Scrutiny of government can be defined as any activity that involves examining (and being prepared to challenge) the expenditure‚ administration and policies of the government of the day. The leader of the House of Commons‚ Robin Cook stated ’Good scrutiny makes for good government’. It often comprises scrutinising the wider context in which government is working. To examine and challenge the work of government is normally understood to be one of the three primary roles of Parliament‚ the rest of
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The Role and Responsibility of a Centralized Government of Control The birth and origin of a centralized government of control‚ or simply‚ a force that embraces as one‚ a body of living things and maintains stability and order within them can be stretched back to the earliest days of man. As Jean-Jacques Rousseau states in The Origin of Civil Society‚ “the earliest [and still intact] form of government is the family” (59)‚ where the
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Urban Slums: Reason for Concern? The definition of a slum varies from one form to another depending on the background or country from which an individual comes from. Someone from a rich country may define slums as old run-down buildings‚ whereas someone from a poor country will define slums as un-serviced haphazard constructions. The universal definition of a slum as found in the dictionary is said to be a heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and filth. Slums are seen
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Urban geography Urban geography is a branch of human geography concerned with various aspects of cities. An urban geographer’s main role is to emphasize location and space and study the spatial processes that create patterns observed in urban areas. To do this‚ they study the site‚ evolution and growth‚ and classification of villages‚ towns and cities as well as their location and importance in relation to different regions and cities. Economic‚ political and social aspects within cities are also
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heading “Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Development” at City Campus‚ University of Technology Sydney‚ Australia. Urban agriculture is probably as old as our cities‚ but never received much attention from the aspect of planning and governance till now. Urban Agriculture‚ the “integration” of farming into the urban economic and ecological system and also embedded in and interaction with the urban ecosystem such linkages includes the use of urban residents as laborers‚ use of typical urban resources
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Derek Morris Mrs. Badiuk American Government 4 February 2013 Mrs. Badiuk’s Dilemma As your defense attorney I plan to prove your innocence. After reading the statement from that night I noticed many rights were violated. First I noticed that the police violated the 5th amendment when they beat you until you admitted to the crime. The 5th amendment protects all people from self-incrimination‚ and that is what happened to you. Also by setting the bail to $25‚000 the 8th amendment was violated
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introduce three main urban planning issues: 1. Overcrowding. 2. Transportation. 3. Safety. Overcrowding: Population rate is different from a city to another due many factors‚ however; its growth continues to increase day by day which creates overcrowding. According to the urban planner Le Corbusier‚ in his dream city that mainly contains skyscrapers created a population density and increased the issue of overcrowding‚ on the other hand these high buildings occupy only 12% of the land and
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Running Head: URBAN OUTIFTTERS Urban Outfitters Continuing Case Study Introduction to Business- BUS 100 24 October 2010 1. Identify at least three challenges when setting up a business. Explain why they are challenges. First off you should consider "Is there really a need for your new business?"(McNamara‚ 2002). Market research should first be conducted even at the lowest level. If I drive around my neighborhood and there are already several Mexican food establishments‚ do I really need
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The paper focuses on the development of „dark“ tourism as a type of special interest tourism. The study included analysis of the definition of „dark“ tourism‚ tourist motivations for this type of tourism‚ Stone ’ s typology of dark destination offers‚ and a portion is devoted to the role of „dark“ tourism in contemporary society. Also there are important „dark“ tourism destinations in the world as an example of this type of tourism development. The work includes a reference to the promotion of
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DISCOVERY EXERCISE 12 THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR EDUCATION POLICY. In England the borough councils are the local authorities responsible for education. Local Education Authorities (LEA) has responsibilities towards schools in their areas. Some of their responsibilities are as follows: 1. They are responsible for distribution and monitoring of funding for the schools – the method of calculation of school’s budgets is called Fair Funding. Most maintained schools receive
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