The Clash of Civilizations, a theme whose very title connotes ambiguity and controversy. Samuel P. Huntington describes a civilization as "the broadest level of cultural identity people have short of that which distinguishes humans from other species." This definition alone has been the su...

Fruits and Flowers of Immigration Children seem to be the primary issue for both those individuals who are making decision to immigrate and those institutions that deciding on whether to accept somebody or not as immigrants. At least it should be so, because down the road the fate of immigrant ch...

Language is the very important method of communication in every culture. It is a very powerful element. And it is always misunderstand and misinterpret. As language and society reflect one another, so it is very important for the communicators to understand and respect the changing in the meaning...

Subsequent to the signing of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, a strong theory of a modern state emerged. The concept relied deeply upon the establishment of three principals explained by James Lee Ray. Obtaining a modern state depended on, first and foremost, territory. The image of a territor...

Nationalism is the theory of the nation-state, thus it has great importance and impact on society in the modern world. "Nation" is a sociological term that refers to a group of people who have a sense of union with one another. While the state is a political word that includes four elements; peopl...

Mauritius and Modes of Inter-ethnic Compromise Mauritius is one of the polyethnic countries that has the most peaceful and stable democratic.Basically the concept of the multicultural country is based on the balance between the difference and the equality and, most importantly, something that ever...

In order to fully examine the extent of any demise in state sovereignty, we need first to set definitions of key terms. Andrew Heywood, in his book "Key Concepts in Politics" offers the following as an outline of sovereignty: "The principle of absolute and unlimited power" (Heyw...