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Federalism and separation of powers

In the American constitution, specific powers were bestowed upon the national government and in the tenth amendment of 1791, it stated "the powers not delegated to the United States by the constitution, nor prohibited by [...]
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  • Subjects: Social & Political Theory
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  • Words: 879

Public Administration in America: Grants to Help Homeless

In an effort to solve the homelessness issue, the municipal council of the city in conjunction with other governmental and non-governmental agencies concerned had the goal of eliminating homelessness in the city by the year [...]
  • Subjects: Diplomacy
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1191

Democratic Influence on Public Policies

The key democratic points highlighted by the wiles are concerning with the way the detainees are treated before the courts. The judicial process normally violate the way the cases are separated and dealt with by [...]
  • Subjects: Social & Political Theory
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 582

Ways in which people are guilty of George Orwell’s complaints

He affirms that while the bible would state that "the race is not to the swift...nor to the strong...but time happeneth to all", modern writers would say this: "contemporary phenomena compels the conclusion that success [...]
  • Subjects: Political Communication
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1726

The Role of Civic Leadership

Jeremy points out that a democratic leadership allows for cooperation in all aspects of decision making and that the leader's decision is not unilateral as he or she has to depend on the input of [...]
  • Subjects: Social & Political Theory
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1379

The Power of Free Speech

It must be noted though that despite the Freedom of Speech being a first Amendment right, subsequent amendments to the constitution as well as various historical acts such as the Sedition Act of 1798 and [...]
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1258

UAE and Bahrain in the revolution

It is worth mentioning that the above two principles especially Bahrain's membership to the GCC is considered critical and exceptional in the sense that as opposed to the other crises in the middle east, Bahrain [...]
  • Subjects: International Relations
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 826

History of Urban Politics

How the political machine worked and factors that suppressed this form of urban politics Political machines came about as a result of the poor living conditions amongst the newly immigrated citizens of the cities; this [...]
  • Subjects: Infrastructure
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 953

Forging a World Economy

The reason why the evolution of world's economy is best assessed through the lenses of economics, is that it provides us with the scientific insight onto the very essence of economy's functioning, as such that [...]
  • Subjects: Social & Political Theory
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 578

Social Analysis in Canada

The global trade and commerce has not been able to generate the economic growth essential for the development of the Third World countries, while the rich nations continue to achieve significant economic growth and development.
  • Subjects: International Relations
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1116

Privarization of Health

Despite the fact that proponents of a privatized health care system speak so passionately about it, Aguayo is opposed to the idea of privatizing the health care system for economic reasons.
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 3355

Basing Leadership on Ethical Principles

At community and civic level, the capability of someone to lead is usually based on the ability of that person to acknowledge the fact there is the positive and negative side of leadership.
  • Subjects: Social & Political Theory
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1069

Wadi Salib Riots in Haifa, Israel in 1959

Lijihart used the terms "Continental European" and the "Anglo-American" for convenience and thus do not necessary imply the geographical positioning is a factor for distinguishing the two systems.point out that, the social system and the [...]
  • Subjects: Political Culture
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3489

The Role of the State in Encouraging Economic Growth

Despite the call for minimization of the role of the state in regulating trade and other economic activities by proponents of trade liberalization following the demise of the Cold War in 1980s and 1990s,it is [...]
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2364

E-politics and Political Communication in Australia

The main aim of this study is to find out if the utilization of e- politics by politicians, as well as journalists has changed the nature of political communication in Australia in terms of its [...]
  • Subjects: Political Communication
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2815

Concept of Fallacy Spotting in Philosophy

Different people come up with different definitions depending on the applicability of the term and the nature of the situation in which the term is being used.
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 592

Equality of Opportunity and Condition Concepts

Explain the concepts of equality of opportunity and equality of condition The concept of equality of opportunity is founded on the political ideal that goes against class hierarchy.
  • Subjects: Social & Political Theory
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 606

Brazil’s Political Profile

The name Brazil is coined from a particular wood species that grows in the country and is considered to be the major export in years to come.
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1376

The US Midterm Elections in the Light of the Tea Party

Regarding the growing influence of the Tea Party movement in the United States, the results of the Midterm elections which have been recently held could be predicted with considerable certainty, since the moods in the [...]
  • Subjects: Elections
  • Pages: 14
  • Words: 3359

ASPA Code of Ethics

The focus of the ethical standards include exercising discretion to boost the public's trust, incorporating the public's inputs in decision making, and helping the public in their government dealings.
  • Subjects: Public Policies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 845

The Akaka Bill Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009

The Akaka bill is aimed at restricting the rights of native Hawaiians as they should be acknowledged as the indigenous population of the territory of the United States in accordance with the federal laws.
  • Subjects: Social & Political Theory
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 559

