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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Is Parliamentarism conducive to better political outcomes than Presidential systems? My interpretation of the question leads me to believe if parliamentary systems are better than presidential systems in deriving better political outcomes. By better political outcomes this implies not only ease of making political decisions but also the manner in which the two systems function and which is better‚ and whether or not this leads to favourable political outcomes. Issues that I am going to discuss in
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that a federal system of government would be the best way to govern the US as a developing country‚ because of its ability to prevent tyranny through a strong system of checks and balances. Courtney: A federal system of government is built through the distribution of powers between both the national and state governments and the people. Alex: Unitary government is based on a strong central government. The central government distributes the power of state and local governments‚ and can take these
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Discuss comprehensively with relevant examples Kenya’s budget making process. A budget is a financial plan and a list of all planned expenses and revenues. It is a plan for saving‚ borrowing and spending. In summary‚ the purpose of budgeting is to: • Provide a forecast of revenues and expenditures‚ that is‚ construct a model of how our business might perform financially if certain strategies‚ events and plans are carried out. • Enable the actual financial operation of the business to be measured
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THE BUDGETARY PROCESS THE BUDGET What is Budget? The Annual Financial Statement or the Statement of the Estimated Receipts and Expenditure of theGovernment of India in respect of each financial year is popularly known as the Budget. Presentation of Budget 2. The Budget is presented to Lok Sabha in two parts‚ namely‚ the Railway Budget pertaining to Railway Finance and the General Budget which gives an overall picture of the financial position of the Government of India‚ excluding the Railways
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The founding fathers set up the Presidential Election so that the people would be able to govern themselves‚ instead of being ruled by a tyrant. The presidential election should be an important event in all Americans’ lives‚ yet many do not understand the process or how important it is. Understanding this process may help people to realize why they need to become involved in the Presidential Election. Becoming a candidate for presidency in a political party is not as easy as announcing you are going
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Fiscal Policy generally refers to the use of taxation and government expenditure to regulate the aggregate level of economic activity in a country. Fiscal policy in Bangladesh basically comprises activities‚ which the country carries out to obtain and use resources to provide services while ensuring optimum efficiency of the economic units. The policy influences the behaviour of economic forces through public finance. Major objectives of the fiscal policy of Bangladesh are to ensure macroeconomic
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Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve System Monetary policy is the Federal Reserves’ way of influencing the amount of currency and credit that is in circulation in the United States economy. When the currency and credit rates are altered‚ the interest rates and performance of the U.S. economy are affected. There are three goals of monetary policy; promote maximum employment‚ stable prices‚ and moderate long-term interest rates. The Federal Reserves’ goal is to implement effective monetary policies
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and Disadvantages of Government Systems Around the world‚ each country has their own way of running things and their own government system. In this essay I will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of 3 government systems; unitary‚ confederate‚ and federal. Although some government systems might have similarities with the others‚ they are all very different and have different problems. A unitary state is sovereign and governed as a single unit where the central government is supreme and any
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Our Governments Education System If you stop random students on campus and ask their opinion on the governments handle on the education system you will undoubtedly get a different response every time. From students having a grasp on the topic and others being virtually clueless in both formal and informal education this begs the question “does society as a whole place any value on education today?” If so how much of this alleged value has changed through the years? For most of my formal education
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