Essays and Research Papers on Political Theory

This 3 page paper compares and contrasts revolutions in Latin America with the US and French Revolutions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 9 page paper looks at the social model of capitalism and the way it operates in order to determine whether or not the model is one that promotes and supports social inequality. Evidence is taken from capitalist counties and the impact in terms of globalization is also considered. The bibliography cites 9 sources.

This 7 page paper examines social networking sites and discusses government's role in stopping terrorism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper considers three political philosophies: Utilitarianism, Libertarianism and Rawlsianism, and argues that all of them are badly flawed, but that Libertarianism probably makes somewhat more sense than the other two. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses political parties, how forces within the parties drive them to their goals, how they encourage their members to participate in politics and other similar issues. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 4 page paper argues against torture under any conditions. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page discussion of the book “The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century” by Thomas L. Friedman. This book assesses globalization from both its positive and negative impacts.

This 5 page paper examines the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index to identify the least corrupt and the most corrupt countries in the world. Suggestions are made as to what correlates with this corruption. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper examines both government models. Five similarities and five differences are highlighted. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines Martin Luther King Jr.’s ideas and his Letter From Birmingham Jail as they relate to Henry David Thoreau and his ideas and work Civil Disobedience. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

The author introduces this 3 page paper with an overview of the 1975 discovery by Congressional Investigator Britt Snyder that the National international telegraph signals had been being intercepted since after World War I. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper explores this question in regard to both man-made and natural disasters. The author contends that while not all disasters can be prevented, effective security and risk policies focus not just on prevention but also on the minimization of the impacts. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper examines idealism and virtue as it respects Machiavelli's The Prince. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4 page paper comments on the applicability of the classic 1967 paper by Lipset and Rokkan to contemporary political parties. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 7 page paper discussing terrorism through the lens of the rationalist approach. As Lake (2002) states, the rationalist approach may not suffice alone to frame any perspective on terrorism, but it does provide a view in which the sentiment that "the supporter of my enemy also is my enemy." Doubtless policymakers will ...

A 14 page essay that summarizes the major point from The Trouble with Passion: Political Theory Beyond the Reign of Reason by Cheryl Hall and Pluralism by William Connolly. Tutorial language is used to offer suggestions to the student on completing this project. No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper is a critique of the article by Theodore B. Olson. This paper refutes Olson's contentions supporting same-sex marriages. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper considers the question of why states fail. Various political indexes are used to assess factors contributing to failure. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 8 page paper looks at the concept of global justice with a cosmopolitanism approach focusing on the concepts of Kant and then looking at other approaches to cosmopolitanism. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses the tendency for people to band together according to their cultural identity. This often creates problems in the world. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

A 5 page look at the impacts globalization has had in Kerala India. The author suggests that many of the more negative impacts have been overlooked until only recently. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page overview of the just-war theory. This paper discusses the historical, theoretical and ethical considerations encompassed by the theory. Bibliography lists 1 source.

3 pages in length. The landscape of international politics has undergone a profound metamorphosis with the expansive nature of global interface. With this tremendous change of how people learn, conduct business, communicate and engage with virtually every other aspect of daily life has come the need to redefine what exactly politics has come ...

This 10 page paper discusses governance in Syria. Various concepts are highlighted and defined. the possibility for future democracy is explored. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

4 pages in length. Lessons learned from the failures of assessing country risk as they relate to national culture reflect the need to re-evaluate the way things have always been done in exchange for a more progressive outlook, an example clearly identified during the first phase of the Asian economic crisis. Bibliography lists ...