What can you say about Philippine politics? Our country is challenged with quite a lot of political‚ economic and social problems at this time. The most controversial on televisions and in actual life is the political issues for it consist with well-known giant names in the republic. The politics of our country is occasioned in an organized framework of presidential‚ representative and democratic republic whereby the president is both the head of the state and the head of the government. Philippine
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“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore‚ all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw When I first read this‚ I immediately thought that this goes back to a classical debate of being ideal against being practical. To challenge the status quo. But do we really have to be unreasonable in order to achieve progress? Being reasonable implies practicality which denotes steadiness and soundness
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Politics is the art or science of government or governing‚ especially the governing of a political entity‚ such as a nation‚ and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs. The role of a politician is varied and changes from day to day. Some politicians have greater responsibility or influence than others‚ depending on the size of the district they represent and the positions they hold on committees. As such‚ a politician’s schedule can begin very early in the morning
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FAIRNESS AT PLAY Introducing electoral reforms to reduce the influence of money and muscle power in politics FAST FACTS 33% of candidates who declared assets more than INR 5 crore‚ won in 2009.i 2009 Lok Sabha Poll estimated spending (nearly INR 10‚000 crore) is higher than the 2008 US Presidential Elections (nearly INR 8‚000 crore).ii The cost of conducting 2004 elections was 125 times1 greater than that of 1952.iii 162 MPs elected in 2009 have criminal cases against them; 26% increase
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Environmental issues soared to a prominent place on the political agenda in the United States and other industrial nations. The politics of the environment revolves in many respects‚ around judgment‚ evidence‚ and uncertain. Additionally‚ in keeping with the positivity theme mention‚ we will note the successes of environmental policy as well as problems. The major policy on the environmental area is security‚ in this case refers to safety‚ “the prevention of future needs”. Future needs often have
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“Politics is a strife of interests masqueraded as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage”. This quote‚ by Ambrose Bierce is an accurate reflection of what politics has become in the modern era. In today’s era‚ it seems politicians have abandoned the idea of public good‚ and instead embraced private‚ corporate sponsored agenda’s. In order to change this contemptible reality‚ the dominant corporate dominated political paradigm must be challenged. The only political
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Politics from the past The great philosopher Aristotle stated the bare truth when he said centuries ago that man is "a political animal". He and his equally famous disciple Plato strongly denounced politics. Plato went so far as to say: "O‚ men of Athens‚ if I was engaged in politics‚ I would have perished long ago and done no good either to you or to myself." Since then‚ however‚ politics has pervaded every sphere of life‚ and the number of politicians has grown beyond measure. There is
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tax havens may foster institutional decay as they make it easier to get away with large-scale corruption and theft of resource rents. Summary The size and role of the government is one of the most fundamental and enduring debates in American politics. Economics can be used to analyze the relative merits of government intervention in the economy in specific areas‚ but it cannot answer the question of whether there is “too much” or “too little” government activity overall. That is not to say that
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the future. Introduction In times of crisis‚ there is an almost irresistible temptation to make pessimistic prognoses. Such pessimism is associated with an attitude that is supposed to reveal a hard headed realist‘s approach to the messy world of politics and economics. However‚ much of the hand wringing and dire predictions do not rely on anything beyond a generally dark and pessimistic outlook. Tragically‚ if there is enough darkness of outlook among large numbers of people‚ the dire predictions
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Bernard McGrane believes that as sociologists they have to think scientifically which means without any bias or personal preference. For instance‚ when we are think about necessity of legalizing casinos in NYC‚ we cannot have any answer influenced by personal experience like lost money there or personal preference like I don’t like gambling. We have to think objectively without any personal emotion. As to culture shock from anthropology‚ it is a individual get in to a new society which has totally
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