A party system is a contemporary liberal arts topic that refers to the structure of governing by political groups in a democracy. The assumption is that these parties share fundamental characteristics: they dominate the legislature, have a stable platform of widespread broad support, and establish internal processes for regulating finance,...
Introduction The Western Europeans colonized Africa and other Middle East countries. The leading colonies were the British (Anglophone) and the French (Francophone), whose rule can still be felt to date in their former colonies. Although the primary purpose for France and Britain to participate in colonialism was to exploit resources...
Addressing the words by William Faulkner, the human past is never dead. I believe in the power of this statement because, despite the intention to promote change in the present and improve their future, people cannot ignore the impact of their past. For example, during the Great Depression and the...
As the name suggests, the checks and balances system ensures a balance of power amongst the government’s branches. Each branch is then accorded the responsibility of checking the actions being carried out by other units. The United States government consists of three primary components: the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. Each...
Introduction It is important to note that the US government implemented a two-pronged policy of physical and cultural genocide toward Native Americans. The policy aimed to assimilate Native Americans into the dominant White American culture by force and intimidation while erasing their unique cultural identity1. This assimilation was essential for...
Introduction Despite the absolute priority of the federal Constitution and federal laws concerning the legal institutions of the states, problems arise in the functioning of the state. This issue can be considered as a situation with the establishment of the drinking age, COVID-19 response, and minimum wage reform. Significant controversies...
Summary Russia is regarded as a global power with the largest territory worldwide. The Russian Federation is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, making it a Pacific, Asian, Arctic, and European power. Moreover, the country is a leading nuclear-armed power, arms exported, oil and natural gas producer,...
Introduction The September 9 attack in 2001 caused much tension throughout the United States. There was a need to safeguard the borders leading to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) formation to prevent similar attacks. In addition to Homeland security, whose primary purpose was to secure the borders and ensure...
Introduction Government is a form of a political system where political decisions are administered by a group of people. Government can also be defined as the group of people with authority to rule over a specific territory, city, or country. Depending on the type of group in power and the...
Modern state legislatures in the United States trace their ancestry back to their colonial forebears and have a rich history. There has been a shift of power in state governments from Republican leadership since the 2010 elections when Democrats last gained a significant number of seats and authority over numerous...
It is important to note that the Civil War of 1861 was one of the most critical turning points in U.S. history, which fundamentally changed the direction the nation has been taking since then. The diversion of viewpoints between the North and the South reached the culmination manifested in the...
Introduction Public-private partnership (PPP) is a cooperative arrangement between a public agency such as a local, state, or federal and a private sector entity. The agreement entails sharing the skills and assets of the private and public sectors in delivering a service or a facility for use by the general...
Federalism is the division of power that stands at the origin of the United States of America. This system implies elements of a unitary government and a confederation. In simple words, federalism is when the power and authority are divided between local governments and a central government. In the US’s...
Introduction The U.S. Constitution gives Congress, the President, and the Federal courts, in that order, control over the three separate bodies that make up the Federal Government: legislative, executive, and judicial. According to the Tenth Amendment, all rights not expressly delegated to the national government by the U.S. Constitution are...
“What Congress could actually do about Inflation” is an article by Madeleine Ngo (2022), which addresses viable strategies to combat the griming inflation in the US. The rising cost of living caused by inflation has made even meeting basic demands a financial burden for many Americans. In spite of its...
Guiding principles are concepts and beliefs that serve as a guide for the amount of power a government holds and the role of citizens in the government. The principles determine the way of life of citizens, a nation’s balance of power, and how power is divided in a government. The...
Introduction Considerably, across the world, the parliamentary and presidential systems have transformed modern governments. A presidential system is an administrative category whereby the president serves as the single leader of the executive branch and helps in the provision of political leadership, formulation of public policy, and making state’s authoritative decisions....
Since Roosevelt took office in 1933, he received recognition from his nation due to his dedication to tackling the Great Depression’s consequences. He proposed the New Deal program to stabilize the economy and resolve unemployment and deflation when many people lived under constant political and economic stress. His campaign irrevocably...
