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    102 Political Polarization And The United States "Democracy requires citizens to see things from one another 's point of view, but instead we’re more and more enclosed in our own bubbles. Democracy requires a reliance on shared facts; instead we’re being offered parallel but separate universes."- Eli Pariser. Polarization is part of life, from P.C and Mac, Pepsi vs. Coke to Xbox and PS4, humans tend to give an allegiance to the things they care about. In the past decade, the United States has seen

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    ASSIGNMENT STATE , POLITICAL, ECONOMY AND GOVERNANCE PAPER NO- 6104 ENCOUNTERING STATE IN EVERYDAY LIFE SUBMITTED BY-NIKITA KATARIA ROLL NO- 10564(MA –PREVIOUS) STATE  Different political scientists have given definitions of state. According to Aristotle, the father of political science, "The state is an organization consisting some families and villages. According to Woodraw Wilson, "State is a conglomeration of people within a definite territory organised by law". Professor Garner

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    State, Political Economy and Governanc HOW DO YOU ENCOUNTER STATE AND CITIZENSHIP IN YOUR DAILY LIFE? UNDERSTANDING STATE: The modern word state has been derived from the word “status” earlier employed by Teutons. It was Niccolo Machiavelli who first used the term “state” in political science. From the beginning of social life, mankind has lived under some kind of authority. The authority has varied in its nature and has exercised its

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    study of state affairs. A state is a compulsory political organization with a centralized government that maintains a monopoly of the legitimate use of force within a certain geographical territory. Other traditional thinkers such as Paul Janet and Jelineck also defined political science is a study of state affairs only. This means that man, the government and their relationship are studied. This is political science state centered. The authority and influence over society is held in the state alone

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    The United States is one of the most diverse countries in the world. When people look at public opinion they try to understand what the people believe about politics and policy issues. Public opinion is especially complex in the United States because it has lots of different groups with a great variety of opinions, and it is made even more complex by the fact that many Americans are not very informed about the issues, and they may have contradictory attitudes about different things. In a democracy

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    a common purpose of advancing their goals through political influence. These groups have a broad range of goals, tactics, members, and organization. From a governmental standpoint, interest groups generally have no real political power; However, as organized groups of people they perform certain actions to manipulate politicians in order use policy to benefit their organization. Throughout history, interest groups have swayed the United States in making policy since the American Revolution. It

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    What justifies political legitimacy in a society? By comparing the two readings assigned one can discuss the differences in political theories expressed by both John Locke and Thomas Hobbes. In, Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes, and in, The Second Treatise of Government, by John Locke different theories of political legitimacy and definitions of the state of nature are described. The following paragraphs analyze multiple different points that are imperative to understanding these political theories.

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    The United States was founded on freedom so we are technically supposed to have all terms of political equality. We do have political, social, and economic equality to an extent. Social equality for example, differs in states and with certain people. Things like race riots and killings of colors still happen today like recently in Ferguson. Our social equality has improved from the eighteen hundreds, but for for 2015 we could improve immensely. I do wish we had perfect social equality though, because

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    Media influence Political System Media has influence the political system many different ways in the United States. Talking about politics, it is very complicated because there are so many public opinions. Not knowing which candidate is lying or passing a bill and not knowing what is on it. Because most Americans own a smartphone, social media is so enormous and having access to almost anything. While Americans are on the internet, watching television, and listening to the radio or even reading the

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    Political parties in the United State are classified as a community of elite citizens who oversee the government in unifying voters by establishing policies pertinent to a group ideology. A key role of political parties is to allocate support for a major political party and aid in the supervision of governance. This is in effort to prevent the government from obtaining ultimate power and neglecting civil liberties and rights of civilians. The concern was enough to spark a catalyst within a nation

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