Socialism Essay Examples

It is not at all surprising that growing up in the United States I think that the capitalist form of economy is best. Admittedly I have a bias because it is all I have known and I have nothing else to draw from or compare to other than what I have read or seen in…

On the dark of July 26th, 1856 one of the greatest dramatists in history, George Bernard Shaw, was born. George’s female parent, Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly, was a blue blood, while his male parent, George Gurly, was a hapless alky. Shaw had two sisters, Elinor Agness, who died of TB at age 20, and Lucinda French…

Why did the Warsaw Pact intervene in Czechoslovakia in 1968 but not in Poland in 1980? When conducting a comparative analysis there are several arguments that need to be developed in order to come up with a feasible conclusion. Therefore by using a three-fold approach I will be exploring the question of why the Warsaw…

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a strong supporter and advocate of the Marxist theory of government, was elected as head of the Soviet government from 1917 to 1922 after the overthrow of the last czar.  He left public service because of his worsening health conditions.  Knowing that his poor condition might turn for the worse but loathe…

Imperialism is the forceful extension of a nation’s authority by territorial conquest or by establishing economic and political domination of other nations that are not its colonies. In various forms, imperialism may be as old as humanity. In the prehistorical world (before written history began), clan groups extended their territory and dominated others, competing against…

How accurate is it to describe soviet social policy in the 1930s as a ‘Great Retreat’? Stalin’s early promises compromised of socialism and a life free from exploitation in regards to his social policies. However, he soon realised his error and reverted to a more conservative form of rule, whereby the interest of the state…

There can be little doubt when studying the political transition within Germany and Hungary that since 1989 there has been a change in ideology since the collapse of the communist regime in Eastern Europe and the reunification of East and West Germany. Nevertheless it must be acknowledged that the truly astonishing events of 1989/90, which…

Fukuyama, Huntington, Barber, Katzenstein, and Keohane all have diverse observations on the contemporary world situation. By comparing cultures, government systems and the general lifestyle of different groups, each of the essays attempts at summarizing the present-day day global climate. Although there is no one view that can completely capture the contemporary world state, Barber’s Jihad…

            The perceived decline in power of the United States as the reigning economic and military superpower has attracted great concern from scholars, who are interested in predicting the changes in the international power structure that the waning of U.S. hegemony will lead to. One of the most interesting analyses of the prevailing international system…

There can be no Liberty without Economic Freedom — America can have no Economic Freedom without an honest money system — one removed from the controls of the socially irresponsible private Money Creators. The problem facing us today is not the formation of a new political party. It is to inform the constituents of every…