Each state needs specific authorities and institutions that ensure its proper functioning in political, economic, and social terms. The United States serves as an example for many countries due to its well-developed and coordinated power branches. Thus, Congress, including the Senate and the House of Representatives, which represent the legislative...
Abstract According to Gusmano (2017), the United States healthcare system is in a state of flux. The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, was passed into law in 2010 and has been the subject of much debate and contention ever since (Gusmano, 2017). The ACA was designed to...
Introduction A system of checks and balances is one of the commonly used concepts in law, which is important to all branches of governance. According to Gratton and Morelli, the system allows the executive, legislative, and judicial branches to avoid the abuse of authority and stay equal (550). The systems...
There are numerous concepts within the current Canadian political system that are perceived as problematic and that can negatively affect the political, economic, and social aspects of the country’s existence and future development. This essay will primarily discuss the issues revolving around regionalism and the representation of regional interests within...
Employment is one of the factors that influence the rate of economic growth. Countries that record high levels of employment have accelerated economic growth. Creating employment positively impacts the economy by improving the gross domestic product (GDP). Therefore, the government has to design and implement appropriate policies that can increase...
Introduction The President of the United States is an important figure in international politics. The candidate should have various soft and hard skills to govern one of the most strategically, technologically, and socially advanced countries globally (“For all America’s success in helping Ukraine”, 2022). However, the representatives of the people...
The use of alcohol and tobacco in the workplace significantly negatively impacts the productivity and safety of the employees. When the employee is under the influence of alcohol or tobacco, they have low decision-making capacity, influencing how they form the work (Knai et al., 2018). Smoking tobacco can affect other...
Introduction The need for self-determination in Catalonia gained momentum after the death of the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in 1975. The death of Franco led to constitutional reforms that aimed to grant some Spanish regions autonomy (Rodríguez-Teruel & Barrio, 2021). Granting regions autonomy was meant to create friendly coexistence between...
Introduction Bureaucracy is a system applied in the management or control of a country and constitutes a vast number of people tasked with doing various government functions carefully while strictly adhering to a set of rules. In a bureaucratic setting, government officials are nonelected, and they carry out specialized functions,...
President Donald Trump is fond of saying that the US is living through an era of worse economic revival since the Great depression. The statement is right if we look at the average growth rate where the country has recorded slow expansion. Trump blames President Obama for the sluggish economic...
Introduction American political system is complex, and thus many people still do not entirely comprehend its details. For example, when, in 2017, citizens had to decide about the status of the healthcare system, they did not understand that Obamacare was another name for the Affordable Care Act (Ginsberg et al.,...
The first point of concern addressed by the Pew Institute article is the distrust that technological advancement generates among the populace. This is due to the advances in ways to misuse and abuse technology. Due to the slow and typically inefficient way of handling such abuses, people begin to lose...
A study of the structure and various systems that go into a country’s Government can provide a deeper understanding of how the United States of America functions. Thus, this work aims to study the forces of the three branches of the American Government and what is included in their responsibilities....
Devolution refers to delegation of power to lower levels including regional administrations from a centralized government. Sandford (64) posited that devolution occurs through conventional laws without amending the country’s constitution. Therefore, unitary systems of government, which have decentralized authorities through this policy, are regarded as unitary and not federal systems...
In the 9th chapter of his book The Struggle for Europe, William Hitchcock explores the emergence of civil protests and clashes from 1968 onwards. He describes the alliance of left-wing students with workers as “convenient” rather than based on ideological affinity. Describing the sequence of historical processes, the author points...
The ability of people and groups to impact elections is inspired in part by their numbers and in significant part by how many party supporters from the team vote. The design of districts lines has been politicized by dominant parties in certain states’ legislatures to assist them to win votes...
Federalism represents a governmental system in which the same territory falls under the control of two levels of government. In general, an overarching national government has broader governance over expansive territorial areas while smaller states, subdivisions, and cities govern the problems that have a local concern. Both national government and...
Despite the difficult internal situation, in the XX century Jamaica firmly occupied the place of an important spiritual center of the African-American civilization area. This happened due to alternatives for developing the country that the government of Jamaica implemented. While most developing countries borrowed the culture of developed states, in...
