’The person who is elected by representing a political party has a moral obligation to obey the party’ There are many reasons as to why this is an issue‚ the main reason being party whips. A party whips are people or methods that by which a given party informs their MPs what position or way the party is taking or voting concerning a particular issue. A local Croydon Newspaper in September headlined‚ ‘Party whip or conscience?’‚ the article concerning the amendment in the laws regarding abortion
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employers do not take into consideration employees concerns and demands‚ when they do not react to the issues that the labour force is facing. Even though employees are allowed to strike‚ there are procedures in place that protect them from not losing their job within an organisation. And if they are not followed‚ the employers have the right to dismiss these employees according to the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995. On January 20th of 2012‚ 5000 mine workers of Impala Platinum‚ embarked in an unprotected
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Critically assess the Political Philosophy of Socialism and it ’s evolution within the British labour party during the interwar period‚ 1919-1939 It was Karl Marx (1818-1883) who said: Socialism moves us to take a definite position against a structure of society in which the unjust division of wealth contradicts basic decency ’ . Marx‚ often founded as the father of modern day socialism‚ saw a huge injustice in the division of wealth between the proletariat (working class/ruled class)
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“The defining political fact of our time is the division of America (Greenberg).” This is how George Stephanopoulos‚ a television journalist and former political adviser‚ summarizes the reality of American politics. One reason for this is America’s two-party system. These parties are the Democrats and the Republicans. Some people believe they are good‚ but others see them as destructive and useless. Political parties are bad for the United States because they are limited and cause national division
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Slavery’s Effect on Political Party’s During antebellum America there were a lot of different parties‚ acts‚ and compromises created due to slavery. This issue is what eventually led our nation to the Civil War. Although U.S. expansion during the 1850’s was not the main reason why the nation got torn apart‚ the increase of land was a catalyst to it. The fact that there was equilibrium in congress between the North and the South was basically the last hanging thread before war. After the conquest
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Peru has gone through many political changes throughout the past twenty years. From these political changes also came about political competition. Political competition obviously varies from time to time. This depends largely‚ in a democratic government‚ by what the people want. In 2000 the Peruvian people were transitioned out of an authoritarian regime led by Alberto Fujimori‚ but only after his resignation. This essay will primarily address the Peruvian legislative and executive election of 2000
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Federalists and Democratic-Republicans provided the U.S. with permanent political parties due to their interpretation of the Constitution‚ which would evolve and merge the beliefs of the two as time went on. When the political parties were created‚ people they might believed weaken the unity of the U.S.‚ but they checked and balanced each other out to make sure there would be no tyrannical party ruler. As the Federalists interpreted the Constitution loosely‚ mainly using the elastic clause‚ they
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Interest groups are often described as chaotic in comparison to political parties. The major difference between both groups is that each interest group advocates for one particular cause while political parties are balancing many issues at the same time. That is the reason why political parties can be described as “coalitions of interest groups” (196). Interest groups alone are actually more focused because each member is automatically for or against a particular cause. If not‚ switching interest
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between the first political parties and which would a small tobacco farmer chose to follow? The first party is the democratic republicans which are lead by Jefferson. This side was favored by the south and west and the most common people who joined this side were small farmers‚ skilled workers‚ shopkeepers‚ and frontiersmen. Farmers thought they were most important to citizens. No special favors and no national bank.They should get out of debt and never owe money. The second political party is the federalist
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German Workers’ Party‚ also known simply as the Nazi party‚ came to power in Germany in the early 1930’s. This radical nationalist party‚ headed by the infamous Adolf Hitler himself‚ looked to completely reform Germany. While the policies put in place by Hitler and his supporters drastically changed the nation of Germany‚ many question whether the Nazi movement can be considered as revolutionary. Through this essay we will examine the German state‚ both before and after the Nazi Party took control‚
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