This paper will aim to prove the dependency theory presents a better analysis of African politics through comparison with modernization and statist theories with regard to: the identified cause of Africa's current state of impoverishment, the challenges each theory presents to Africa's attempts at development, and critiques of each theory. ... The statist theory places too much emphasis on personal rule and systems of domination, which hampers a close analysis of the role of the state. The critique of the dependency theory is that it is too uniform, however it still applies best i...

• Word Count: 1015
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Graduate

The issues of political parties using the Agenda Setting Theory, for political advertising campaigns is questionable of its effectiveness on voter opinions and behavior. ... Voters get their information from certain sources, which then lead to the different types of political advertising that tend to be most effective when using the Agenda Setting Theory, which seems to not really work ideally to its purpose nor ethical in some cases. The media - political parties in this case - utilizes the Agenda Setting Theory to focus public attention on a specific topic or one side of a story, therefore ...

• Word Count: 804
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Graduate

My initial thought after reading Dahl was that his theory of polyarchy gives a very clear definition of how a near perfect democracy should be and his strategies of Polyarchy " definitely helps to understand the political system of different countries, however, his concept of polyarchy according to me is not the best approach to compare political regimes. ... If applying Dahl's theory here, there are no classical liberal freedoms present in China's political system. ... So, Dahl's theory of polyarchy can be applied to China too. Another institution that I am exploring here is ...

• Word Count: 2103
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Graduate

Marxists see crime as a natural side affect of the capitalist system, they see it as inevitable, and unavoidable. ... Therefore if you put a liberal-capitalist society into practise according to Marxists you will inevitably inherit a system where self-promotion and self-gain outweighs the need for collective well-being. ... Also things become more unfair when you take on board the wider Marxist argument put forward by such Marxist sociologists as Paul Willis and Pierre Bourdieu whom claim that the existing working classes are kept in place by an unfair education system (which counters the func...

• Word Count: 1725
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Graduate

In attempting to understand practical intelligence, we were influenced by a theory of personality called cognitive-experiential self-theory (CEST; Epstein 1973, 1980a, in press). For present purposes, it is sufficient to note that, according to this theory, there are three semi-independent systems: a rational system, an experiential system, and an associationistic system. ... The experiential system has its own rules of inference and evidence and operates primarily at the preconscious level. ... If the experiential system operates preconsciously, one might ask, how can it be accessed by self-r...

• Word Count: 2348
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Graduate

first offer a critique as well as an overview of the vast history of relevant research, and then they integrate the various findings and the eclectic theories they have produced under a unifying theory of motivated social cognition. ... The theory claims that there is a "matching process that takes place whereby people adopt ideological belief systems that are most likely to satisfy their psychological needs and motives" (341). ... Thus, needs and motives influence the way information is processed because information itself plays a significant "role in the construction and pres...

• Word Count: 1764
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Graduate

"Cost-benefit analysis, the sort of efficiency calculation that is common to business decision-making is based on the notions of utility" Utilitarianism, as coined by philosopher John Stuart Mill is known as the theory of ethical rationing of one's actions based on the principle of bringing as much happiness as possible to the most amount of people. ... This system makes one evaluate explicitly and implicitly decisions made and direct and indirect result! ... Scores of people and Ford as we will see consider such a system of advantages and disadvantages as a convenient method to analyz...

• Word Count: 619
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Graduate

Authors and theorists continued to create theories and new principles attempting to offer the cure for every organisation. ... The theory emerged from cybernetics systems that existed in cells of a living body. ... It is formed of several systems embedded in autonomous units named as leaver, heart, pancreas, kidney, muscles, bones, eyes etc. ... At the same time they have an open communication systems that are linked with central processing units. ... Also the organisation itself acquires from the system the needed requisite variety to respond to the variety of its environment. ...

• Word Count: 1189
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Graduate

While examples of anarchism in action have existed, these failures raise questions on the validity of the organization of the system and what characteristics are needed for the success of an existing anarchist society. ... It is crucial for anarchism in practice to be compatible with anarchist theory and embody the proper balance between the values of solidarity and liberty. Structures must be anarchical in organization in order to fulfill the ideals presented by anarchism as a theory. ... In order to suppress the emergence of hierarchy, anarchism must include a system of checks and balances. ...

• Word Count: 1276
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Graduate

Primary and secondary language Chinese education has done some study of theory and practice, including the implementation of language teaching in primary and secondary education to strengthen the necessity of Chinese culture, and language teaching in primary and secondary education system to achieve Sinology oriented recommendations. ... China is now the Sinology education, although in kindergarten and university level has been quietly rising, but very weak system of primary and secondary education leading to the Chinese culture in primary and secondary education there has been a serious gap i...

• Word Count: 1164
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Graduate

Electrical engineers also design and develop electric motors and other electrical machinery, including ignition systems used in automobiles, aircraft, and other engines. ... Electrical engineers play a vital role in the production of communications, satellites, computers, industrial robots, medical and scientific instruments, missile control systems, radio, radar, and television sets. ... Many engineers jobs are to design, build, and perform complex computer systems to perform particular tasks. ... Engineering technology programs prepare students for basic design and production work in engi...

• Word Count: 507
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Graduate

Conditions created by the new global competition in industrial goods and later in financial services became increasingly incompatible with the theories that had previously dominated economic thinking, that is Keynesianism in the centres and anti-dependancy import substitution in the periphery. By the same token, these conditions helped resurrect older economic theories. ... Plant closings and relocations abroad may have been anathema to advocates of a national "industrial policy", but were perfectly compatible with a theory that regarded protected work forces as a constraint on market competit...

