Student and Youth Perspectives on Politics Gary Taylor and Liam Mellor Since the 1960s‚ students have had a reputation for being political. Student politics of that era challenged the old order and cast doubt upon the cold-war mentality dominant in mainstream political circles. Student radicals in Europe and in the United States were at the forefront of the peace movement and were generally regarded as left-of-centre on the conventional political spectrum. In Eastern Europe likewise‚
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Nation… (10). Study of International politics & International Organization. Nature of Political Science There are different views on the nature of politics Aristotle‚ Bodin‚ Hobbes‚ Bluntschli‚ Montesquieu‚ few is‚ Sedgwick‚ Jellinek‚ etc‚ hold that politics is a science. But writers like J.S. Hill‚ Maitland‚ Collin‚ Barker‚ etc‚ maintain that is only on art. 1. Politics is a Science Politics is considered as science on the following grounds. (1). Politics can be studied in a
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Politics is a game in the true spirit. It has two or more parties contesting each other‚ each being equally dedicated to win. Each maintains a team‚ whether close knit or not may be circumstantial‚ and has a lot in stake. Like any other game it has not only the player taking interest but also a large audience to watch its every minute movement‚ cheer its wins and boo its losses. It has its own set of supporters‚ who may however be divided on their favourites from the team. Any game requires a balance
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CASE ANALYSIS The case primarily deals with the current Indian political scenario and it describes how the Indian democracy is undergoing a period of crisis and renewal. New forms of protest movements have started taking form .The recent rise of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)‚its surprising success in the Delhi Assembly elections of December 2013 ‚ and the short-lived but dramatic episode of Arvind Kejriwal acting as Delhi’s Chief Minister have some of its roots in the earlier anti-corruption protest
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EMERGENCE AND IMPACT OF REGIONAL PARTIES It is raining acronyms in politics and the vibrant Indian political landscape is flooded. Well‚ almost so as Regional parties gain ground with amazing alacrity in a diverse India where a fast-transforming political map now promises a never before variety. SAD in Punjab on one side‚ SP‚ BSP in Uttar Pradesh on the other‚ RJD‚ JD(U) in Bihar as also DMK‚ AIADMK‚ PMK‚ MDMK and DMDK in the deep South and TMC‚ AGP and others in North-East —they seem to be
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The traditional approaches to Political Science was widely prevalent till the outbreak of the Second World War. These approaches were mainly related to the traditional view of politics which emphasized the study of the state and government. Therefore‚ traditional approaches are primarily concerned with the study of the organization and activities of the state and principles and the ideas which underlie political organizations and activities. These approaches were normative and idealistic. The political
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INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE Fall 2003 Professor Marc Ross Overview. What is politics and how do political scientists study it? If this question were asked about one of the natural sciences‚ students would be given a short definition‚ examples of key problems it addresses‚ and an overview of the methods employed in the field. Political science‚ however‚ cannot offer a clear single answer. Rather‚ political scientists study politics in a wide range of settings and in a variety of ways. Among political scientists
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Tribalism is a pervasive quality of the human experience. People readily divide themselves by categories such as gender‚ race‚ politics‚ religion‚ etc.‚ and establish groups based on their similar characteristics. By extension‚ people form loyalties to their group and simultaneously develop bitter rivalries with "the other‚" members that do not belong to the group. Conflict arises when two groups are competing for the same resources. The individual is pressured to remain loyal to the group in order
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(Ben Acheson‚ Modern Environmentalism- ‘People Would Rather Believe Than Know’‚ www.huffingtonpost.com‚ Politics) . People feel that green is the new “it” thing and that it is good. Green is actually “ not a technical or scientific term. We don’t measure anything on a scale of green-ness” ( Ben Acheson‚ Modern Environmentalism- ‘People Would Rather Believe Than Know‚ www.huffingtonpost.com‚ Politics). People are not becoming environmentally
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| |Tutorial : | |Reading full reference|van Acker E. 2009. ‘Political Parties and Party Systems’‚ in Politics for Business Students: A Comparative Introduction‚ | | |edited by R. Eccleston‚ R. Hollander‚ E. van Acker and P. Williams. Sydney: Pearson Education‚ chapter 5.87-111. | |Main point(s) made by |The author
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