Essays on Autocracy

Wenger held a meeting with all the wave members. He first pretended to punish Marco. He asked students to bring Marco to the stage. Then he showed the students how extreme the Wave became. When Wenger said the wave is ended, Tim took out a gun. When Bomber said the gun only fires blanks, Tim shooted him. Tim pointed the gun at Wenger. Wenger said if he died, there would be no one to lead the wave. Tim ended up killing himself. In the end, Wenger left with the police. Bomber was taken to the hospital; Marco reunited with ...

Abstract

There are many economies that have developed at a significant pace, such as Japan, and many economies that are flagging behind these countries, such as India. Is this development hindered or encouraged by internal and/or external factors? The question remains as to why certain countries are developing faster than others needs to explored, which is what the first half of this essay will do. An analysis will be conducted into how the role of the state, stimuluses for modernisation, social structure and cultural factors play their part in either hindering or encouraging development in these countries. The interference of ...

Introduction

It is a cliché to say that the relationship between China and the world has become complex, multidimensional and interdependent. But that does not mean that we fully understand the complexity of the Chinese attitude towards globalization nor its interdependence with the world in general and the Western industrial democracies in particular, with the implications thereof. The thesis that we develop in this article argues that economic interdependence greatly strengthens Chinese authoritarianism in its ability to politically influence the attitude of States and civil liberties in Western democracies, rather than the reverse. It contradicts the usual thesis that Western ...

Long before the imperial manifesto and later the fundamental laws of 1906, Russian Empire was an absolute monarchy. The Russian emperor had supreme powers, and its decisions were final. The emperor was not subjected to any restraint both in the legal process or any set mechanisms that hinder the emperor's power (Dolbilov, 75). Russian autocracy had a strong religious perspective, people viewed the emperor as an embodiment of God on earth hence it was his responsibility to perform Gods will without any limitations from laws, parliament or any government institution. Following 1905 revolution by the Russians as a result ...

Power is a significant tool in decision making. It differs from authority in the sense that it is derived from ability while authority is derived from a right. The ability to influence people in decision making is a unique character trait of personalities in any organization. Decision making is central to the success of an organization. This is why the value of information systems classifies the levels of decision making; that is the strategic, the organizing, and the operational levels of decision making (Lukes, 1974). The main idea of this paper shall be confined to the role of power in decision making. ...

The first greatest contribution of Karl Marx in political and social philosophies can be summed up by his utmost regard to the proletariats. Marx generalized the poor as being exploited in the market economy because even when he works so hard, he gets poorer and poorer. This is due to the forces of capitalism all over him. The poor produces wealth but he is alienated to it (Bottomore, p. 23 ). This means that he cannot enjoy the fruits of his labor. He could not have enough money to purchase the very thing that he creates.

For instance, the worker ...