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American Government

Section 1: US Government
Discuss the concept of Checks & Balances and explain how it makes government more democratic. Provide a description of each branch that includes its duties and how it checks the power of other branches. Describe the impact of the media on the political process focusing on its role as a check on power. 
Historically, the founders of the U.S. Constitution intended to prevent tyranny by ensuring that the powers divested through the government are equal and balance (Kilman & Costello, p. 22). Hence, no individual or group or office can abuse their powers. It set up a Continue reading...

The term “Nazi” conjures up horrific images of German soldiers brutally murdering millions of Jews and other social groups German Nazis categorized as “non-Aryans.” The Holocaust has been called the darkest period of human history and the greatest crime against humanity that has hitherto been recorded in history. This methodical and systematic elimination of so-called “undesirables” was made possible by an amalgam of factors: ripe conditions in a war-torn Europe that enabled fascism to take form. * Despite national idiosyncrasies, Nazi Germany as the Third Reich and Fascist Italy, along with other fascist movements, retained many commonalities that allow for Continue reading...

The name Third World Countries started at the onset of the Cold War, and it was used to refer to countries that had no affiliations with the East or the West (NATO). The East refers to nations that promoted and adopted the communist ideas and economic policies. However, the end of the cold in the early 1990s after the separation of the Soviet Union led to the use of the name in a different context. Today, the name refers to countries that have not optimized their potential in terms of their political development and maturity. These are developing countries Continue reading...

In the last fifteen years, the privatization of Canadian government services has grown. Privatization is the systematic transfer of government functions to the private sectors (Public Interest, 2015). One of the main reasons for privatization is to reduce costs at the same time maintain the quality of services offered. People supporting privatization argue that private sectors provide services more efficiently, and they are less costly than when under government operation. Government operations are at times considered to be ineffective and unresponsive to the demands and needs of the public (John Howard Society, 1998).

Forms of Privatization

There are different forms of privatization Continue reading...

This research paper mainly focuses on reality television shows and the politics behind the television industry in Hong Kong. The paper will discuss several aspects of reality shows and the politics behind them. The paper will first, look at the reason why people in Hong Kong choose to watch reality shows from one channel over other channels in the past ten years. Secondly, the paper will focus on how television companies in Hong Kong choose to support different political stances and how their productions of reality shows are involved in politics. Thirdly, how the reality shows change in Hong Continue reading...

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This research paper critically evaluates the US foreign policy and finds out if it is geared towards maintaining an ‘American empire’. 
In addition to all the other policies pertaining to a government, the foreign policy plays a key part in maintaining a good and positive image of the country. It helps to maintain a healthy relationship with all the other countries of the world, which ultimately leads to a peaceful state within the country. A smart foreign policy would always tries to maintain a balance between the benefit of the country itself and all the other countries of the Continue reading...

The Reagan administration intervention in Nicaragua is of the most controversial international moves made by the American government. This move not only violated the international peace laws but also violated the American policies on international relations. Despite the fact that Reagan knew the consequences of participating in the Nicaraguan invasion, he authorized the participation of the United States in this conquest. His motive for participating in the Nicaraguan conquest was profoundly influenced by the need to maintain America’s superiority in international affairs rather than the ethical policies guiding such interventions. Due to the illegal nature of the Nicaraguan Continue reading...

Internal Marketing and Impact on Organizational Performance

Internal marketing can be defined as marketing that faces inwards (towards employees) rather than outwards (towards customers) (Mahnert & Torres, 2007). It is also known as internal branding, which is “the concerted, inter-departmental and multi-directional internal communications effort carried out in order to create and maintain an internal brand” (Mahnert & Torres 2007, p. 54). The concept originated in services marketing, in which seeing to employees’ needs was seen to provide better performance and returns for customers (Catalin, Andreea & Adina, 2014). Internal marketing has emerged roughly since the 1970s, when the focus was to perform internal marketing to internal customers; however, Continue reading...

Introduction

In the midst of war and peace, the statuses of developing countries have been changing and fluctuating depending on the damages that the occurrences have brought about and the type and amount of aid they receive from foreign countries. As we all know, wars are usually characterized by extreme violence, social disruption and economic disruption that is why, it is known to influence and affect a nation greatly. (Coleman, 2009) Tajikistan, as a developing country, has been affected by one of the most known wars occurred in the world—the Civil War. It has affected the circulation and the Continue reading...

Introduction

Lobbying is integral to U.S. politics. Historically, different interest groups have lobbied and exercised differential pressures on consecutive U.S. Administrations for different political goals. Based on comparative industry weight and lobbying power, each lobby group has succeeded or failed to achieve set goals. The rise of lobbying groups in recent decades has been further emphasized by a set of lobbying strategies which are being shaped by lobbying groups' moves. These strategies span a broad range of moves including, but not limited to, financing political campaigns, hiring former federal officials in entities – mostly multinational giants – backing lobbying groups, or simply Continue reading...

