Politics of Maharashtra After India’s independence‚ most of Maharashtra’s political history was dominated by the Indian National Congress party. Maharashtra became a bastion of the Congress party producing stalwarts such as Yashwantrao Chavan‚ Vasantdada Patil‚ Shankarrao Chavan‚ Vasantrao Naik‚ Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sharad Pawar. The party enjoyed near unchallenged dominance of the political landscape until 1995 when the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured an overwhelming
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important components of politics namely- political party‚ interest groups‚ and social movements. . An organization or group of people working together to gain political power is called political party. People which have common motive or interest ‚ get together for influencing political process is called interest group. “An informal network of activists who seek to transform the values of the society is called social movement .”(An introduction to political science edited by RAND DYCK page 337)
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saving‚ health‚ cleaning‚ cooking‚ automotive‚ or whatever sub category it may be; and bigger roles that play in to commercialism are gender roles . Men and women have very different lifestyles‚ what they buy‚ do‚ consume‚ and produce. As stated in Gender Role Behaviors and Attitudes‚ “Popular conceptions of femininity and masculinity instead revolve around hierarchical appraisals of the “natural” roles of males and females. Members of both genders are believed to share many of the same human characteristics
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and gentlemen. "Let it be resolved that political dynasties be banned in the Philippines" Political dynasties are the building blocks of Philippine politics. Major political parties such as the ruling Liberal Party‚ United Nationalist Alliance and Nacionalista Party merely exist through alliances forged among powerful political families. Party leaders and candidates for public office are recruited not through a rigid process of selection within political parties but through traditional kinship
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Why did Stalin rather than Trotsky emerge as leader of the USSR in 1929? A power struggle for control of the Bolshevik party began after Lenin’s death in 1924. Among the contenders for the role‚ two of the most powerful names in this struggle were Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. Ultimately‚ Stalin was able to secure power and vote out Trotsky by being politically skilful and cunning however most importantly he was lucky. First of all‚ Stalin was lucky. Trotsky remained ill for most of the power
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NATION: “a large body of people united by common descent‚ history‚ culture‚ or language‚ inhabiting a particular state or territory” (Oxford Dictionary) In India we have….. • No. of religions • Diverse physical features - Dry deserts‚ Evergreen forests‚ Fertile plains • No. of languages (200) and dialects (1400) • No uniform civil code • Diversity of clothing and attire • Diversity in food habits • Numerous tribal cultures Emergence of a Nation - Freedom Struggle • • • • • • • Revolt
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COSATU General Secretary‚ Zwelinzima Vavi’s‚ Keynote Address to the COSATU International Policy Conference 16 May 2012 COSATU NOBs‚ Members of the COSATU CEC‚ Leaders of Alliance partners‚ Distinguished International guests‚ Esteemed delegates and Comrades‚ Allow me to convey special greetings from the leadership of the federation and its structures. We are gathered here today to soberly reflect on the changing global balance of class forces and imperative of how best to reposition the federation
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trajectories. One such new trajectory is the concern with national culture. Whereas traditional IB research has been concerned with economic/legal issues and organizational forms and structures‚ the importance of national culture – broadly defined as values‚ beliefs‚ norms‚ and behavioural patterns of a national group – has become increasingly important in the last two decades‚ largely as a result of the classic work of Hofstede (1980). National culture has been shown to impact on major business activities‚
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thought and action about politics and encouraged people to give opinions‚ critics and suggestions as well as participate in politics. Therefore‚ the social media is one of the primary mechanism in the political scene and capable of making political issues. However‚ it gives a negative aspects on political issues in which people may give wrong information and it also enjoys a positive function by spreading information across society quickly and enjoys freedom of speech. The development of new technology
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A Wikipedia article‚ or entry‚ is a page that has encyclopedic information on it. A well-written encyclopedia article identifies a notable encyclopedic topic‚ summarizes that topic comprehensively‚ contains references to reliable sources‚ and links to other related topics. Most articles consist of paragraphs and images‚ but they may also be formatted as stand-alone lists or tables. These lists or tables are also considered articles for Wikipedia’s purposes. Disambiguation pages‚ templates‚navboxes
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