Political Science
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The present situation in Nigeria presents novel ideas for writing an award-winning Statement of Purpose. You just need to think and apply. Yes, your course is related to one or mo...
𧡠Why Ukraine Is A Failed State 1/4 https://t.co/nAPQ2crI82
John W. Burgess (1844-1931) has been hailed as the father of American political science. He also had some very interesting albeit verboten ideas about what the American nation re...
βΆοΈ Decoding Polity Syllabus β£ Must read topics for Polity and Must read sources. A Thread π§΅: https://t.co/b1bXcHAIpj
π In context of this article, let's understand the very idea of asymmetrical federalism π This 𧡠will be absolutely delightful for UPSC Civil Services Examination as well as State...
Why Symbols Matter: A Primer Julius Evola's 1928 essay, The Inversion of Symbols, has 10 key ideas on why symbols matter in politics: 1. First thing Communists did after winning...
One thing people misunderstand about demographic change in democracies is that the effects will be very different than what is claimed. The fear of the great replacement is that be...
π’The United States told a UN Security Council meeting that it opposed an immediate ceasefire in the fighting raging in Gaza. π’"While the United States strongly supports the durabl...
1/14 Because the $VIX is such a hot topic I figured I'd add it as a comparison to the 2021/22 $SPX top pattern side-by-side. We are watching a re-run of a distribution process th...
You keep running your mouth like a child with no substance to actually engage with. But I'm not done with you. Answer me the 3 paradoxes about secularism if you cherish it so de...
Thread. I finished teaching Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism last night. I shared the handout for week three on imperialism. Here are the handouts for weeks one and two...
Talal Asad's 2006 critique of the modern state's justification for the taking of life: "Unlike Walzer, I am not interested here in the question, 'When are particular acts of violen...
Qutb as a literary force is necessary reading for Muslims. His larger disocurse on Sovereignty however is mired in second or third order concerns about legislation and the symbolic...
Rather long thread: It's often believed that humour, sarcasm and irony are effective instruments of critique available in undemocratic environment. These are also believed to be w...
8 books to read on Palestine (a thread)
Around the mid 80s bizarre statements about the dangers of focusing on the prosperity of the country without considering "coexistence with the world" start appearing in government...
"LANDMARK ACTS that TRANSFORMED INDIA" A MUST know Thread for all UPSC aspirants . A Thread 𧡠. #UPSCPrelims2024 #UPSC
𧡠A very interesting way to look at US foreign policy β β6 distinct foreign-policy camps that represent the dominant strains of thinking on the U.S. role in the world. These camps...
1/2 Did the #transition of former #socialist countries lead to shifts in #family life course events? Billingsley et al. analyse #marriage, 1st and 2nd #births, and #divorce in 11 c...
Before we measure democracy, we need to have a clear and well-justified concept of democracy. My short-list of authors who I read and reread on this issue are Kelsen, Dahl, Bobbio,...
List of Useless courses to study in Nigeria Law Law Law Law Law Microbiology Biochemistry Philosophy History Zoology/Botany Wildlife & game reserve Agriculture Sociology Political...
Since World War I, International Relations Theory can be seen as a perpetual debate between "Idealism" and "Realism". This is well captured in the work of H.J. Mackinder. Time t...
Most Africans are still impoverished as they were during colonialism. Could it be that colonialism did not end? Could the current political systems be running the exact systems col...
The lonely millennials in the next generation to come? Will be far more susceptible to demagogues who promise them utopia and belonging. They'll be far fanatically loyal than their...
