US politics: lobbyists
A great deal of media coverage will focus on the National Party Conventions for the Democrats and Republicans, and students should look out for examples of what role these summer events perform. Do they give the candidates a bounce in the polls? Do they help to unify the parties?
But I thought I’d use this post to highlight a story I came across about the influence peddlers that are said to be such a corrupting force in US politics: lobbyists and corporations.
read more...»“Marijuana law goes up in smoke”
Say the Guardian in an article which acts as a good example of federal state relations in the USA
read more...»The big question: the Olympics and Chinese human rights
I am a huge fan of the Big Question series in the Independent. These articles condense the nuts and bolts of topical issues onto one page, and recent features have covered everything from illegal downloading to the history of Batman. The Indy usually throw in a few politics ones as well! Today’s considers whether human rights have improved in the run up to the Olympics in Beijing. As you will know from one of my previous blog postings, this was one of the promises of the Chinese government on winning the 2008 bid, but many human rights campaigners have been frustrated by an apparent lack of progress.
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