How Identity Movements Shape Politics In an age of globalization and the rapid spread of social movement ideologies and frames, it is imperative to ask what are the result of such movements, and while analyzing the broad range of social movements may seem like a Herculean task, a closer look at identity movements offers a more conclusive answer. Identity movements use particular identities to group together similar peoples on the basis of social, ethnic, or religious similarities in a movement…

CONTENTIOUS POLITICS This paper should help people who already have a background in social science and/or modern history, not just to understand the dynamics of resistant movements, but also to help the systematically thinking about contentious politics – processes in which people make conflicting collective claims on each other or on third parties – as they participate in them, observe them, and/or learn about how they are happening elsewhere. We live in a political world and as a political unequal…

The Politics of Turkish National Identity ?Modern Turkish National identity has been shaped by events that have taken place in the region throughout its history. The formation of the national identity can be attributed to two dichotomies of political thought and culture. Some people want to keep in line with Turkey?s modern history as a secular westernized country looking to join the European Union; while others hearken back to the days of the Ottoman Empire and wish to make Turkey a divided…

I. Politics, Culture and Identities. 1. Describe and discuss theoretical models of political legitimacy, for instance Max Weber’s ”ideal types”. It is remarkable that in every group within any society that is based on hierarchies’ rules, they are dominant and dominated individuals. Although, in order for a society to function the “dominated” should be willing to obey the “dominants”, which requires legitimacy. This part of the exam work aims to present theoretical models of political legitimacy…

The political issues that dominated U.S politics in the 1850’s was the Compromise of 1850, The Fugitive Slave Act, and popular sovereignty, dominated U.S politics. Conflicts between southern states and northern states affected U.S society because of equality, race, class, and unity between the states. In the 1850’s political issues occurred during the civil war to avoid the conflicts between slavery and the north. For instance, in the textbook, “The Americans” by Holt Dougal, states that, “To satisfy…

possibility of living harmoniously in society between those groups or ethnic communities that are cultural, religious or linguistically different. Welcomes the cultural diversity and its starting point that no group has to lose their culture and own identity. The dominant culture has a consciousness of superiority over the dominated culture, showing attitudes of rejection, discrimination, and derogatory. Terms for what culture dominated in some cases sample submission or resignation as well as other…

In America, gun politics is definitely an issue that needs to be properly addressed and talked about due to the very controversial and tragic events that has taken place. One of the key issues that should be addressed are the federal laws in place for on guns and who can legally be able to obtain them; meaning, a thorough mental evaluation. Currently, the federal law primarily details how guns can be carried by any US citizen, permanent resident aliens, and non-immigrant aliens under the provision…

What do you believe to be the most pressing issue in global politics today? “Climate change is a large-scale, long-term shift in the planet 's weather patterns or average temperatures” . In 2006, Al Gore highlighted a problem hinted at for years, climate change, in his documentary The Inconvenient Truth, and this essay will explain why this problem is still the most important issue in global politics, despite receiving less coverage in world press. With major problems such as rising sea levels and…

This essay focuses on one of the most controversial topics in international politics. The question of when, if ever, is it acceptable for states to take strict and in particular coercive military action against another state for the purpose of protecting humans at risk. After the end of the cold war, this became a lingering issue in international politics. During this period, there have been many cries for intervention - some of them being answered and some being ignored. But there continues to be…

Queerness in Macbeth: The Complicated Politics of Gender Identity Saswata Kusari and Prof. Mahua Bhattacharjee Abstract: The thematic concern of appearance and reality is dealt with at various levels in Macbeth. This paper is an exploration of how the conventional ideas of gender and sexuality are subverted in this play. The paper would also seek to explore how the paradigmatic shift in the conventional gender identity creates a sense of queerness. Our attempt is to interrogate the play from an…