palgrave-journals.com/cpt Silence: A Politics Kennan Ferguson1 Department of Government and International Affairs‚ University of South Florida‚ 4202 East Fowler Avenue‚ SOC 107‚ Tampa‚ FL 33620-8100‚ USA E-mail: kennan@luna.cas.usf.edu This article investigates the unfamiliar political implications of silence. Generally regarded as simply a lack of speech imposed upon the powerless‚ silence is thereby positioned as inimical to politics. In a normatively constituted lingual politics‚ silence’s role can never
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THE POLITICS OF COMEDY Is this thing on? In efforts to promote voter education‚ laughter is perhaps the best strategery. Comedy and tragedy prove one in the same‚ as the saying goes. The variability of the twosome‚ however‚ substantiates rather inconsistently in politics‚ an arena overflowing with participants who take themselves too seriously. And where a potential candidate attempts to utilize comic relief‚ one often discovers the result to be rather tragic. In lieu of the consequences
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Criminalisation of politics has become an issue of grave concern among the Indian intelligentsia. And though the top leaders of all political parties agree that those with criminal record should be debarred from contesting elections‚ the number of such people is only increasing. In 2004‚ about one in five MPs had a criminal record‚ including some with charges of heinous crimes such as murder‚ rape‚ dacoity and kidnapping. Why does it happen? The most important factor‚ which determines
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Mahbubatur Rahman Ankhi PPE: 9500 Introduction to Comparative Politics Research Proposal: Protest‚ in the Name of Religion Most of the religions‚ including Islam teach their followers how to live peacefully. If that is so‚ why have there been violent protests against the video‚ “Innocence of Muslim”? The most significant fact about this ongoing protest is that‚ people in some Muslim-majority countries are protesting violently and some are not. Why is there such difference? The violent protests
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The Politics of Motivation* by James N. Druckman Northwestern University druckman@northwestern.edu June 22‚ 2011 Abstract Taber and Lodge (2006) offer a powerful case for the prevalence of directional reasoning that aims not at truth‚ but at the vindication of prior opinions. Taber and Lodge’s results have far-reaching implications for empirical scholarship and normative theory; indeed‚ the very citizens often seen as performing “best” on tests of political knowledge
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Difference‚ Not a Statement: College Students and Politics‚ Volunteering‚ and an Agenda for America Peter D. Hart Research Associates 1724 Connecticut Avenue‚ NW Washington‚ DC 20009 April 2001 Date: From February 24 to March 2‚ Hart Research surveyed a national representative sample of 809 students in four-year colleges and universities; this research‚ conducted on behalf of the Panetta Institute‚ gauges students’ views of and involvement in civics and politics. This report summarizes our key findings
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Is sports too closely linked to politics? The scope of sports has changed to include many aspects today‚ such as commercialization‚ endorsement and moneymaking opportunities. However sports continue to remain closely linked to politics‚ it may sometimes cross over the line of being overly linked to politics. Sports diplomacy is when sports are used as a political tool to enhance (or sometime worsen) diplomatic relationship between two entitles. The nature of sports is changed when parties get
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the Invisible‚ Michel Henry After Finitude‚ Quentin Meillassoux Time f Revolution‚ Antonio Negri or Politics o Aesthetics‚ Jacques Ranctere f The Five Senses‚ Michel Serres Art and Fear‚ Paul Virilio Negative Horizon‚ Paul Virilio Forthcoming: Althusser’s Lesson‚ Jacques Ranctere Chronicles of Consensual Times‚ Jacques Mallarme‚ Jacques Ranctere Ranctere DISSENSUS On Politics and Aesthetics Jacques Ranciere Edited and Translated by Steven Corcoran ·" continuum Continuum
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My View on Politics Without politics‚ the world would be in chaos due to the lack of discipline. Politics help to organize the laws of the land‚ and help us to find people that would lead us to a better place than we were. But politics can also lead to corruption within the state and person. Politics can bring mud-slinging words to unneeded arguments and harsh comments to simple videos. That is why I believe that politics have a good side‚ a bad side‚ and an ugly side. Life has many good things
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1. Green parties are on the ascendancy in many developed countries. What explains the increasing support for green politics and to what extent do green parties offer a serious challenge to traditional political parties Green politics has become a contentious area in the political arena. As the environmental issues facing society has grown‚ the importance the public places on how they are addressed by political parties has grown correspondingly. Public support has grown relative to many factors.
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