Nationalism is a widely held sentiment by the national population that places the existence and well-being of the individual people group, or nation highest in the often conflicting scale of political loyalties. In political terms, nationalism signifies a person's willingness to work for t...

A Totalitarian State? When Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist Party took power in 1933, a wave of terror was begun which led to the genocide of millions of people and the destruction of much of the European continent. While the reign of the National Socialist regime has been universally recog...

Explain the extent to which Germany was transformed into a totalitarian state between 1933-1945. The rise of the Nazi Party in Germany and their eventual accession to power marked the beginnings of a totalitarian state from 1933 to 1945. Under the rule of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party, Germany ...

Where does power lie in contemporary liberal democracies? In the industrialized "North," one type of government is predominant, that of the liberal democracy. But what is a liberal democracy? Perhaps the most famous description is that of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in w...