After the Civil War the domination of the "political machine" over the affairs of government in the urban cities of the north became an undisputed fact of local politics. Their power flowed from creating a form of government that sought to perpetuate the position of its leaders by engaging in a bartering process with voters. The political machine existed during a time of mass migration to our urban centers from both immigrants and those in search of work. It played upon the ethnic composition of
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Q1. Identify three types of political risk evident in Chavez’s Venezuela and give an example of each. Political risk is the political forces will provoke drastic changes in a country’s business environment and adversely affect the goals of business enterprise. There are three kind of political risk in the case “Chavez’s Venezuela”‚ macro-political risk‚ micro-political risk and legal risk. After populist socialist president‚ Hugo Chavez took the office of Venezuela‚ he took many actions to
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by the constitution? a. Appointment of judges and ambassadors b. Commander-in-chief of the armed forces c. Voice of the people d. Veto over legislation passed by Congress Answer. C. Voice of the people. 2. How does gerrymandering influence political power in Congress? a. By allowing members of Congress to send mail free. b. By helping incumbents ignores state reapportionment plans. c. By creating federal projects for which members of Congress can take credit. d. By designing safe seats to
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poTop 20 (+1) List of Political Ideologies You Should Know For APUSH 1. conservative – Generally a trend to maintain a traditional stance on an issue. For example‚ if one was culturally conservative in the United States‚ they would probably be against an issue like girls wearing 6 inch tall pink mohawks to school because it is a traditionally unacceptable hairstyle. If one were fiscally conservative‚ they would probably be against an excess of government taxing and spending; they would want to be
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Journal: Political This week’s reading is about “POLITCAL” that the second chapter of the book. In this chapter‚ there are three articles: “Censorship and Its Progeny”‚ “Performance‚ Community‚ Culture” and “The Politics of Art”. Although these three articles all focus on the topic about art politics‚ each article introduce different aspects about art politics. “Censorship and Its Progeny” is about a history of political art that happens in Middle Ages‚ the art event in Alaska and the
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Risk and Reward in World Markets Managing Risk in an Unstable World As emerging markets generate greater shares of global supply and demand‚ companies need better methods to weigh political risk againstfinancialreward. by Ian Bremmer C ountries in turmoil elbow one another off the front page at a dizzying pace: Lebanon follows Ukraine follows Sudan follows Argentina. Companies‚ meanwhile‚ fear unpredictable change‚ even as they seek profit from the opportunities change creates-a freshly
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Philippine’s Political Dynasty The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines states in Article II Section 26‚ "The State shall guarantee equal access to opportunities for public service‚ and prohibit political dynasties as may be defined by law." How can we define political dynasty? Political dynasty is a family‚ clans or group that maintains power for several generations. These clans root themselves into our national and local governments for many decades. Almost every position in the government
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anthropological political system noted for its simplicity. According to common anthropological knowledge‚ a band usually consists of not more than 30-50 individuals. Bands display an egalitarian form of authority which advocates equality among members and the eradication of hindrances to the doctrine of equality. However‚ bands often exhibit a weak form of leadership due to the non-existent of rules and written laws the support their leaders. Tribes are loosely-structured anthropological political systems
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variations of political parties‚ there are so many descriptions of the political parties of the west. Some of the classification of political parties includes wide membership and some are restricted to a certain class in society for example those people who are in the working class tends to join the labor party or a revolutionary party who advocates the violent overthrow of the government. Some political party also advocates the rights of the ethnic minorities of a certain country. Other political parties
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Machiavelli once said‚ ”Politics has no relation with morals”. With righteous reference to this statement let us now turn ourselves towards India‚ and have a look at India’s glorifying political past as well as the subduing present. 66 years of Indian independence are on‚ the nation has seen very few landmark changes in the political field. And TODAY Indian politics has been reduced to nothing more than a mere cat and mouse chase. Amidst this chaos one question arises that :Since the youth is the new face
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