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Politics

   
Wow, "where to start" is always the question with this discussion. In this work, we are considering political questions much further than party ideologies. Though it's helpful to remind ourselves of the contemporary frame some of the political questions that are raised. 

Political conversation exists in context for every author, and the question of feminism is a political movement itself. (source -

Political issues can be raised with writing, and our selections are no different. Even if a selection doesn't explicitly discuss it, the positionality of the author's life still makes a difference. Oftentimes, writing is just one piece of work an author uses to enter political questions and debates, while sometimes the writing is activism on its own, dedicated to the dialogue. 

Reframing your 'Politics'

Let's take a step back, and consider the political spectrum writ large. This discussion is not meant to lobby political opinions and instead inform new possible perspectives, in a global context. The idea of a "new politics" that's needed according to Jacques Derrida considers at present the acceptable possibilities of the political spectrum, especially after the fall of socialism at the start of the 1990s. (Derrida) Free-market capitalism and European socialism seem to be our only big-picture options. And, the west has become far removed from the east politically with a greater general level of democracy than the majority of eastern countries in the values of .... (source from poli)

Define political system (source)


Some of the topics below are contemporary political issues facing most decisions on law in the west. They provide an easier to grasp link to the selections.

Marginalized Groups
Broadly; including homeless, minorities, and disprivileged socio-economically

Health Care

Universal health care has become pivotal to recognized definition of democracy in political science.
Montez, recipe book

Environment and Ethics
This includes questions of climate change and treatment of land rights and property development by government. Ethics on a large scale.

Global Debts and Economy
Economic system is considered partt? of planning any political system/regime?

Education


 

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