Political science is above all the study of power: how it is created‚ exercised‚ justified‚ and challenged. As a social science‚ political science focuses on group power‚ the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of collective decision-making. Hence it leads us to consider the ethics of power‚ which in turn involves conceptions of community‚ identity‚ justice and citizenship. Under the banner of political science we gather the study of democracy‚ war‚ law‚ rights‚ wealth‚ and authority‚ as well as the institutions that
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More Beer‚ Inc. is a 25 million dollar a year micro brewing company heavily involved in the direct marketing of its various micro brew products. In order to cash in on the internet selling boom‚ More Beer‚ Inc. opened two new marketing and direct distributions channels (www.morebeer.com & www.iamthirstyformorebeernow.com). Soon after these websites went live‚ technology problems‚ together with sluggish sales killed the company’s profits. As a result‚ the company has decided to abandon its
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Question 1a & 1b Introduction According to the report “China’s Youth Meet Microsoft” prepared by the National Labor Committee in April 2010‚ KYE Systems Corporations was accused of being a sweatshop‚ while the software giant Microsoft distanced immediately itself from KYE and threatened to terminate production contracts. Like Foxconn-Apple case‚ KYE’s malpractice and Microsoft’s ignorance have together created a no-win situation among both of them‚ workers‚ surrounding communities and the
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Bargaining Power of Suppliers In the apparel industry‚ commodities and undifferentiated products‚ such as cotton‚ are purchased in the manufacturing of goods sold to customers. Also‚ cheap labor is abundant overseas for manufacturing needed products. Switching costs are low for this industry‚ allowing firms to easily pick and choose which suppliers they would like to do business with since suppliers offer very similar products‚ which gives suppliers in this industry low bargaining power. Price
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Chapter One 1. African Americans were not able to vote in any numbers until the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. 2. The landmark civil rights bill that allowed widespread African-American political participation in the South was Voting Rights Act of 1965. 3. What is the central idea of a democracy? Ordinary people want to rule themselves and are capable of doing so. 4. Which of the following statements is TRUE? Democracy in Ancient Greece was more a set of utopian ideas than
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POLITICAL SYSTEMS Presidential systems executive power = president legislative power = unicameral or bicameral parliament both have legitimacy derived from people USA president is the only executive‚ the only one responsible president is also the prime minister and the lead symbol of the state president cannot dissolve (rozpustit) parliament parliament cannot dismiss president (only impeachment) system of checks and balances – limits of powers – absolute separation of powers Hard to
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2. If Brenda Crohn’s guesstimates and estimates are wrong‚ how might that change your decision? At what number of applicants os there an economic breakeven between the two types of ads? Brenda thinks we should use the current trade journal ads because the quality of the applicants generated off an internet job site may not be as good as those from our current trade journal ads. Besides that‚ Brenda said they should get to consider the cost as well as the number of qualified applicants. She likes
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UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND FACULTY OF ARTS POLITICAL SCIENCE SURNAME : MADONDO INITIALS : N E STUDENT NUMBER : 201414775 MODULE CODE : APOL 111 LECTURER : Ms N PHUNGULA SUBMISSION DATE : 02/04/2014 ESSAY 1 Introduction The essay should be based on description of the terminology democracy therefore there will be discussion of how did democracy occurs. In the discussion there will be comparison of apartheid and democracy. The good points
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Real property conservatory system is a set of procedures and laws that regulates the ownership of each citizen as a farm‚ a land‚ or a house. This system is a French one brought after 1913 (Dahir‚ 12th august 1913). Before this system‚ the land properties were different types. First‚ “Melkia” which is a document that makes a person a landlord by law signed by the “Adoul” and is under Islamic rules “Shariaa”. Second‚ lands of “Guiche” that were and still given by the sultans or kings to the soldiers
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ILAC Answer: ISSUE: Is the Timberlakes own the negligent for duty of care? Should the Timberlakes put public authorities? Should the Timberlakes take occupier’s liabilities? Is there a loss making event for Lindsey Loharn? Law: Law of Tort—The tort of negligence—Duty of care/ public authorities/ occupier’s liabilities. Duty of care: SWAIN v WAVERLEY MUNICIPAL COUNCIL (2005) public authorities: Nagle v Rottnest Island Authority (1993) occupier’s liabilities: Australian Safeway
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