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7 Dec 2012
History reclassified as state secret: the case of Xu ZerongIn 2002, historian Xu Zerong was sentenced to 13 years in jail for leaking state secrets. The...
2 Apr 2012
Belief | Church | law | Religion | State | tradition | Faith | Law General | Morality | Political philosophy | Law | Religion | Philosophy
Many different religions have their own systems of rules and practices. These often cover marriage and divorce, bans on certain actions such as drinking...
2 Mar 2012
funding | higher education | role of government | State | university | Government | University | Education
Nearly every country in the developed world, and more and more in the developing world, provide free primary and secondary education. Such education is...
21 Feb 2012
European Constitution | EUROPEAN UNION | Federal Europe | sovereignty | State | Europe | International
Federalism is as a system of multilevel government where each level of government has a direct relationship with the citizen. It is distinct both from systems...
20 Feb 2012
identity | imagined communities | myth | national identity | nationalism | Nations | State | Culture
Nationalism is an ideology that involves the strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms (i.e. a nation...
20 Feb 2012
Culture | Education General | English | Language | Minorities | State | United States of America | Culture General | Culture | Education
The United States declared independence in 1776 against what it saw as the overweening power of the British crown regarding taxes, regulations, and...
26 Jan 2012
autonomy | Human rights | nation | Politics | self determination | sovereignty | State | united nations charter | Government | International law | Political philosophy | Law | Philosophy
Self-determination is loosely defined as the right of nations or peoples to "freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic,...
26 Jan 2012
civic duties | civic rights | Democracy | Government | Politics | State | voting | Voting Systems | Government | Political philosophy | Voting | Philosophy
In many countries around the world individuals are free to choose to vote or not to vote, while in other countries (Australia, a couple cantons in Switzerland...
26 Jan 2012
illegal immigrants | immigration | integration | Multiculturalism | Racism | State | Immigration | Minorities | Modern culture | Traditions | Culture
Multiculturalism is a somewhat nebulous term, and as such can be used to mean a variety of things. This debate, however, will concern itself with...
13 Sep 2011
Anarchism is an ideology that believes that the state is an undesirable and unnecessary. Whilst a 'descent into anarchy' can be used in modern language to...
