...number of reforms that were taking place. This is important because women were involved in many of these campaigns so they were encouraged that they would be able to win suffrage for themselves. A campaign for women's suffrage developed in the years after 1870 due to several reasons. Women's necessity and craving for suffrage can partly explain the campaign, although it is also significant to consider why a campaign or fight was necessary, along with the reasons why this began after 1870. The primary reason women wanted suffrage was because of their inferior status to men. They wanted to improve this. For example women were not allowed to attend schools or colleges limiting their chances of becoming someone important and well respected in society. Their job range was very limited they could either work in mills, farms or stay at home and look after the house however the poor women were unable to stay home to look after the house, as they had to work to bring in income to support their families. This led to a campaign for women's suffrage because they were not happy about being treated as slaves. The men were the slave-masters and the women were the slaves. They wanted to change this so they could live independently and not to rely on men. But this would only happen if they were able to get education so they could practice for careers that would improve there image in society and press the government to make changes so that women could be treated equally to men. In addition, in...
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...How democratic is the UK? The term democracy implies that the government in the UK is elected by the people for the people; this statement is true to an extent. However it is difficult to administer as most modern democracies are representative, where the public chooses who they wish to possess power to devise policies that will benefit them. Our electoral system in the UK is currently ‘First Past the Post’, where every person over 18 unless they’re in prison has the right to a single vote. ‘First Past the Post’ is an element of the UK democracy that can be seen as both democratic and undemocratic. It’s democratic because the system has survived the test of time and been relatively unchallenged, but when it has, ‘First Past the Post’ has won i.e. in the Referendum of May 5th 2011. Even if the majority win the minority can still run and succeed in the next election regardless of who won the last election. ‘First Past the Post’ can be undemocratic as if only around 60% of people vote how can the government say they represent the people when 40% of the people who can vote didn’t, this is how ‘First Past the Post’ can be seen as unfair. The system makes it very difficult for smaller parties to get elected because the three main parties dominate the elections these are Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats. For a party like the UKIP to get elected would be impossible as even though they had 3,881,099 votes they only got one seat but then the SNP had 1,454,436 had got...
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...Economics I am mostly against government intervention in the economy because I believe that we should have a free market that is not affected by any political measures. However, there are times when the government simply has no choice if the economy is at risk of collapsing. The current global recession is one such instance where government intervention is necessary. The United States has chosen to introduce stimulus packages in order to help stimulate the economy. Keynesian economics backs this theory in that spending encourages more spending, which results in the economy picking up over the long term. So far, the US economy has taken slow steps to get back to where it was before the recession, but the main thing is that the economy is improving. Still, this is not fast enough for some people, who criticize the government for either not doing enough or simply getting involved at all. European governments have taken a different road to the United States; they have largely shied away from stimulus packages and instead focused on austerity measures. The problem with this is that it does not encourage growth; people are not encouraged to spend because the economy is often experiencing negative growth. In my opinion, Keynesian economic theory should be encouraged because of the help it provides to the economy. The government can be thought of as a guide that only gets involved in the economy when it is absolutely necessary to. As long as the government does not abuse its authority...
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... Your name The New Deal changed the role of the federal government by making them more involved in big business. During Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first term he implemented the plan. It consisted of the three R’s relief, recovery, and reform. The role of the government before the New Deal wasn’t very involved. President Hoover believed in government staying out of private industry. Mostly Hoover believed that the business cycle would happen. Then we would get out of the recession. The only thing he did was raise tariffs. That really hurt us in the long run with competion. The economic changes in the country were things like the Social Security Act that gave payment to the elderly. The National Recovery Act dealt with prohibition and setting fair price so we wouldn’t get into another economic mess. The Economy Act was to balance out the budget through saving. The Tennessee Valley Authority Act allowed the federal government to build dams and power plants in the Tennessee Valley to bring up the industry in the southern region. The Emergency Banking Act gave administration the right to regulate the banks. The Federal Securities Act stiffened the regulation of the securities business. It regulated the stock market and set rules to make sure it a fair business ventures. The Home Owners Refinancing Act would later establish the Home Owners Loan Corporation to refinance non-farm home mortgages. It was to get people to spend money on fixing their homes up and stimulating the...
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...Somalia, need more help than others. The countries in Africa are not the only ones struggling, there are countries all over the world who are having similar issues. However, in the past, the United States got involved with countries’ problems when there was no reason to do so (mostly in the Cold War). People claim that by intervening with some of the more “unsafe” countries that would just be risking the lives of our military and such. But most of these countries are stricken with famine and threatening diseases, that most people from the United States have vaccines for. So, if we just turn our noses up to the countries in need are we really as strong as we claim to be. The only time we should get involved is if it is a humanitarian crisis....
