George Washington‚ elected the first president in 1789‚ set up a cabinet form of government‚ with departments of State‚ Treasury‚ and War‚ along with an Attorney General (the Justice Department was created in 1870). Based in New York‚ the new government acted quickly to rebuild the nation’s financial structure. Enacting the program of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton‚ the government assumed the Revolutionary war debts of the states and the national government‚ and refinanced them with new federal
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The Arab Spring was intended as a harbinger for democratization. While it has succeeded and brought democracy to some countries‚ governance in others have remained the same. Amongst the countries involved in the Arab Spring‚ there are poorer countries like Syria‚ Tunisia and Libya. Thus‚ given the international spotlight that these countries were under‚ it is critical for us to know if democracy is an ideology that should be embraced by poorer countries. I feel that poorer countries should embrace
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Chapter 12: What Underlying Conditions Favour Democracy? Page 145-165 We face two questions: How can we account for the establishment of democratic institutions in so many countries in so many parts of the world‚ and how can we explain its failure? A full answer is impossible; two interrelated sets of factors are undoubtedly of crucial importance. FAILURE OF THE ALTERNATIVES During the 20th century‚ the main alternatives lost out in competition with democracy. The monarchy‚ open oligarchy‚
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Be that as it may‚ globalization today is making another pluralism that undermines this multiracialism and displaying open doors for democratization. The subject of multiculturalism in the postcolonial ’Third World ’The previous two decades
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Cassandra is obviously not the only forecaster‚ and sadly on occasion this particular modern-day soothsayer fails to match the infallibility of his classical forebear. I say this because the England cricket team‚ despite my dire predictions of disappointment‚ has today handsomely defeated India in Mumbai. So‚ it is in a spirit of humility that I offer these predictions for 2013 from alternative (I am loth to say rival) forecasters‚ Professor Thomas Malnight of the IMD business school in Lausanne
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CONSULTING ON THE CUSP OF DISRUPTION 1 by: VIPUL TANDON(WMP6126)|RAHUL BHANSALI(WMP08076)| RAHUL UPADHYAY(WMP08078) “The industry that has long helped others sidestep strategic threats is itself being upended” * The article discusses about the potential disruption in consulting domain. * Disruption is a theory which shows‚ “what causes what to happen‚ when and why”. * The Challenge: The forces that disrupted Steel‚ Publishing‚ etc. industries have started reshaping consulting
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Currently‚ there are several hundred foreign military bases globally‚ most of them owned by the United States. These foreign military bases arose after the allied victory in the world wars and during the Cold War. Each of these military base was put in place either with a specific security goal or for overall regional stability. While some of these bases were acquired through force‚ such as the ones in Germany‚ Italy‚ and Japan‚ others were gained in support of allies‚ such as the ones in England
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ENHANCING STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA THROUGH INNOVATIVE METHODS OF TEACHING BY ADEGBAMIGBE‚ A. FRANK IWUOZOR‚ P. OBIALOR &; LEREMA‚ E. SOKOLAYAME DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (T) ASABA‚ DELTA STATE Abstract The focus of this paper was to examine the innovative methods that can be used by the teacher to enhance the performance of students in colleges of education in Nigeria. In order to accomplish this‚ the researchers
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British Imperialism and Colonialism in Kenya Throughout the African continent‚ foreign occupation and intervention has always been a focal point when analyzing the historical academia of the enormous continent. Many historians and scholars have researched and studied events which have occurred throughout African history with respect to foreign relations‚ specifically‚ imperialism and colonialism. Traditionally‚ colonialism has been related with a series of severe consequences for the states
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THE BASIC LIBERAL PRINCIPLES AS AN IR THEORY International Relations Prepared by CANSU VAROL 11114533 Course Instructor ANTJE GREBNER May – 2012 The constant change and development in the world requires that individuals‚enlightened people and state officials comply with the challenges that caused by the metamorphosis in world incidents in order to perform it a better place. It can be said that this is the fundamental principles of liberalism through a straight critique of realism
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