Essays on Government & Politics

Political trust, a global affective orientation towards government (Rudolph and Evans, 2005) is the expectation that arises within a community of regular, honest and cooperative behavior by citizens from political institutions. In most common formulations, political trust is seen as some function of perceived conditions…

The 2016 US election, which saw businessman and television personality Donald Trump become President of the United States in preference to the politically established Democrat Hillary Clinton, shocked America. Consequently, this result invoked the question of whether American citizens trust politicians, or whether their trust…

The in-class film, “Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples’ Temple”, clearly illustrated that what was going on both historically and culturally in the 1970s influenced the rise and popularity of cults such as Heaven’s Gate, the Manson Family (late 60s), and Peoples’ Temple. The…

Pop culture is a part of our American culture. Social media and virtual media are big factors of how we perceive others and life. Jeffrey Fleishman wrote an article named “How an Angry National Mood Is Reflected in Pop Culture” he believes that social media…

Art has been a significant means of communication. It is a good old way of passing specific information from one generation to another. A single image in the art can communicate a thousand words. The Problem We All live with is a painting by Norman…

IIn society, as an African American woman, I face numerous obstacles along the way. I learned about a lot of things that seem unequal in a lot of places. It shows that things shouldn’t be a certain way, that everyone should be treated equally instead…

In this essay I will discuss the rules of interpreting status and make attempts to understand why statutory interpretation is so vital in our legal system. Statutory Interpretation is the process of interpreting statues. It was established in Ireland on 20th October 1975, pursuant to…

Education The first step as mentioned before for becoming a New York City Police Officer is taking the NYPD test. The test is offered by the Department of Citywide Administrative Services. The minimum qualifications for taking the test are candidates must be at least twenty-one…

“The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.” – John Locke. Throughout his many writings, John Locke covers a diverse range of topics regarding natural rights, the role of government, and social order. However, a common theme that ties all…

On September 19, 1796 George Washington decided not to publicly deliver his famous farewell address to the nation but, instead choose to have it published in the Philadelphia “Daily American Advertiser”. Washington’s speech comes after he decided to step down from his presidency after his second…

Conservative philosopher Roger Scruton states in an article for BBC that democracy is overrated, therefore equal freedom and protection of human rights should be given more attention than prior to democracy. Democracy can be described as the belief in equality among people and freedom of…

Timothy D. Sisk (2017) attempted to define the electoral system as the rules in constitutions or laws that describe how votes are translated into seats, such as a typical single presidential ‘seat’, a member of parliament’s seat or a mayor or local councilor’s seat ….

With the support of relevant case law and or statute(s), critically outline the legal connection between constitutional law and administrative law in Zambia. Administrative law is law that governs those who administer any part of governmental activities. Administrative law is not substantive law produced by…

George Washington Plunkitt of Tammany Hall is book that covers the topic of down to earth legislative issues by the Democratic congressperson of New York (District of Tammany), George Washington Plunkitt, at the starting of the 20th century. This book reveals the psychological tasks of…

Michel De Montaigne’s book The Essays: A Selection is captivating and bold, especially considering the time that is was written in when hardly anyone would write about oneself due to sounding conceived with oneself, boring, biased, or uneducated. However, Montaigne’s book is neither of those…