Political theory

Political theory

Concepts and principles used to describe political events

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contraduction

Political systems; Democratic system

When a political leader of the left adopts a policy associated with the hard right, or vice versa. Often it is a policy that his/her own party would bitterly oppose in the hands of their opponents. ...

taxes

Politics; Political theory

A tax (from the Latin taxo; "rate") is a financial charge or other levy imposed upon a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a state or the functional equivalent of a state such that failure to ...

democratic centralism

Politics; Political theory

In the mid-1950s, Mao stated should concentrate on agriculture and light industry, which were more appropriate for an underdeveloped county like China. In terms of political and economic ...

radical Maosim

Philosophy; Political philosophy

During the early and mid-1960s after the Cultural Revolution, Mao and a group of radical intellectuals gradually developed a new paradigm of socialist development, radical Maoism. Institutions and ...

american exceptionalism

Politics; Political theory

American exceptionalism is the theory that the United States is "qualitatively different" from other states which stems from its emergence from a revolution, becoming what called "the first new ...

suffrage

Human rights; Equality

Suffrage is classified as the right to vote. Transcendentalists believed that all people regardless of race and ethnicity should be given the same rights.