Getting the Insight Out
Feminist scholar Peggy McIntosh was the first to coin the term “white privilege”. Throughout her years in the field of women’s studies, she noticed that while men were often willing More
At times, aspects of the law can appear contradicting. While laws require the consent of the people, they also constrain them in ways that they would not prefer from an More
Suppose for a moment that you are a very staunch Liberal, living in the 1960s at the height of the Vietnam War. One day you encounter the Secretary of Defense, More
Max Weber’s theory of power was foundational in the study of power in political sociology. Indeed, he was amongst the first to introduce a social dimension to power. He defined More
On January 10th, the Minister of Treasury and Liberal Member of Parliament, Scott Brison, announced that he would not be seeking re-election in the 2019 upcoming election. By leaving a More
Throughout the course of international relations studies, it has been widely acknowledged and accepted that states are sovereign entities in the international system. However, the substantive meaning behind the claim More
The Middle East has experienced years of authoritarian rule. Despite modernization theory’s prediction that modernization precedes democratization, the Middle East has modernized without achieving democracy. The Arab Spring in 2011 More
A basic tenant of the scientific method is the criteria of falsifiability. Developed by the theorist Karl Popper, falsifiability refers to the quality of a theory that can be proven More
With 2019 on the horizon, MJPS reflects on a tumultuous year of politics that shaped the world for the year to come. At Home A turbulent year in provincial elections More
The state, as outlined by Weber’s popular definition, is the structure that has a monopoly over the legitimate use of force within a given territory. States regularly exercise many of More