Politics: Solving or Causing Society's Problems - a new course at Malahide Community School

Politics has never been more interesting! And, in Malahide Community School, a new night class in politics is being delivered by Michael Keating, former TD, Lord Mayor of Dublin and Minister of State.
 
This course is of interest generally – but also hugely interesting and relevant to anybody studying or teaching the new Leaving Certificate course, Politics and Society.
 
Entitled ‘Politics - Solving or Causing Society's Problems?’, the night class is a thought-provoking mind-opening examination of how politics works, who makes the real decisions in society, and how much say you have in the ways in which your life and wellbeing are shaped. 
 
This comprehensive new course - presented over 10 evening sessions - will excite and intrigue all those interested in politics and social issues, hugely relevant given local and global politics. The course comes with a weekly set of free notes and vital references.
 
Amount the vital questions dealt with are:

• Who controls your life and living standards - and what part do you play?

• How democratic is "democracy"? The good, the bad and the downright ugly.

• Who owns the world? Who really has the power in society? And how do they hold on to it?

• Your rights, your responsibilities and choices - all yours, or are they?

• Cliques, clubs, conclaves, and corruption - the patriots and the parasites.

• In a world where we consume more than we produce, does mankind have a future?

• Social and political theories of all kinds - the nice, the nonsensical and nasty!

• Understanding that "the law" and "justice" are different concepts - and why is that so?

• Does the State exist to serve you - or do you exist to serve the state?

• How the creation and control of money enslaves us all (or almost all).

• Are some political and social conspiracies more than "conspiracy theories"?

• Human rights and human wrongs - the extraordinary world in which we live.

• Does absolute power always corrupt? How political power is used and abused.

• Lessons from some of the most extraordinary political events of all time.

• What are wars truly about - and who really benefits?

• Do we need more laws and rules in society? Or less? Or any at all?

• Is more or less government the best government?

• What role does Ireland play in world affairs?

• How your government is elected and appointed.

• Things you never knew about Ireland's voting system.

• The media's role in shaping what you think about politics, personalities and society.

• Creating political demons: East versus West, Christian versus Muslim, "terrorism" and others.

• Does the "big brother" society destroy your privacy?

• And other profound themes of today...