short notes on poverty,inequalities,absolutive and relative Poverty is something which one can relate to “lack”.One of the great ecologist R H. Tawney also explains social inequality led to extremes of both wealth and poverty and both were dehumanizing and has compared poverty with inequality. On studying and visualizing inequality from sociological point of view; inequalities … Read more
A modification to the prevalent realism, neorealism took birth through the hands of Kenneth Waltz in the late 70s. Neorealism or structural extension of realism is a theory of international relations emphasizing the influence of world power structures on the behavior of states within the global hierarchical order. It deviates from classical realism in the … Read more
From Machiavelli to Morgenthau, Kenneth Waltz to Kautilya, thinkers throughout time have presented realism as an effective tool for studying politics. Realism is rooted in the primary concept of power and explains state behavior through it. States are the main role player in realism and are considered unitary rational actors. All other non-state actors are … Read more
In simplest terms, discourse is to speak about something (course or matter) which makes sense. It’s a language to express one’s own ideas and opinions through whichever medium possible. That is either verbally (oral communication), or non- verbally which includes sign languages (semantics). Discourse can be defined as “a dynamic form of social practice which … Read more
What is colonialism? It is a sort of domination policy through which a political party/ power of one territory or area, by force, tries to establish its own colony in another territory. Once the colony is set up, then the party seeks to expand its magnitude. But in order to prevent the colony from collapsing, … Read more
Dictatorship or Totalitarianism is a situation where a single person or political party rules the entire country. It does not involve any electoral process for the appointment. The person dominates all the subjects of the country or state which he’s ruling. It has fewer advantages than disadvantages Advantages Low crime rates. In a dictatorship, usually, … Read more
Social Stratification: Introduction and Overview A society where stratification does not exist is a sentence which will always be illogical and untrue. Now the question is what stratification is. A system which has been followed by society from a generation in which there is some kind of classification between people in the name of race, … Read more
