You are a lobbyist for an issue that you find important. For example, you would like to see the banning of smoking in federal buildings (Note: This policy has already been enacted.) You are going to make an informational pamphlet to highlight your points to prominent members of Congress. Research members of Congress that you will target in your lobbying. Explain why these members are […]

Globalization and ChangePrepare: Read Chapters 8, 9, and 10 of the course text. Reflect: As we have determined in previous lessons, the different IR perspectives offer unique insights into the phenomenon of globalization. For example, from a realist perspective, the source of globalization lies with the influential states that shape the international system. For the liberal perspective, certain types of technological and economic developments have driven the […]

Discussion Board Question 3: The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane season was the most active in history with 30 named storms, 13 reaching hurricane status and 12 making landfall in the United States breaking the previous record in 2005 of 27 named storms. The only year on record to come remotely close to either was 1933 with 21 named storms. 2005 and 2020 were also two of […]

In the last few years, democratic recession has been particularly troubling in the Andes as populist parties/leaders have emerged in response to the public’s frustration and discontent with weak democratic institutions and performance and increasing dissatisfaction with corrupt and incompetent government. In Peru, for example, there have been five presidents in the last 3 years with the last six presidents accused of corruption. Populism became […]

In this assignment, you have the opportunity to practice the citizenship skills of critical reading, writing, thinking, and political vision. Theme 4: Ideas About Equality and Liberty Do you see the biblical, republican, liberal, and democratic themes at work? How do these themes give different meanings to the terms “equality” and “liberty?” Where do you see a tension or even contradiction between liberty and equality? […]

This section includes two very influential theoretical perspectives, the English School and Constructivism, with their particular focus on order, rules, and the role of ideas and the agentstructure debate (particularly in relation to constructivism) in international relations. In addition to the chapters in Viotti & Kauppi, there are several additional articles by some of the leading theorists of the “English School”, such as Hedley Bull […]

Hi guys, I need to write a response paper to an article. The article is about International Relations Theory, in 101 class. I need to write a response paper to the selected reading on pages 254-259, the article titled The Law of Nations on War, Peace, and Freedom of the Seas. You may study lectures in the book also if you need them. A response […]

My research topic is South Africa. In my paper i have to analyze the democratic end of apartheid in 1994 in South Africa. The research paper should focus on the issues of apartheid era and inequality in economic development. How did colonialism affected apartheid? What are the non-economic considerations for inequality in South Africa? What are the barriers to economic development reducing inequality? How effectively/ […]

 research paper (8-page, 12 point font, double spaced) required for this course. For this paper students will select one current political issue related to one of the sub-fields of Political Science (political theory, comparative politics, international relations, public policy/administration, or American government) and conduct research on that issue that apples the knowledge gained in the course to critically analyze a political topic. Critical thinking is […]

One of the ways that Europe became more united in the last decade of the 20th century was by  The Maastricht Treaty.  This conference was held in the Netherlands in 1991 and one of the things that were agreed on was a single currency called a “Euro” (Shubert, Goldstein, 2012).  The countries in the European Union felt that this single currency would be beneficial for […]