decline of the patronage system, and parties have lost control over party platforms and conventions. 4. What does the median voter theorem explain about a two party system? The median voter is a voter who chooses a party to vote for after reviewing the party’s views and objectives they set out to accomplish. 5. Briefly define Gerrymandering: It is intended to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries for voting purposes. Chapter Nine
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become a bona fide design classic, still on sale to this day – though we no longer make them. Electronics go boom In 1912, Arvid Wickström sets up Finnish Cable Works, the foundation of Nokia’s cable and electronics business. By the 1960s, Finnish Cable Works – already working closely with Nokia Ab and Finnish Rubber Works – starts branching out into electronics. In 1962, it makes its first electronic device in-house: a pulse analyser for use in nuclear power plants. In 1963, it starts developing
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increasing inflation, the role of a financial manager is likely to increase mostly due to the broad areas of expertise a financial manager is capable of handling. Even in other areas of business such as management, marketing, accounting, information systems and economics, financial managers are able to provide guidance during times of inflation. Financial managers are well-equipped to manage the cash flow of an organization and may even be able to create forecast models that assist with identifying new
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