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Social drugs are drugs available in social situations. Some are legal and widely used. Some are banned in many sports and are also illegal.
Examples of social drugs are:Nicotine, Alcohol,Cannabis, Caffeine, Stimulants
Why is a federal system important in a democracy?
This is a very typical American misconception. Since federalism is a key component of the US political machinery, many Americans mistakenly believe that a federal system is requisite or strongly desirable when creating a democracy. Confederacies, nation-states, and other non-federal forms of governance work just as well as a federal system in sustaining a democracy.
What two rules of the US electoral system act as obstacles to third parties winning elections?
While the Democratic and Republican party receive thousands of dollars from the government for funding, third party candidates often receive very little. Also, third party candidates have to receive enough votes from the public to even be remotely considered as a candidate worthy of being put on the official ballot.
There was no such thing as German Fascism because the Germans were National Socialists (Nazis).
National Socialism is actually more like communism than Fascism. Hitler adopted a lot of Mussolini's ideas which made National Socialism look like Fascism but they could not be more different.
Fascism is a faith based strong centrist government while National Socialism endorsed the extermination of certain people for the betterment of the nation.
Strong nationalism is at times hard for some people to separate from racism but this is the line that the two governments walk.
IN ORDER
Fascism believes in --------------------------------- God-Country-Family
National Socialism/Communism------------------ Country-Family-God
Democracy ------------------------------------------ Family-God-Country
What are other names for an indirect democracy?
Another name for indirect democracy is representative/republican democracy. Indirect democracy uses representatives such as delegates, congressmen, and parliamentary ministers to convey and execute the will of the people.
What were Thomas Aquinas's beliefs related to government?
he combined church teachings with the ideas of the Aristotle
Why do countries use representative democracy?
the purpose of a representative democracy is a very inportant matter in australia and around the world. anyway the are the largest animals ever known to have lived on Earth. These magnificent marine mammals rule the oceans at up to 100 feet (30 meters) long and upwards of 200 tons (181 metric tons). Their tongues alone can weigh as much as an elephant. Their hearts, as much as an automobile.
Blue whales reach these mind-boggling dimensions on a diet composed nearly exclusively of tiny shrimplike animals called krill. During certain times of the year, a single adult blue whale consumes about 4 tons (3.6 metric tons) of krill a day.
Blue whales are baleen whales, which means they have fringed plates of fingernail-like material, called baleen, attached to their upper jaws. The giant animals feed by first gulping an enormous mouthful of water, expanding the pleated skin on their throat and belly to take it in. Then the whale's massive tongue forces the water out through the thin, overlapping baleen plates. Thousands of krill are left behind-and then swallowed.
How does totalitarian government treat their people?
A totalitarian regime attempts to control its people by determining how they may and may not act very strictly and usually in adherence to some ideology.
Who is the leader selected in Parliamentary Democracy in Canada?
The people select Members of Parliament by voting at a General Election.The Prime Minister is always the Leader of the political party with a majority in Parliament. The head of state is a monarch, so they get their position by birth right and are not selected.
What are the advantages of a parliamentary democracy?
trengths and Weakness of Parliamentary Democracy
Political systems come in all shapes and sizes. Which ever political system you choose, there are many different ways they work in reality. Even democracy works in many different ways. Many Americans do not understand how the parliamentary system is different than that of the United States. The systems vary in significant ways with advantages and disadvantages in both.
The easiest comparison is made between the United States and Great Britain since they both have two dominant political parties, two legislative houses and one well known executive. In the United States the House of Representatives are voted on by state districts. How many people are in the district depends on the population of the state, as does the number of representatives from each state. In Great Britain, the House of Commons is very similar. Representation is based on smaller districts and there are more members than the other legislative body.
The larger legislative body in the United States is the Senate. Each state has two senators regardless of population. In Great Britain the House of Lords serves a similar function as the Senate, although it is much larger. The House of Lords is considered the more prestigious body, as is the Senate.
In both countries the legislative bodies are elected by the people. Theoretically, the members of these bodies job is to represent the will of the people in making laws. In the United States, Congress is supposed to be the most powerful branch of government, which is why the framers made Article One of the Constitution about the Congress. In Great Britain, Parliament has one key power that does not exist for Congress.
The President of the United States is elected by the electoral college, not the people (see Gore v. Bush). The electoral college was created because the founders did not believe the average American could be trusted with such a significant decision. At the time, information did not travel quickly, making knowledge of the candidates difficult. The electoral college is now made up of political party members chosen by each state. The power of the president does not come from Congress. They are totally separate institutions. Although there are checks and balances, the executive and legislative branches function independently.
The Prime Minister of England is also not elected by the people. But unlike the United States the executive in a parliamentary democracy is given his or her authority by the legislative body. The prime minister is chosen by the majority party and can be replaced easily. In the United States the only way Congress can remove the president is through impeachment, a very long and difficult process.
