Why Labour Won the 1945 Election There are many reasons why labour gained their unexpected landslide victory in the 1945 general election‚ both due to the party itself and external influence. First amongst these causes was the effect that the nation’s experience of war had on their political views. In the last election in 1935 the socialist policies of labour had scared the public into thinking that if the party ever won a majority then they would create a communist state. The war showed the
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State Principles and Policies government by representation Government by representation is the essence of a republican government. As sovereignty resides in the people‚ it is the people that establishes the government that governs them. Hence‚ sovereignty is exercised in two ways: directly and indirectly. Indirectly‚ sovereignty is exercised through the elected representatives or commonly called public officials. These officials are accountable to the people. Their acts are considered acts of
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Federal versus State Policy Comparison CJA464 Your Name Date 2013 John McLaine The United States of America is comprised of 50 states and 14 territories. Although many of the territories are un-inhabited nor are claimed by a specific state‚ the territories share a common need‚ they rely on the US for defense‚ social and economic support . There are also other lands that are considered to be US territories by virtue of having established a military base within a host country. The focus of this
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pull‚ carry or otherwise move or hold an object which is needed to work within the care industry. On the 2nd of September 2014‚ I attended a course on Moving and handling at the College Centre‚ I arrived at 9am and was met by other students from the HNC Social Care course‚ and I met with my lecturer Russell and her colleague. We went upstairs to the room with the moving and handling equipment. We went over what moving and handling involved‚ it was whether it’s carrying boxes of printing paper or moving
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contemporary welfare state. Since its emergence in the late 19th century‚ the notion of welfare state has largely been evolving (especially from the second part of the 20th century) and has been an object of conceptual and ideological disagreement in the field of political thought. As a system of government where the state within its social protection remit‚ a set of social policies‚ aims to guarantee a minimum level of economic and social well-being to its citizens‚ the contemporary welfare state is based
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Mr. McGraw English 4/14/15 Welfare Welfare was established by the Social Security Act of 1935‚ and managed by distinct states and territories for the government to help poverty stricken children and other dependent persons. Social welfare is the advancement and distribution of material and physical aid by the government for citizens in need. It can come in many different procedures such as: unemployment recompense‚ food stamps‚ or numerous social services ranging from drug rehabilitation to child
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Politics Home exam Candidate number: 216432 Date: 5/11/2012 Number of words: 3134 Title of the assignment: Characteristics and challenges of the Nordic Welfare State ;: Introduction In this essay I will first‚ try to discriminate some of characteristics as well as historical preconditions that combine to make the Nordic welfare model a topic of extensive literature defining it as a special case. Mainly‚ I will focus my analyses in three broad aspects shared by them: universalism‚ gender
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Welfare economics uses a microeconomic approach‚ it is a way to evaluate individual well-being and how decisions are made to allocate resources. It applies itself to a market economy where consumers are free to buy and sell. Microeconomics examines how behaviour and decisions affect supply and demand‚ which ultimately determines price. The main advantages of a market economy include; -Increases in efficiency and productivity. -A higher GDP. -More money spent on social/community programs.
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goal is safety. The children who are placed in foster care are usually children who have been removed from an unsafe situation‚ and are placed with (hopefully) family members‚ or trained individuals on the foster care system (foster parents‚ group homes‚ etc.) need to be in a safe environment. A safe environment can include limited to no contact with the abusers themselves‚ or complete removal from the situation itself. Well-being is another important aspect of the foster care system that provides
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relationship between social policy and crime Denham (2000) defines crime as when a formal set of rules which designed to be observed or a set of standards of conduct which all members of society are expected to follow are broken. Breaking these formal set of rules or the law will lead to sanctions by the government’s principal enforcement agencies the police and the courts (Denham‚ 2000). However‚ Knepper (2009) purports that Richard Titmuss‚ a social democrat believed that crime is a social problem which
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