Robber Barons People who have been considered “Captains of Industry” have also been given the title “Robber Barons”. Is there really a difference in the two? While Robber Barons have been known to take as many resources as they can from an area they are also known for giving little to those who help them become rich. Often times they come in with flowing promises of better homes and cleaner cities to entice workers to live there. However, many workers find that does not happen.
With the rise in the professional politician many prefer to remain loyal in order to gain power and move up in the hierarchy as opposed to become a rebel who remains in the back benchers. This can be seen after the vote on tuition fees and the liberal democrats. Despite the fact that they had campaigned for this cause endlessly only 26 (including a few Conservatives) chose to vote against the bill. Whips play an important part in removing efficiency from Parliament. By having whips who ensure that MPs behave in accordance to the decisions of the executive both Parliaments ability to scrutinise and hold the executive to account is diminished, but also their role as representatives of their individual constituency is also compromised.
Due to the lack of formal powers with the Governor of Texas, this power of persuasion is all the more important. Using the Governor’s personality, image and advisory staff, in today’s media frenzy world the Governor can use the power of persuasion smartly to overcome some of the shortfalls created by lack of formal power. In my opinion, the plural executive can have significant side effects, especially in today’s electrically charged partisan politics. Having a set of people who do not share a common vision and goal may be detrimental to the strategic growth of the state. On the other side, I agree with the argument that concentration of power can often lead to abuse of power.
Devolution in Scotland was a result of the 1997 Referendum, where the Scottish people voted in favour of a devolved Scottish Parliament. It was justified on the basis that it would make government more responsive to the wishes of the people of Scotland. The Scottish Parliament has primary legislative powers, allowing it to pass almost any law they wish. However, some policy areas remain as ‘reserved’ powers for the UK Government, including foreign policy and national security issues. Devolution has always been a widely debated topic, with many arguments both for and against.
It is important to note that in one fundamental respect, all law enforcement agencies in the United States are subject to control and direction by citizens through their elected representatives. This represents the very essence of policing in a democratic society. Mayors, governors, and presidents appoint law enforcement chief executives and have a large say in directing law enforcement agencies under their control through the appointment of agency chief executives and the setting of basic policy. City councils, county boards, state legislatures, and Congress exercise control through the budgetary process (Walker 2005). The civilian oversight of law enforcement movement in the United States is expanding and evolving.
While many people may recognize the problems, they may not realize that ethnocentrism occurs everywhere and everyday at both the local and political levels. Ethnocentrism in History Present Day Politics To solidify the definition of ethnocentrism, looking at the present day politics of the United States is helpful. With instances occuring since its conception, the United States has often thought of itself as more powerful, more economically sound, and just generally "better" than other nations. This has been shown by the country's tendency to dabble in situations occuring in other nations, such as the country's current involvement with affairs in the Middle East. Although the idea of every citizen in the United States belonging to one ethnicity is certainly debatable, since the country has citizens who originally came from all over the world, the feeling of national pride can stand in for a pure ethnicity in this case.
There has always been a debate about what wars of independence signified and what where the outcomes or impacts. There were several visible outcomes of the wars such as the changes in the patterns of mobility, and this included both physical and social. Those who supported the wrong side or found themselves in agreement with the wrong side would have their properties grabbed and even destroyed. When the locals were asked what the outcome of the wars of independence was, all they could identify was the renaming of the nation-states. With the common historical background, one would wonder why there was nation-state fragmentation in the United States.
Citizens, as stakeholders, need to be informed about the destination of public resources. Mexican government must replicate the NGO’s operational, moral and legal duty to explain their decisions and actions, and submit their financial reports to social scrutiny. 3. Transparency. One the most important advices in the OECD towards efficiency gain across the public sector it is opening, transparent and participative government.
Public Policy a.Define public policy. Public policy is both the written and unwritten laws of a society that suggest the moral, ethical and social behaviors of people (Capalli, 1997, p. 393). Some public policies are common understandings among a group of people that exist in a particular locale, while other public policies affect the whole of society within a certain nation. Public policies guide a society in the direction that the people believe that it should be headed. However, because economic and social factors are constantly changing within the social order, public policies change as well to meet the varying needs and goals of the people.
They may either further the interest of a specific interest in society or they may promote an issue or cause. There are many ways pressure groups can be classified, for example; as insiders, outsiders, and sectional or promotional groups. All still are considered as pressure groups and have ways in which they may try to become successful, some would use finance and others the media. There are many reasons why a group such as ‘fathers 4 justice’ may be more successful than the pressure group ‘WWF’. One simple reason is due to the lack of publicity a pressure group may achieve.