To what extent is there a democratic deficit in the UK? The most telling indicator of there being a democratic deficit in the UK today is the continuing decline of voter turnout at all elections for the past 60 years. There is a growing level of general apathy towards political issues in the UK which is not just damaging to the health of a democracy but fatal. The government requires a mandate to govern‚ if they do not achieve popular consent then how are they representative of the people? The
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A Pact to Overcome Challenges "Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all "( Dale Carnegie).There have been many people who have accomplished things in their life when there seemed to be no hope. In We Beat the Street‚ Drs. Davis‚ Hunt and Jenkins did everything they could to stay out of trouble‚ and stay in school. The three young boys wanted to make something of them-selves. They had made a pact to make
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Is Gender Equality Still a Mirage? In today’s global society‚ it is apparent that gender inequality is still in existence in contemporary America. Helen Clark once said‚ “Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality.” Societies have come a long way when it comes to women’s rights. In Countries like Sweden‚ Finland and Norway gender equality has emerged. While‚ countries in the Middle East and Asia still need to close as much as 50% of their gender gaps. Despite
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critical distinction between "whiteness" and "white people" needs to be addressed. By detaching the belief from the believer‚ we clarify that white supremacy is not necessarily congruent with "white people." This ideology of racism is nothing more but a social construct which spawned to secure some sort of competitive advantage in society. In the words of Noel Ignatiev‚ author of the book "How the Irish Became White": Just as the capitalist system is not a capitalist plot‚ so [is] racial oppression not
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Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award. His latest film was The Ides of March (2011). Clooney’s humanitarian work includes raising funds for the 2010 Haiti earthquake‚ and 2004 Tsunami. Clooney was born in Lexington‚ Kentucky. Clooney began his education at the Blessed Sacrament School in Fort Mitchell‚ Kentucky. Spending part of his childhood in Ohio‚ he attended St. Michael’s School in Columbus‚ and St. Susanna School in Mason. His parents eventually moved to Augusta‚ Kentucky‚ where Clooney
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Essay on the film “To Kill a Mockingbird” (Social inequality and racism) “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” (Martin Luther King Jr.). Although there is some people nowadays who maintain prejudicial treatment of racism actually hating people of their color is unacceptable in the society of digital epoch. Evolution of society first of all means evolution of its
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Inequality in Society Imagine a world where everyone is treated equally. That sounds amazing‚ does it not? Something like this would be near impossible to achieve‚ whether it is racial equality‚ gender equality and without doubt‚ between people that are rich and people that are poor. In the world today‚ people of the higher class are only becoming wealthier and people of the lower class do not have much success moving up in society. Much class division between upper and lower class people is showcased
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How to overcome depression I must tell this from my point of view‚ for I have the mental illness of depression. I was diagnosed 18 years ago after a suicide attempt. This is the first time I have written about it. Only close friends and family know about my struggle with this disorder. What is depression? According to Wikipedia‚ is called “Major depressive disorder‚ also known as major depression‚ unipolar depression‚ clinical depression‚ or simply depression‚ is a mental disorder characterized
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Douglas Kleinsmith Lisa Rochford 8:00- 9:20 MW 18 March 2013 What Can You See? For many‚ you have to see something to believe it. However‚ when looking at the beliefs of a blind person‚ we discover that seeing may actually distort our beliefs. In Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral”‚ an unnamed narrator tells a story of meeting a blind man for the first time in his life. Before meeting Robert‚ the narrator tells us of how uncomfortable he is about him. If it had not been for his obligation
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difference as a form of social inequality between the Proletariats and Bourgeoisies. According to Marx these two classes arose mainly due to Industry Revolution and its blooming economic markets. In this market‚ a new class was introduced that took advantage of the rising economic power and they were known as Bourgeoisies. They mainly represented the upper class that not only had great economical power but political power as well. But the Bourgeoisies needed people that can manage their huge industries
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