Faction College Essays Samples For Students

Socrates, in Book 5 of Plato’s Republic as explained by his student Plato distinguishes the terms faction and war. Socrates distinguishes the two terms by stating that faction is hostility towards one’s own people. On the other hand, he refers to war as hostility towards strangers. In the book, which is written in a dialogue form, Socrates is speaking to Glaucon whom he tells that faction only occurs between kinsmen. He further illustrates by giving an example of a Greek race fighting against another Greek who are its own and kin, as faction rather than war. On the contrary, ...

This 1787 essay by James Madison, originally a letter written to a New York newspaper in support of ratification of the Constitution, has long since become the most famous of the Federalist Papers and one of the most frequently quoted documents in U.S. political history. Although Madison published it anonymously, under the pretense that he was simply a concerned citizen, Federalist No. 10 can be taken as a definite statement by the principal architect of the Constitution on why he did not regard it as a democratic document but rather one designed to guard against the rule of the majority, particularly when it threatened ...

The following primary documents include two antifederalist essays and three federalist essays that were published in newspapers three to six months following the Constitutional Convention. The antifederalists aimed to convince the states that the new constitution would not work while the federalists hoped to gain support and ratification of the new constitution. In 1787 and 1788, when the essays were written, the new country was struggling. The Articles of Confederation were not sufficient, and the fears that resulted in the Revolutionary War were still very fresh in the minds of everyone.

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THE ANTIFEDERALIST NO. 18-20 WHAT DOES HISTORY TEACH? ( ...

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Abraham Lincoln’s plan to table the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery; despite not having the full support of the Republican Party

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According to the movie, Abraham Lincoln decided to table the 13th Amendment in the Senate, which would abolish slavery. Lincoln tabled it at a time when the Civil War was all but won and knew that once the south lost or surrendered, it would be difficult for him to pass the Amendment in the senate. Lincoln knew that people in the conservative faction of the Republican Party would not support the abolition of slavery, as ...

William Penn articulates that the church and the state should have a cordial, divine and collaborative relationship in order to help men pursue and live a Godly life. Using the Divine Law (jus natural), William postulates that the church is a facet of the society that is established by man as a God’s agent to help man control his passions and adhere to the divine laws, which are formulated and enacted by the state. In essence, the church and the state should support each and obey God’s provisions as envisioned in the divine laws. In other words, the State and the ...

What is Pan-Arabism? In what ways has Pan-Arabism expressed itself in the Middle East? Why has Pan-Arabism failed to produce Arab Unity?

The term Pan-Arabism refers to the concept of the al-Umma al-‘Arabiyya or the Arab nation. The term was first conceptualized in the late 19th century when the call for Arab Unity was requested upon the establishment of several secret societies in Lebanon and Syria, urging the revolt against Turkish rule of the Arab region. It was constantly expressed by Arab nationalist in several periods such as in the First World War, wherein various Arab nationalist groups demanded the creation of an independent Arab nation once they revolt against the Ottoman rule; the West’s approval of the Zionist ...

Which conflicts are ethnic and which conflicts are protracted?

Mauritania (ethnic, protracted)
Government of Mauritania against Polisario; Senegalese against Mauritanian
Guinea (ethnic)
The Rally of Democratic Forces of Guinea fights against the government of Guinea-Bisau.
Mali (ethnic, protracted)
This is an ethnic conflict occurring for a long period of time. Conflict in Mali involves a number of ethnic groups and the conflict has become protracted. The government of Mali fights several ethnic groups, including governments of neighboring countries. These groups include the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia/Union of Islamic Courts (ARS/UIC), North Mali Tuareg Alliance for Change, Government of Somalia; factions like Malinke, the MNLF – HM (Moro ...

A faction is a group of people who are in support for something or are against something (Adair, p90 Factions are formed due to common interest by people to be more precise shared belief. It is sometimes considered to be a political organisation. It is considered unconstitutional as written in an article by Ball in the federalist paper, as it is considered to go against people’s liberty.
Factions are the hardest things to eliminate, since the people who form it have a common goal or interest thus the best way of handling it is from the root cause. That way ...

