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Democracy is an ideal that is widely respected and desired as the best way of governing people. It is transparent and popular way of making decisions and enforcing them. Whether it is running a country, a public concern or even a global sport – it’s an ideal that is central to how we perceive the world around us, how we are involved in it and how fair we consider it to be. Football, though, is about as undemocratic as could be. It is an oligarchy — Read more →
Compared to other sectors of politics and government, the fundamental process of electing public officers is still rather archaic. Everyone is sent a piece of paper telling them that they can vote and where to do it. They go to a physical polling station, hand over their piece of paper, receive another one and then cast their votes. All the votes at a polling station are then taken to a count where they are all tabulated by hand. Finally, the winner(s) are announced and the — Read more →
2014 is set to be a busy year in Scottish politics, all building up to a crescendo in September with the long-awaited referendum on independence. There are many other important events happening throughout this year; some directly connected to the referendum, and some that will indirectly provide an indicator as to how the Scottish public are being swayed by both the Yes and No campaigns. Here are the dates of the milestones on the road to the referendum: 23rd January – Cowdenbeath By-Election After the — Read more →
Download PDF Explore the differences and similarities between revolutionary and evolutionary varieties of socialism Socialism is a prominent political ideology, ubiquitous in modern discourse. Like all other ideologies, it is defined by a set of core ideals and approaches to various debates such the benefit of wealth redistribution and the importance of equality and co-operation. However, within socialism, there are schisms between those that take different stances on how to execute their socialist agenda – with some taking a ‘revolutionary’ approach and some taking a — Read more →
This semester, as part of my degree, I took a course that examined the subject of political ideologies, which dealt with how they are defined and how they have developed over the years. To those not too invested in politics, this area of theory may seem abstract and irrelevant. The more I read into the subject, though, the more I felt that the values of certain ideologies applied to everyone. Naturally, everyone has opinions. Whether they class themselves as political or not; if you ask — Read more →
