In comparison to the rest of the developed world, the United States of America has one of the most punitive prison systems. The government claims that its prisons focus on rehabilitation, yet on average, 60 percent of all inmates will return to prison (Chung). Felonsâ lives are thereby deemed unlivable because they are perceived as morally corrupt, âsocial contractâ breakers. As a consequence, most state governments, aside from Maine and Vermont, prohibit felons from participating in democratic processes. While the...
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The rule of law is one of three important constitutional pillars that form the constitution. As has an uncodified constitution, rule of law asserts the supremacy of law and aims to prevent arbitrary use of power as well as to protect citizens' lives and property. It is difficult to define as the difficulty stems from the fact that the rule of law means different things to different people. Different legal theorists contend with different conceptions. Joseph Raz purports a formal...
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I am going to be telling my experience of what school was like when I was growing up and what the community was like in New Orleans at the time. In 1960 I started kindergarten with 29 other classmates. In November 1960 (two months after I started kindergarten), I can vividly remember protests outside the school grounds as we arrived to start the day. The reason behind these protests from people in the community was because an African American girl...
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President Rodrigo Duterte has proposed reinstating mandatory military training in the K-12 curriculum. Duterte reportedly wants to make ROTC mandatory again to instill 'discipline' and 'patriotism' in young people, according to reports. ROTC stands for Reserve Officers Training Corps. The main purpose of the ROTC program today is to train young men and women to become officers. Students taking ROTC can immediately begin serving as officers in the military after graduation. ROTC began in the Philippines in the year 1912,...
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Upon carefully analyzing and critiquing the six main partiesâ policies and promises for Canadaâs upcoming 2019 election, I have come to the decision to vote for the New Democratic Party (NDP). Of course, just like the rest of the platforms, the NDP platform is not perfect. However, it is the one that best reflects my own personal political ideology and hopes for the future of Canadians. The NDP takes (or âtakesâ?) pride in its slogan âA New Deal for Peopleâ,...
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Taking a stand in life means developing the backbone to stand for what one believes is important. It is right to take a stand when freedom is being deprived and for independence. Viktor E. Frank once said, âIt is not freedom from conditions, but it is the freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.â For instance, Nelson Mandela, who was the first black President of South Africa, demonstrated taking a stand for freedom by staying in jail. Mandela was...
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With recent events taking place in Ukraine, the world, again, is living through the situation that was normal just some 40 years ago; a large, but fading superpower is threatening nuclear war on everyone who dares to stand up against it. There have been a few major nuclear blackmail events; almost all of them involved the US, UK, USSR, or China. Russiaâs Mr. Putin vs Ukraine and the West is not just about blackmail anymore. We argue that in nuclear...
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1.1 Who is Putin? âWe don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and cares for the society as a whole.â Vladimir Putin Putin is a Russian politician and a former intelligence officer who is now serving as President of Russia for the fourth time while he has served as the Prime Minister of the country from 2008 to 2012. Putin has been a significant figure regarding the matters...
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Through reading âThey Say, I Sayâ throughout the semester I have stumbled across an article that particularly piqued my interest. This article in the âThey Say, I Sayâ book is called, âWhy Rural America Voted for Trumpâ. This article happened to peak my interest due to the fact I am from a rural area rather than an urban area. I read this article to learn more about rural America and its communities. The author of this article is Robert Leonard,...
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While writing the Constitution, neither James Madison nor Alexander Hamilton envisioned the emergence of political parties. However, it only took a couple years of Washington being in office before they formed. After Hamilton created his financial plan for the country, there was a big divide in how people felt toward it. The two parties that initially formed were the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans. The federalists were the ones that agreed with Hamiltonâs plan and the national bank. They favored the...
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One of the original leaders of democracy, Andrew Jackson, was one of the most influential people of his time. His strong-willed attitude and cruel ambition toward perfecting the American government, in his presidency from 1829 to 1837, created a powerful stance for Jackson and the opinions about him. Jackson was a war veteran from the War of 1812, where he won the Battle of New Orleans, and brought upon the âEra of Good Feelingsâ. Jackson had the best interest of...
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When we attempt to imitate what the framers envisioned in the design of the United States, they would never have expected the substantial power given to the presidency. The abuse of power has been a lurking fear in the growth of the presidential figure and seems to only escalate with every election. Despite the peopleâs attempts to check the presidentâs actions, its efforts remain a minimal impact on the decisions made by such a dominant figure. The presidential power has...
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This essay be explaining why so many electorates are losing interest in supporting traditional political parties using evidence from different sources. It will first be talking briefly about the origins and developments of political parties and their position on the political spectrum. Than go on to explain why political parties are so important within society, to understand why electorates are losing interest in political parties we need to understand what other strategies are being used to influence politics and society...
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To understand the nuclear crisis of North Korea, it is important that we categorize it into 3 parts: strategic interests, political factors and future hurdles. Strategic Interests Strategic interests observed by North Korea - we have both realistic and liberalist observers. In realistic terms the need for nuclear weapons is for its regime survival and security, besides to have a military influence at both regional and global levels. This means that the regime opposes denuclearization and wants the world to...
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Before the Jacksonian period, the Era of Good Feelings was a time of rapid American expansion and growth. The cotton gin revived slavery, and the mass adoption of cotton as a cash crop created a wave of Southern expansion, forming states such as Alabama and Tennessee. Republican President Monroe was able to consolidate political power as the rival Federalist party would continue to lose support, never again fielding a real presidential contender. However, this period of a unified America would...
