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Modernization and Political Development. Modernization, in fact, started first of all in England as a result of the Industrial Revolution (1760-1830) and in France as a result of the Revolution(1789-1794); when America also started modernizing herself in all fields, then this process was called westernization. When the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America … Read more

Power, Influence, Authority and Legitimacy are among the most common keywords in political science. This Term is very Importance in human life. The importance of Power helps bring more control to your life. Importance of Power: The concept of power is the most influential one in the whole of Political Science. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle etc, … Read more

Role of Political Elites. Nowadays most sociologists, historians, psychologists, and political scientists have started giving sufficient attention to the study of elites because this type of class has played always a significant role in the working of past, as well as present governments. In ancient times Plato and Aristotle while maintaining the government and society … Read more

Importance of Public Opinion. Public opinion plays an important role in the political arena. This term, an aggregate of the individual views, attitudes, and beliefs about a particular topic, expressed by a significant proportion of a community. Meaning of Public Opinion:- Many people take public opinion as unanimity but, in fact, the public opinion goes … Read more

The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire and began during the First World War. Commencing in 1917 with the fall of the House of Romanov and concluding in 1923 with the Bolshevik establishment of the Soviet Union (at the end of the Russian … Read more

The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. Founded on 10 January 1920 following the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War, it ceased operations on 20 April 1946. Background of The League of Nations:- The horrors of the First World War made … Read more

The Unification of Germany into the German Empire, a Prussia-dominated nation state with federal features, officially occurred on 18 January 1871 at the Versailles Palace’s Hall of Mirrors in France. Princes of the German states gathered there to proclaim King Wilhelm I of Prussia as Emperor of the German Empire during the Franco-Prussian War. Germany … Read more

Unification of Italy by Rome in the third century BC. For 700 years, it was a de facto territorial extension of the capital of the Roman Republic and Empire, and for a long time experienced a privileged status but was not converted into a province until Augustus. Decline of Italy:- Glory Faded: At the beginning … Read more

New Ideas and Movements in Europe, also known as the Enlightenment, was a philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe in the 18th century. Centered on the idea that reason is the primary source of authority and legitimacy, this movement advocated such ideals as liberty, progress, tolerance, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation … Read more

The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, in the period from between 1760 to 1820 and 1840. Definition, Meaning and Features:- The modern age is the age of machines. We find machines of various kinds all round us in our daily life. These have introduced changes … Read more