Democracy in Africa

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   03/20/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « in government, and the way the media has opened African cannot just impose a western conception of All across Africa, political leaders who are seeking to be ...»

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Madagascar: A Country's Struggle for Public Discourse Through Media

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   05/01/2008   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : « of fully serving it listenership, it appears Western influence has and this is reflected in their media systems. role on the boundary between Africa and Asia ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Independent station Radio Say . Radio in Madagascar. Radio Don Bosco . Telephone and Internet access. Conclusion. References....»

International political sociology

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   12/04/2008   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : « and affected by the mass media, especially television the Caribbean, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia have been peripheral to Western (Enlightenment) influence ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Growing and nurturing the field.. Mapping the field.. Lipset's Democratization hypothesis.. Lipset and Rokkan's Frozen Cleavage hypothesis.. Skocpol brings In the state.. Political sociology at the crossroads and into the future.. At...»

Western-style Democracy and non-Western religions - the case of Islam

Political science   |   Political science   |   Term papers   |   03/12/2007   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « and political rights, of freedom of media and of no means a democratic paradise by Western standards, it In sub-Saharan Africa such poor countries as Senegal ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Compatibility of western style democracy with non-western religions. Religious traditions . Compatibility between the Islamic traditions and precepts and the western-style democracy . The dynamics of democratization in Muslim...»

The African Union and the Darfur crisis: Stakes, results and prospects

Political science   |   Political science   |   Term papers   |   05/17/2009   |   .doc   |   11 pages
Document abstract : « in 1956, Darfur, situated in the western part of the a heavy civil war in Africa - and featured a great importance, the international media became interested ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Peacemaking in Darfur: An important stake for the African Union. The African Union as the principal governmental actor in Darfur. A major stake for the African Union. The African Union Mission in Sudan: A too ambitious operation for...»

Humanitarian intervention is merely a pretext for states national interests

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   01/20/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « without the involvement of the media, the situation world, since NGOs are mainly western organizations. Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa, Boston, Houghton ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The intervention engaged in 1999 by the United States in the Serbian province of Kosovo, . The normative theory.. Concepts related to the norms in humanitarian intervention.. The case of media pressure and public opinion.. Arguments...»

Towards a democratisation of the Middle-East?

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « and the rest of the North Africa as belonging Among other factors, this liberalization of the media entailed a can find in the most advanced Western democracies ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The explanation of Middle-East.. Problems and questions to be answered.. Regional features that can have a direct or indirect influence on the democratisation of the region.. The factors leading towards democracy.. Theoretical...»

Was the Macmillan government's decision to apply for membership of the European Communities the product of Britain's declining global status?

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   04/02/2007   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « The British media even proudly referred to the United In March 1961, South Africa was to leave the development of deep links with Western Europe, particularly ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Why Britain rejected involvement in the 1957 Treaty of Rome. The Suez crisis of 1956. The narrow relationship with America. The breaking of the British Empire. The growing isolation of Britain. The decline of Commonwealth relations and...»

Cuba: Prospects for democracy

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   07/30/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « After 1520, black slaves from Africa were imported and to US hegemony in the western hemisphere and The media and other independent means of communication, may ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Colonial past and the struggle for independence.. The Cuban Revolution.. Lack of democratization and prospects for democracy.. Conclusion.....»

Nation-state and globalization

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   02/20/2007   |   .doc   |   11 pages
Document abstract : « developing countries such as Sub-Saharan Africa and South we are consumers from the Western world, workers pictures from faraway lands, the media have helped ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Economic Globalisation and the Role of the State. The role of the nation state under the modern form of economic globalisation . Globalisation: Not an irreversible structural evolution. Structuralist argument concerned with recent...»

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