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The radical conception of power is the failure to keep normative and analytical questions which means that some scholars mistakenly confuse the critique and identification of power relations. In this paper, the argument is that the definition suggested by several authors does not meet their intention. The fundamental conception of power may be made to work within the terms originally expressed by the authors and they are forced to draw a challenging comparison between objective and objective an interest, which makes the identification of third dimensional power value burdened and irrational. At the same time places the analyst in the ...

Feminism and women empowerment are growing across oceans at different levels. Today, in the 21st century, the issue of violence against women, inequities between men and women, among many other injustices are becoming a popular advocacy not only in the West but also in the developing countries. Women and feminist movements are even gaining its grounds in the grassroots. However, despite this development especially today in the 21st century, there are still countries that are lagging behind. Middle Eastern countries are now one of the hot spots regarding the regression of women empowerment. The dominion of patriarchy is still ...

Chaebols are South Korean form of family-run business conglomerates. The word chaebol translates into ‘wealth clan’ or ‘money faction’ where chae means ‘wealth or property’. Bol on the other hand means ‘faction or clan’. In South Korea, chaebols are not only considered as companies, but are also dynasties.
For one to be considered a true chaebol, a conglomerate must be family owned and have businesses in at least two different areas. For example: Samsung electronics manufactures television sets and smartphones and it also has subsidiaries that run a luxury hotel, sell life insurance and build crude oil tankers. These ...

Definition of terms

Social change: This is the transformation of a people’s culture, way of life and social institutions over a certain period of time.

Social movement: These are groups of people who come together with the aim of championing for social change.

Collective behavior: It is the expression of a specific type of behavior by a large group of people and can best be described through mobs, crowds and riots.
Global warming came out as a cautionary movement against human activities that was said to contribute to the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Humanity was challenged to go green and stop any activity that seemed to endanger the climate and that social movement seems to bear ...

The main sources on the formation of American statehood are the Declaration of Independence, "Articles of Confederation", the US Constitution of 1787, and the Bill of Rights. Also, referring to the origins of the formation of the statehood, the Mayflower Compact is surely an important document.
The British political heritage has had a tremendous influence on the formation of the state system of America. English settlers brought with them the political ideas that developed in England for centuries. English Bill of Rights of 1689 was very important for the American colonists – it differentiated the rights and obligations of the ...

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Terrorism, terror attacks, terrorist, suspected terrorists- these are the words that can be found in news articles around the world. Although terrorism and terrorist attacks are nothing new and have been an instrument to cause fear and damage for ages, it has become ubiquitous since the 9/11 terror attacks in the US. However in spite of numerous articles, essays and reports having been written about terrorism, there is no one clear definition of the term that can be accepted by everyone. It could be that terrorism operates at so many different levels with various reasons, actors and ...

The experiment in national government under the Articles of Confederation proved to be a failure. The Articles of Confederation served as the 1st constitution for the country. The Articles of Confederation had crucial flaws such as a weak executive, no control over national taxation and no power over trade. The government had no power to compel people to perform national obligations as they were carried out in individual states (Declaration of Independence, 65). Under the Articles of Confederation, each state still retained its full “sovereignty, freedom and independence” (Political, 33). The Founders saw it wise to call for a constitutional convention ...

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On the 15th of December 2011, American troops lowered the US flag from their base in Baghdad, signaling the end of the American military and peacekeeping mission in Iraq. After a year short of a decade of military missions in the country, the dismantling of the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein as well as the explosion of sectarian violence and civil disturbances, the situation was further aggravated by the continuing involvement of the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization.
In this light, the official departure of American troops from Iraq, and the cessation of active US participation in keeping the peace ...

Introduction

In the early 18th century America was divided into 13 independent states each governing themselves. The US constitution, which upon being signed established the national government, came to be in September 17th 1787, approved by the delegates in attendance at the constitution treaty in Philadelphia. By signing the constitution it meant that that the 13 states are under one central government with three main arms; the executive, the legislature and the judiciary. This however was not supported by all and it’s what brought about the major conflict between two groups the federalists and the anti-federalist, who differed in ...

