Presidential rhetoric is an important mechanism to communicate to the public the issues that matter to him and his government. Most of the literature has found that what the President says has small or inconclusive effects ...

Recent strides in the scholarship on nations and nationalism have proceeded almost entirely without reference to the history of political thought. This neglect has been supported by the received wisdom that there are few, ...

Every concept of politics incorporates a theory of history, and every historical project incorporates some idea of political change. These connections are often implicit, however, and making them explicit reveals assumptions ...

It seems odd to write an essay about the political philosophy of an author who was avowedly apolitical. It is true that C.S. Lewis eschewed party politics. In fact, when offered knighthood by Winston Churchill for his ...

This essay introduces a contractualist framework that incorporates leading theories of business ethics into the grand narrative of Multi-layered Integrative Social Contracts Theory (MISCT). Viewing business through the ...

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The rapid process of urbanization currently swelling the poor urban neighborhoods of developing countries is changing local and national political landscapes. As the population of urban poor continues to grow--it is expected ...

This dissertation addresses core questions in the study of civil war, political violence, and social order. It explores three features of multiparty civil wars, conflicts that involve two or more insurgent groups and, ...

Social media, especially social networking sites (SNS) is an important platform for people to seek and share information. Its features of unique spread function, easy accessibility and wide content coverage attract more ...

Ever since Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer proclaimed that "the answer lies not in pouring more troops into the jungle, but in the hearts and minds of the people," common wisdom suggests that the key to military victory ...