as we have seen recently in Libya and Egypt‚ we live in a system in which to instigate change‚ we simply have to turn up at a ballot box and cast a vote. But with voting numbers continuously dwindling‚ does the United Kingdom have a participation crisis? The most efficient way to judge this is to go straight to the figures‚ and on first glance the statistics are startling. The percentage of people that voted in 2001 was an astonishing record low of 59%‚ down over 10% from the previous election
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of China and the United Kingdom China and the UK are two very different countries‚ not only in the culture‚ but also in the education‚ healthcare‚ economy and so on. In my opinion‚ differences between studying in China and in the UK are more than others‚ and you can only find a few similarities between them. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the education of China and the UK. The general education systems of China and the UK are quite similar‚ both of them have primary school
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THE ENDLESS CRISIS REPORT Introduction The Endless Crisis was written by John Bellamy Foster‚ the editor of Monthly Review and professor of sociology at the University of Oregon collaborating with Robert W. McChesney. The article came originally from the introduction of the book called The Endless Crisis: How Monopoly-Finance Capital Produces Stagnation and Upheaval from the United States to China. The Great Financial Crisis and the Great Recession began in the United States in 2007 and
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The UK economy After faltering for several years‚ the UK economy shows signs of real recovery‚ with rising spending‚ investment‚ exports and even manufacturing growth. At the start of 2014‚ there seems to be a virtuous circle of falling unemployment‚ falling inflation‚ and rising GDP. After one of the longest and deepest recessions on record‚ these signs of economic growth are definitely welcome‚ yet it is far from a return to normality. Real GDP is still 2% below its 2008 peak‚ and the economy
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Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail banking‚ credit cards‚ corporate banking‚ investment banking‚ wealth management and investment management services with an extensive international presence in Europe‚ the Americas‚ Africa and Asia. With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking‚ Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs nearly 147‚000 people. Barclays moves‚ lends‚ invests‚ protects money for more than 48 million customers and clients worldwide
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The Eurozone crisis was not caused by a single factor‚ it was the result of a compound of errors made by member states in different sectors of the European economy. There are three causes that have been identified as directly leading to the crisis. The problems of competitiveness‚ debt and the lack of a comprehensive growth model. There are several other causes‚ but the problems of Greece mirror the problems of the rest of the Eurozone. In order to fully evaluate and understand the causes of the
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An energy crisis is any great bottleneck) (or price rise) in the supply of energy resources to an economy. In popular literature though‚ it often refers to one of the energy sources used at a certain time and place. Causes Market failure is possible when monopoly manipulation of markets occurs. A crisis can develop due to industrial actions like union organized strikes and government embargoes. The cause may be over-consumption‚ aging infrastructure‚ choke point disruption or bottlenecks at
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http://www.londonexternal.ac.uk/current_students/programme_resources/laws/subject_guides/public_law/public_chs1to4.pdf Nigel Morris: ‘The Big Question: Why doesn ’t the UK have a written constitution‚ and does it matter?’ published on 14/02/2008‚ accessed from http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-big-question-why-doesnt-the-uk-have-a-written-constitution-and-does-it-matter-781975.html No author: ‘Magna Carta is favoured date for British Day’‚ published on 30/05/2006‚ accessed from http://www
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[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_2694_131/ai_98829796/?tag=content;col1] FROM THE PERSPECTIVE of crisis management‚ the first few years of the 21st century have been extraordinary. As a society‚ we went from the Ford/Firestone fire debacles (May to September‚ 2000) to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11‚ 2001. These were followed in close succession by unsavory revelations that Catholic priests had committed serious acts of child abuse and‚ furthermore‚ that these acts were repeatedly
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What are ‘zombie banks’ The term ‘zombie bank’ was first introduced by Edward Kane in 1987 to describe a bank that has a negative net worth but still continues to operate. A negative net worth means that the fair value of assets is lower than the total value of liabilities. Zombie banks usually have large amounts of non-performing assets on their balance sheets making them unprofitable. A loan is considered to be a non-performing asset if no principal payments or interest have been paid for 90 days
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