Is reservation for women in parliament justified? Women empowerment and social issue‚ Status of women in Indian society. What is empowerment for women? The last decades have witnessed some basic changes in the status and role of women in our society. There has been shift in policy approaches from the concept of ’welfare’ and ’development’ to ’empowerment’ of women. The most common explanation of ’women’s empowerment’ is the ability to exercise full control over one’s actions. Are women free
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is fuelled further by MEPs campaigning on local issues rather than European ones.” This is an example of part of the democratic deficit in the European Parliament. To further show how there is a democratic deficit in the European Parliament I will explain how it is largely inaccessible to its European citizens and how the European Parliament lacks the power that it requires to resolve the problems in the Union. I will then describe some unsuccessful attempts at solutions and conclude with some
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be covered are European Union law‚ legislation‚ common law and equity. Since 1973‚ when the UK joined the European Economic Community‚ it has been subject to community law‚ accepting the supremacy of European Institutions such as the European Parliament‚ the European Commission‚ the Council of Ministers‚ and the European Court of Justice. Therefore‚ under the European Communities Act of 1972 (section 2)‚ EU law is part of UK law meaning that in an event of conflict‚ EU law takes priority even if
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Article 254 (1) says that any provision of law made by the Legislature of the state of the is repugnant to any provision of a law made by Parliament which is competent to enact or to any provision of the existing law with respect to one of the matters enumerated in the concurrent list then the law made by the parliament‚ whether passed before or after the law made by the legislature of such stage or as the case may be‚ the existing law shall prevail and the law made by the legislature of
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the principles and objectives set out in the treaties .The EU’s standard decision-making procedure is known as ’co-decision ’. This means that the directly elected European Parliament has to approve EU legislation together with the Council. The TEU established the co-decision procedure ‚ this provided the European Parliament with new powers of amendment and right to reject legislation. This procedure was carried on through out all the treaties ‚ however the Treaty of Lisbon renamed the co-decision
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institutions. The latest of such treaties was the Treaty of Lisbon adopted in 2007 and one which accorded the European parliament to a higher legislative and constitutional level1. As has been the case with most EU Treaties‚ at the centre stage of the Treaty of Lisbon was the distribution of constitutional and legislative powers among key institutions of the EU (the European Parliament‚ the Council of Ministers/ Council‚ the European Commission)2.There are however major debates concerning the extent
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involves 4 main claims: the European parliament is too weak‚ the executive has increased power‚ the Union is distant from the voters and there is lack of reflection of voters’ preferences. These 4 points will be analyzed from the perspective of the current institutional setup of the European Union. The European Parliament (EP) is the body in the EU that represents peoples’ interests. Although in the beginning it was consisted of delegates from the national parliaments from the member states of the Union
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Cabinet of Malaysia is the executive branch of Malaysia’s government. • Led by the Prime Minister‚ the cabinet is a council of ministers who are accountable collectively to the Parliament. • According to the Article 43 of the Constitution‚ members of the Cabinet can only be selected from members of either houses of Parliament. • Formally‚ the Yang di-Pertuan Agong appoints all Ministers on the advice of the Prime Minister‚ which he is obliged to follow. • The constitution is amended by repealing
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Members of Parliament are responsible for holding the government accountable for their actions and decisions. The need for party cohesion began when servers like small parties merged together‚ in order to pass legislation they needed full party support. Party discipline arose as means to force cohesion in the early stages of a new party (Hazan 2003‚ 3). Party discipline is still used to present a united party image‚ as a result there is not a mechanism to hold government accountable. Accountability
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is urban population). As per the provisions of the Bill‚ the responsibility to identify the beneficiaries and implement the program under the Targeted Public Distribution Scheme is the responsibility of the states. The passage of the Bill in Parliament will guarantee 5 kilograms of rice‚ wheat and coarse cereals per month per person at the highly subsidised rates of 1-3 rupees a Kg. During the passage of the Bill‚ an Amendment to Clause 8 of the Bill was suggested by the leader of opposition
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