Essays on Political Culture

Democracy – a largely interperated word with several of meanings. Yet to me, despite being so ambiguous, and having researched its meaning, it’s different forms and the different implications of each form, have convinced me at this point that this is the best political system...

Originating from the Greek word ‘mimema’, meme was firstly put forward in Richard Dawkins’ ambitious book The Selfish Gene in 1976, in which the definition of meme is divided into two stages. The first stage of memes is regarded as a unit of cultural imitation,...

Europe is home to 742, 452, 000 people and is made up of 50 Countries. To those millions of people there is a constant debate as to whether they should be considered Europeans or of their different nationalities. This assignment is to delve into the...

The internet allows “the construction of new public spheres where social movements can organize mobilizations, discuss and negotiate their claims, strengthen their identities, sensitize the public opinion and directly express acts of dissent”, and this is one of the reasons that makes the internet a...

The Oxford English Dictionary (2018) defines political science as ‘the branch of knowledge that deals with systems of government; the analysis of political activity and behaviour. ’ As political scientists one of the goals of our studies is to use scientific methods to create both...

There are two different kinds of celebrity politicians the CP1 & CP2. CP1 is the celebrity turned politician, this person is the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. The CP1 uses their charisma and popularity in order to appear virtuous in order...

Nowadays, states’ official political discourse assert that rulers lead foreign policyin the name of the national interest. Defined as the government’s objective and thekey driver of foreign policy decisions, the notion is of a different nature from theindividuals’ interest. Admittedly, the national interest takes into...

Currently there are 158 TD’s in the Dáil, with only 35 of them (22%) being females since the last election in February 2016. In the Seanad there are only 18 females (30%) out of 60 since the last election in April 2016 (McGuill, 2016). These...

Parramatta’s Town Hall building. There’s been a lot of commentary in the lead up to this year’s federal election campaign in regards to how young Australians are not engaged in politics. A shocking proportion of young people are not enrolled to vote, with research demonstrating...

This is Professor Jordan B. Peterson from the psychology department at the University of Toronto, notable for his outspoken stance on the current state of campus politics, his comparison of transgender activist to Stalin, and his love of western ideologies, lobsters, and systematic hierarchies. With...