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her social‚ diplomatic‚ and economic doctrines. She was the first women prime Minister in British politics and was the longest prime minister with 3 victories‚ and leading the Conservative government for a total of 11 years. She was also seen as characteristic and a controversial figure‚ and was also idolized by the public. What is factual is that she has constantly dominated British Politics‚ and also had 3 election wins in a row. After becoming Prime Minister‚ she was member of the parliament
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FAIRNESS AT PLAY Introducing electoral reforms to reduce the influence of money and muscle power in politics FAST FACTS 33% of candidates who declared assets more than INR 5 crore‚ won in 2009.i 2009 Lok Sabha Poll estimated spending (nearly INR 10‚000 crore) is higher than the 2008 US Presidential Elections (nearly INR 8‚000 crore).ii The cost of conducting 2004 elections was 125 times1 greater than that of 1952.iii 162 MPs elected in 2009 have criminal cases against them; 26% increase
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“Politics is a strife of interests masqueraded as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage”. This quote‚ by Ambrose Bierce is an accurate reflection of what politics has become in the modern era. In today’s era‚ it seems politicians have abandoned the idea of public good‚ and instead embraced private‚ corporate sponsored agenda’s. In order to change this contemptible reality‚ the dominant corporate dominated political paradigm must be challenged. The only political
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Marriage‚ Gender and Politics in the English Medieval and Renaissance period The Wife of Bath Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer The Wife of Bath begins the Prologue to her tale by establishing herself as an authority on marriage‚ due to her extensive personal experience with the institution. Since her first marriage at the tender age of twelve‚ she has had five husbands. She says that many people have criticized her for her numerous marriages‚ most of them on the basis that Christ went only once to
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McMullin’s book “Age‚ Gender and Work”‚ McMullin examines how women and older workers are disproportionally represented in the IT labour force. In McMullin’s book‚ she writes that most of the IT firms that participates in the WANE study‚ have overwhelming numerical superiority by younger males. A large number of IT firms‚ have developed different forms of gender regimes and ageism inequalities‚ because of the overwhelming numerical superiority of younger male employees. Masculinist gender regime is the
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Politics from the past The great philosopher Aristotle stated the bare truth when he said centuries ago that man is "a political animal". He and his equally famous disciple Plato strongly denounced politics. Plato went so far as to say: "O‚ men of Athens‚ if I was engaged in politics‚ I would have perished long ago and done no good either to you or to myself." Since then‚ however‚ politics has pervaded every sphere of life‚ and the number of politicians has grown beyond measure. There is
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tax havens may foster institutional decay as they make it easier to get away with large-scale corruption and theft of resource rents. Summary The size and role of the government is one of the most fundamental and enduring debates in American politics. Economics can be used to analyze the relative merits of government intervention in the economy in specific areas‚ but it cannot answer the question of whether there is “too much” or “too little” government activity overall. That is not to say that
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importance due to its scarce number‚ gained so much power that they depressed the political institution. The constitution-less 10 years-history from 1947 to 1956-was an ill exercise of the political actors‚ which invoked the military to interfere in the politics. Absence of a complete constitution‚ allowed the people with power to manipulate the political and constitutional institutions‚ as they wanted. The powerful
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Analytical essay comparing two ideologies‚ Conservatism and Liberalism. The conception of citizenship is a detrimental pillar in the foundations of society and the way we as people live together. The belief of a common conception of citizenship is what allows people to coexist‚ to be employed and earn money; be part of a financial system. However‚ as all individual people are different in many ways‚ not all people believe in the same ideals and fundamentals as to what it means to be a citizen
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