Political Science



Political Science

Assignment 1

Indicators to Measure Political Development

Political development is based on four pillars that are economic, social, environmental and global governance, which must be mutually reinforcing. The economic, social and environmental policies must all be considered and coordinated way and taken into account at the time of development and adoption. Other than these indicators, democratic indicators also play a significant role to measure the development in politics such as minority voting rights, female parliamentary quota. In addition, government and economic efficiency is also important such as GDP (Gross Domestic Product), protection of investors, trade across borders, economic freedom, and other related variables. Political stability and violence is also very significant measure of political development because it shows the increase or decrease in black markets, permanence of regime type, political stability, and terrorism incidents (Gurr 1994).

If the discussions on the measurement of political development are most often a technical aspect, this should not obscure technical issues related to the measure. The direction and content of these measures is not neutral. Their political, ideological and social are essential. The universalism of the measurement methods, data comparability, and the articulation of analytical and statistical concepts are examined in relation to countries and regions. These are questions that are central to the proposed exchange and discussions around a few key issues. Some figures are produced today by using tools more modern log out or away, the result of his initial observation, such as simulation data. These approaches, among others, raise questions about the distance between the real world and the world built by the quantitative representations.

Assignment 2

Chapter 3: Question 1

The question selected from the Handelman book is what would you think are the major disadvantages of having a close link between church and state? What are possible advantages?

A too close cooperation is able to create abuses and conflicts between political parties and religion. Therefore, there must be a complete separation that prevents the church partner to be present in the life of society and deprive the society and state of a significant contribution. It is possible that a member of the politically active church should be avoided while talking to the various parties. For this reason, the official presence of the clergy in election campaigns is prohibited. It is done to defend the representative of the Church and the interests of the Church and not for private purposes. Priests can also have personal, political beliefs, but not allowed to recommend it as a sacred value. The political message is the recommendation of civic duties that are limited (Haynes 2006).

Christians should not be different people in public life because they have to have an impact on the society through their identity. Religious leaders in Parliament have to express their opinions and try to make a Christian, to give the various laws. You cannot express their feelings only by sermons and protest marches. However, there are two conditions. On the one hand, it is necessary to know exactly which affect the allowable limits, without trying ...