Political Science and the Modern State: An In-Depth Analysis
Historical Emergence of Political Science and Geographic Extent
Political science is a discipline that developed after the Second World War. There are previous studies on the subject, but what is called political science in the strict sense was not born until the mid-20th century. We emphasize two different deployment scenarios of political science:
- Western Europe: European political science is characterized by a greater interest in institutions than in political behavior, and it gives special attention
Mexican Economic Policy: 1970s Shift to Shared Development
An Autocratic Official Diagnosis and a New Development Strategy
In the recent history of Mexican economic policy, the last months of 1970 and early 1971 appear as a singular term. In the framework of the six-year, mind-repeated transmission of power to the president at the time, there was a sudden change of perspective. A vision that rested on the quantitative aspects of growth and economic stability was intended to transition to a perception that privileged the qualitative aspects surrounding the
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Political Systems and Civil Society
Political System: A set of political institutions, governmental and non-governmental organizations, played by social actors, with a certain capacity for power and limited independence. Political Regime: Formed by political parties, electoral laws, and forms of government. Forms of government offer the best institutional policy organization. Civil society, including economic and social actors from the media to the church, private and civil institutions, interacts
Read MoreMarxist Class Analysis: A Critical Review
The Legacy of Marx
The legacy of Marx. | Author: Eric Olin Wright |
Marx never systematically defined the concept of class. Most of his theory presents problems: structural mapping of abstract class relations, and analysis of specific short-term maps of classes as agents. The analysis of abstract structural classes typically shows a polarized map of class relations through much of the Marxian analysis of the capitalist mode of production. | |
The pressing political analyses of Marx are characterized by an abundance |
Understanding State Power, Sovereignty, and Global Politics
Power
Power is the ability to exercise one’s willpower over others through material or non-material means, not necessarily through force, sometimes through the influence of other actors. It determines who gets what, when, and how.
- Hard Power: Military, economic sanctions – threats and punitive actions that induce compliance.
- Soft Power: Culture, influence and appeal, values, foreign policies, and diplomacy, without coercion or tangible rewards.
Three Faces of Exercised Power
- Decision-Making: The power
Key Political and Social Terms of the 20th Century
Totalitarianism
A totalitarian political regime exerts strong intervention in all spheres of national life (political, economic, social, educational, family) by concentrating all state powers in the hands of a group or party that does not allow the actions of others.
Dictatorship
A dictatorship is a form of government in which power is concentrated in one individual.
Nazification
Nazification is the process by which all social, economic, political, or cultural aspects accepted and adopted the principles
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