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changes in a society could only occur with the contribution of the politics which would act as a medium to bring changes in the society. The ‘Third World Nations’, especially Africa, had the more impact of the transformation as compared to other Nations. The modernization of the country was the main motto of the politics. But the problem was that in an ethnic country like Africa, it was not a simple one to implement the European cultures. “A Bend in the River” was probably Naipaul’s highest and

ORIGINS OF POLITICS-ADMINISTRATION DICHOTOMY The dichotomy has been one of the most important concepts in the field of public administration. Even though for more than a century it has been the most debatable with ‘disreputable issues’ in the field. Svara and Overeem (2006), state that the dichotomy expands and contracts, rises and falls but never goes away, that is to say that the heat may wear off once in a while but the debate is always there and has never been forgotten, it is one of the primary

to achieve their goals by lobbying—that is, by attempting to bring pressure to bear on policy makers to gain policy outcomes in their favour. Interest groups are a natural outgrowth of the communities of interest that exist in all societies. Politics and interests are inseparable. The common goals and sources of interest

men. British North America was a European male-dominate patriarchy society in which women’s roles within society were limited. During the nineteenth century, men were considered superior since they had power and control over everyday aspects of life; however, women slowly began to slightly change the social order of society by contributing and influencing decisions on political issues. Despite this not being seen as the norm, for the most part, men dominated politics. Women were able to contribute

corruption is a significant problem in Africa. Many of the regions in Africa were seeking for independence from European nations that had caused for political views to differ. The ideas of leaders were not all similar which may have created a majority of these countries in Africa to express their feelings and form their own political parties. Besides wanting to be freed from European rule, the rise of political corruption could also be faulted to the African leaders of different regions of Africa

Mexican Political Culture As once put by Mexican Nobel laureate Octavio Paz, Mexico is a land of “super-imposed pasts” (McCormick, p.326). It continues to be and is seen as a melding pot of its European and Native American ideas about society, law and government. Its history has had a major influence on the political culture of Mexico, seen through years of revolution, violence and corruption. Mexico is a considered a new democracy, but there is a tension still seen between democracy and authoritarianism

The notion of state failure was introduced into international politics around 1990 (Call, 2008; 1491). Its characteristics are described by a few scholars, however, the focus of this essay is Robert Rotberg’s definition and discussion of the concept. As well as that, Charles Tilly’s criticism will be introduced. To begin with, according to Rotberg, state failure isn’t caused by accidents, but it is poor leadership decisions and leadership failures that gradually make the state weaker (2002; 93).

States. They isolated political theory from the behavioral political science. As a result according to John Gunnell, scholars under political theory was attached to the normative political theory. They wanted to learn and understand the politics or the practices of politics without methods of science since they were rejecting it, instead they preferred to practice the philosophical and historical process which the importance of values in research are highlighted. Though it seems that political theory has

a group of individuals. The prevalence of social media in politics has broadened the accessibility and availability to politician’s ideals, campaigns, and standpoints. It also has allowed politicians to campaign more independently to create their own self-image. Broadcasting this information on social media comes with the potential to influence power relationships among politicians, political parties, or those merely interested in politics. Communicating to the public

are imperative to a definition of politics, will be discussed, in the hope to discover a true and fair interpretation of the word politics. The word politics comes from the Greek word polis, meaning the state or community as a whole. The concept of the polis was an ideal state and came from the writings of great political thinkers such as Plato and Aristotle. In his novel The Republic Plato describes the ideal state and the means to achieve it. The word politics originally has connotations in