Category: Politics & Government 2182
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Letter About Whether Prime Minister Harper Justified in Proroguing Parliament, or Not
Following the ongoing debate behind the prorogation of parliament by Stephen Harper, the prime minister of Canada, I wish to offer reasons as to why the prorogation witnessed on December 30 of 2009 was not justified. Constitutionally, it is the prime minister’s duty to suspend the parliament after permission from the Governor-General. However, the reason…
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Urban Regimes, Sports Stadiums, and Politics in Chicago
Table of Contents Summary Evaluation Relation to My Topics of Interest Reference Summary “Urban Regimes, Sports Stadiums, and the Politics of Economic Development Agendas in Chicago” is an article written by John Pelissero, Beth Henschen, and Edward Sidlow for the Policy Studies Review Journal in 1991. Though the article is not new, it contains a…
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Levels of Government in South Africa
Introduction Most states have several tiers of government because there are so many different tasks that should be done to ensure that citizens’ needs are met. The structure of authority in a state is profoundly affected by its number of governments. The central issue concerns the division of different categories of government in their respective…
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The Local Response Capacity Concept
The term resilience refers to the capacity of a system, group, or society exposed to risks to resist the consequences of a hazard in an efficient and timely manner. There are many concepts and activities that may be taken to lower the likelihood that a disaster will occur. Nevertheless, a response can take many other…
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Legislative Matrix: Representatives, State and Senators
Table of Contents District State Governor: Ron DeSantis State Senators: Miami-Dade Florida House of Representatives: Nicholas X. Duran Federal Senators from Florida United States Representatives References District State Governor: Ron DeSantis Ron DeSantis is currently the governor of Florida. He was elected in 2019 on a platform that stressed health care as one of his…
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Blair Doctrine from Moral Perspective
Most wars involve land interests. The idea of war as a rescue of people in danger of a humanitarian catastrophe might seem noble. However, what are the criteria that allow one nation to interfere with another hiding behind the idea to help? In the middle of the Kosovo conflict, the British Prime Minister Tony Blair…
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Do Electronic Voting Machines Improve the Voting Process?
Table of Contents Advantages of electronic voting Disadvantages of electronic voting Impacts of electronic voting Conclusion Works Cited Electronic voting machines comprise of a variety of gadgets used to facilitate the actual voting process and counting of votes. In order to assess whether electronic voting machines really improve the voting process, there is a need…
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The Division of Political Power: From 1789 to 1820
Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion References Footnotes Introduction From the Declaration of Independence and till 1789, the U.S. experienced a period characterized by the development of government, legislature, and the division of political power. In the early 1790s, the two opposing political parties developed, known as Democratic-Republicans and Federalists. The latter were more…
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Firearms Types and Usage in Law Enforcement
Everyone knows that the most serious and grave crimes are committed mainly with the help of firearms. With their high power, hand-held firearms pose a considerable danger to human life and health. This aspect creates an undoubted public danger of incidents involving the use of handguns. That is why it is necessary to train as…
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Marxism and Jucheism in North Korea
Table of Contents Introduction Jucheism Juchesism versus Marxism Conclusion Works Cited Introduction In the principles of Marxism, North Korea should be a society that should not have classes like the bourgeois and proletariat which are characteristic of a capitalist system. Marxism holds the socioeconomic ideology that everyone in a Marxist society should enjoy the benefits…