European crisis: Germany and the role of the trade unions Germany is usually presented in the mainstream media as having successfully weathered Europe’s vast economic crisis while German Chancellor Angel Merkel from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has gained enormous influence on the European political and financial scene. By contrast‚ in protests across Greece‚ Spain and other countries hit hardest by the crisis references about Germany as the “Fourth Reich” are increasingly being voiced
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Angela Dorothea Merkel (German: [aŋˈɡeːla doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛʁkl̩] ( listen);[1] née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German politician and former research scientist who has been the Chancellor of Germany since 2005‚ and the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 2000. She is the first woman to hold either office.[2] Having initially trained as a physical chemist‚ Merkel entered politics in the wake of the Revolutions of 1989‚ briefly serving as the deputy spokesperson for the East German
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After reunification and the rise of the greens in the 1980s‚ it could now be viewed as a 2 large and 3 small party system. With the Christian Democrat Union and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) party group and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) forming the large two parties and the Left‚ Greens and Free Democrats (FPD) vying for position as the smaller parties. This expansion of parties with a degree of power‚ particularly at the
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Max Weber introduced the term charisma into social theory and political sociology. This was complimented in lectures with the anthropologically derived term ‘trickster’. In what way are charismatic leaders and ‘tricksters’ related? In what such similarities or differences are relevant for understanding contemporary politics? Illustrate your argument with a concrete example. Intro Charisma was introduced into social theory and political sociology by German Sociologist Max Weber who described charisma
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This is an example of part of the democratic deficit in the European Parliament. To further show how there is a democratic deficit in the European Parliament I will explain how it is largely inaccessible to its European citizens and how the European Parliament lacks the power that it requires to resolve the problems in the Union. I will then describe some unsuccessful attempts at solutions and conclude with some possible future remedies. While the European Union was originally made as a project to
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Prohibition‚ Why Did Americans Change Their Minds? Alcohol was thought to be the source of several of the nation’s problems. Issues like domestic violence‚ unemployment and poverty. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union first introduced the idea of prohibition‚ the illegalization of the buying‚ selling or consumption of alcohol. Prohibition was made official in 1919 as Nebraska became the 36th state to ratify the proposal. Prohibition took effect one year later in 1920. In the beginning‚ prohibition
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In democratic system people are participating in political and decision making process without considering their race‚ color‚ physical ability such as Scandinavian countries. They are able to decide on their destiny directly or through their representatives. Each individual have their votes and these votes are effective and able to change decisions. There is no lumber on their choice and government can not mobilize citizens to pro-government relies; in contrast people are being mobilized by themselves
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The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union to not only reform social and political change for women‚ but to teach women how to conduct themselves in the new society. She often referred to these teachings and trainings as the “WCTUniversity” where women learned how to think on their feet‚ speak in public places‚ and run an organization. However‚ their main objective for organizing the union was to ban the consumption and sale of alcohol. The union believed alcohol was one of the leading‚ contributing
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Thesis: The original 13 colonies was democratic‚ because of their ability to vote‚ religious freedom‚ and their representative government. Document 2 was created because the colonies believed voters had the right to have a say in the government. Voting qualifications were that you had to be a white‚ Christian male‚ and own a specific amount of land. Voting was democratic in that the colonists had a say in government. Blacks and women not having the right to vote was undemocratic. The colonies believed
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A democratic deficit (or democracy deficit) occurs when ostensibly democratic organizations or institutions (particularlygovernments) fall short of fulfilling the principles of democracy in their practices or operation where representative and linked parliamentary integrity becomes widely discussed.[1] The phrase democratic deficit is cited as first being used by the Young European Federalists in their Manifesto in 1977‚[2] which was drafted by Richard Corbett. The phrase was also used by David
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