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Critical Infrastructure and Its Characteristics

Introduction The expression critical infrastructure refers to the assets of physical and logical systems required for economic and government minimal functioning. Critical means essential, assessed, examined, at or near a tipping point. Infrastructure is the overall word for a company, region, or nation’s core physical infrastructure. According to CISA, “critical...

Government Policies Against Inequality

Inequality is an issue with a long history taking its roots thousand years ago. As the societies started growing in population, the inequality based on gender or race started occurring. The government as a source of legislative power must take action in order to minimize inequality and provide equal opportunity...

Police Corruption and Tampering With Evidence

Introduction Police corruption has become rampant over the past decade as many departments and countries globally struggle with the vice. Police corruption is grave misconduct as the officers abuse their power for personal gain. Police corruption hinders the public from getting the required service from the disciplined officers and taints...

Informing State Policymakers: Opportunities for Social Workers

It sometimes happens that policy advocates try to promote a positive change but face oppression from policymakers. Various reasons can make politicians oppose proposals, but the current post focuses on how it is possible to overcome this resistance. In particular, if I were to communicate the needs of vulnerable populations,...

Evaluation of UN Effectiveness

However, in recent years, the effectiveness of the UN has been called into question and greatly criticized. The criticism mainly addresses the UN’s inability to solve civil war-related problems and inappropriate use of resources. Although there are multiple obstacles to the UN’s effectiveness, the UN makes all the possible efforts...

Ross Perot’s Impact on American Politics

Introduction It is a rare case in US history that a third-party presidential candidate received a large share of public votes. On July 9, 2019, the story of one such man, Ross Perot, ended as he died from leukemia at the age of 89 (McFadden, 2019). Ross Perot is famous...

Application of Logic in the Works of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was a famous politician, scientist, and writer, and he is known as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He played a significant role in the period of the American Enlightenment and made a substantial contribution to physics, history, literature, and other fields. A scientific part...

Populism and the Rise of Democracy: The Benefits of Populistic Ideas

Introduction The notion of populism occupies a significant place in political science and is often included in discussions regarding democracy. Various authors suggest different connections between these concepts, which range from populism providing support to democracy to threatening it. Although the populistic ideology is generally referring to the necessity to...

Social Media’s Role in Elections

Enli, Gunn S., and Hallvard Moe. “Political Networks on Twitter: Tweeting the Queensland State Election Axel Bruns and Tim Highfield.” Social Media and Election Campaigns: Key Tendencies and Ways Forward, Routledge, 2017. The book chapter focuses on Twitter activities covering the politics of Australian Queensland State elections. The author provides...

How Did Flora Shaw Promote Imperial Policies in Nigeria?

Flora Shaw was born in Woolwich, the child of a Royal Artillery captain. When Flora was in Woolwich in 1870, she attracted the consideration of John Ruskin, who had just been elected educator of fine art at Oxford (Nupur & Strobel, 1992). The subject of Ruskin’s first lecture was imperial...