market development, they had ambitions to repeat the successful Western models of development. As some scholars admit (Ray, 1995), these programs were not original because they were designed to rectify a distance with the highly developed West, where a tandem of democracy and market economy already proved the successful results. However, the first decade of the transformation revealed many problems. The outcomes of the beginning of the transformation were problematic in the economic sphere: the mix of economic hardships, deterioration of the standards of life, the weak role of the state in establishment of the proper regulatory base for the market economy."
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The Value of Political Philosophy, 2001.
A discussion on how historical political philosophy has advanced as far as freedom and human rights are concerned.
1,600 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 6 sources, $ 52.95
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This paper discusses the view that political philosophy is useless. The author contents that political repression throughout history notwithstanding, political philosophy has nevertheless led to an advance in society as far as the ideas of individual freedom and human rights are concerned. The author analyzes Plato's, Aristotle's, Machiavelli's, Marx's, and Kant and Hegel's theories of political philosophy in order to support his opinion
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"Since political philosophy concerns itself with the organization of society for self-governance, it inevitably deals with how power should be wielded, how justice should be done between one man and another, and how laws that govern the lives of men in society should be made. As power also entails responsibility, the political philosophers have been concerned with the nature political obligation and authority and the goals of political action.
This certainly leads to the question of the nature and limits of authority of the state. Plato was the first to consider these points systematically in his Republic, and from there Aristotle took up the question and wrote the books ?Politics? that delineated his views on the question. In this he declared man to be a ?political animal? who must organize community life in a way that should make civilized life and conduct possible. For Aristotle, city was the proper framework for the realization of man?s potential. Subsequent thinkers have considered the question in accordance with the state of society and what ideas prevailed in other realms at the time. In the middle ages, the main question was the division of authority between the state and religion [the church], while in the Renaissance; the Italian Niccollo Machiavelli gave his own ideas of how a ruler ought to behave [exercise power]."
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What is Political Power?, 2002.
A contrast of John Stuart Mill and Machiavelli's differing views and definitions of political power, obedience and coercion.
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This paper compares and contrasts John Stuart Mill and Niccolo Machiavelli?s view of political power and the role of Public Opinion in relation to power and authority. The author provides a brief outline of the historical and ontological context of their respective works. The paper defines power as the justified use of force and coercion, and authority as obedience without the use of force and coercion. The main arguments in the paper are built using Machiavelli?s ?The Prince?, and John Stuart Mill?s ?On Liberty,? and ?The Subjection of Women.?
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?Perhaps the hardest part of comparing Machiavelli?s ?The Prince? with Mill?s ?On Liberty? and ?The Subjection of Women? is the different audience to which each focuses upon. Machiavelli is writing to a sovereign government in which public opinion holds little or no direct action with it; ?The Prince? thus takes on the tone of how public opinion should be nurtured by the ruler to favor him- not of interaction with the government. Mill, on the other hand, is writing in a time of republics where public opinion has become a main component of government, as will be evidenced later in part III, and thus portrays a role and view of public opinion completely different from Machiavelli?s.?
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The Canadian Political Environment, 2007.
This paper is an extensive overview of the historical and current Canadian political environment.
3,250 words (approx. 13.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 93.95
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This paper explains that the attitude of Canadian public, which expects its government to solve its problems, grew out of the need to re-integrate soldiers after WWI and to deal with the ills of the Great Depression. The author points out that this attitude resulted in the state now having an enormous involvement in matters such as health care, unemployment insurance and social welfare benefits. The paper relates that the history of Canada since 1867 has been a process of steadily securing more and more sovereignty and power; however, new forces, chiefly globalization, are now at work and raise the specter that Canada could see its domestic writ subordinated to the writ of trade agreements, such as NAFTA. The author reports that land and governance issues appear to be the paramount concerns of the Canadian aboriginal people.
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Changes in State since its Founding
Relationship between State and Society
Citizens' Trust in Government
Challenges to Canada's Sovereignty
Democratic Deficit
The Traditional Canada Political Culture
Traditional Functions of Canadian Political Parties
The Power of the Prime Minister
Canadian Elections
Canada's Constitution
The Parliament
Public Opinion Polling and the Media
The Role of Regionalism
Quebec and Federal-Provincial Relations
Canada's Aboriginal People
The Diminishment of the Welfare State
Influence of Big Business on Politics
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"Most evidently, Quebec changed federal-provincial relations in the 1960s when it began to opt out of the conditions attached to federal grants, established its own pension plan, and argued for a larger voice for itself internationally. In that regard, the decision to give Quebec control over social programs has understandably made it easier for other provinces to demand the same thing. ... it is clear that other provinces are sufficiently compelled to argue for rights of their own, too. So, basically, the Canadian response to Quebec nationalism or to the new Francophone "consciousness" of the 1960s has been to give Quebec exceptional status and powers."
