Government – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Sun, 06 Jul 2025 02:29:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Government – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 ‘Peaceful Transition’: A History of Passing Presidential Power https://brewminate.com/peaceful-transition-a-history-of-passing-presidential-power/ Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:59:43 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=97209 How this ritual has highlighted the strengths – and tensions – that define the American presidency. On Jan.

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Congress Moves to Reclaim Its War Powers https://brewminate.com/congress-moves-to-reclaim-its-war-powers/ Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:40:28 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=160443 A new proposal also puts pressure on presidents to evaluate their foreign policy objectives more clearly to determine

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The Legislation of Lycurgus and Solon: Politics and Law in Ancient Greece https://brewminate.com/the-legislation-of-lycurgus-and-solon-politics-and-law-in-ancient-greece/ Tue, 14 Jul 2020 18:26:32 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=130709 Two alternative conceptions of government – a republic and an oligarchy. By Friedrich Schiller18th-Century Philosopher and Historian Schiller

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A History of First Amendment Cases, Controversies, and Texts https://brewminate.com/a-history-of-first-amendment-cases-controversies-and-texts/ Fri, 29 May 2020 20:28:49 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=126764 The United States Constitution has two important features that are vital in the consideration of its First Amendment.

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American Government and Politics in the Information Age https://brewminate.com/american-government-and-politics-in-the-information-age/ Fri, 29 May 2020 20:28:40 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=126742 Most political information still originates in the mainstream media, which are being transformed by new forms of communication.

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Imperial Examinations (Keju) for Government Service in Ancient China https://brewminate.com/imperial-examinations-keju-for-government-service-in-ancient-china/ Tue, 05 May 2020 18:22:16 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=124548 The Chinese civil service system later served as a model for the civil-service systems elsewhere. Introduction The Imperial

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The Limits of Victorian Federalism https://brewminate.com/the-limits-of-victorian-federalism/ Mon, 04 May 2020 21:17:48 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=124003 English writers found federalism attractive because it seemed a solution to the problems posed by Europe’s emerging nationalities.

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A History of Federalism in the United States https://brewminate.com/a-history-of-federalism-in-the-united-states-2/ Mon, 04 May 2020 21:17:33 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=123992 Federalism was a political solution for the problems with the Articles of Confederation giving little authority to the

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The Concept of the General Will: Writings of Rousseau, Sièyes, and Robespierre https://brewminate.com/the-concept-of-the-general-will-writings-of-rousseau-sieyes-and-robespierre/ Fri, 01 May 2020 20:14:43 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=124089 A comparison of the concept of the “general will” in revolutionary France. Introduction The concept of the General

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The Evolution of Federalism in the United States https://brewminate.com/the-evolution-of-federalism-in-the-united-states/ Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:32:25 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=123855 The period between 1819 and the 1860s had the national government and the states in a push and

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