Statement of the Problem War environments are understandably harsh work zones. Subsequently, military personnel is exposed to horrendous work conditions that leave them psychologically or physiologically injured and reliant on long-term care. Many military veterans discharged from duty after work accidents qualify for reparations as outlined by the Department of...
Currently, one of the most common forms of government is an oligarchy, that is, the power of a particular rich group of people. Democracy was not valued as a good form of government, as it generated only unrest and disputes. Rich people have tremendous opportunities both in the quality of...
There are various factors that affect how members of congress make legislative decisions and what do they take into consideration. The views of constituents are a very important factor to be taken into account, as the member of congress should be in touch with them. They would depict what people...
Reflect on what these patterns say about the nature of representation In recent years, Congress has attracted increasing criticism because its racial, ethnic, and gender composition is not reflective of the country’s larger demographic makeup. According to the Census Bureau, 1.3% of the general U.S. population is Native American, 5.9%...
Introduction The concept of democracy dictates power arrangements and balances in countries that promote the political model. This framework allows members of the population to engage in an electoral process that results in equal representation. The voted leaders will join different houses and parliaments to help formulate policies that resonate...
The national authority had no power of taxation, and it also had to rely on the states to supply troops in times of war. There was no separate judicial or executive branch, although Congress did have a president. In order to ensure the existence of the nation, it was necessary...
The federal system of the United States represents the constitutional division of power between the country’s state governments and the federal government. Throughout the history of the United States’ development, especially since the end of the American Civil War, power has experienced a shift from the states toward the national...
The Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Federalist and Antifederalist Papers, and the Bill of Rights established various concepts of federalism based on the sovereignty of states and the national government. The U.S. Federal government has three main branches, including the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, the powers of which are...
Introduction The Caribbean is the part of the world that hosts many islands situated in close proximity. These regions are located in the Caribbean Sea, which is found in the Atlantic Ocean. The location is positioned to the far west of Central America and East of Africa. All the nations...
Introduction In any country, a unique form of leadership and expression of powers exists. The United States of America has both the federal and national governments controlling the country. Federalism refers to the system where governance is shared between national and state governments. Federalism in the US emerged as a...
Introduction Today, many individuals have divergent opinions about the government’s roles, duties, rights, and powers concerning people. There is an opinion that a wide range of social problems could be solved in the absence of this “core” of the state. Nevertheless, without the administration’s help, it would be challenging to...
The primary role of a government is to sustain and protect population. Everything that the government do should contribute to the general good. However, there are a lot of cases where governmental figures overreached their authority in favor of their benefit. As a citizen of a democratic country with elections,...
Policymakers and weather forecasters in the US watched as Hurricane Katrina grew in strength from category four to category five storm on 29th August 2005. Category 4 hurricane is characterized by 145 miles per hour (mph). On the other hand, a category five storm has wind speeds of up to...
Introduction Executive orders are instructions from the President of the United States to federal agencies that often have the same authority as the law. Administrative ordinances have been a means for presidents and government officials to elevate their power to sometimes controversial levels over the years. In most cases, questions...
The United States has a two-party system, which means that there are two major political parties. The two major political parties in the United States are the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The Democratic Party is considered to be more liberal, while the Republican Party is considered to be...
Thomas Paine rejected monarchy and hereditary succession based on a scripture’s point of view. He argued that every man was of equal stature in order of creation. However, the very distinctions of poverty and wealth that men laid as foundations for human worth were used to cause oppression, “seldom or...
Abstract The Legislative Filibuster is one of the most argued and controversial features of America’s Democratic System. Therefore, the recently announced upcoming reform aiming to eliminate this option causes even more disputes on that matter. Some scholars and political scientists believe that the reduction of the filibuster will help American...
Introduction The devastating news about the current issue of wildfires in the state of Texas is hugely bothering and leads to wonder about the next steps of the government. The second-biggest state of the USA is now suffering from a natural hazard that has been going on for a few...
The U.S. Congress consists of lower and upper chambers, with the House of Representatives being the former and the Senate being the latter. This structure resides in the compromise between two ways of states’ representation – with and without consideration of the individual state’s population. Thus, the Senate is represented...
