Essays on Politics Page 7

However, beneath the surface lies a labyrinth of intricacies and power dynamics that shape the everyday experiences of individuals, often leaving them with limited agency and freedoms. Propaganda becomes a powerful tool, manipulating public perception and shaping collective memory. The state crafts a carefully constructed reality, often disconnected from the lived experiences of the people…

There are many different ways to be a leader, especially in politics, where decisions may have a big national impact. The leadership style and accomplishments of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, will be discussed in this article. Obama made history as the first African American president while in office from 2009…

Why do people act the way we do? Is it human nature? Many philosophers during the enlightenment, and other movements like the scientific revolution, tried to answer this question, along with other questions about human nature, war and political society. Some of these writers were John Calvin, David Hume, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Thomas…

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It is no secret that society is not equal whether that be on a global level or a national one. The way in which we are identified or identify others, have huge political implications. Identity marks the belonging or not belonging to collective groups. Identity politics politicises areas of life that were not previously thought…

Introduction Less than 10 percent of South Africa’s population is white. Despite this, the white minority held the majority of power from the end of the 1940s until 1990. This was through apartheid, an oppressive system that instilled racial segregation into the fabric of everyday life in the nation. Steven Biko, a South African liberation…

Leadership is an important quality for any person. However, for the president of the country’s leader, it is fundamental. In this essay, I would like to compare the leadership styles of two current presidents: Andrzej Duda the President of Poland and Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin the President of Russia. First, I would like to briefly write…

Nelson Mandela was born in the Madiba clan in the village of Mvezo on 18 July 1918. When he was a kid he would listen to the elders’ stories of his ancestor’s valor during the wars of resistance; this gave him the dream of personally contributing to the freedom struggle of his people. When Nelson…

Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place (1988) depicts the changes of Antigua experienced by Kincaid, and it also shows the differences between the tourists to Antigua and the citizens. These differences in looking at Antigua creates a large culture barrier that would be difficult to overcome as shown in Kincaid’s clear disdain for the tourists. As…

The United Nation is an international and intergovernmental institution targeted to create and maintain peace and order internationally. It was replaced with the “League of Nations”. After the World War 3 which was established on October 24th, 1975, with an aim to resolve conflicts between different conflicting countries. Since its establishment, it has urged 193…