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Political Animal or Political Animals may refer to: A term used by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle in his Politics to refer to a human being; Political Animals (TV miniseries), a United States drama; Political Animal, a British comedy show; Political Animals (rugby), a sports team of politicians
This is a partial list of symbols and labels used by political parties, groups or movements around the world. Some symbols are associated with one or more worldwide ideologies and used by many parties that support a particular ideology. Others are region or country-specific.
The two animals, the Bald eagle and the Barbary lion, are also national personifications of the two countries. A national personification is an anthropomorphic personification of a state or the people(s) it inhabits. It may appear in political cartoons and propaganda.
There have been several instances of non-human animal candidates holding political office. In the United States, these candidates often hold honorary positions won through unofficial elections, typically in unincorporated areas with no official local government, although there have been cases of animals being elected to legitimate offices.
The Dutch green political theorist Marcel Wissenburg and the American green political theorist David Schlosberg [note 1] organised a workshop entitled "Political Animals and Animal Politics" at the 2012 European Consortium for Political Research Joint Sessions conference, which was held at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, between 10 and 15 April 2012. [2]
The 2013 Black Mirror episode "The Waldo Moment" explores the concept of a cartoon character electoral candidate.Several news reports, including one by Chris Cillizza, political reporter for The Washington Post, compared the 2016 Donald Trump political campaign to the episode; [46] [47] later, in September 2016, episode writer Charlie Brooker also compared the Trump campaign to The Waldo ...
The rise of the right remade the GOP—and fundamentally changed how parties operated in American politics.
An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory is the first book by Alasdair Cochrane.. An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory begins by discussing the history of animals in political theory before considering the approaches taken to the status of animals by five schools of political theory: utilitarianism, liberalism, communitarianism, Marxism and feminism.