PAD 170 : GOVERNMENT & POLITICS 1. Define ’election’ and explain its functions OR Explain the reasons supporting the importance of an election. ’Election’ refers to an act or process of choosing a person or persons for a public or political office. The functions of an election are: (i) To give the voters a choice of who should represent them in the legislature or government; (ii) To elect representatives who will act on behalf of their constituents
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“The Power Of Three- Executive‚ Legislative‚ and Judicial vs. the Dancer‚ Choreographer‚ and Audience” A dance performance is very similar to The Separation of Powers in the government because they both demonstrate checks and balances each role plays. For example‚ a Dancer is similar to the Executive Branch‚ the Audience is similar to the Judicial Branch‚ and the Choreographer is similar to the Legislative Branch. Each branch is needed to pass a law just as everyone involved in a dance performance
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common being parliament and congress‚ although these terms also have more specific meanings. In parliamentary systems of government‚ the legislature is formally supreme and appoints a member from its house as the prime minister which acts as the executive. In separation of powers doctrine‚ the legislature in a presidential system is considered a power branch which
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and presidential government. Parliamentary system‚ according to Warwick‚ “[is] also known as parliamentarianism‚ is equated with Westminster variant‚ which‚ in its pure form‚ envisages a single‚ highly disciplined party in firm control of both the executive and the legislative branches of government” (Warwick‚ 2006‚ p.1). The origin of parliamentary government can be dated back to the government that started in kingdom of Great Britain during the 17th and 18th century. Several countries gradually adopted
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the Constitution‚ to make laws. The executive branch‚ headed by the President‚ executes or carries out laws. Last but not least‚ the Constitution established the Supreme Court to head the judicial branch‚ which interprets and applies the law in federal court cases. The principle of separation of powers‚ as implemented in drafting the Constitution‚ was based on several values generally held: the separation of government into three branches‚ legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial; the idea that each
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NAME : MUTIARA NPM : 1306388736 Political science : the systematic study of political and governmental institutions and processes. (Ranney‚ 1993: p.1) Each organizations backs up its rules with sanctions‚ which are penalties that a group can impose on those who break its rules. (Ranney‚ 1993: p.3) Moral percepts are rules of behavior based on ideas of rights and wrong. (Ranney‚ 1993: p.4) Customs are rules of behavior that are based on long-established and widespread ways I which most
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An executive summary for managers and executives can be found at the end of this article Green marketing of cosmetics and toiletries in Thailand Lalit M. Johri Associate Professor at the School of Management‚ Asian Institute of Technology‚ Klong Luang‚ Pathumthani‚ Thailand Kanokthip Sahasakmontri Retail Network Strategic Planning Assistant‚ Shell Companies in Thailand‚ Klongtoey‚ Bangkok‚ Thailand Introduction The green marketing of products and services is an important development in
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taieb.2.hafsi@hec.ca‚ real.labelle@hec.ca This study investigates the joint effect of corporate ownership and board of directors’ diversity configurations on the success of strategic merger and acquisition (M&A) decisions. Board diversity is defined as the extent to which its demographic diversity as measured by the culture‚ nationality‚ gender and experience of its directors complements its statutory diversity. A theoretical framework linking ownership‚ board diversity and M&A strategic decision
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Separation of powers is an act of vesting the legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial powers of government in separate bodies. (Losco and Baker 2013‚ pg 23) The United States is focused on this thought of discrete branches of government with distinct responsibilities. Power is divided in the U.S. government in two significant ways. Originally‚ power is distributed amongst the state and national government‚ and following‚ power is shared between the three branches of national government. Separation
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the ones who should have the power to vote for the 3 branches of Government : Executive ‚ Legislative and Judicial . The Legislative branch will be represented by the Senate and the House of Representatives . The most important duty of the legislative branch will be to make the laws . Another extremely important thing is to vote for a President ‚ Vice-President and Cabinet. The President will be the head of the executive branch‚ which makes laws official. The judicial branch will oversee the court
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