The United States is often referred to as ‘the melting pot’ because of different ethnicities and races that American society is composed of. Indeed, the United States presents an interesting phenomenon of coexistence of different, at least seemingly, cultures. Yet, it is important to understand that differences often lead to...
The 1960’s and 70’s can be described as a very painful time in American history. Black people endured a struggle against an oppressive government which supported the mentality of white supremacy. White people struggled against one another. One sector of white America wanted to maintain the segregation and laws that...
Every government has an obligation of providing full service to their citizens. Therefore, there is the need to provide enough reliance and trust through the services they offer. The public service delivery policy commissioned by the government in different years should provide excellent guidance and effectiveness to economy growth with...
Hillary Clinton wrote It Takes a Village [to Raise a Child] (Clinton, 1996). Those words are never more apropos than in the case of those with developmental delay and other special needs, whether physical or mental. In the recent article “The Role of Health Advocacy in Transitions from Pediatric to...
This essay compares and contrasts the 2016 presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. First, a comparison of these two candidates shows that they share many of the same positions on domestic and international policies. Both candidates share similarities in their respective political backgrounds. Second, a contrast between these candidates...
Given how much hopes were placed in the European Union at its inception, especially in its ability to raise the living standards of all those who had great hopes placed in the disappearing of borders, there is today only doubts. All that was once praised about tariffs, currency barriers, in...
The European Union is living proof that transnational cooperation and the creation of supranational political and legal institutions can be successful. Throughout the decades of its evolution, the European Union brought the underlying ideas of peace, prosperity and internal market to an unprecedented level of political and economic integration. Its...
The European Union is a continually evolving political institution that brings together a number of European nations coming from widely different socio-economic, political and cultural backgrounds. Based on the Maastricht Treaty, the EU was formalized in 1993with the hopes of achieving both political and economic integration. Since 2008, the EU...
The four vectors of legitimacy include democratic elections, leaders with expertise to deliver efficiency and make sound decisions, the ideological connection between leaders and followers, and social identification (Van Esch 225). There are several pro-legitimate and anti-legitimate aspects of the EU. The EU appears to have a democratic structure, with...