Environmentalism and Economic Freedom

This leads to the point of environment ownership, since the public thinks that the government is responsible for the protection of the surrounding.
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2376

Ancient Political Theory: Plato and Aristotle

Aristotle's criticism of Plato's the Republic in Politics II focused on political regimes and cities by stating in general that it would be a dangerous activity to leave the governance of a city to a [...]
  • Subjects: Political Culture
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2055

Welfare Public Policy Scope and Nature

This paper illustrates the scope and nature of problems facing the welfare public policy, its evolution, evaluates the policies and suggests directions that the government should take in setting policies.
  • Subjects: Public Policies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1665

Freedom of Speech in China and Political Reform

Although the constitution of China has the provision of the freedom of speech, association, press and even demonstration, the freedom is not there in reality since the constitution forbids the undertaking of anything that is [...]
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1387

American Foreign Policy in Middle East

The objectives for the research proposal will be to assess US foreign policies with particular focus on the Middle East, to discuss US foreign policy development and the people in charge of formulating foreign policies [...]
  • Subjects: International Relations
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3421

Corruption in Russia

The rising corruption cases have been related to the 2006 Russian president's policies that were meant to strengthen the state on the expense of the Russia's civil society.
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1375

United Nations Peacekeeping Operation in Northern Africa

The Namibian peacekeeping mission was successful due to "interests of the powerful states in the security council, the situational difficulty of the Namibian civil war and the ability of United Nations Transition Assistance Group to [...]
  • Subjects: International Relations
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2078

Profile in Ethical Leadership

The most regrettable aftermath of this occurrence was the death of millions of civilians while others lost their homes. This is because most of the mentioned sites lacked credible weapons that posed a danger to [...]
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 826

Privatization of the World’s Water and Wars of Water

Among the poor countries, the public sector is charged with the responsibility of managing ninety-seven percent of all the water and as such, the sector is largely responsible for failing to provide the more than [...]
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1175

Individual Rights versus Common Good

In the book: The Civil Society Reader, it is noted: "Among these powerful elite, the crisis of civic membership is expressed in the loss of civic consciousness, of a sense of obligation to the rest [...]
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  • Subjects: Civil Rights Theories
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1368

Making India Work: Summary

According to Gandhi, need, as opposed to greed, ought to constitute the foundation of all forms of consumptions and in light of this, he made a clarion call for suitably scaled institutions, that is, locally [...]
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1369

To Each Waste Its Dumping Site

This has always been done without the consultation of the people who are likely to be directly affected by the influx of immigrants in their country. The developing countries have been seen to be only [...]
  • Subjects: International Relations
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1157

What Led to the Truman Doctrine Announcement?

This research paper proves to the reader that Truman Doctrine played a part in starting of the cold war between United States and the Soviet Union, and later to other parts of the world.
  • Subjects: International Relations
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2424

The World Trade Center

All agreements of the WTO start with negotiations, even the formation of the WTO itself was agreed upon after seven years of negotiations, known as the Uruguay Round, to succeed the General Agreement on Tariffs [...]
  • Subjects: International Relations
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2214

Authoritarian-Minded Populism in the United States

Along with expansion of the military force, the obscured communication causing opacity and promoting authoritarian-minded populism are used by the US elites of modern era as one of the most effective instruments for controlling the [...]
  • Subjects: Political Ideologies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1650

Parties, Politicians and the Media

Political parties forward their candidates to vie for certain political offices and members of the parties are urged to vote for the party candidate.
  • Subjects: Political Culture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 574

Food and Environmental Hygiene Department

He also claims that the attendance book was left unattended and thus he filled in information in the absence of the receptionist attendant.Mr.
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 506

Martin Luther King’s Last Speech

He says that just like the biblical Jews who suffered in the wilderness, but their descendants finally reached the Promised Land, so will the descendants of the black people in the United States.
  • Subjects: Political Communication
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 729

United Arab Emirates Foreign Policy Towards Iran

Also it's geographical position in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula with its northern coastline on the Arabian gulf and its eastern coast on the gulf of Oman makes the country to be in a [...]
  • Subjects: International Relations
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1293

United Russia and Dominant Parties

Some of the most common dominant party systems in the world include the Indian National Congress which is the ruling party in India, the Worker's Party in Angola, United Socialist Party of Venezuela, Cambodian People's [...]
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2086

Functions of government in an economy

Government is defined as a particular group of people controlling a nation at a particular time and in which their manner of administration is structured while economy constitutes how government organizes labor, capital and land [...]
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 511

Reforming the Canadian Electoral System

As on one hand the electoral system cannot be the only reason the Canadian legislature cannot have diversity that gives a reflection of the country's population, on the hand this system "is far one of [...]
  • Subjects: Elections
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2164

