POL/215 Version 4 State and Local Political Processes Course Start Date: 09/25/2013 Course End Date: 10/23/2013 Group ID: NWELECT27 Campus: Northwest Learning Center Copyright © 2011‚ 2010‚ 2009‚ 2005‚ 1997 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course provides students with an introduction to the organization‚ administration‚ and functions of American state and local governments. The relationship between state and federal governments is also analyzed
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Our government has not always been as successful as it is today. America’s government began with the Articles of Confederation and separate state constitutions. This was difficult. The country was not united. Each state took care of everything on their own and the national government could not do anything. Our country had no national money or militia. Traveling was almost impossible. There were very few positive concepts with the Articles of Confederation. Our present government is a federalism.
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Public Pay Disclosure in State Government: An Ethical Analysis References Bowman‚ J.‚ Stevens‚ K. (2012‚ May 16). Public pay disclosure in state government: an ethical analysis. Retrieved from http://arp.sagepub.com/content/43/4/476 Open discussion about salaries is often taboo in American society‚ inquisition can considered rude or out of line. Sometimes people aren’t happy with what they are making and therefore wish to keep that information secrete. But what if employers
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come no one could take over the government. The Constitution was written in 1787 in Philadelphia. A Constitution tells how the government is going to work. How did the writers of the Constitution keep person or a group of people from getting too much power? A tyranny is a power held by I person or group of people. The Constitution guarded against tyranny in several ways which were federalism‚ separation of power‚ check and balances‚ and small and large states. The first guard against tyranny
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Introduction “Using government to achieve a welfare state involves using other people’s money‚ taken by force — and that is a fatal flaw that leads to fiscal catastrophe."1 Ultimately‚ welfare states do more bad than good for a country and its people. They create temporary solutions for problems that require many resources and time. Even with the problems welfare states correct‚ they still create more problems that they fix. These glitches can be seen through the United Kingdom. The tax structure
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Separation of Powers Separation of powers is the process of the United States government in which powers and responsibilities are divided among the federal and state governments. Powers not given to the federal government in the Constitution are given to the states. The federal government is made up of three branches: Executive branch‚ Legislative branch and Judicial branch. The Executive Branch is run by the President of the United States‚ the Vice President‚ and the Cabinet. The Cabinet is made up of
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Japanese militarism‚ and strengthen an economy that was extremely dependent upon the U.S. He was also remembered for taking executive and legislative actions to implement his “social justice” program aimed at the underprivileged. The Commonwealth Government was interrupted by the Japanese invasion of 1941. Quezon and his
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Government Powers One great achievement of the american founding was the creation of an effective constitutional structure. There are 2 important aspects of the U.S. foundation‚ the federalism and the constitution. The framers of the constitution knew that it will be important to divide the powers of the governmental power‚ because that way there will not be abuse of the power. Separation of powers imposes internal limits by dividing government against itself‚ giving different branches separate functions
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Anti-Government Surveillance The United States of America is based on freedom and holds capabilities citizens would never have in any other country. Although this is the case‚ we Americans aware that there is a price for the freedom they were given? “There is no such thing as a free lunch” a saying repeated by many hard-working Americans. Little does the population know that this indeed relates to them as well? Much like any other country‚ Americans government has kept their civilization
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The government has created a false reality for America by hiding information from the citizens. “Our government teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker‚ it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.” –Louis D Brandeis. When it comes to the government‚ America knows that there are many secrets kept away from us. These secrets may make this world better‚ or it may not. What is not understood‚ is why they
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