Gender Issues and Political Correctness
- How are gender issues challenging political philosophy? Thinking about Power, Difference and the Meaning of Politics
- The Unequal Representation of Women in Politics : Issues of Power and Difference
- Ending the Private/Public Dichotomy : the Broadening of the Notion of Politics
- How to fight discrimination? Affirmative Action and Political Correctness
- A Legitimate Solution to Make Women's Participation a Reality : Affirmative Action, From Formal Equality to Actual Equality of Treatment and Opportunities
- A More Disputable Answer: Political Correctness (PC) and the Ambiguous Quest for Equal Respect through a New Use of Language
"Gender? is too often addressed to "women? whereas in fact it refers to the relation between the two genders, masculine and feminine. Gender is defined as "a social construct? used to differentiate men and women from each other besides the biological factors (see lexicon). However, "gender issues? imply the idea of gender asymmetry, meaning the overall domination of men over women in society. If this is of course a generalization, it is no accident if women are absent (or strongly underrepresented) in the political and economic powers in most countries today, including in Western Europe. Adopting a "gender-perspective? therefore means questioning "male power? and trying to understand why and how our societies are shaped by the difference between the genders.
Economic and political transition in Bahrain: Strong Rentier States and Strong Rentier Societies
«Introduction.. Bahrain - economic success fueled largely by oil rents.. Academic theories of rentier economies.. What sets Bahrain apart from other such econimies.. Joel Migdal's theory of state-in-society.. Beblawi's analysis and what he calls a rentier mentality.. Discussion on mutually...»
«Bahrain, often overlooked in both academic and media analyses of the Middle East, has a strategic importance hidden by its small size. As home of the American Fifth Fleet, Bahrain hosts a deterrent against Iran from blockading the Straits of Hormuz as it has recently threatened to do. As such...»
A discussion and analysis concerning sexist language
«Introduction.. Deborah Cameron's example of sexism.. The social reality.. Link between language and reality.. Creating a woman centred language.. Conclusion.. Bibliography..»
«One of the most important political and social movements of the twentieth century has been the drive towards achieving complete equality for all people regardless of race, color, class, gender identity, mental state or physical impairment. One area that has remained resistant to change is language....»
Social and cultural history: elites, the middle classes, and cultural change
«Introduction. World War I. Wehler’s Sonderweg. Social and cultural history. Elites, the middle classes, and cultural change. The industrial elites. How social changes affect culture. Conclusion.»
«World War I has been seen as the revenge of the 'Ancien Regime'. Arno Mayer argued there was a 'persistence of the old regime' because pre-industrial elites in France, Germany, Russia and Britain successfully resisted change. The argument is a restatement of Wehler's Sonderweg thesis, extending it...»
Border control solutions
«Introduction. Two borders: Northern Border and Southern Border. Controls and solution. Secure Border Initiative. Conclusion.»
«The United States is at risk. We face several issues that put our citizens in immediate danger. Many of these issues can be found by reviewing the topic of border control. Border control is a threat to the security of our nation. It allows illegal immigration to occur, drug smuggling and several...»