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...of government. These are just a few of the duties of our U.S. Congress. Although they are essential to our government, there are potential problems. People are not always satisfied with the length of time involved in passing a law as well as the deadlock Congress can experience on an issue. Another potential problem people see with Congress is representation. Not all Americans feel that they are equally represented. The Congress of the United States is viewed by many as the largest branch in government. Some people might even say it is the most important. This is due to the roles Congress pays in our government. Congress is responsible for the lawmaking in our country as well as implementing national policy. The power to make laws was given to Congress by our forefathers when they constructed our constitution. Passing laws is very important to our country because without them we would be living in chaos. Of course, all our laws are not perfect but for the most part our Congress does a good job at keeping this country under control. The problems with lawmaking that most people see is the time involved in getting a law passed. In order for a bill to become a law it must first be "introduced to the House or Senate, or both, then referred to a committee." (Cummings / Wise 479). This can be a very time consuming process. Anyone interested in having a law passed must realize the process involved and be patient. In addition to lawmaking Congress is also involved in passing...
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...The United States has been a constant participate in war time affairs. In the start of the country the US has been involved in dozens all stemming from the protection of thave been instilled upon by the forefathers, the country's core value: liberty, justice, and freedom. Fighting for the core vaules of thenation have been a forfitted responsibility put on by the forefathers. Protecting the nation from any from of attack on the vaules have been challenged. In the past century the unethical business process of war profiteering has risen, leading to the unjust profiting during a time of crisis. War profiteers have made billions of dollars during war since the beginning of war time fighting in the United States. The overall economic gain of oneself...
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...Government and Innovation Government and Innovation Innovation is not only time consuming but it also costs. It is important to have good investors behind a great idea, in order for that idea to come alive. Sometimes it is important for the government to step in and support the development of an innovation in order for things to happen. One might wonder how important government support is to innovation. If it is maybe even impossible for innovation to happen in some cases if the government is not behind it. If one looks over some of the innovations over the past few years that the government has been involved in, it is hard to imagine that the world would be where it is at without the government support. It is undeniable that the government plays a big role when it comes to innovation, it can be with direct funding on set policies. The U.S government has been very much involved in science and technology innovation that will help benefit the military. However, in most cases these innovation do not only benefit the military, but the society as a whole. The abundance of new inventions resulting from government funding, such as the Internet, did not just benefit the military. These inventions also drove economic growth. The emergence of venture capital financing and entrepreneurial communities in places like Silicon Valley turned ideas into world-changing products. (Estrin, 2009, p. 55) It is good for the society and the economy as a whole that the government gets involved...
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...constitutions, call for reforms, and is engaged in ongoing protests. Regardless, building a stable economic power and government is not one simple solution and takes time. As some nations strive for liberal democracies or constitutional monarchies, there must be political pluralism and with that secularism or at least pseudo-secularism. All things equal, the U.S. foreign policy must see a change in its promotion— a different, new way to deal with the Middle East as a whole and the diverse specific countries. There is no question as to whether conflict will arise in other countries within the Middle East, we know it will, but how the U.S. chooses to position itself in the fight includes stability and democracy on the overall position and relationships and development in terms of specific countries. This paper explains steps that could be taken in forming a U.S. foreign policy in the emerging Middle East region. Some people educated or not about foreign affairs are pushing for the U.S. to take action and use the Middle East crises as an advantage. They want to use this time as a way the U.S. can pursue its goals for forming a more cooperate region. Conversely, many people are opposed to getting involved to a certain extent. According to a poll on FoxNews.com, 58.7 percent of the people surveyed believed the U.S. should get involved only a little in the Egypt crisis, “getting involved is likely to backfire, so let Egypt work it out” was the...
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...Brouwer 11-1175 9/08/201 An Externality is when costs or benefits of certain activities spill or fall into third parties that have nothing to do with the initial situation in hand; its like a side effect or consequence of an activity that affects other parties who did not choose to incur that cost or benefit. Like you can see there can be either costs, or benefits that affect those third parties. When it is a cost that is imposed on third parties, it is called a negative externality; negative externalities occur when a decision or activity imposes costs on anyone that is not involved in the making of the decision, that is if a decision imposes any kind of external cost, which are costs you impose on others, then the social cost will exceed the private cost, which is the cost to the decision maker. On the other hand, when the third party benefits from an activity in which they are not directly involved, the benefit is called positive externality. Negative externalities occur in our every day life; you see, since humans are a very self centered specie we tend to think about the cost something would have on us and very rarely on what it would have on others. Even consumers do not take cost of externalities into account when buying a product that may have a negative externality. So, when a negative externality occurs in an unregulated market, producers don’t take responsibility for external costs, these costs are just passed on to society and to the government’s hands. One...
