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The career that I decided to do my research on is a Political Scientist. I chose this career because it’s something I would want to do for the rest of my life. Politics has a great role in American society. As a political scientist you make the people’s voices heard and help up hold the foundations of democracy; whether that is as an elected official, or as an analyst helping senators make key decisions on a bill about to pass in their state, Political scientists make a difference.
History
The beginning of western politics goes back to the “Socrates” philosophers; which consists of Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle (who is known as the “father of political science”) Most of their most famous works, such as The Republic by Plato, investigates political systems in a philosophical way. During the Roman Empire, scholars would study the political system by understanding how to govern, and looking at the operations of government. Political science coming from both the Greeks, and the Romans is very important, because our American political system is loosely based of the Greeks and Roman’s system of government. After the collapse of the Roman Empire and the rise of monotheism, Studying politics became very popular in churches and courts. The question of whether or not church and state should be separated was one of the hot topics of the time. In the 17th and 18th centuries; during the time of enlightenment, Political science finally started to evolve into what we now call political science. Philosophers like Voltaire and Diderot; who had great influence on the French revolution, really drew on political analysis, criticizing social and political factors, and political analysis in their work. Alexander Hamilton; as well as other Amer...
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...ter today and a better future. With an education from Lemon Bay High School and Bowling Green State University, I hope to one day become a proud political scientist.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2012-13 Edition, Political Scientists, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/political-scientists.htm (visited November 17, 2013).
Political Scientists: Florida. U. S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 2013. Web. 17 Nov. 2013. http://http://www.careerinfonet.org/occ_rep.asp?next=occ_rep&Level=&optstatus=111111111&jobfam=19&id=1&nodeid=2&soccode=193094&stfips=12&x=36&y=6.
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Modern, American political culture continues to be defined by partisan politics. Themes of gridlock, the inability to compromise, and violently competing differences in opinion define the narrative of American political action and governance. On March 4, 1801 Thomas Jefferson delivered an inaugural address that pivoted around new partisan politics that defined the election of 1800. The election of 1800, between Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Aaron Burr, was the first partisan election of the newly formed federal government. The political environment of the 1790s defined the context of Jefferson’s Inaugural Address and created a lasting theme of partisan politics in America. Through an analysis of Neo-Aristotelian criticism a deeper understanding will be gained on the cause, accomplishments, and the lasting impacts of Jefferson’s Inaugural Address.
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Aristotle, Locke, and Hobbes all place a great deal of importance on the state of nature and how it relates to the origin of political bodies. Each one, however, has a different conception of what a natural state is, and ultimately, this leads to a different conception of what a government should be, based on this natural state. Aristotle’s feelings on the natural state of man is much different than that of modern philosophers and leads to a construction of government in and of itself; government for Hobbes and Locke is a departure from the natural state of man.
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What Is Politics On hearing the word politics, what usually springs to mind are images of government, politicians and their policies or more negatively the idea of corruption and dirty tricks. The actual definition seems to have been obscured and almost lost by such representations and clichés that tend not to pinpoint the true essence, which defines this thing, called politics. In order to make an attempt at a definition of politics a systematic approach is required. To begin with, a brief historical overview will be considered, to understand the origins of politics. Following this, different core concepts, which are imperative to a definition of politics, will be discussed, in the hope to discover a true and fair interpretation of the word politics.