public finance is the study of the financial activities of governments and public authorities. divided into three categories: a - Knowing what activities the public sector engages in and how these are organized (that is‚ revenue gathering and expenditures) b - Understanding and foreseeing the full consequences of these governmental activities c - Evaluating alternative policies. The positive side describes the activities of the public sector‚ explains the reasons of the programs in existence and
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Power/interest matrix At The Salvation Army we’re preparing for the future by transforming all of our hostels into Lifehouses. A Lifehouse is a place where everything is geared around residents developing purpose and relationships - accommodation just comes with it and isn’t the focus. For instance‚ our partnership with "Goals UK" means self-esteem training will be standard. Also‚ through our Animateur programme which is funded by the Future Jobs Fund‚ we employ young people from the job centre
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assigned to expenditure for principal and interest on general long-term liabilities”. Only general government long-term liabilities that are recorded in the General Long-Term Liabilities are serviced through Debt Service Funds. GAAP requires that a Debt Service Fund be used to account for debt service on general long-term liabilities only if (1)Use of Debt Service Fund is legally mandated (2)Financial resources are being accumulated for principle and interest payments maturing in future years
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Chapter-1 PUBLIC SECTOR IN INDIA (Overview & Profile) -1- PUBLIC SECTOR IN INDIA 1.1 EVOLUTION These included the Railways‚ the Posts and Telegraphs‚ the Port Trusts‚ the Ordinance Factories‚ All India Radio‚ few enterprises like the Government Salt Factories‚ Quinine Factories‚ etc. which were departmentally managed. 1.1.1 Prior to Independence‚ there were few ‘Public Sector’ Enterprises in the country. 1.1.2 Independent India adopted planned economic development policies in a
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2017 Impact of Interest Group and Lobbyists Interest Group can be defined as an organization of people who shares common objectives and actively attempt to influence government policymakers through direct and indirect methods. 1 A lobbyist is someone who tries to persuade legislators to vote for the bills that the lobbyist favor. There is a great influence of the lobbyists and the interest group in the process of lawmaking. Interest group and lobbyists play the vital role in public campaigns‚ through
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The interest group‚ additionally called special interest group or pressure group‚ any relationship of people or associations‚ as a rule formally sorted out‚ that‚ on the premise of one or more shared concerns‚ endeavors to impact appropriate arrangement to support its. Every interest group shares a craving to influence government arrangement to advantage themselves or their causes. Their objective could be an approach that only advantages bunch individuals or one fragment of society (e.g.‚ government
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“Interest Groups” U.S. Government POL 110 May 31‚ 2013 An interest group is a group of persons working on behalf of or strongly supporting a particular cause‚ such as an item of legislation‚ an industry‚ or a special segment of society (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/interest+group). Two examples of an interest group are American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and American Association of Retired Person (AARP). “The ACLU is a group that works with the courts and legislature
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“Interest Group Influence on the Patient Protection and Affordability Act of 2010: Winners and Losers in the Health Care Reform Debate” is an academic journal article by Jill Quadagno reporting the interest group activities that had to do with coverage expansions for the previously named laws. The Patient Protection and Affordability Act legislation included changes in state insurance exchanges‚ mandates on individuals and employers‚ expansion of Medicaid‚ subsidies to help low income people afford
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SECURITIZATION OF NATIONAL INTERESTS In the decades following the end of the cold war‚ the field of security studies has seen new ways of thinking about international security. Dominant paradigms have been challenged by academics unsatisfied with existing concepts‚ looking to explain security in a transformed and globalized world. Primarily‚ they sought to move security studies beyond theories that recognized only military threats as challenges to State security. One leading approach to conceptualizing
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Lobbyist and interest group in Texas are spending millions of dollars on food and beverage and thousands of dollars on entrainment. This is outrageous amount of dollars that they could be spending on something useful instead. In my opinion there should be a tougher restrictions and more strict oversight on interest groups. Interests group are more influenced over public policy with large sums of money for elections. The wealthy interest is more focused on other factor than what the rest of the
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