Electoral Systems and Stability in Divided Societies Introduction Severely divided countries pose a particular problem when it comes to securing democratic stability. Such countries are characterised by deep cleavages representing ‘sociocultural and ascriptive traits‚ such as race‚ ethnicity‚ language‚ religion or region’ (Bogaards‚ 2003‚ p. 59). Other forms of social division‚ which focus on wider issues‚ do not diffuse the strength of these cleavages‚ making them particularly entrenched.
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SCYR 2010 - 10th Scientific Conference of Young Researchers – FEI TU of Košice Stability of Power System (May 2011) 1 1 Vladimír KRIŠTOF‚ 2Stanislav KUŠNÍR‚ 3Matúš KATIN Dept. of Electric Power Engineering‚ FEI TU of Košice‚ Slovak Republic Dept. of Electric Power Engineering‚ FEI TU of Košice‚ Slovak Republic 3 Dept. of Electric Power Engineering‚ FEI TU of Košice‚ Slovak Republic 2 1 vladimir.kristof@tuke.sk‚ 2stanislav.kusnir@tuke.sk‚ 3matus.katin@tuke.sk change rapidly‚ but the
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12 Power System Stability 12.1 INTRODUCTION The stability of an interconnected power system is its ability to return to normal or stable operation after having been subjected to some form of disturbance. Conversely‚ instability means a condition denoting loss of synchronism or falling out of step. Stability considerations have been recognized as an essential part of power system planning for a long time. With interconnected systems continually growing in size and extending over vast geographical
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HPLC Theory: System Suitability Parameters High performance liquid chromatography is defined as a separation of mixtures of compounds due to differences in their distribution equilibrium between two phases‚ the stationary phase packed inside columns and the mobile phase‚ delivered through the columns by high pressure pumps. Components whose distribution into the stationary phase is higher‚ are retained longer‚ and get separated from those with lower distribution into the stationary phase. The
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Business Law – Unit 15 Task 01-a A legal system in a country embodies both the law of that country and the mechanisms the country has in place for regulating and enforcing those laws. A legal system incorporates: * The country’s law * The legislature: the law making body * The judiciary: the body that sits in judgment on disputes about laws * The prosecution system: the system that seeks to ensure the criminal law in enforced and people who break the law are prosecuted * The
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Stability in society is caused by a few factors. It requires a stable economy‚ good governmental ruling and a society which is socially shares a strong bond. Democracy‚ in order to create the overall feat of stability in society has to contribute to these individual factors first. Firstly‚ let us look at how Democracy gives a good governmental ruling. In both Direct and Indirect Democracy‚ as everyone is given the freedom to vote‚ they would tend to vote for the political party which they think
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LEGAL SYSTEMS What is a legal system It is an operating set of legal institutions‚ procedures and rules regulating a given society From a law perspective: restricted to where the ’sovereign’ commands different laws for different groups of the population From a non state perspective: includes the system of courts and judges supported by the state as well as non legal forms of normative ordering. Normative ordering - e.g. Written codes‚ security forces‚ tribunals etc which replicate the structure
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The Legal System Imagine you are the director of health information services for a medium-sized health care facility. Like many of your peers‚ you have contracted with an outside copying service to handle all requests for release of patient health information at your facility. You have learned that a lobbying organization for trial attorneys in your state is promoting legislation to place a cap on photocopying costs‚ which is significantly below the actual costs incurred as part of the contract
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the main principles of fair trade‚ the property‚ the state of the person in the society and moral standards needed to be defined. In our days these rules are commonly referred as law. Primitive pre-historian communities were reliant on customary law systems; however‚ the rise of first civilizations and writing systems caused the written law to appear. Nowadays each country has its own law. One of the oldest law systems in Europe belongs to England. There are three main sources of English law: European
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The legal system of the United States of America is very similar‚ almost to the point of being identical‚ to the legal system of the English-speaking Caribbean.”Discuss. The legal system of the United States of America and the English speaking Caribbean are predominantly common law legal systems. Both legal systems share a number of similarities; however‚ there are quite a number of pronounced differences that would make it impossible for one to conclude that both systems are similar to the point
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