The U.S. Foreign Policy in East Asia

Despite the provisions of the 1979 Taiwan Relations act to which the United States is bound it has maintained a fine line between the long history between the relations of these two nations and the [...]
  • Subjects: International Relations
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2793

Social Conflict in the Work of Marx and Weber

Due to the variations in the forms of power, there is usually the likelihood of manifestation of conflict. This essay seeks to examine the status of social conflict in the work of both Karl Marx [...]
  • Subjects: Social & Political Theory
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2190

The US energy diplomacy

However, LeVine explains that alternative energy in the US accounts only for a small percentage of its energy use and as such cannot be entirely depend upon as supplement to oil.
  • Subjects: Diplomacy
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1384

Power Authority and Hegemony

Member nations had given the United Nations the authority and this is a perception that this organisation has the power to change the world. It can be said that power is the number one priority [...]
  • Subjects: International Relations
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1573

American Political Parties in the Late Nineteenth Century

The democrats were considered to have been the faction that had not defended the United States during the cold war; thus they were regarded as cowards, while the republicans consisted of those who were the [...]
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 537

Canadian Federal Government

The fraud resulted from the arrangement of the government to defy the efforts of the party of Quebec, which worked to promote its independence.
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1812

Political system comparison between India and China

The major functions of the president include; powers to declare the state of emergency that allows the lower house to extend the five year term, chief legal adviser of the government and signing of the [...]
  • Subjects: Political Culture
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2461

Development and Globalization in Africa

With the advent of slave trade, the exportation of many Africans especially from West Africa led to the growth of African populations in America and the Caribbean.
  • Subjects: International Relations
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1876

History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The struggle is extensive, and the reference is also used in mentioning of the prior stages of the same dispute, involving Jewish and Zionist yishuv and the Arab populace in Palestine under Ottoman or British [...]
  • Subjects: International Relations
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1402

Middle East Peace Plan

The commission should be created which should follow the lawful leading of the negotiations between Israel and Palestine. The initiative directed at the elimination of terrorism in the region should be created.
  • Subjects: International Relations
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 525

Social Class and Voting patterns in Britain

In fact, people in the upper working class and lower working class tended to vote for the Labour Party while people in the middle class mostly voted for the Conservative Party.
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  • Subjects: Elections
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1930

The British electoral system

In preceding years the search for a conclusive legal regime to regulation led to the formulation of the representation of the people bill of 1917 which was followed by the endorsement of the alternative vote [...]
  • Subjects: Elections
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1372

Governance: Who Governs? Who Should Govern?

The main idea of this article is to explain that "governance is about managing rules of the game in order to enhance the legitimacy of the public realm", and the author does everything possible to [...]
  • Subjects: Public Policies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2697

Impacts of Global Poverty Resistance

Though global economy has raised the world productivity and living standards of the humans due to increased income, it has led to greater inequality within countries as evidenced among the less developed economies in Africa [...]
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1459

Civil Service System Explained

The Civil Service Reform Act was represented to public in 1978 in order to reform the civil service of the federal government in the Unites States of America.
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 836

Environmental Analysis in Norway

The factors mostly considered are the characteristic of the business activities, the length of time the foreign company has successfully undertaken business activities in the country, and the incorporation of the local subcontractors in the [...]
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3339

Summary of the Republican War of Science

However, on the contrary, Republican administration stopped stem cell research, edited global warming policy, and cut science funding leading to stagnation of innovations in science.
  • Subjects: Social & Political Theory
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 586

Republican War of Science

In addition, because support of such innovations depended on the importance the ruling elites put on scientific innovations; there was need for ideological changes as far as republicans were concerned.
  • Subjects: Social & Political Theory
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 754

The US and Japanese Constitutions

Comparing the Japanese system to the US one, the statement noted that while the executive government in the US was answerable to the president, who was in turn answerable to the people who elected him, [...]
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 15
  • Words: 3763

Leading Change US Army’s Need for Change

In addition to that, the team members underwent training to broadly understand the context of the change effort, the basic structure of the organization, and the basic reasons for initiating change.
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  • Subjects: Military
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2332

City Government System paper: Perris California

The municipal government of Perris is constituted to reflect the population size of the residents of Perris city. Thus the administration of the city is constituted to represent the number of inhabitants it serves.
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 578

Riddle Village Retirement Homes

The paper looks at the strategies to be implemented in the convincing retirees to sell their apartments and move to the Riddle retirement home.
  • Subjects: Law Enforcement
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2185

Religion and American Politics

On the other hand, the political interests of the majority shape the focus of philosophy. This book clarifies the role of religion in the fight for the human rights due to political changes in America.
  • Subjects: Political Culture
  • Pages: 15
  • Words: 963