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The Political Context of Educational Theory, 2002.
An analysis of alternative arguments of the political context of educational theory.
939 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This report highlights the issues and the related educational theories in the light of political context. Hence the paper provides a springboard for insight into some essential interconnections between educational approaches and movements, motivational goals of the researchers and the varied opinions of the educationists and experts, through presenting alternative arguments.
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"Where all believe in the significance of education for the development of personality and for the welfare of the nation, many support the various important and blatant theories and educational movements. However, there is still a decent number that presents alternative arguments in their effort to prove that educational research (and related public funding) world-over is being used not only as a tool to inculcate sense of discipline and responsibility but also to gain political ends."
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Political Globalization, 2008.
A book review of Adam Harmes' "The Return of the State".
1,602 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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The paper examines the central thesis in Adam Harmes' book, "The Return of the State", that globalization will inevitably succumb to a reinvigorated political globalization. The paper explains the practical considerations of political globalization in the world today and looks at Harmes' use of history when it comes to explicating his thesis. The paper also discusses the direction Harmes thinks the situation will take in the years ahead. The paper is of the opinion that Harmes' work is a generally well-written and thoughtful look at an important issue, although it is not without shortcomings.
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"Adam Harmes' basic thesis appears to be this: globalization has gone too far and has fostered a growing sense among citizens and elites the world over that greater state regulation is necessary. Specifically, cronyism and influence-peddling have both become omnipresent and other problems - environmental degradation, growing inequality, corporate power and avarice, stagnating pay and deep cuts to social spending - have pushed their way to the fore in such a manner that political demands for reform are now greater, more strident, than they have been in some time (Harmes, 177-78). Far from the arc of history taking on the form of a steadily-climbing straight line with the free market muscling aside the state, Harmes believes it is more accurate to see history as being an oscillating pendulum that is now swinging towards greater state involvement and towards more control of Big Business."
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Jurgen Habermas and Carl Schmitt, 2002.
An analysis of modern communication in American politics through the opinions of Jurgen Habermas and Carl Schmitt.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper will discuss the reasons why public speaking by government representatives and business interest are playing a part in breaking down the democratic nature of United States government. By realizing that there are more secret interests, such as business groups and political factions, we can see how the public speaking modem is being transformed into a regime for self-interests, rather one for the people of the country. Jurgen Habermas and Carl Schmitt's opinions on the subject will revealed here to illuminate this point.
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Public Opinion, 2002.
This paper looks at the effects of public opinion on politics.
2,470 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 13 sources, APA, $ 75.95
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This paper analyzes and examines the multitude of issues relating to public opinion. It discusses what moves public opinion and the implications for the political process. This paper concludes with recommendations for strengthening the relationship between policy making and public opinion.
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"Public opinion is both essential and vital in our information-fueled democracy. Many factors influence politicians, including constituents, lobbyists, mass media, political parties, and special interest groups. In addition, politicians are directly and indirectly influenced by public opinion, i.e., sentiments expressed by citizens regarding a particular issue. Public opinion is crucial to policymaking because it has the ability to determine or shape policymakers? choices. Unlike lobbyists, political parties, and special interest groups, public opinion is less vulnerable to external influences and motivations (i.e., the desire to vote a certain way in the hopes of gaining increased financial support). Likewise, public opinion creates an opportunity for politicians to get in touch with their constituents and to understand their views. This paper analyzes and examines the multitude of issues relating to public opinion. Part II discusses what moves public opinion. In Part III, the implications for the political process are examined. Lastly, this paper concludes with recommendations for strengthening the relationship between policymaking and public opinion."
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Hidden Politics of Music and Radio, 2003.
A look at how consolidation in the broadcast industry is harming free speech.
2,661 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 80.95
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A short discussion of how media consolidation, particularly in the radio industry, has suppressed political viewpoints, forcing many musical artists to censor their political opinions to avoid losing airplay from the nation's largest and most powerful broadcasters.
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"When Americans turn on their radios each day, most listeners expect to hear the artists that are most popular in their preferred musical genre. Listeners assume that the radio stations in their town are choosing the music based on what listeners want to hear without any outside influence other than the music itself. Yet since the Telecommunications Act of 1996, many artists have found that in addition to an infectious rhythm and memorable lyrics, radio stations have been frequently basing their playlists on corporate mandates dictated by the political beliefs and business practices of the artist. This rapidly growing form of systematic censorship has left many musicians afraid to speak out on political issues, including the very issue of consolidation that has given rise to a sharp increase in music censorship."
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