Political dynasties are here to stay whether you like it or not‚ unless‚ of course‚ if YOU make a choice. Article II‚ Section 26 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution prohibits the existence of political dynasties but because majority of the lawmakers are either scions or kingpins of a political clan‚ no one has the guts to step up and perform a rare case of political suicide. Now‚ we are just left with two choices: stand up for democracy and let corrupt political dynasties wither on their own or
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2008 Political Events *Jan 1st - A New Hampshire law legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples comes into effect. May 15th - California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state’s own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional. *Feb 24th - Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years. *Mar 17th - New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer resigns after a scandal involving a high-end prostitute
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The long nineteenth century brought about extensive challenges to the traditional societies of Asia‚ as Western European imperialist nations rapidly industrialized and expanded their global spheres of influence through imperialism and colonialism. The three players in this war of modernization: China‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ and Japan‚ were confronted with the paramount need to modernize and adapt to this new reality of Western dominance or risk being colonized themselves. While all three pursued programs
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POLI0094 Political Participation: Why and How? 1st Semester‚ 2010-11 Term Paper From Twitter Revolution to Internet Censorship in China – a discussion on the Internet and political participation Introduction Politics could be defined very broadly as the adjustment efforts of humans attempting to coexist in an interdependent relationship. In defining a political system‚ we refer it to a system which is a persistent pattern of human relationships that involves‚ to a significant extent‚ power‚
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6. Free market system: operates mainly on private transactions. Firms are largely free to make their own production‚ distribution and pricing decisions 7. Judicial action: the use of courts as means of asserting rights and interests. 8. Majoritarianism: the situation in which the majority effectively determines what the government does 9. Pluralism: holds that‚ most issues‚ the preference of the special interest largely determines what government does 10. Political Science: the systematic
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Nearly a quarter century ago‚ Denmark broke down barriers to become the first nation to legally recognize same-sex couples through registered partnerships. Same-sex marriage is currently legally recognized nationwide in eleven nations – Argentina‚ Belgium‚ Canada‚ Denmark‚ Iceland‚ the Netherlands‚ Norway‚ Portugal‚ South Africa‚ Spain and Sweden (The Economist‚ 2012). In the United States‚ the decision is made at the state level. After the 2012 elections‚ there are now nine states (Connecticut‚
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How political and legal systems affect International Business Introduction Political and legal systems play a major role in the International businesses for the companies that source‚ produce‚ market and export products in foreign countries. They pose a big challenge to the companies and the companies need to overcome the factors to become successful in the international stage. We will see the various political and legal environments available and how they would affect the international business
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World War increased rather than narrowed Germany’s political division’ To what extent do you agree? I agree to a certain extent with the statement as although it initially seems that the First World War narrowed the existing political divisions within Germany in this period‚ as the war proceeded‚ the resentment greatened‚ in part due to huge losses and the economic crisis that prevailed over the country. Therefore because of this the political divisions increased‚ and by the end of the war the polarisation
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early nineteenth-century remained unclear. It is considered an essential right of a citizen
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Political Socialization The way humans act and the way humans are have to do with different aspects of their life which they were brought up to. The same has to do with political socialization. Political socialization is a process in which an individual forms the ideas about politics and attains political values. These values and attitudes are mostly acquired and developed in childhood‚ but the process is lifelong. (Shively) Throughout life‚ individuals attain these political morals and ideas
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