Essays on Political Scientist

In this article, I would like to talk about the historian Howard Zinn, without going into the details of his biography. Because you can easy found this information on the Internet. I would consider his views on history in general, why and under what circumstances its occurred. Howard found himself in history and political science since his youth. A first rally Zinn visited when he was a seventeen-year-old young man, the friends who were breathing unevenly to the communist ideology invited him. After the meeting, young Howard changed his mind about the rule government and human rights in general. ...

Policy of Containment

In the United States of America, the term ‘containment’ referred to a policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism in other countries. This policy was essentially a response move against the Soviet Union trying to spread communist philosophies in China, Eastern Europe, Korea, Vietnam, and Africa. It was a mid-ground policy between rollback and appeasement. The doctrine of ‘containment’ was conceptualized in 1946, by George. F. Kennan, a U.S. diplomat. The word first appeared 1947, in a report with a description of U.S.A.’s foreign policy, submitted by Kennan to the Defense Secretary. This report was also used in a magazine article later. ...

Personal Statement: Reason for Wanting to Study Political Science

It is my affirmation that pursuing higher education which focuses on a specialized field of discipline is subject to defined personal and professional goals. There are various factors that provide the impetus for an individual’s interest in a particular academic endeavor. For me, I have always had a penchant for politics, forms of government, and the impact on societies. Various news all over the world have revealed that chaos and unrest exist due to failure of the governing power to heed the basic needs and demands of the citizenry. I have read stories of government leaders who were exiled, overthrown, and ...

One of the founding principles of American Democracy is that an informed and educated electorate is more apt to participate in the political process. Yet special interest groups, political action committees and powerful lobbyists have transformed the way in which public policy is shaped and enacted. The current crisis of faith in government has reached unprecedented levels – a recent study revealed that less than 25 percent of Americans expect the federal government to “do what is right,” and only 34 percent believe that government “cares what people like me think.”1 However, a growing number of social scientists argue that people ...