PUBLIC AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN PROCESS DEVELOPMENT ACHIEVEMENT: ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES 1.0 INTRODUCTION PUBLIC AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION A definition of participation: for the purposes of this note a useful definition of public or community participation is that adopted by Stoker (1997) for ‘political participation’ (following Parry et al‚ 1992): members of the public ‘taking part in any of the processes of formulation‚ passage and implementation of public policies’. This is a wide-ranging
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to effectively cater to target groups and unchanging poverty levels (Tony Addison 2008). This essay focuses on advantages and drawbacks of micro-credit schemes. Advantages of Micro-Credit Micro-credit scheme is not only to allow the poor obtaining an opportunity to change their lives but also to improve the economic conditions in our society. Firstly‚ the most and important advantage towards micro-credit is that it gives the poor an opportunity to loan a small amount of money. Nowadays‚ financial
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are not of the same meaning. The original meaning of democracy is the rule by the poor or by the rabble. Aristotle had a clear argument stating that a rich majority would not be able to govern fairly (Arblater‚ 2002). This essay aims to identify advantages of modern democracy-based governments‚ such as equality for men and women‚ free press and media and totalitarianism as well as provide criticism in terms of the two systems. Democracy has become the subject of various debates‚ with the supporters
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and poor white men migrated from the North to the South in the search for jobs and opportunities. Depending on a person’s status‚ race or color‚ many were benefiting from the reconstruction and many were at the disadvantage. African Americans who were former slaves were at the disadvantages. They struggle because of Lincoln’s assassination‚ the KKK and the Black Codes. To start‚ when the thirteenth Amendment was passed on January 31‚ 1865‚ many African American slaves were free. The fourteenth amendment
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Recreation is as much necessary for healthy growth as work. Life will be dull and unpleasant if there is no occasional amusement to cheer it up. Therefore‚ from the earliest limes recreation in different forms has been introduced in healthy and civilized society. Dance‚ drama‚ singing‚ puppet show and various other forms of entertainment have found favour with the people. Today life of man has grown complex‚ full of worries‚ cares and anxieties. The mechanized Way of life has bred monotony‚ therefore his
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Technology This paper will discuss the pros of the use of stun guns and patrol car videos. This form of technology is being used every day by law enforcement agencies around the world. They are continuingly striving to make stun guns and surveillance cameras better. Patrol car videos have caught numerous illegal events by police and suspect that have committed a crime. Police stun guns and patrol car videos are very important to all law enforcement agencies. Law
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Introduction The purpose of this essay is to achieve better insight into the different methods of conducting real-life public relations nowadays. Theoretically‚ several models have been developed to categorize the different types of PR practice/practitioners; analyzing the usage of these models by PR professionals will reveal the extent to which they are valid in real life. Because these models deal with the communication-flow involved in PR‚ the essay will begin with a basic outline
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Another disadvantage Judith had to endure was the inability to make her own decisions‚ including but not limiting‚ rights to the money which she had collected‚ and the husband in which she would marry. Woolf expresses the weight of Judith’s opinion about her marriage‚ “Soon‚ however‚ before she was out of her teens‚ she was to be betrothed to the son of a neighboring wool-stapler.”(47). Woolf explains what would happen if Judith were to refused the arranged marriage‚ “the daughter who refused to
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Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of budgeting as a system of organisational control. A budget is a short-term financial plan of income and expenses expected over a certain period of time (usually one year) used to achieve a businesses objective. Budgeting can be useful for exercising control over a business because of its nature as a representation of a plan. Control is generally viewed as making events conform to a plan. As a budget is represented as a plan‚ allowing events to conform
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There are many disadvantages of DTCA as there are advantages. Like‚ damaging relationship with their health-care provider‚ misinforming patients‚ overemphasizing drug benefits‚ inappropriate prescribing‚ promotion of new drugs before safety profiles are fully known‚ and most important of all increasing health-care costs. DTCA is often criticized for its potential impact on the patient-provider relationship. Providers often find themselves challenged with increased work and frustration when a patient
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