POLITICAL LANGUAGE Language is the life blood of politics. Political power struggles‚ and the legitimisation of political policies and authorities occurs primarily through discourse and verbal representations. Power can either be exercised through coercion or what US commentator Walter Lippman termed in the 1930s the manufacture of consent. Largely unable‚ and hopefully unwilling‚ to coerce; political authorities in so called democratic polities often need to manufacture consent in order to
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right now. One of my new goals that I have made this year is to maintain a 3.75 G.P.A. or higher. My second (long term) goal that I am working hard for‚ is to have a clean record and to get good grades so I can join the army when I grow up. For this essay‚ I interviewed two “goals experts”‚ my mom and my dad to get advice so that I can have a successful year while working towards my long term goal. The main reason that I chose my first goal to maintain a 3.75 G.P.A. is because throughout my elementary
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What is Political Advertising? Advertising whose central focus is the marketing of ideas‚ attitudes‚ and concerns about public issues‚ including political concepts and political candidates. The essential task of political advertising is to gain the confidence of the people for their acceptance of ideas and‚ in the case of political campaign advertising‚ to influence their vote. Political advertising differs from commercial advertising in that the product is either a person or a philosophy rather
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Handbook of Political Science‚ Abakaliki: Department of Political Science‚ Ebonyi State University‚ 2009. CHAPTER 2 The Study of Politics: Logic‚ Approaches and Methods Nkwachukwu Orji Introduction The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the methodological issues relating to the study of politics. The chapter will examine the logic‚ approaches and methods that underpin the study of politics. It will explain the relationship between logic‚ approaches and methods in political science
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Political Violence Threatening Bangladesh Introduction: Political violence is hardly a new phenomenon‚ however novel the public and media attention to certain of its forms makes it appear. Nor has it ever been one-sided or singular in scope: political violence has multiple forms‚ perpetrators‚ victims and purposes. It transpires alongside and interlaces with non-violent politics and multiple struggles for peace and justice; it is habitually a part of modern political life but never the whole
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least a bit of the King’s revenue. Just as fish under water cannot possibly be found out either as drinking or not drinking water‚ so government servants employed in the government work cannot be found out taking money.” Kautilya‚ 300 B.C. The term “corruption” comes from the Latin word corruptio which means “moral decay‚ wicked behavior‚ putridity or rottenness”. Defining the concept corruption is not as easy as one recognizes its occurrence. Despite its long history‚ there is no single universally
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Political correctness Political correctness this idea concerns the "proper" names of races‚ genders‚ nationalities‚ and professions. That means that words which used to be common have been changed in an effort to please everyone and offend no one. For example‚ garbage men (excuse me‚ not "men‚" collectors) are sanitation engineers‚ and some women would prefer to spell the name of their gender as "womyn." I see this political correctness crusade as a power struggle between radicals who want to have
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Political Socialization Works Cited Not Included This essay is aimed to examine one of the agents of political socialisation for the way in which it operates and the effects it may have in Nigeria. Political socialisation is learning process that begins very early and continues all throughout ones life. Through political socialisation people acquire their perceptions and feelings about their political environment. It accounts for both the commonalties and diversities of political life
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important components of politics namely- political party‚ interest groups‚ and social movements. . An organization or group of people working together to gain political power is called political party. People which have common motive or interest ‚ get together for influencing political process is called interest group. “An informal network of activists who seek to transform the values of the society is called social movement .”(An introduction to political science edited by RAND DYCK page 337)
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olitical throries Machiavelli emphasized the need for realism‚ as opposed to idealism. In The Prince he does not explain what he thinks the best ethical or political goals are‚ except the control of one’s own fortune‚ as opposed to waiting to see what chance brings. Machiavelli took it for granted that would-be leaders naturally aim at glory or honor. He associated these goals with a need for "virtue" and "prudence" in a leader‚ and saw such virtues as essential to good politics and indeed the common
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