Governance is an innate necessity among humans and significantly determines the success or failure of societies. The search for better and more effective leadership system explains the existence of various headship models worldwide. Socialism, authoritarianism, communism, humanism, and democracy are examples of governance approaches tried by humans to date. Each...
The lawmaking process in California’s State Legislature and the United States Congress have specific similarities while being drastically different at the core. This provision is explained by the varying conditions related to the voting procedures, the flexibility of the bills’ content, and the scope of responsibilities in general (Scarpelli, 2015)....
The article of Mascaro et al. (2022) is dedicated to the issue of democracy in the US. More precisely, the article addresses the one-year anniversary of the riot at the US Capitol initiated by the supporter of the former president Donald Trump. Therefore, the purpose of Mascaro et al. (2022)...
The United States has a long history of political division, with the country battling with political fissures. Starting in the 1790s, a conflict emerged between America’s first political parties. These included the Federalists led by Alexander Hamilton and the Republicans under the leadership of Thomas Jefferson. The two parties were...
In modern society, different areas of activities are simultaneously going through the gradual process of digital transformation. For example, the healthcare system, transportation, media are all undergoing the process of implementation of digital elements in their work. The article written by Gasser and Almeida centers on the aspects of the...
Introduction The Canadian political system is unique because it runs under a parliamentary system. In Canada, the government can be formed by any political party that has garnered the most seats in parliament or not (Duval and Pétry 211). The Canadian parliamentary system of government had contributed to the formation...
Undoubtedly, the country’s government is a foundation for its citizens’ well-being, considering that it tackles the issues that prevent people from feeling in danger and provides them with vitality. Therefore, Canada separates its government into three levels so that each department can freely focus on its responsibilities without interference or...
The last twenty years have seen the freedom of the American people get eroded by binding court decisions, policies, and laws established by both state and local governments. This trend is disturbing and sends a message of arrogance from politicians and bureaucrats. It could be interpreted as they believe they...
Point of Opposition: $2 billion from this year’s funding is sufficient to address the issue of homelessness in California. Explanation: Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed $2 billion to address the problem of homelessness and reduce the number of encampments on the streets of California. The government is planning to use...
Form of government Turkey is a country with a republican presidential democracy system, as the President presents the roles of heads of state and government officially. Historically, attempts to become a democratic state could be noted from mid-twentieth century, after Ataturk’s (the first president of the Turkish Republic) death. Before...
The Broward local government has always supported its members economically, which helps to boost the economy at large. Women and children are the main beneficiaries of this support, contributing to the community’s economic development. The government supports women by giving them entrepreneur education and market research. This enables community members...
Introduction The political system plays a crucial role in determining citizens’ living standards and national growth. Many democratic nations and states have an electoral process in which people get to choose their leaders. Although the systems differ in terms of time and management, they are all centered on justice, freedom,...
Federalism is a system of government where power is divided between various state governments and the federal government. In this way, the states can enact, execute, and interpret laws. US federal government can determine foreign policies, declare war, make treaties, and control international trade. They share responsibilities, including business regulation,...
The American system of government, born out of a revolutionary movement, aimed to create a truly democratic state on the American land. However, while many important freedoms were proclaimed, the government, in essence, borrowed many features from the British monarchy. Instituting the system of checks and balances, the government allowed...
All the powers are vested in Congress (people’s representatives), which comprise the Senate and House of representatives. The bicameral structure of the Congress contains 435 members in the lower body and 100 members in the upper body, House of Representatives and Senate, respectively. The congressional districts or electoral districts are...
Introduction The variables of interest to me are voting intentions and government spending, which fall under the same dataset. Voting and government spending correlate because people are influenced to exercise their political rights when the state allocates funds for social development. State spending is experienced in various sectors, including education,...
There are several reasons for the government intervention in financial situations in certain businesses and industries. Some of the biggest government bailouts occurred during the 2007-2008 financial crisis. In times of economic recession, many companies experienced extreme financial difficulties (Lucas, 2019). Hence, one of the biggest bailouts in the history...
