Level 3 Public Services Government‚ Politics and the Public Services Unit 1 European parliament What is the European Parliament? The European Parliament‚ also abbreviated as Europarl or the EP‚ is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU). Together with the Council of the European Union and the European Commission‚ it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world The European Directly
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Week 3 : The Ancient Greece Democracy in Ancient Greece was the ideal way of governing‚ since all the citizens could take part to the political life. To this day‚ Athens represents the only example of a direct democracy. The Persians have always had a very different culture from the Greek culture‚ so we can call it almost the opposite. The Persians have tried to conquer the Greek islands many times‚ but every time the Greek countries (that used to fight each other) have found the power to unite
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The nature of democracy requires that its citizens be dependent upon one another. Describe a specific situation in which citizens in a democracy might justifiably not be dependent upon one another. Discuss what you think determines when citizens in a democracy should be dependent upon one another. Democratic nations are unique in that every citizen is given an equal voice. Governmental representatives‚ who are fellow citizens‚ are elected according to a majority of votes. They gain these
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Despite democracy blooming in colonial America‚ democracy was still a work in progress as evident by the introduction of voting‚ public assemblies‚ and an increase in personal freedoms.Grade OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to analyze a series of sources related to the causes and effects of exploration and answer questions. PLAN: • handout DBQ test part A • Students will analyze 6 sources‚ identify main ideas and answer questions asking them to identify democratic and undemocratic aspects/features
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Braxton Gray Arabic Cultures Al Aswany Book Report November 3‚ 2012 Democracy Is The Solution This writing seeks to summarize and highlight the provocative reflections put forth in the novel "On The State Of Egypt" by Alaa Al Aswany. This writing’s relevance shall be demonstrated by 1.) Highlighting the methodology of the delivery of the subject matter. 2.) Elevate cross-cutltural understanding of the subject matter discussed
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Wealth and Democracy. By Kevin Phillips. (New York: Broadway Books‚ c. 2002. Pp. vii‚ 422. ISBN 0-7679-0533-4.) Wealth and Democracy clearly illustrates and emphasizes the importance of Democracy being endangered. The author Kevin Phillips‚ America’s leading political analyst since 1968 and a graduate of Harvard Law School appears very informed and credible. Wealth and Democracy outlines and explains the politics of the second half of the 20th century. In this book Phillips primarily
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EXTENDED ESSAY Draft 1 Was the German dictatorship government had it been successful‚ better off rather than the German democracy? Extended essay Draft 1 Was the German dictatorship government had it been successful‚ better off rather than the German democracy? Dictatorship is a government in which runs by unlimited power by the head of government or state‚ whereas a democracy is a government in which politicians contest for power as the people hold the highest rank
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transition to democracy at the time‚ was consider to be very successful and an ideal model for other countries overcoming dictatorship. After the gruesome Spanish Civil War‚ Spaniards‚ both left and right‚ all preferred to avoid another violent war that would tear their country and people apart. During the transition to democracy‚ Spain’s leader at the time‚ Juan Carlos I appointed Adolfo Suarez as prime minister of the country‚ who would be an important factor in Spain’s transition to democracy. Suarez
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Pollution and its Negative Effects Pollution is the degradation of natural environment by external substances introduced directly or indirectly. Human health‚ ecosystem quality and aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity may be affected and altered permanently by pollution. Pollution occurs when ecosystems can not get rid of substances introduced into the environment. The critical threshold of its ability to naturally eliminate substances is compromised and the balance of the ecosystem is broken.
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Russian Democracy I find Russia to be an interesting democracy because it transformed from a communist country living underneath a series of dictators for the better part of the twentieth century to electing their first president ever by popular vote in such a short period of time. When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 the Soviet Union began to rapidly collapse. By 1991‚ Boris Yeltsin was elected the first ever president by popular vote. On December 8‚ 1991 Yeltsin and leaders of the Ukraine and Belarus
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