History of the Non-Profit Sector

Such transformational changes necessitate a change in management and the general operation of the organization leading to the running of NPOs as for-profit organizations.
  • Subjects: Law Enforcement
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2277

Death Penalty and Discrimination

Since the dawn of civilization, it has actually come to the realization of many that, the just capital punishment of criminals is injustice in entirety.
  • Subjects: Social & Political Theory
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2320

Organic Food and Healthy Eating

The purpose of the paper is to offer the context that the government can work in to promote healthy eating. Considering that the US is involved in business with the rest of the world in [...]
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 3105

Australian Foreign Policy

For instance, Australia has used this label to advance its claims in matters of trade with the regional trade blocks; however, operating at the center of the most powerful and the less powerful, Australia's middle [...]
  • Subjects: International Relations
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1745

The Privatization or Commodification of Water

Borgmann argues that the driving force of the contemporary society is the aspect of commodification which is described as, that vital structure of modern society of the market which conveys a sense of moral censure.
  • Subjects: Social & Political Theory
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2586

Virtual Police Department

To start with, the presence of these constables changed how the laws were made and implemented in the department. The captains oversee the operations of the bureaus and also act as a link between the [...]
  • Subjects: Public Policies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2552

Corruption in Russia: Causes and Consequences

In addition, because of the clear connection between corruption and increased crime, security standards have declined in Russia, because of the ever-increasing net of criminal gangs, which evade the long arms of the law, because [...]
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1532

Islam Relationships With the West

The questions are the policy makers in the West should engage with the Islamic world, whether the spread of democracy in the Muslim regions stop the military forces that generates terrorism and the Western governments [...]
  • Subjects: International Relations
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1352

History of Nationalist Ideologies

The dominance of global politics and values by nationalist ideologies can be traced back to the ninetieth century, from the Romantic concept, "cultural diversity" and the liberal's argument that political legitimacy is only achieved from [...]
  • Subjects: Social & Political Theory
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1119

Death Penalty Debate All Over the World

However, it is again important to note that the essay on history of The American death penalty has not addressed some issues that are addressed by the essay on the sow death.
  • Subjects: Social & Political Theory
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1425

United Nations Global Compact

Hewlett Packard, in its undeterred ambition to providing cutting edge technology to the populations all over the world became a member of the United Nations Global Compact initiative in a bid to be in support [...]
  • Subjects: International Relations
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 868

The Death Penalty Debate in the United States of America

The punishment is believed to have been there even at the time of the earlier colonies of the United States; it as well continued to be in force within the states that came to form [...]
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  • Subjects: Capital Punishment Debates
  • Pages: 20
  • Words: 5442

Israeli and US Counterintelligence and Covert Operations

Legislation passed on the same in 2002 and 2004 further enhanced the turn around, charging the counterintelligence executive with the formulation of a strategy before availing information on implementation of the same to the president.
  • Subjects: International Relations
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2539

Public Administration and Private Business

There is an argument that the main aim of public administration is to enact public policies while the aim of private business is to ensure that owners and shareholders increase their wealth and net worth.
  • Subjects: Public Policies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2822

Role and Powers of Presidents

In the above view, the president has the responsibility to act in the interest of the public, ensure all situations are right for the interest of his people and make right judgments because they directly [...]
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 3054

Creative Industries of New Zealand

The NZ government has formulated cultural policies and policies regulating the creative industries and these policies have been related to the well-being of the NZ people and the growth in the economy of the country.
  • Subjects: Public Policies
  • Pages: 24
  • Words: 6517

The International Arms Trade

Key suppliers of military arms especially from developed nations to developing nations have established trade relations based on military arms in that, all economic aspects and principles are fully in operation and any form of [...]
  • Subjects: International Relations
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2828

U. S Postal Service

The sorting and delivery process of the US Mail service is highly automated to increase the efficiency of the organization's operations.
  • Subjects: Public Policies
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2183

Civil Liberty Restrictions

Both the first and the fourth amendment protect our right to the privacy but the adoption of the USA PATRIOT Act by the federal government have led to the violation and restriction of the fundamental [...]
  • Subjects: Government
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1117

Nationalism and Its Negative Effects in the Modern World

This is the difference between a nationalism of a nation that interferes with the rights of other nations as it strives to uphold its own objectives and a nationalism that is sensitive to the rights [...]
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  • Subjects: Social & Political Theory
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1944

Subvention Mechanisms of Non-profit Organizations

Social services provided by non governmental organizations usually target The aged Women The disabled Ex-offenders The disadvantages Since the above services complement the services performed by governments and most governments have subvention mechanisms to the [...]
  • Subjects: Public Policies
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 3322