Federal Government: of, relating to, or noting such a central government 4. Unitary Government: form of government where the powers of all local governments are specified by a single national government 5 Confederal Government: of, relating to, or involving two or more nations 6. Free Enterprise system: an economic system in which commercial organizations compete forprofit with little state control 7. Mixed Economy: an economy in which there are elements of both public and privateenterprise Direct Democracy v. Representative Democracy: Describe the following forms of government in your own words. 1.
The Central Government and the states also share some powers like taxes, setting up courts, making laws, enforcing laws, and borrowing money. Federalism protects against tyranny because it keeps states united and gives power to the states and the Central Government. The separation of powers also provides as a guard against tyranny. “Liberty requires that the three great departments of power should be separate and distinct.”(D.B) The separation of powers makes sure that all individual branches have their own jobs. The three branches
Each state would have considerable control over their own affairs and decided their own form of government. For Example Bavaria and Saxony were ruled by kings. the Federal government had three branches to it. The first part was the Presidency which was help by the King of Prussia, as known as German Emperor. The German Emperor has considerable powers, he had personal control over the armed forces and he could appoint and dismiss all ministers including the Chancellor.
The right to represent your constituent has no government influence or interference; this allows the MP to focus entirely on the good of his constituency and the people within that area. MP’s are free to vote any way they wish on legislation. The government uses their whips to exercise influence on the way their party members vote, but MP’s are able to defy the whips and vote for what he/she truly believes in. In some instances, it’s acceptable to vote against 3-lined whip legislation, but this is only acceptable if it’s against religion. There are certain MP’s that vote against their party’s instructions with no good reason.
Pluralists argue that it is practically impossible for owners to interfere with the content of newspapers and television programmes because their businesses are economically far too complex for them to regularly interfere in the day-to-day running or the content. Public service broadcasting Pluralists point out that a significant share of the media market in Britain is taken up by public service broadcasters (PSB), i.e. media outlets controlled by the state such as the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The BBC has a legal obligation to inform, to educate and to ensure that all programming is pluralistic and diverse, i.e. that all sections of society are catered for.
I want to start off with discussing some pro arguments about the Fairness Doctrine. The Fairness Doctrine is reasonable because airwaves are a public good and belong to the people through their government. If there were a free for all, allowing anyone to broadcast on any frequency they choose, then signals would interfere with each other and prevent police, emergency and military communications from operating effectively. Radio and television frequencies are therefore not owned by broadcasting companies but only licensed to them by the state (2). Given that many more people would like
A key advantage of the legislative process is that it is strongly controlled by the Government, and the bigger the Government’s majority the greater that control. Almost all legislation is initiated by the Government and even backbench MPs of the party in power have relatively little scope to influence its content. The advantage of this system of strong Government control is that the party elected can implement the manifesto on which it was given a mandate by the
(P.1152). Schumpeter's theory of liberalism and liberal pacifism is distinct from imperialism and he suggests that democratic capitalist states will be peaceful. Schumpeters explains that in the political theory of liberal pacifism, only war profiteers and military aristocrats gain from wars. In accordance with Schumpeter's theory, a study by R.J Rummel (1983) showed that only 24% of the world conflict occurred in economically and politically “free” states (1154). On the contrary, Machiavelli argues that republics are not pacifists but rather aggressors and they are the the most effective form of state for imperial expansion and more importantly, the best way to guarantee survival of a state and political survival (1155).
Some aspects of their government may show similarities, but some aspects may show differences. The differences in organization of the government and what it contains may show advantages and disadvantages to each nation. Both France and the United Kingdom in generality both share a similar organization of the state, as they are known to be unitary governments. A unitary state is distinguished by having one centralized government. It provides one control policy for the entire nation unlike the United States, which uses a federal government system, where there is one federal government for the nation, but each state has its own government as well to show sovereignty of the states.
Federalism is the theory of government by which political power is divided between a national government and state government, each having their own area of substantive jurisdiction. Within US politics, this refers to the 2 layers of government designed to demonstrate national unity while accommodating for regional diversity. The theory of federalism in the USA represents ‘E Pluribus Unum’ and K.C Wheare describes the system as “The method of dividing powers so that the general and regional governments are each, within a sphere, co-ordinate and independent.” Despite the aims of federalism, there are a number of consequences. Firstly, there are legal consequences. Throughout the USA, there is a huge variety in state laws on such matters as the age at which people can marry, drive a car and have to attend school.