Tag: political science

• Patriarchal society is the society which values men more and gives ruling power to men over women.
• Matriarchal society is the society which values women more and gives ruling power to women over men.
• Gender equality is valuing both men and women rights equally in the society.

• All the above mentioned factors are responsible for miserable condition for women in India.

Census is a systematic of recording data of a certain population including age, sex, income earned etc. The first complete census was taken in 1881. In India, it is recorded periodically, every 10 years and is used for the planning of the sectors like education, emploment and economy.

The protest against water privatization in Bolivia was led by an organization called FEDECOR. This organization comprised local professionals, including engineers and environmentalists. They were supported by a federation of farmers who relied  on irrigation, the confederation of factory workers’ unions, middle class students from the University of Cochabamba and the city’s growing population of homeless street children. The movement was supported by the Socialist Party. In 2006, this party came to power in Bolivia.

The Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.A. targeted the equal treatment and granting of human rights to the African American who were being harshly treated and tortured and were considered inferior and slaves to the White Americans. It largely targeted abolition of legal racial discrimination against African- Americans followed by several movements and protests.

According to Gandhiji Politics and ethics should not be completely divorced from one another. Ethics must be a guiding lamp of the politics if a nation has to prosper. Ethical values like truth, honesty and sincerity puts nation before self interest and because politics is a determining factor of a nation's governance it must be embedded in politics.

The Anti Hindi agitation is a series of violent demand events took place in the state of Tamil Nadu during both pre and post Independence era. The first agitation took place against imposition of Hindi in Madras State (now Tamil Nadu) when teaching of Hindi in schools was made compulsory. thereon demand continues to make India an official language of India alongside Hindi when the Official Language Act passed to make Hindi a sole official language. then to supress the agitation, violence and protests English and Hindi were made official languages of India indefinitely.

In Nepal Democracy was restored in the year 1990 by the King Birendra. In 2005 this democratic rule was dismissed by King Gyanendra. Later due to public protest, democratic government established in Nepal in 2006.

Sri Lanka has unitary form of government where the national government has all powers. . Tamil leaders want Sri Lanka to become a federal system.