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…
Essays on Politics
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…
The life of Thomas Nast and his battle with the corruption of Tammany hall and boss tweed reads more like a narrative fit for Hollywood than history. One man, taking on the corruption in his city using nothing but political cartoons, doesn’t exactly sound like…
As America turned out to be increasingly industrialized after the Civil War, Irish workers discovered new, and better-paid works. Many worked constructing railways and in production lines and mines. They sorted out worker’s organizations and drove strikes for shorter hours and better pay. What’s more,…
When discussing artists in this class, one artist stood out above the rest, with the amount of influence and impact, he had on the world through his art. Thomas Nast influenced the world through his work by making issues that people were aware of accessible….
When it comes to Mill, we see that he defended freedom of thoughts of various ground. First, he stated that us as human beings, we should accept the fact that no one can claim soundness of knowledge into ultimate truth. For such reasons, we ought…
Although corruption is a universal phenomenon, Latin America and Brazil, particularly, have evoked global attention in terms of corruption. Brazil is often mentioned in the media for its numerous corrupt issues since the military dictatorship ceased in 1985. And though recent investigations into corrupt practices…
Brazil’s military-industrial complex is a highly influential and institutionalized aspect of Brazilian society. For most of Brazil’s history, the military and its willingness to use force when needed, has been seen as the institution that has protected the stability of the country throughout various internal…
On the 19th Dec. of English local time, Queen Elizabeth II of the UK delivered a ‘Royal address’ to elaborate on the future priorities of Prime Minister Johnson’s government that the government must complete the brexit on January 31, 2020.And according to the report, this…
Imagine walking through a dry, lifeless landscape, clutching a nearly empty water bottle with one hand and holding onto your child’s hand with the other. Your child begins to cry of hunger, you feel helpless and alone. You are on edge at the possibility that…
In our society, the government plays a massive role in our daily lives, but we seldom realized how important it is. People sometimes say, ‘Government does not do anything for me,’ but the truth is, we as citizens use services offered by some level of…
The Democratic Republic at the start of our nation’s history was different from the one we see today. Property holders were thought to be more likely to understand public matters, not dependent on others, and would vote judiciously for a government that would not overtax…
The word corruption is derived from the Latin word ‘corrupts,’ which means ‘corrupted’ and in legal terms, the abuse of a trusted position in one of the branches of power (executive, legislative and judicial) or in political or other organizations with the intention of obtaining…
We often look past the juvenile as a person, and tend to look more so at his or her crimes. We often base the juvenile on his or her crimes without really taking a deeper look into their lives, or what may have led them…
In the 2016 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection, Hillary was looking for someone that could help attract voters and build leverage. Out of Thomas E. Perez, Senator Cory Booker, James G. Stavridis and Tim Kaine of Virginia, Hillary chose Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia…
