The Indian National Congress (Hindi: भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस) (also known as the Congress‚ and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. It is the largest and oldest democratic political party in the world.[1][2][3] Founded in 1885 by Allan Octavian Hume‚ Dadabhai Naoroji‚ Dinshaw Wacha‚ Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee‚ Surendranath Banerjee‚ Monomohun Ghose‚ Mahadev Govind Ranade[4] and William Wedderburn‚ the Indian National Congress became the leader of the Indian Independence Movement
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Political Constraints: Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan are hostage to the legacy of historical discord on the‚ “Durand Line ” drawn in 1896 by the then British Government and was inherited by Pakistan as a border between the two countries. This had not been accepted as permanent border by many factions in Afghanistan and the issue has been inherited by Pakistan. The relations between the countries had been marred by distrust over the geographical divide. Pakistan had been apprehending
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A political party is an organization of people who share and believe in a particular set of ideologies for what that state should be doing for its citizens. A party should as well‚ has a set of policy objectives. If the people view you as having goals and a purpose for their country‚ they would want to see you as the man/woman in charge. Political parties organize candidates and raise money for elections. Having the right candidate is key to winning an election. Most modern political parties rely
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Chapter 8 Political Geography Outline Field Note The field note explains that Self-Government with danger is better than servitude in tranquility; also‚ it explains that Ghana wants Africa as a whole to be like that‚ to be able to have a self-government‚ no matter how dangerous that may be. How is space politically organized into states and nations? A)political geography: the study of the political organization of the world 1) political geographers study the manifestations of political processes
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All You Need to Know About Iran CHAPTER IV Iran’s Political System: Iran’s political structure is a republic‚ but it is different from other similar political systems. It could be referred to as being a mixture of theocracy and democracy. As we saw on the previous chapter‚ when going over Islam’s history‚ Islam experienced the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Therefore the politic al system of Iran‚ which was established after this event‚ was defined by the ideas of the revolution. Iran’s government
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The political participation of voters‚ campaigners‚ and elections in general changed drastically between the periods of 1815 and 1840‚ events such as the aftermath of the war of 1812‚ the age of reform‚ and political campaign styles were incredibly important in the changes of political participation. The aftermath of the war of 1812 was an explosion of nationalistic feelings. Many believed that it was a second war for independence‚ even though the war was mainly a stalemate. The election of
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What is Political economy? * No widespread agreement of what; but understood in three ways- those who see PE as an interaction of existing disciplines‚ those who see it as a set of questions‚ and those who see it as a method of analysis: Interaction of existing disciplines: * Starting point is that as capitalism develops politics and econ becoming increasingly interdependent. * Not only interdependence of domestic pol and national econ but also international pol and global econ
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False Democracy: Political Dynasty The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines dynasty as a powerful group or family that maintains its position for a considerable time. In the Philippines‚ according to a research by the Center for People Empowerment and Governance‚ we have about 250 political families who have dominated Philippine politics at the national and local level. This is 0.00001667 % of the country’s 15 million families (CENPEG‚ 2007). They comprise a little‚ among the represented Filipinos
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In a journal article titled Political Repression: Iron Fists‚ Velvet Gloves‚ and Diffuse Control‚ UCSB professor Jennifer Earl summarizes the current academic literature on political repression and periodically notes areas in which further research ought to be conducted. Before proceeding‚ Earl addresses a crucial question with wide ramifications for the the rest of the research‚ namely how to define “repression.” On the one hand‚ repression could be narrowly construed to mean only direct violence
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Origins The development of what we know as today ’s two primary U.S. political parties‚ the Democrats and the Republicans‚ appears to have gotten off to an ambiguous start. While the Republican Party can more precisely trace its roots back to the 1850 ’s‚ the Democratic Party seems to have several sources over a number of years that contributed to its creation. The Democratic Party ’s ancestry dates back to the early 1790 ’s and has several factors that impacted its development‚ including Thomas
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