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Affirming the new sense of independence that arose following Americaâs victory against the British in the War of 1812, the election in 1828 of Jackson demonstrated a remarkable shift towards democratic principles. Unlike all previous U.S. presidents that came from the same elite class of being wealthy, well-educated, and from the East, Jackson was a self-made man with humble beginnings and Western origins. His election began an era of changes no longer for the aristocratic gentlemen and Federalists, but in...
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The context of the article âHow I Feel as a Native Woman When Trump Idolizes Andrew Jacksonâ is of compelling seriousness and importance of the misleading idolization of Andrew Jackson. The overwhelming anger felt through the writing in this article is directed towards Andrew Jacksonâs atrocious actions towards all American Indians. It is understandable why the actions of the past evoke anger and disgust, especially for Adrienne Keene, a Cherokee Nation citizen, scholar, and writer of the article. It is...
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The lands of Americas, in the Renaissance period, also rode the momentum to âmodernâ world, had diverse natives and societies which made the cultures and languages flourish much like the countries in Europe. The complexities of this diversity made it harder for the British regime stake claim starting from the east coast of modern United States. In the âmodern worldâ arc of American history, the sparks of war and revolutions ignited in the 1700s, when the American Revolution or the...
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The understanding of Nigerian foreign policy cannot be achieved through the application of one and only theoretical perspective. As a matter of fact, its formulation depends on multiple factors and it is influenced both by the international and the state level. Consequently, it is appropriate to distinguish selected elements and compare how different IR theories understand them. In this paper, there will be a critical juxtaposition between the liberal and neoclassical realist understandings of the active engagement of Nigeria in...
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In establishing a tone both writers do an incredible job, they both understand how to convey their points to their audience and have clear and distinctive styles. Furthermore, I will be contradicting their styles by breaking down their tone, diction, and their purpose as my main topic of this essay. As a brief summary of the better compression of readers âSamuel's Memoryâ by Michael Rutledge is a short story on the perspective of Samuel as he and his family are...
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For a long time, Japan has been known for its distinct lack of natural resources such as oil, gas, metals and other traditional energy sources, depending highly on imports for energy and raw materials for activity such as construction (Owuor, S. 2019). In this economy, manufacturing, agriculture and fishing are the main sectors, and has continued to flourish owing to cultural factors and existing infrastructure allowing for the continued growth of these industries (Stokke, 1991). Manufacturing remains the most prominent...
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Does trade reduce conflict, or conflict reduce trade, or both, and why? It is an open secret that in the 21st century sometimes impossible to avoid war. Where every country is against the war, violence and vehemence, trade comes for help. In international relations, it is worth to mention to establish peace everywhere, because of the consequences of the war are always victims suffers the pain of bereavement. As a spineless and constructive tool, it creates the peace, stability, and...
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In the late 18th century, United States had just solidified their Constitution and established how their system of government would function under President George Washington. One of Washingtonâs goal, as president, was to make the United States a neutral nation because of how he felt political ties would affect the nation. As political parties began to develop, the nation became conflicted on how they would go about foreign affairs with countries such as Great Britain and France. The United Statesâ...
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âTo ignore the effects that voting laws have on different racial groups would be, at best, irresponsible and, at worst, dangerousâ (Quillin 23). Voter ID laws, better described as voter impersonation laws, are laws that are put in place to deter citizens from fraudulently voting. These types of laws are made to police in-person voting and do little to protect against mail-in and absentee voter fraud. Stemming from practices that were put into place to discriminate against already disenfranchised groups,...
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Introduction Corporate social performance (CSP) refers to the outcomes of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. These initiatives may include the practices and principles that businesses employ in their relation with certain stakeholders, such as communities, organizations, or institutions. The economic and political sphere has become more integrated with the growth of globalization, and businesses have consequently become more politically active in their CSP initiatives. In this essay I will provide an overview of the concept of CSP and how this...
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Abstract Purpose: This paper seeks to examine the impact of foreign aid on poverty reduction in developing countries. It reviews the positive and negative impacts of aid in lessening poverty in evolving countries and the critical success factors that could serve as a blueprint for developing nations to adopt. Methodology: The paper employs a critical review of extant scholarship, where empirical evidence on the positive and negative effects of foreign aid carried out from various countries was provided to support...
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âA federated Europe is essential to the security and peace of the free world.â Jean Monnet, a French political economist and a founding member of the European Union reiterated in his quote, the need for European countries to set aside their differences and envision a unified Europe. The world wars had wounded Europe and it was time for it to heal. The only way Europe would rebuild itself would be through integration of European countries into a superstate. Essentially it...
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A fundamental debate in the field of medical ethics and English medical law has been finding the right balance between the principles of medical paternalism and patient autonomy. While there are commonly used definitions of medical paternalism, such as âtreating of others in their best interests, regardless of their own view of what their best interests areâ, as well as a wider societal consensus that it generally refers to the idea of âdoctor knows bestâ, there is less agreement on...
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On February 4,2020 the State of the Union Address was given by Donald Trump, to the 116th U.S. Congress. The address covered a number of topics that President Trump plans to implement into the American Society for this upcoming year and to show people his vision for the United States. Since our president has been in office he has made a lot of considerable promises. During his address he talked about our economy, national security, and asked Congress to pass...
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