Essays on Deth

A Logical Experiment?

A Logical Experiment?

Thesis

In their article, Costa and Kahn explore the possible incentives that American men had to join the army during the civil war when pay was low and death or injury was certain. They determined that the Union army promoted social capital and group loyalty that not only attracted men to join in the Civil War but also encouraged them to reenlist once their term was over.

Evidence

The paper spends a great deal of time noting that while every organization faces issues that can be mitigated, soldiers who fought in the Civil War faced a number of ...

The most appealing of the four major and three minor ideologies discussed in the text, is social democracy. To be sure the principles of social democracy present a political framework that seems the most flexible as well as the ablest to resolve common and traditional problems that affect most modern democracies such as economic and social inequality, the amassing of wealth in the hands of the few (Newton and Deth). In other words, social democracy presents a framework to achieve the best of all ideological choices. Social democracy for instance, does not demand either a fully privatized economy as ...

Multi-party System in Egypt

Introduction A discussion on party systems is based on the distinctions that exist between dominant one-party, two-party, and multiparty systems. Party families such as socialist, Christian democrat, agrarian, liberal, conservative, regional and ethnic parties, and other new parties characterize democracies of the world (Deth and Newton 276). Party systems have similar features as party families because they are based on the social and economic structure of society. Party systems such as two-part system, multi-party system, dominant one-party system exist as part of party families (Deth and Newton 276). Multi-party systems are evident in countries where governance is based on ...

One of the fundamental features of the political system is the pressure groups. Pressure groups represent organized groups that do not have their representative candidates for elections. However, the main aim of these groups is to influence government legislation or policy. They can also be referred as cause groups, interest groups, or protest groups. These groups ensure that the people in power make effective decisions that positively affects the subjects in that specific political system. The pressure groups play a significant role in political and social life and are considered as the fundamental foundation of the modern democracy. According ...

Parliamentary and presidential systems are the two major systems of governments that have been adopted by many countries across the world. While the majority of established democracies in the world have opted for a parliamentary system, the presidential system has been found to be more democratic. In the presidential system, the executive has the stability to execute their constitutional mandate unlike in a parliament system where the legislature can use their powers to upset the executive (Newton & Deth, 2010). This research paper will give a detailed definition of both systems of governments; give a comparative analysis of both systems of government and present a ...