Tag: political science

The term Bureaucratia was first coined in the mid 18 century by the French economist Jacques Claude Marie Vincent De Gournay. By the mid 19 century, this word was used at a large scale to refer a system of administration that was run by the unelected officials.

The term democracy is made up of two Greek words " Demos" and "Kratia". Here "Demos"  means "people" and "Kratia" means "People". Thus this word refers to the rule of the people. This term was at first used by the city-states of Athens. 

The New Despotism is a book written by the Lord Hewart, Chief Justice of England in 1929. He described the quasi-judicial bodies i.e., civil Servants and subordination of Parliament as a result of delegated legislation as new despotism. According to him, this led to the evasion of courts and uncontrolled exercise of power by executives.

Lord Bryce described the American political party system as "Two Empty Bottle". Each bearing the label denoting the kind of liquor it contains. He said this because there are no fundamental differences of policies between both the Democratic and Republican party.

According to Max Weber," Bureaucracy is a system of administration that is marked by the appointed officials. Bureaucracy is a large group of people who are involved in running an organization but these people are appointed not elected.

Rober Alan Dahl was a Political theorist and Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University. He established the pluralist theory of democracy—in which political outcomes are enacted through competitive, if unequal, interest groups—and introduced "polyarchy"  as a descriptor of actual democratic governance. An originator of "empirical theory" and known for advancing behavioralist characterizations of political power, Dahl's research focused on the nature of decisionmaking in actual institutions, such as American cities. Dahl is considered one of the most influential political social scientists of the twentieth century, and has been described as "the dean of American political scientists."

The Greek Philosophers like Aristotle, Plato, and their disciples study the right and wrong or Good and Bad in politics. They were of the view that values cannot be separated from the study of Politics. They believe that it will help political philosophers to set up good political order.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization of 173 countries working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.