government and military? You may know that the Greeks had the first democracy. You also may know about the Spartans and how powerful their army was‚ but that is not all. The ancient Greek government and military was a lot more than that‚ and this document can teach you more. The Greek government was different from our present government and so was their military. The ancient Greek democracy was very different from the US’s democracy. Athens is the best-documented and most studied polis in ancient
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What would happen if you got two different governments going head to head‚ fighting to see who is better? What if those two governments were Democracy and Absolutism? In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries‚ they were both used‚ and one was more effective; But which one? In this time period‚ Absolutism was the best form of government‚ because it was effective and worked for the people. In an Absolutism government‚ or a Monarchy‚ it was believed the Kings worked with God‚ and He bestowed them
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0.83 1.52 2.28 0.45 0.4 0.41 Interest Coverage ratio 8.33 2.27 5.83 5.23 3.68 4.53 1.27 2.76 6.36 6.95 AUTOMOBILE SECTOR Interpretation of ratios Profitability Ratios Gross Margin Ratio From the above chart it is clearly seen that Gross Profit Margin of Ashok Leyland is decreasing because of various factors such as increase in raw material cost‚ labor cost‚ power and fuel cost. So company has to undertake research and development to reduce
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QUESTION 1; 1. Do you think elections can be a good measure of democracy? Discuss this statement in relation to elections recently held in African countries you are familiar with. INTRODUCTION The year 2011 experienced serious levels of political activities in Africa such as political upheavals‚ middle-east uprisings and elections in many countries. Most Islamic nations rose against their long-ruling leaders‚ hence saw the ousted of Egyptian Hosni Mubarak and the killing of Muamar
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Elections certainly are a necessary element in a functioning democracy. Elections charachetristcally exist to provide the governed with voice and choice so as to whom they are governed by. Elections although essential are not the only prerequisite to democracy. A successful democracy should have a strong constitution that advocates protection of civil liberties and prescribes a separation of powers. In a democracy elections are vital but a constitution is first and foremost the greater necessity
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the Distinction between Direct and Representational Democracy The dispute over direct or representational democracy has been a heated discussion for several years. There are some persuasive arguments on either side of the table. Direct democracy lends itself to the conception that the people should decide the law of the land‚ and that the people know fully how to govern. In contrast‚ representational democracy contends that the prevalent individual does not have adequate education about the
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women garment workers in Bangladesh be improved? Naila Kabeer questions whether the workers themselves benefit from the campaigning approach of Anita Roddick and the National Labor Committee. Anita Roddick writes on openDemocracy with passionate anger about the conditions of women workers in the export garment sector based on testimonies of workers she met on her visit to Bangladesh. Her account is supported by the United States-based National Labor Committee (NLC) which has been active in the country
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Characteristics of American Democracy Several unique characteristics of our political system are listed below. • Popular consent is the idea that governments draw their powers from the governed. • Popular sovereignty is the right of the majority to govern themselves. • Majority rule holds that only those policies that collectively garner the consent of a majority of citizens will become law. • Individualism is the value and focus placed on individuals in our democracy and culture. Individualism
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The Philippines And the struggle for democracy The second half of the 20th century brought many new countries in Southeast Asia. A majority of these countries began to use western democracies to shape their government. The Philippines is among the newly democratized developing states. The Philippines has been directly influenced by the United States in developing its autonomy as a democracy. Because of continuing corruption and dynastic rule‚ contradictions in political culture‚ and semi-authoritarian
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activities to aid decision-making process | Accounting process | Follows a full process of recording‚ classifying‚ and summarising for the purpose of analysis and interpretation of the financial information | Cost accounts are not preserved under Management Accounting but analyses necessary data from financial statements and cost ledgers. | Legal/rules | Drafted according to GAAP - General Accepted Accounting Procedure. | Drafted according to management suitability. | Users | External users‚ such as
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