This difference in the executive branch creates the key difference between the two systems. In the American system the executive and legislative branches controlled by members of different parties, as exists now with a Republican president and Democratically controlled Congress. The end result is usually partisan fighting and each side blaming the other for the country's problems and lack of action. In the parliamentary system this can not happen. The executive and legislative branches have to be from the same party, leading to more accountability. The minority party can not be blamed when they do not have much, if any, political power.
On the other hand, parliamentary systems can be confusing and ineffective. Unlike Great Britain, most countries with parliamentary systems have many prominent political parties. For any party to gain majority power is almost impossible without building coalitions and working together. Coalitions can be tenuous, and when they fail the government must reorganize and choose new leaders. Instability makes progress difficult.
This simple comparison highlights some of the significant differences between parliamentary democracy and democracy in the United States. Both systems have their strengths and weaknesses, but evaluation of which is better is up to the reader.
Love of country and pride in a common cultural heritage regardless of political?
Historians have called some of the empires of the nineteenth
century "prisons of nationalities." They were probably referring to the
Austrian, Russian and Ottoman Empires. All of these contained
different national and cultural groups that wanted independence.
Why do political parties form in a democracy?
Political parties will form anywhere they are allowed to form and many places where they are not allowed to form.
Democracy provides an opportunity for success by a political party in getting their views and visions in action.
People like to be in control, and the don't like being out of control. But the people of a nation have a right as the governed to select the vision that most conforms to their own.
In order to state the vision and the viewpoint of leaders; a political parties becomes a necessity.
A democracy, with the free press and free association, enable anyone to state their vision for the nation and to bring with them associates in a political party.
Which kind of government was most heavily influenced by the Athenian system?
A representative democracy is the type of government that was most heavily influenced by the Athenian system. The difference being that only free Athenian men were represented.
At the time, the other city-states were unlikely to follow Athens' lead unless they were members of the Delian League headed by Athens. These city-states had been turned into an empire of Athens and were under pressure to follow the democratic way.
Modern democracies differ from the Athenian direct democracy model, which was only practicable in a community where citizens could walk into the city for the fortnightly meetings. The large size of countries today preclude this, so a representative democracy model s used, where parliamentarians do the decision-making with little reference to the wishes of the electors, which is quite different from the citizens themselves making the decisions in Athens.
List of nigeria geo political zones and languages?
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1. North-Central - Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau, and Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
2. North-Eastern - Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe.
3. North-Western | Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara.
4. South-Eastern | Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo.
5. South-South | Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers.
6. South-Western | Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo
Aristocratic rule is a form of greek government in which elite classes rule. It comes from the greek word 'Aristokratia' mean=ing rule of the best. Only the best citizens could rule. :)
Do the people have power in a Dictatorship?
Yes in some ways. They have the power to motivate their leader into bringing them to a new future. The true dictatorship is when a dictator does everything in his power to keep his people happy. Ex: Ending poverty, more money, building more offices for work, improving economic stability.
According to utilitarians the right act is?
requires careful consideration of many factors and likely consequences.
Is democracy the worst form of government?
No, by no means is democracy the worst form of government. It may, however, be the easiest to circumvent.
4 factors explaining the existence of America's two-party system?
History, Tradition, Elections, and Consensus.
Name 2 countries which have indirect democracy?
India USA Canada UK and many more
Virtually all modern Democracies are really representative republican democracies. Modern society is too complex and large to allow for direct democracy on any size about a city-state (that is, a few 10s of thousands of people, and even that's pushing it - a few thousand is generally the maximum effective direct democracy size).
Give some reasons why democracy has disadvantages?
One of the main disadvantages of democracy is that it makes decisions slowly. In cases where rapid-paced decisions must be made, a democracy is usually less able to accommodate those needs than a dictatorship might be.
What problems might result from a direct democracy?
The more people you have in a direct democracy, the harder it becomes to get them all in the same room at the same time to find out how they all vote. For large groups, you then get into polling and mail-in ballots, which is very time-consuming and hard to organize, as well as creating opportunities for fraud. And it is harder to involve everybody and keep them informed. You can broadcast a debate on television, but there is no guarantee that everybody who will be voting is watching your debate. It is also true that large groups of people seem inevitably to include large numbers of fools, who are going to vote in an unwise manner. While this is also a problem of representative democracy, it seems to be an even greater problem with direct democracy. The majority may rule, but there is no guarantee that they will do so with any wisdom.
Which of these is the best description of imperialism?
a country focusing on its affairs within its own borders
A+LS: a foreign policy of territorial expansion beyond the borders of a country
What countries use dictatorship?
Belarus
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Central African Republic
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Fiji
Iran
North Korea
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Syria
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Uzbekistan
Zimbabwe
