in this paper, the writer explores the effects of the developments in the conceptual atmosphere of the terms politics and power from modern to postmodern eras on the comparative political sociology. to do so, the writer first discusses how the denotations and the conceptual atmosphere governing the terms under study have changed. the discussion shows that in line with politicization of non-poli...

In this commentary, we review the growth of populist politics, associated with exploitation of what has been termed fake news. We explore how certain words have been used in similar contexts historically, in particular the term “enemy of the people,” especially with regard to public health. We then set out 6 principles for public health professionals faced with these situations. First, using th...

in his recent commentary, gorik ooms argues that “denying that researchers, like all humans, have personal opinions … drives researchers’ personal opinion underground, turning global health science into unconscious dogmatism or stealth advocacy, avoiding the crucial debate about the politics and underlying normative premises of global health.” these ‘unconscious’ dimensions of global health are...

Aristotle's Politics does not itself articulate any consolidated account of how the nature and scope of inquiry into politics are to be conceived. For that we need to turn to statements elsewhere in his writings, and particularly at the beginning and end oftheNicomachean Ethics. Adoption of this expository strategy is just one index of the fact that for Aristotle ethics and politics are not two...

Recent research on social psychology and public opinion identifies a number of empirical regularities on how people form beliefs in the political and social spheres. First, beliefs are flexible and can be relatively easily influenced, particularly in areas where people do not have significant personal involvement (Doris Graber, 1984; John Zaller, 1992). Second, social influence shapes decisions...

Two years after the uprising that forced President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali into exile, Tunisians are slowly coming to grips with the reality of politics in a pluralist system where opposition is real and the outcome of political contestation is not predetermined. The process is slow and somewhat uncertain, and it would be premature to conclude that Tunisian politicians have fully embraced not o...

the book titled “bases of politics” is the original text for students of bachelor of political sciences which is taught in a three-unit course. this compilation has been introduced as the best reference for bases of politics course and master of science exam. we first introduce this text and assert its assumptions and then evaluate and criticize in contain and formal manner and finally after pr...

After a brief description of a representative selection of power indices and a discussion of the notion of power in collective decision making, the paper discusses the modelling of power of an individual or collective agent as identified with the potential or factual effect the decision of this agent has on the outcome. It demonstrates that the distribution of power is crucially dependent on th...