Scotland‚ Wales and Northern Ireland. As the UK is a unitary state‚ the main power is centralised at Westminster. However‚ since 1997‚ power has been devolved to five different areas; the Scottish Parliament‚ the Welsh Assembly‚ the Northern Ireland Assembly‚ the Greater London Assembly and elected mayors in a number of cities‚ such as London. There are also several levels of local government‚ such as county and district councils and unitary authorities. Devolution is the transfer of power from
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-1Question: In 400 words or less. The backbone of a country is always in its constitution. A constitution is a body of fundamental principles according to which a state is governed by. If I were to write a constitution for a large country with significant differences in the population‚ I would definitely use Britain’s constitution as my model. Britain is a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarchy‚ which in my mind is a great system to create unity among the people. Although‚ Britain’s
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Compare and Contrast Marxist‚ Elite and Democratic Pluralist Theories of Power. Classical Elite theories were developed by Pareto and Mosca‚ to some extent as a critical response to Marxism‚ but have also been very significantly modified by theorists such as C.W. Mills. Marx’s theory of the ruling class states that‚ basically‚ the Bourgeoisie are an economically dominant class in that their ownership of the means of production in capitalist society gives them power over decisions affecting production
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Employment Relations Essay Introduction: Unitarism‚ which also called human resource management‚ it is an organization is perceived as an integrated and harmonious whole with the ideal of one big happy family‚ where management and other members of the staff all share a common purpose‚ emphasizing mutual cooperation. Another opposite approach is pluralism which called industry relationship. There are no common interest in the organization and different loyalty and authority inside. This essay
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Theories that influenced the adoption of separation of powers‚ checks and balances‚ and federalism are the Pluralist Theory‚ the Elite and Class Theory‚ and Hyperpluralism. The Pluralist Theory is the theory in which politics is mainly a competition among groups with the same interest. Each of the groups can compete with one another for control over policy. The Pluralist Theory seems to be saying that it is preferable to have interest groups in competition like that. If interest groups are in competition
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PAD 170 : GOVERNMENT & POLITICS 1. Define ’election’ and explain its functions OR Explain the reasons supporting the importance of an election. ’Election’ refers to an act or process of choosing a person or persons for a public or political office. The functions of an election are: (i) To give the voters a choice of who should represent them in the legislature or government; (ii) To elect representatives who will act on behalf of their constituents
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CONSTITUTIONALISM A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON THE FEATURES OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF U.K.‚U.S.A‚ FRANCE‚ SWITZERLAND AND CHINA EXECUTIVE‚ LEGISLATURE AND JUDICIARY OF U.K‚ U.S.A AND FRANCE COMPARE FEDERAL AND UNITARY SYSTEMSU.S.A.‚ INDIA AND SWITZERLAND (FEDERAL SYSTEMS) - U.K.‚ FRANCE AND CHINA (UNITARY SYSTEMS) 5 - 11 MODULE II MODULE III 12 - 18 19 - 32 MODULE IV MODULE V 33 - 54 55 - 69 . . Introduction to Comparative Politics Page 3 SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION Introduction
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Federal or Unitary It has been the matter of debate among the scholars that whether the constitution of India is completely federal or unitary in nature. But actually Indian constitution contains both features of a federal constitution and unitary constitution. But for the very clear picture of this conclusion first of all we have to know that what is the federal constitution and what is unitary constitution. What feature of Indian constitution makes it federal or what features makes it unitary. Federal
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THE MANAGEMENT OF ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE Lesley Willcoxson & Bruce Millett ABSTRACT Culture is a term that is used regularly in workplace discussions. It is taken for granted that we understand what it means. The purpose of this paper is to identify and discuss some of the significant issues relating to the management of an organisation’s culture. As organisational cultures are born within the context of broader cultural contexts such as national or ethic groupings‚ the paper will commence by defining
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Ross‚ cited in Bray‚ Waring & Cooper 2011‚ p. 377). There are two forms of conflicts that will be discussed in the next paragraph. In the context of Singapore‚ the pluralist perspective best describes the state of industrial conflicts in Singapore. On top of this perspective‚ with reference to Petzall’s six theories of a pluralist nature developed‚ the theories that best describe the current state of industrial conflicts in Singapore are industrialization and social factors. Types of Conflicts
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