FAIRNESS AT PLAY Introducing electoral reforms to reduce the influence of money and muscle power in politics FAST FACTS 33% of candidates who declared assets more than INR 5 crore‚ won in 2009.i 2009 Lok Sabha Poll estimated spending (nearly INR 10‚000 crore) is higher than the 2008 US Presidential Elections (nearly INR 8‚000 crore).ii The cost of conducting 2004 elections was 125 times1 greater than that of 1952.iii 162 MPs elected in 2009 have criminal cases against them; 26% increase
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“Politics is a strife of interests masqueraded as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage”. This quote‚ by Ambrose Bierce is an accurate reflection of what politics has become in the modern era. In today’s era‚ it seems politicians have abandoned the idea of public good‚ and instead embraced private‚ corporate sponsored agenda’s. In order to change this contemptible reality‚ the dominant corporate dominated political paradigm must be challenged. The only political
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Politics from the past The great philosopher Aristotle stated the bare truth when he said centuries ago that man is "a political animal". He and his equally famous disciple Plato strongly denounced politics. Plato went so far as to say: "O‚ men of Athens‚ if I was engaged in politics‚ I would have perished long ago and done no good either to you or to myself." Since then‚ however‚ politics has pervaded every sphere of life‚ and the number of politicians has grown beyond measure. There is
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tax havens may foster institutional decay as they make it easier to get away with large-scale corruption and theft of resource rents. Summary The size and role of the government is one of the most fundamental and enduring debates in American politics. Economics can be used to analyze the relative merits of government intervention in the economy in specific areas‚ but it cannot answer the question of whether there is “too much” or “too little” government activity overall. That is not to say that
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the future. Introduction In times of crisis‚ there is an almost irresistible temptation to make pessimistic prognoses. Such pessimism is associated with an attitude that is supposed to reveal a hard headed realist‘s approach to the messy world of politics and economics. However‚ much of the hand wringing and dire predictions do not rely on anything beyond a generally dark and pessimistic outlook. Tragically‚ if there is enough darkness of outlook among large numbers of people‚ the dire predictions
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importance due to its scarce number‚ gained so much power that they depressed the political institution. The constitution-less 10 years-history from 1947 to 1956-was an ill exercise of the political actors‚ which invoked the military to interfere in the politics. Absence of a complete constitution‚ allowed the people with power to manipulate the political and constitutional institutions‚ as they wanted. The powerful
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Analytical essay comparing two ideologies‚ Conservatism and Liberalism. The conception of citizenship is a detrimental pillar in the foundations of society and the way we as people live together. The belief of a common conception of citizenship is what allows people to coexist‚ to be employed and earn money; be part of a financial system. However‚ as all individual people are different in many ways‚ not all people believe in the same ideals and fundamentals as to what it means to be a citizen
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Workplace Politics Thesis- Presidential election and listening to the debates may be over but we still have politics to deal with‚ in the office. Don’t think of office politics as the area of backstabbers and manipulators. If you can understand your company’s political setting you can use it to your advantage. It is true that people who don’t play well with others still get promoted. What is office politics?... Politics is the use of power towards a goal that is beneficial to an individual
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Environmental issues soared to a prominent place on the political agenda in the United States and other industrial nations. The politics of the environment revolves in many respects‚ around judgment‚ evidence‚ and uncertain. Additionally‚ in keeping with the positivity theme mention‚ we will note the successes of environmental policy as well as problems. The major policy on the environmental area is security‚ in this case refers to safety‚ “the prevention of future needs”. Future needs often have
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Module Code: FC015 Class/Group: Group C Module Title: Comparative Politics Assessment: Final Essay Assignment Title: Choose a country and discuss the classification of its political system Tutor Name: Stephen Ashe Student ID Number: 2089619 Date of Submission: April 8th ‚ 2013 Hong Kong‚ claimed herself the ‘Asia’s world city’‚ has been a colony of the Great Britain since 1842 and a Special Administrative Region of China after the handover in 1997. The Hong Kong Special Administrative
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