Essays On Politics

In European history, one often hears of the tragedies and violations against humanity caused by the Nazi Party both before and during the Second World War. The Nazi political movement was without a doubt, one of the most dramatic developments of the 20th century. Any exposure of ideas that were not promoted by the Party […]

To understand a play fully, we must understand the setting and context in which it is set. To understand Hamlet fully, we must analyse its contextual setting through language, events and its characters. The first instance through which we begin our understanding of the social situation in Denmark is through thee first scene of Act […]

Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” is a politically-charged text that employs both dialogue and drama to express the writer’s opinions during his time. Due to the risk of having plays cancelled and authors punished for unsuitable themes, much of the satire and irony surrounding Tudor/Stuart government and monarchy was often concealed through imagery and drama. Thus, it is […]

Lloyd George’s popularity based on his achievements during World War One may be seen as what led him to win the General Election so overwhelmingly in 1918. However, his approach within the political arena and towards social policies in the early 1920’s contributed to his eventual downfall. After winning WW1, Lloyd George could sit proudly […]

a) What is Cabinet Government? 5Cabinet Government is the view that cabinet have the main power throughout the whole of government, rather than all the members and MPs within the government. It means that all the major issues can be debated, as it will concern all sectors, and the topic maybe controversial. Cabinet allows policies […]

1. Study Source A.What can you learn from this source about Chartist aims and methods?The first thing to acknowledge is that this source, an article, was written after the Kensington incident, which, although supported an enormous amount of people and required vast numbers of security, was not a violent confrontation.The march was led by O’Connor, […]

During Mao’s leadership, China transformed from an imperial system to a communist state called the new People’s Republic of China. Mao instigated multiple modifications in political, economic, and social spheres that included Women’s Rights, Land Reform, Industrial Reform, The Hundred Flowers Campaign, Education, and Health. Mao implemented policies that had both positive and negative effects […]

Before I can evaluate the factors that affect legitimacy , I need to define legitimacy. Legitimacy has been defined in a number of different ways, Max Weber defined it as “a belief in the right to rule”, others see legitimacy as “the capacity of a political system to engender and maintain the belief that existing […]

The Attlee governments of 1945 to 1951 can be divided into four key sections. The first years, between 1945 and 1946, saw fervour for rapid reform in many areas of government. The year 1947 brought an abrupt end to the honeymoon, as the government was forced to shift focus from massive reform to crisis management […]

Indonesia is a country that has been controlled by many different powers, from the Indian civilization in the early centuries AD to the Republic of Indonesia that exists today. The Indian civilization began with the rapid spread of Hinduism, and eventually, Buddhism, and lasted until the sixteenth century AD. Indian culture and customs were introduced, […]

In this essay, we examine the current methods of political socialisation in education. Specifically, we focus on how students learn about local politics through the national syllabus and school environment. The effectiveness of government-led initiatives such as National Education and Social Studies is assessed through a case study featuring ex-students from one of Singapore’s top […]

As the Chairman of the CCP, Mao Tse Tung held the unlimited control of China firmly in his grasp. He addressed domestic issues such as politics, agriculture, and industry, and attempted to meet the needs of the people following his own, mostly inappropriate or insufficient tactics. In an effort to prove China’s equal superiority to […]

The government in USA was deeply unhappy with the Communism’s expansion to eastern Europe, which seemed to go further and further, threatening the power of capitalism. Traditionally America’s policy was based on isolationism, but the threat of Communism expansion made the Americans realise that this was no longer possible if it wanted to have a […]

a) What can you learn from Source A about the situation in February 1917?Source A is an extract from Tsaritsa Alexandra’s diary from the 25th February 1917. After reading through the source I believe it to be inaccurate and not very reliable. This for a number of reasons, the first sentence reads:’Young people run and […]

The message of the cartoon is that the workers in Russia support the whole country – and without them, Russia would collapse. It also shows that the rest of the Russians are having an easy and comfortable life at the worker’s expense and that this is very unfair. The cartoonist gets this message across by […]

Source F is a cartoon from a Russian newspaper on the 10th of November which is the day after the destructions, and source G is a cartoon about Kristallnacht published in a British magazine on the 30th of November. Because source F is published in a Russian newspaper the day after the event, they have […]

Saltaire was built near a close town called Shipley. It was built by Sir Titus Salt. There has been a developing debate growing over the years on the motives of Salt building the villages. This has been due to the lacking of evidence available to the fact that salt left very little primary evidence as […]

These purges were his method of removing those who had previously opposed him and also those he believed may oppose him in the future. These alleged criminals against the state were either imprisoned, exiled or shot and ranged from high party officials and members of the military through to ordinary citizens. The purges began in […]

I believe that Lutheranism was very revolutionary as it challenged the beliefs and practises of the Catholic religion. Its religious foundation was based entirely on the Bible and it changed many aspects of society within Germany which appealed too many of the different groups. However, Luther was not revolutionary himself and did not intend to […]

The palette of Narmer is a highly significant artefact when looking at ancient Egyptian history, and is dated as the final century of the fourth millennium BC (Naqada 3), during the reign of King Narmer. Discovered in 1898 by James Quibell and Frederick Green, at the key archaeological site of Hierakonpolis, the palette’s meaning has […]

LA Confidential (1997) is a film set in the 1950s, in the suburb of Hollywood and is focused around a particular police station. All these aspects of the film have attached connotations and signifiers. Charles Peirce (as cited in Branston 2003:17) identified three different types of signifiers; indexical, iconic and symbolic, all of which can […]

Machiavelli’s, The Prince, is spellbinding because through it he appears to convert ordinary life from a moral battle that is mired in guilt and controlled by a higher power, into an ordinary (albeit well structured) game. In our assigned textbook, Isaiah Berlin, when interpreting Machiavelli (Adams 206-235), pushes for a higher purpose on this game: […]