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...bigger houses, more cars, take shorter vacations to more exotic places than the Europeans. We don't have full frontal nudity for men and women as is common on European TV and in their movies. We don't have legalized prostitution as in Holland and we don't pay more than half of our incomes for all the free things European get from their governments. But wait... it's all coming to a neighborhood near you and soon. It's not capitalism that is the problem, it's the government's over-involvement in business, corporations and capitalism that is the problem. If you read Farrell's examples they are all caused by the marriage between government and business. Some regulation is necessary, but modern government uses corporations and capitalism as a means to all its ends. For example, healthcare beefs up insurance companies in order to force everyone to buy health insurance and participate in the exchanges. The bailouts provided enormous amounts of money to stabilize car companies and banks, so that people could still borrow money and employees could keep their jobs. It all sounds necessary, but it's only necessary because government has over-relied and gotten too involved in business, corporations and capitalism. Every time a new reg passes it favors the large companies and makes it harder for the smaller ones to compete. Eventually all the remaining players are too big to fail. More free market capitalism, and less overly...
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...Australian Government The constitutional Monarchy was introduced by the Kingdom of England in the Glorious Revolution in the year 1688 which led to it being created in 1689. From then, many sovereigns ruled from hereditary from when they were born. Australia is an independent nation, but it shares a monarchy with the United Kingdom and many other countries, including Canada and New Zealand which is a part of Australia. The present Monarch of Australia and England to the present day is Queen Elizabeth the second who has ruled since she reigned to the throne since 6th of February 1952 and is the head of the Commonwealth Australia. The Queen appoints the Governor General with advice from the Australian Government. The ministry is appointed by the Governor General and has the power to dissolve the parliament after agreeing with the prime minister. As the Queen lives in Britain and has no power over the things she can’t see she delegates the Governor General who lives on Australian soil to have the power she has of help run the country. With the Governor Generals power, the senate and the House of Representatives, they will work together in the parliament house to run Australia’s Parliament. The Prime minister is the main person in charge of the country and is the one...
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...directed in the war. The troops are being deployed to different areas around the world. The president needs to just keep them all in one spot to decrease the killing that’s happening. The military shouldn’t get involved with other countries war because that’s causing deaths, lack of support from the ones who are really battling in the war, and funding for it (Romesh 1). When the troops try to ask the government for help they always turn them down. Instead, the government is willing to help other countries like Syria with their weapons instead of the U.S. It’s the...
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...they also fear of reactions from their manager. In Case Study "Cape Trafalgar" parties involved in the conflict are fishermen and two companies willing to build huge windmills at the sea shore. Suppressed conflict is on construction of windmills. These companies never involved in discussion or considered the concerns of fishermen and when fishermen approached many officials to express their concerns, they didn’t communicate back to them. Manuel Bustos is one of the officials for windmill production, he never resolved the basic issues of fishermen and he stated to his group to influence the fishermen by telling benefit of the project. In our case fishermen are ready, but government and wind organizations are still discussing and not cooperative to surface conflict. Problems occur if such situations are ignored: If the situations are ignored, it may turn even worse and employees refuse to work, poor coordination and integration. Employees become demotivated and in turn loss to the company since cost factor increases with these situations, there is will be no creativity and innovation in organization of employees. In Case Study "Cape Trafalgar" if the situation is the same i.e., ignoring. Fisher men may revolt against Government and Organizations. Already Fisher men are hostile towards the actions carried with them and this will take worse and there is a troublesome situation for Government if all the opposing parties in the...
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...President was involved in one of the most controversial issues that the United States has ever seen. Nixon's role in the Watergate Scandal definitely warranted his impeachment. The Watergate Scandal remains well known throughout history today. This problem led toward Nixon resigning only two years in his 2nd term. Did President Nixon make the right choices? Can anybody truly trust the government after a situation like this?. Many Historians believe this altered the course of history and so we can't never truly trust the Government again. Although others believe that Nixon did not make the best decision; but, this should not alter the way the people view our Government. On June 18, 1972, a story about a robbery...
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