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Government
Questions and information about the structure and history of legislative systems and ruling empires of countries other than the United States
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Why does government control everyhing?
There cannot be each and every person making laws and trying to implement them, that would bring confusion, so through election the people of a country choose government to run the country on their behalf, to make and implement laws.
What kind of government does Greenland have now?
Greenland has a Parlimentary Democracy within a constitutional monarchy. The chief of state is the king or queen of Denmark. The head of government is the Prime Minister, who is elected by the Greenlandic Parliament. The 31 members of parliament are elected every four years. All citizens over the age of 18 can vote. The country is broken up into three districts called landsdele. Within each district are eighteen municipalities. Amyor and district council run each of the eighteen municipalities. They are elected every four years.
What are the advantage and disadvantage of parliamentary form of government?
The parliamentary system has an equal balance of power between Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.
The American way is for the President to decide everything. He is the ultimate ruler, politically speaking, by being able to appoint Justices, The congress, and His cabinet.
A policy is typically described as a principle or rule to guide decisions and achieve rational outcome(s). The term is not normally used to denote what is actually done, this is normally referred to as either procedure or protocol. Whereas a policy will contain the 'what' and the 'why', procedures or protocols contain the 'what', the 'how', the 'where', and the 'when'. Policies are generally adopted by the Board of or senior governance body within an organization where as procedures or protocols would be developed and adopted by senior executive officers.
Should the federal government be the first responders in a catastrophe?
Yes, but their role beyond first response into oversight of emergency repairs should be limited. They are not as rapid a responder as big construction program managers could be if working direct for insurers who have the biggest stake in loss mitigation by expediting temporary repairs.
What kind of government does Wales have?
== == == == Wales is just a region of the United Kingdom. It now has its own Welsh Assembly with limited powers but otherwise is governed from Westminster by the UK government, which is a two chamber parliament.
How does a representative government work?
People vote for others to speak for them, and make decisions for the good of the colony. Today, we vote for people to makes laws for the good of the community, state, or nation.
How did aqueducts help the government?
The aqueducts helped the population of Roman town rather than the government. It was a public service, rather than something to help the government. It provided clean, fresh waters to the population of the towns.
How is dictatorship similar to republic governments?
A republic is a country which is not rules by a king (monarchy) prince (principality) or duke (duchy). It can be a democracy, an authoritarian state, a totalitarian state or a dictatorship.
The command economy is the economic system that is associated with authoritarian governments and total control of the economy. The government imposes strict control of the production activities, pricing and exports.
How would Libertarians allocate radio frequencies if not the FCC?
Any new committee, commission, council, authority, or agency that was handed the
job of creating a system and procedure, in place of the FCC, for allocating frequencies
to all the radio services that need and want them, would begin in total chaos. After
years spent inventing some sort of device that could function acceptably as a wheel,
adjusting, modifying, revising, litigating, defending, streamlining, and tweaking its
system, it would eventually arrive at a system identical to the one that's in place today.
That's my opinion. I could be wrong.
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What does the debt to GDP ratio measure?
It measures that amount that the country actually produces as a whole compared to the debt that the nation owes.
There is no one answer as it depends on ones subjective view point. I suggest it is better to be a minority within a Canadian State, than a minority, even ruling minority, in a separate Quebec State.
Money would be a big reason for this. Canada spends billions of dollars in Quebec, much of it with direct cash transfers, billions more with federal civil services jobs and contracts, many billions more with national policies and trade benefits like Quebec having 50% of the Dairy quota. All that money and jobs would leave should Quebec choose to be a Federal State rather than a province in Canada.
Should French Canadians find themselves a minority within Quebec they would be at risk of having the majority treat them and their culture as French Quebec treated minority cultures and continue to treat minority cultures. That would be very unpleasant for French Canadians and likely result in a change of position regarding the Not Withstanding Clause.
Why is budgeting considered an administrative process?
The administrative operation of any organization is spending the money represented in the budget. Although the budget may be approved or verified by a higher organization the details of running the organization comes from the active administration of its expenditures. At any level of an administration there is a need to send upward the costs of that level and request sufficient resources to complete the mission at that level. That means, for the most part, the administration of any operation must be involved in the initial description of the budget.
Other parts of the budget may be separate from the administration, such as timing and submission of loans and the payment schedules for loans.
What form or government did the Iroquois Indians have?
In the 1400, Hiawatha started the Iroquois league. They had a council of 50 leaders, known as sachems. Sachems could be male or female. This council made policy decisions affecting the Native Americans who were part of the Iroquois league. These sachems were chosen by the eldest woman in each tribe and could be removed by her if she was not pleased by their performance. Sachems had to represent the viewpoint of their tribes, not their personal beliefs. Decisions made by sachems had to be unanimous. In addition to sachems, honorary members were chosen by each tribe to serve as pine trees. These representatives (both men and women) couldn't vote on matters, yet they were extremely influential. The fire keeper was the central chief, like our president.
How Plato's Republic similar to and different from the government of Sparta?
Oh God, where do I even begin?!
Sparta has two kings which is based predominantly on heritage. Everyone is more or less politically equal in Sparta (The actual Spartans, at least. The 'non-spartans' or 'Helots', had no rights and were basically there at the leisure of their spartan masters, but it was effectively communist-esque provided you were a spartan)
Whereas Plato's Republic is a lot more like a meritocracy; someone is intellectual and loves learning therefore they should rule because they are lovers of truth and knowledge (this is the literal meaning of philosopher: 'philo' coming from the word 'to love' and 'soph' coming from the word for knowledge)
There's more but really you should simply read up on the two subjects to get a good understanding.
What laws have changed regarding American rights since 1950?
FAR TOO MANY changes have occurred in the last 60 years to even begin to enumerate them all here. If you wish to narrow your field of search, or your interest area, or the specific year you are interested in, re-word and re-submit the question.
The Soviet Union set up Communist governments in?
Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, and Czechoslovakia, plus Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
What government was there before the USSR?
There was a Bolshevik government. All the countries under this government were capitalistic. All were ruled by the czars (emperors), boyars (the nobility), and landowners.
What are some advantages of an representative government?
Elected officials could study issues carefully -apex
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What are the different types of election in India?
There are 4 major types of election held in India explained below in brief.
General Election :
In General Elections, the candidates are elected for the Lok Sabha and they are called MP's(Member of Parliament). They are held every 5 years. At present there are 544 members of Lok sabha, there can be at maximum 552 members of Lok sabha (current). These number of seats can be altered by an amendment done by parliament.
Assemby Election:
The State Assembly elections in India are the elections in which the Indian electorate choose the members of the Vidhan Sabha (or Legislative/State Assembly). They are held every 5 years and the members of the legislative assembly are called MLA's.
Rajya Sabha Election:
The body is elected by state and territorial legislatures. Terms of office are for six years, with one third of the members retiring every two years.
There are 238 indirectly-elected members, who represent the 28 states and 2 Union Territories including the National Capital territory, New Delhi. Seats are allotted in proportion to population.
Under article 80 of the Constitution of India, out of the 250 members of the Council of States (Rajya Sabha), 12 are nominated by the President of India from amongst persons who have special knowledge or practical experience in the fields such as literature, science, art or social service.
President Election:
The President is elected, from a group of nominees, by the elected members of the Parliament of India (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) as well as of the state legislatures (Vidhan Sabhas), and serves for a term of five years.
A formula is used to allocate votes so there is a balance between the population of each state and the number of votes assembly members from a state can cast, and to give an equal balance between State Assembly members and National Parliament members.
