democratic government. While democracy provides equality and justice for everyone‚ it also allows the ignorance of the masses to control the state. The first advantage pointed out by the Greeks is that democracy protected the many from being ruled by the few. Everyone had a say in state affairs and not just some group of aristocrats. Consequently‚ the poor and middle class Greeks upheld this form of government. Since they formed the majority of the population‚ democracy survived for a long time in
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To what extent has the Labour party moved away from its traditional roots? The Labour party believed in more traditional principles post the 1997 reforms where Labour was rebranded as ‘‘New Labour’.’ Prior to this‚ the party communicated in a ‘left wing’ approach with socialist ideas. They believed in core values‚ where some were emphasised more than others. Equality was significant as there was expansion of the welfare state e.g. they introduced the ‘free’ health care system and taxation in favour
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of direct democracy in the UK. There are both positives and negative for the UK government using a greater amount of direct democracy in the way they govern. A direct democracy involves every citizen voting on every issue. I will explore these positives and negatives in this text. At the moment we have a mixed use of democratic systems in the UK‚ however we are mainly based on a representative democracy‚ and a participatory democracy. This is because like a representative democracy‚ we do elect
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To what extent are government still able to exert meaningful control over the UK economy? The extent to which government are able to exert meaningful control over the economy is subject to the power government has. In most Mixed economy such as the UK‚ government usually has control over Fiscal policies‚ which is the use of government spending and taxation to influence the economy‚ however how much they spend depends on the party that is governing the economy at that time. Traditionally Labour
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The United Kingdom (UK) consists of England‚ Wales‚ Scotland (who together make up Great Britain) and Northern Ireland. The UK’s geography is varied‚ and includes cliffs along some coastlines‚ highlands and lowlands and many islands off the coast of Scotland. The highest mountain is Ben Nevis in Scotland which reaches a height of 1 344m. The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The main chamber of parliament is the lower house‚ the House of Commons‚ which has
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I found Professor Samons to be a really engaging lecturer and I really enjoyed listening to what he had to say about Plato’s critique on democracy. Professor Samons begins his lecture by asking the question: why do Americans love and aggrandize democracy so much‚ but Plato criticizes it? This was the same question I had throughout Book Eight. It seems that our entire goal as a country is to spread democracy to the rest of the world and to find ways to make ourselves more democratic than we already
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The great glory about American Democracy is that it was founded on civil disobedience. Democracy isn’t perfect‚ however‚ I believe Democracy is only able to flourish through a series of revelations from conflict. Peaceful civil disobedience is worthy for the reasons that; firstly it draws attention to the problem‚ secondly acts as the catalyst for change‚ and finally it fulfills the moral obligation that society failed to engage in. The notion of challenging social and political norms is something
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course of administering your trust account. 6.2 Strictly Legal will never share or remove any confidential material of any kind unless authorised as part of our duties‚ policies and procedures‚ or with the express permission or direction to do so from the Trust Account Supervisor. The exception being‚ exceptional circumstances which require mandatory reporting‚ as outlined in our privacy statement. Where Strictly Legal is required to disclose information‚ it will be only to the appropriate person
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To what extent can monetary policy help the UK economy avoid a recession in 2012? Monetary policy is the attempt by the government or central bank to manipulate the money supply‚ the supply of credit‚ interest rates or any other monetary variables‚ to achieve the fufliment of policy goals. This policy is put forward by the monetary government (entity which controls the money supply of a given currency) of a country controls the supply of money. Monetary policies are often put in place to help
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questionnaire results and the types of PA you plan to perform in the future. The issuance of a par-Q is essential for individuals between the ages of fifteen and sixty-nine. These are usually issued to individuals who are usually breaking their usual physical activity levels and increasing them. It is great for me to do one of these now since I just signed up for the phoenix marathon. After completing the par-Q I answered no to all of the questions. Based on this it provided me with the common advice
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