Comparative European Politics Vahur Made Course content • Comparison of the political systems of: - United Kingdom‚ - France‚ - Italy‚ - Spain‚ - The Netherlands‚ - Nordic countries. Course content • Comparison of: - Constitutional frameworks‚ - Historical backgrounds‚ - Executives‚ - Parliaments‚ - Party systems. Readings • Timo Behr. Germany After the Elections: A Liberal Dawn? FIIA Briefing Paper 44‚ 2009. • Toby Archer. No Real Winner? Britain’s Closest Election in a Generation
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SOCIAL POLICY 1. Private troubles can become public issues when there is a problem that has moved from a micro level to a macro level in society. This means that personal problems can start to affect a small number of individuals and their immediate relations. When the number of individuals who have the same problem rises on a larger scale‚ and it impacts on more than half of society‚ it then becomes a public issue. An example of this could be a massive company who went into liquidation‚ causing
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European Exploration and Conquest During the age of exploration Europe’s powerful nations greatly influenced numerous parts of the world. Britain‚ Spain‚ and France all took part in the rush to conquer newly discovered lands and other areas in Asia and the pacific. However‚ it didn’t just affect the lands that were being explored; it had a noticeable influence of the “mother” nations. New products were introduced‚ the European economy got a boost‚ new trading routs were opened‚ and new colonies
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European Energy Market Q1) 1. Economic benefits would be that the consumers would have freedom to choose their energy providers and probably could lower the costs. The variety of producers will improve the quality of their service. Energy providers can improve efficiency through competition which will also reduce prices. Larger utilities should be another result‚ which will allow them to compete more effectively. 2. I believe both the consumers and businesses would gain from liberalization:
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European attitudes to smoking. Sometime earlier this year I took a trip to Europe‚ to England and France actually. It was a wonderful trip‚ I really loved it. But one thing that struck me was how different cultures are from your own. They are not only different‚ they are also similar‚ but I suppose it is the differences that really stand out. One of the things that struck me very much was the difference in attitudes towards smoking.There is - as many people know - there’s a growing anti-smoking
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Fiscal Policy Lets begin with the obvious‚ Fiscal Policy is when modern government spend a great deal of money and collect a lot in taxes. The government of the United Sates plays a smaller role in the economy than those of Canada or most European countries. Those roles are still sizable‚ meaning that the government plays a major role in the U.S. economy. Changes in the federal budget changes in government spending or in tax policy can potentially have large effect on the American economy. To
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The European Brewing Industry: Surviving a Downturn Executive summary Created by: Daniel Bognár‚ Péter Szesztay‚ Tímea Nagy‚ Zoltán Szebényi Cases on Business Economics Teacher: Tamás Kopányi Corvinus University of Budapest 2011 Introduction According to analysis‚ the world’s major beer consumer region‚ Europe is turning off the brew. There is an ongoing rivalry between the leading companies of the industry; the suppliers are trying to reach even better bargaining positions. Within these
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Question: Examine and analyze Manchester’s point of view on “medieval man”. What is missing in the lives of medieval people? What is Manchester’s assessment of this? Why does the Renaissance spring from medieval times‚ according to Manchester? Is this a viable assessment of the times‚ in your opinion? Why or why not? In the book A World Lit Only by Fire‚ William Manchester dealt with the lives of medieval man and the causes of Renaissance. Although medieval man had more ego than we do‚unlike
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By the end of World War I‚ the United States grew increasingly isolationistic in its policies. Even though the United States emerged from the war as one of the victors‚ the American people were greatly dispirited by the devastation. Many hoped to return to the peaceful decade before the war. Isolationism‚ according to the people at that time‚ seemed to be the only way to avoid foreign entanglements that would lead to another war. With the American mind set on isolationism‚ the government enacted
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“European Workers in the 19th Century DBQ” During the nineteenth century in Europe‚ the majority of European workers had moved from the country into cities on account of the modernization of their farms. Due to the large increase of population in such close quarters‚ the living conditions of the workers were in shambles‚ and the people began to protest and demand better living conditions. While some sought for government reforms that would put a new emphasis on those less fortunate‚ others found
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