• Word Count: 1434
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Graduate

Pluralism enhances the Madisonian view of government because the multi-party system creates distributed declarations and power throughout special interest groups, but the pluralist theory does not accommodate "We the People" in terms of all the people in the United States having equal influence because minority groups are constantly fighting against the will of the majority. ... The Madisonian system agrees to the social contract, and as Englishmen we must comply with the liberties and free speech of groups granted in our constitution. ... The existence of political disciplined parties in o...

• Word Count: 1119
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Graduate

There are two forms of labeling within the education system, positive and negative, these labels can have an effect on children's education success and in turn their economic success which creates an unequal class divide as the majority of the negative labels are usually attached to working class and minority groups, however others argue that labels don't always affect a child's educational success as some children may use it as motivation and work hard to prove the labels wrong. ... Mary Fuller (1984) criticizes Becker as she found that the labeling theories are too determi...

• Word Count: 1013
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Graduate

But since the demise of socialist system in 1991 and then the triumph of liberal capitalism as well as the western-style democracy, the post-Cold War claimed that liberal democracy lays foundation for a new world order led by the U.S. hegemony which aligns democracy with the western emphasis on "civil and political right". ... Besides, I would like to represent this view through the concepts of feminist theories and together with whether women and girls really have a freedom to choose everything on their own. Feminist theories claim that women are oppressed in a multiplicity of ways that de...

• Word Count: 1344
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Graduate

With that being said, I intend to devote the first two parts of my essay to applying a Marxist reading to this passage using the theories of Michele Foucault and of Louis Althusser; while in the last part, I will attempt to draw a parallel between the actual sociopolitical situation in the farm and that in the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution and under the rule of Joseph Stalin. ... The latter, for him, makes use of ideology as a mediator between individuals and the system of power. ... Althusser's theory can be applied to the sociopolitical situation in the farm. ... To sum ...

• Word Count: 1473
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Graduate

A number of different theories have been made to bring together an explanation on the ways in which social class is viewed and how society notices this effect. ... In correspondence to this, the "labeling theory" developed by (Becker, 1963), theory states that "deviance is not a quality of the act, since results from personality factors associated with committing deviance. ... Evidently to the theory, self identity as well as behaviors of individuals can be influenced by the terms used to describe them. ...

• Word Count: 3489
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Graduate

Despite his insistence on this inexistence of knowledge, Sanches does concretely claim that all things in the world constitute a single interdependent whole and that each thing has its own unique function in contribution to the earth's longevity, but he acknowledges that this system is indescribably complex and he is incapable of its comprehension. Both Pico's and Sanches' theories deliver man from the cage of determinism, but do so using polar rationalizations. ...

• Word Count: 541
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Graduate

Students should be able to attend colleges and universities that can fulfill their expectations of vocational study, without the systems forcing the fragmented fields of study, garbled educational purposes and trivialized scholarship of a liberal education upon them. ... It is not a useful process of learning without reference to theories and problems in a choice of one's major and I mean destructive in that Liberal education does not affirm intellectual growth nor provide the personal profit or self worship. ... Thus, the hope for true specialization and faculty of self-worship gro...

• Word Count: 1340
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Graduate

"The ethical problem is that most people view the involvement of money in the system as inherently corrupt. ... We have a murky system where money changes hands and decisions are made. Because of the lack of transparency, people tend to believe that corruption exists and that no one in the political system is working for the good of the people" (Hesse). ... An examination of the interest group system in the United States today reveals that there is a major flaw in the pluralist theory, which supports the equality of all interest groups needs. ... Significant inequalities also exist i...

• Word Count: 1921
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Graduate

During the 1990s, literature on the international political economy was dominated by the idea of globalization. Dramatic decreases in transport costs and the rise of fast and cheap telecommunications technology have made geography less relevant and facilitated massive increases in global trade and n...

• Word Count: 7309
• Approx Pages: 29
• Grade Level: Graduate

A system that pervades those who adhere to it, religion has molded one the greatest agents of change in history; the political sphere and those leaders who follow it. ... The New South Wales curriculum's Studies of Religion course demonstrates how the education of youths in the faith systems of the world allows them insight into the lives and worth of others. ... The theory of evolution verses creationism remains a controversial element of education, particularly in the United States. ...

• Word Count: 1211
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Graduate

The growing nature of Macbeth's desire for power signifies how his obsession isn't innate, but is rather intensified with the increasing force of the witches and Lady Macbeth, until it is eventually internalized as part of his own behavior and overpowers his belief system. ... This thus supports the theory that their obsession is a result of their childhood experiences, and is intensified by their inability to seek other partners who meet their requirements for a relationship. ...

• Word Count: 1065
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Graduate

"We the people of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of a human person, in the equal rights of men and wom...

• Word Count: 2668
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Graduate

This also links to Napoleon's early life while in Corsica, where the clan system was highly valued. The clan system was based on the principle of supporting family members or friends due to the fact their loyalty could be rarely questioned. ... Louis, who became King of Holland shows this as he became popular with the Dutch people due to the fact he looked to reform the Kingdom of Holland and strived for improvement, showing that in fact Napoleon's use of the clan system and appointment of those closest to him did make attempts to improve the outlook for European states and provide s...

• Word Count: 4602
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: Graduate