The possibility of a “tyranny of the majority” is emphasized in the de Tocqueville reading and also in Madison’s Federalist Paper #10. When comparing and contrasting both author’s thoughts on tyranny of the majority, you come across de Tocqueville’s feelings towards a democracy and Madison’s feelings towards a democracy too, both authors seem to follow the same goals but instinctively it really falls on the author that feels the majority is overbearing. De Tocqueville felt that a society that was comprised of equal citizens shouldn’t just depend on the majority being right, since they were all supposed to ...

James Madison was the fourth President of the United States and one of the founding fathers of the nation. He wrote America’s first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, as well as the Bill of Rights. Despite his many accomplishments, Madison is probably best known for his theories on democracy and democratic government, which has often described as Madisonian Democracy. Madison was a strong believer in democracy and the right of a people to choose their leaders by a majority of votes.
However, Madison also understood that if limits were not put on what a majority could do with its power, an open ...

Morocco was among the Barbary state between 17th and 18th centuries. It was the capital city of pirates the robbers of people who traded in Mediterranean. In 1840, conflict developed between French, Spanish and the European power, immediately the European powers showed some interest in the share of morocco. In 1904, Spain and French became partners and divided Morocco into two unequal parts with France taking the biggest part while the smallest portion in the southern of morocco was left to the Spain and it was named Spanish Sahara. At the end of the century, Morocco had become the ...

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- Vietnam War is widely perceived to be a strategic misstep by the United States. The Vietnam War which was fought from 1964 to 1972 was another proxy war fought during the cold war era. In this war, the ultimate aim of the US involvement was to contain the spread of communism in Indochina. The war was between North Vietnam supported by its communist allies and South Vietnam supported by anti-communist countries mainly the US and as Zinn opines it was the tussle between the organized technology and human power, with the human power emerging as the winner. ...

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The cold War
Relations between the USA and the USSR were always defined by many complicated interwoven political and economic factors, and the relationship which was a cautious cooperation during the World War II transformed into a superpower rivalry after the war. The basic distinction that existed in the political systems of the countries created an environment, which did not aid in mutual understanding and for a period of almost four decades there was a high military tension between the two nations. This sustained tension between the two countries and their allies and the ensuing political scenario, was commonly denoted by the ...

Summary (Chapters 12 to 21) of Mary Chestnut’s Diary

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Mary Boykin Chestnut has encapsulated the experiences of her fellow Confederates at the time of the Civil War in her autobiographic novel Mary Chestnut’s Diary. Mary went through various endeavors during the Civil War with her Senator husband, James Chestnut, with most having been eye opening for her. Serving as quite a fitting historical account for the Civil War, the novel by Mary has provided deeper insights on the way Confederates carried out their resistance against the Unions (Chestnut).
During the Civil War, slavery has become a highly controversial issue, although the majority from both the Union ...

The cutting of trees did affect wildlife populations adversely. This was common in west of Appalachians. Trees do provide a natural habitat for wildlife. The wildlife population did decline. Wildlife populations do thrive in natural settings. The settlement of people in the forests led to decline in bear and deer populations. There was a disappearance of Bisson in the area of the Mississippi (east). The decline was as a result of clearance of 1850, 100, 000, 000 acres of the forest.
The climate and environment suffer greatly due to deforestation. Soil erosion is common and major problem. The water tables in ...

Islam in Mozambique

Mozambique is an independent, secular nation located in southeast Africa, northeast of the Republic of South Africa. It has a coastline along the Indian Ocean. Muslims constitute approximately one-sixth of the population, with Sunnis and Isma’ilis being the major factions. There has been a Muslim presence in Mozambique for centuries. There is a large ethnic Indian Muslim community in the north and scattered communities of mixed African, Arab and Portuguese ancestry in the rest of the country. These groups have been relatively isolated, both geographically and in terms of the practice of Islam. The Indian community tends to be rather strict ...

Pompey was made sole consul in 52 BC. To what extent did he engineer the situation so that he would be called upon to "save the state?

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Rome in 52 AD was a rather parlous state as it was still reeling from the effects of the slave revolt a few years earlier which had been crushed by Crassus and the constant bickering and infighting between himself, Julius Caesar and the same Crassus. Becoming First Consul in 49 BC was obviously important and crucial to the continued well being of the Republic and Pompey obviously felt very much in control when faced ...