Introduction

Increasing crime rates in the modern world have made countries implement modern technological and advanced equipments and techniques to maintain their security. Countries, both developed and developing have implemented surveillance techniques in their systems to control crimes and other activities that impact the security of the nation. Although surveillance has numerous benefits in preventing and detecting crime, human right activists argue that it interferes with individual’s privacy. Human rights tend to ignore the number of benefits surveillance brings to the country and concentrates on issues of privacy. The following analysis focuses on relationship between surveillance and human rights Continue reading...

The war in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine, which began in April 2014, involves the armed forces of Ukraine and rebel forces mostly consisting of self-proclaimed supporters of Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republic (DPR and LPR respectively). In addition to the armed forces of Ukraine in the battles against the supporters of the DPR and LPR there are also other militant insurgent and non-governmental groups involved. The European Union, NATO, the Council of Europe, the USA, Ukraine and a number of other states blame the Russian Federation in participating in the conflict, particularly, in the use of Continue reading...

The economic growth of a country is extremely crucial for its overall development. Most countries often gear their policies to achieve this target with the hope that such growth would bring their citizens out of poverty. However, growth need not necessarily be the sole objective of economic policy since economic growth can be lopsided and uneven, thus depriving large sections of the population of the benefits of growth. Therefore, most economic policy makers also take into account factors such as income distribution and poverty. However, there are varied debates over the method of measuring poverty as well since every Continue reading...

Ronald Reagan is known today as a conservative icon, one that many Republicans look to for inspiration. Reagan’s accomplished many things as president, ranging from Reagonomics, cutting the size of government, dealing harshly with the USSR, and bringing an end to the Cold War. His famous economic policy, the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act, pledged to cut government spending by three dollars for any dollar increased due to taxes (Ehrman 61). Furthermore, he was well known before his days as president because was a governor of California and a former actor. In the end, Reagan embodied the Continue reading...

Discussion

With the current high rates of technological advancement in the communication sector, most governments have shown a paradigm shift from manual modes of operation to a concept of mobile government (West, 2012). It is also referred as electronic government in some cases; it facilitated an interaction between governments and their citizens and in some case, enhances interaction between government and other international stakeholders (Henman, 2013). Digital government has been majorly associated with various benefits; however, most evident benefit of mobile government is the enhanced efficiency of service provision. Certain institutions are currently focusing on a shift from e-governance to Continue reading...

When the delegates gathered for the Constitutional Convention in May of 1787, one of the primary questions on their minds was: what is the purpose of a federal government? Over the next several months, and often as the subject of intense debate, the Founding Fathers were finally able to answer the question in the form of the preamble to the Constitution. According to the preamble, the federal government has only a few broad purposes namely, “form a more perfect union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and Secure the Blessings of Continue reading...

RESEARCH PAPER SCAFFOLD:

Step 1 Thesis
The Articles of Confederation can be termed as the mother of the U.S constitution and that which held the States together from 1781. The essay seeks to defend the Articles of Confederation as the foundation of the contemporary American constitution.

At the time, Articles of Confederation was created.
Step 3:
Source 1 (book/Primary Source)
According to Franklin and Ralph “The article stemmed from wartime urgency and progressed gradually, later ratified on 1st march 1781”24
Franklin, Benjamin, and Ralph Ketcham. The Political Thought of Benjamin Franklin. Indianapolis: Hackett Pub. Co, 2003. Print.

The main idea about this subject is:

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Statement of purpose

Increase in international trade and businesses have resulted in increased derivatives use in international finance markets. In that respect, businesses and investors increasingly adapt strategies o benefits from exchange rate fluctuation as well as for managing his related risks. Those strategies include speculation, arbitrage and hedging with varying application by firms and investors. In that view, his analysis seeks to study the three techniques application by firms.

Study objective and question

In view of the study topic, the study will seek to achieve two objectives. The first objective is to find the characteristics of the firms ha use each of the three strategies. Continue reading...

Government Policy and Irregulation in Relation to Low Calorie Frozen, Microwavable Food Company

The managers in the low calorie, frozen microwave Food Company should follow the plan of getting the elasticity of demand. It shows the responsiveness of quantity demanded in respect to the changes in price. Demand of a product is dependent on the pricing strategy that a company follows in addition to other factors. The factors include the luxury or necessity, availability of close substitutes, the cost of switching off, tastes and preferences of others (Nguyen, 2012). A necessity product has an inelastic demand. It refers to a state of affairs whereby a unit increase or decrease in price of Continue reading...

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Information about the Country (Turkey)

Turkey is strategically located at the crossroads of Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Nowadays, Turkey has a fast strong, growing and sound economy. At the same time, Turkey still has many issues that need attention. The account deficit is large, inflation is still significant, competitiveness is an issue, corruption, and what is most problematic, unemployment is rather high, namely in the south east and east, and among those first entering the labor market and women. The current growing fears about limits to free press and semi autocratic leadership are also a matter of concern. Continue reading...