ROUGH OUTLINE FOR A PAPER. COMMENTS ARE WELCOME. Powers behind control: An essay on democracy Peter L. Hupe Department of Public Administration Erasmus University Rotterdam hupe@fsw.eur.nl To be presented at the Annual Work Conference of the Netherlands Institute of Government‚ held at Erasmus University Rotterdam‚ October 29‚ 2004 Workshop 3: Institutional Rearrangement of the Public Domain 1 Abstract In contemporary Western democracies the role of government is not what it
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Imagine a world with homes that have a mind of their own. Psyche Estates that make living seem remarkably easy and simple‚ possibly too simple(lead in). In “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury‚ there is such thing as a house that does everything for their owner; cleans‚ cooks‚ dresses‚ and even has a nursery for children. But the nursery in these houses is no ordinary playroom‚ this room is able to sense the brainwaves of a child and create images out of the crystal walls it was built with(summary). The author’s
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most of the black children get some sort of schooling‚ they drop every year farther behind the grades passed by the white children; the childish vocabulary‚ the child’s exploration of the adventurous possibilities of dam‚ koppies‚ mealie lands and veld—there comes a time when the white children have surpassed these with the vocabulary of boarding-school and the possibilities of interschool sports matches and the kind of adventures seen at the cinema. This usefully coincides with the age of twelve
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South Africa. Arthur’s house contains hundreds of books and “…between the books there were four pictures‚ of Christ crucified‚ and Abraham Lincoln‚ and the white gabled house of Vergelegen‚ and a painting of leafless willows by a river in a wintry veld.” (176) From these pictures of Jesus‚ Lincoln‚ the gabled hose‚ and the leafless willow discloses the symbolism that Arthur admires. Jesus and Lincoln were men of action; they showed love for their friends‚ and at the same time‚ their enemies. These
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The Defence of Duffer’s Drift Introduction -1st Dream - 2nd Dream - 3rd Dream - 4th Dream - 5th Dream - 6th Dream By Captain E.D. Swinton‚ D.S.O.‚ R.E. Later Major General Sir Ernest Swinton‚ K.B.E.‚ C.B.‚ D.S.O. A classic in small unit tactics in the British and Canadian Armies. I recommend this small book‚ without qualification‚ to the modern Infantry soldier. What would you do? Lieutenant Backsight Forethought (BF to his friends) has been left in command of a 50 man reinforced platoon
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Prairies: An extensive area of flat or rolling‚ predominantly treeless grassland‚ especially the large tract or plain of central North America. LOCATION: There are six large areas of temperate grassland: The Pampas in South America‚ The Veld in Africa‚ the Murray-Darling Basin in Australia‚ The Canterbury Plains in New Zealand The Prairies in North America and The Steppes in Central Asia. Explanation: Temperate grassland biomes can be found in many locations. Often
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product is in demand by the consumer‚ thus in order to ensure that the supply meet demand of the consumers‚ producers must maximize the production and improve to the next level. In South Africa the large portion of animal agriculture on the natural veld and planted pastures (). However‚ in order for animals to adapt and be able to produce‚ it production requires an input to genetically improve. Therefore‚ the Large Scale Genetic Evaluation programs refers to the programs that are used to genetically
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intake is low during hot and humid weather. The amount of fat is correlated to the amount of fibre in feed (Looper‚ 2008). Since milk composition is also dependent on the availability of feed‚ when the pasture changes either from being sweet to sour veld or when the quality of forage decline or increase‚ milk composition and yield is expected to change (Caja and Francois‚
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Soc1005s Assignment 1 JMSJAS001 Jason Jamieson 21/8/2008 South African society has undergone rapid change over the last two decades‚ it has shifted from an almost socialist apartheid society whereby segregation and class struggle were rife to a post apartheid society that is still home to segregation and class division but has changed constitutionally to allow for freedom and expression free of oppression. South African society is however still facing
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The Great trek The Voortrekkers comprised two groups from the eastern frontier region of the Cape Colony‚ semi-nomadic pastoralists known as Trekboers‚ and established farmers and artisans known as Grensboere‚ or Border Farmers. Together these groups were later called Voortrekkers Pioneers. While most settlers who lived in the western Cape later known as the Cape Dutch did not trek eastward‚ a small number did. The first colonists‚ who arrived in 1652 to set up a "depot for the provosion of ships"under
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