Democracy is the only system of governance that gives ordinary citizens a chance to influence the politics of their own country to address various problems, issues, and injustices affecting them. It is also the only system of governance that can enforce accountability upon those in power. No other system provides...
The Constitution’s framers intended to make the president independent of Congress; however, not so powerful constitutionally. Evidently, nowadays, the presidency is recognized as the most influential and crucial office in the federal government of the USA (Norton College, 2021). Consequently, it poses a question of whether it should indeed be...
The political party association in the 21st epoch book expounds more on the changing trends of civil groups across world. Throughout the course of this book’s reading, it is clear that the main thing being emphasized is political parties. From the book, political parties aid in determining ideas on what...
The checks and balances system allows each branch of government to promote individual capabilities to control the other two. The legislative branch can impeach the President, while the latter can veto specific legislation (Ginsburg et al. 21). The President, in turn, can nominate judges, and members of the judiciary have...
The Privacy Act of 1974 is a set of fair information practices that govern how government agencies, like OSD, keep track of personal information. Government agencies are required by the Privacy Act to collect only the information that is relevant and essential to carry out their functions. According to the...
What Are Some Reasons to Study Government The two traditional sources of political legitimacy, reason, and consent, are coming together. The reasons why the government should be studied are that today people should understand more clearly how these sources and people together limit the government, giving it a certain legitimacy...
For the effective and constant functioning of the state, it is necessary to form a high-quality and competent government. Before identifying the main tasks of this body, it is necessary to determine what it is. Thus, the government is a body authorized to maintain power and control, engaged in both...
Diversity is an essential component of developed and inclusive societies. The United States has assumed the position of one of the major proponents of the rights of minorities in the world. It should come as no surprise that much attention is centered on the way power is distributed between ethnic...
The Declaration of Independence, Jefferson’s letter, and the US Constitution are important documents that shaped the US and its government. This paper aims to compare these three writings, paying particular attention to the founders’ views on the relationships between the church and the government. The documents appear to be similar...
Introduction Government and nonprofit organizations are frequently confused due to a large number of similarities, such as emphasis on the provided services, social benefits, and their distinct difference from business companies. Nevertheless, government and nonprofits organizations are different collective entities with distinguished objectives, financial sources, governing type, and approach to...
Before 1982, the 1960 Canadian bill of rights protected the rights and freedoms of individuals in Canada. The bill of rights guaranteed that individuals enjoyed fundamental rights and privileges like the right to life, security, and liberty. The Canadian Human rights act of 1977 was crucial in safeguarding members of...
Currently, in the United States, data privacy law has taken its hands in responding to consumers’ demands on individual data. The only relevant comparison of California’s law with the federal level privacy regulations would be privacy under section 702 of “A the two-tier federal system Telecommunications of Act protection of...
Prosperity and the high-quality existence of an independent country are impossible without an intelligent and well-developed public administration system. The United States of America is a fairly young state compared to the rest of the world, for example, the countries of Europe, but it is a fairly developed and powerful...
Introduction The presidency, to a more extent than other government agencies, has changed dramatically over the last years. Even though the presidency was not provided with a big power by the framers at the beginning, the balance between the power of the presidency and parliament continued to change for decades....
One of the two houses of the U.S. Congress, namely the Senate, is a vast body of the state legislature, whose range of responsibilities includes a grandiose number of tasks. This is fully justified by the fact that the 177th Congress consists of 24 specialized committees, each of which has...
Third parties have existed in the U.S. since the country’s early days, but have rarely had any success in electing officials. Some well-known third parties include the Progressive Party in the early 20th century and the Green Party in the early to mid-2000s. Although these parties never won elections for...
The judiciary is not the weakest branch of government because although the President nominates the Supreme Court justices, this person has limited influence on the judiciary. Although this situation might allow the executive branch of power to use the courts in its interests, the Supreme court members make their choices...
Introduction On 17 April 2007, HH Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum stated that the UAE Federal Government would be launching the first iteration of the Strategic Plan in 2008-2010. Accordingly, all ministries and federal institutions were entrusted with developing strategic and operational programmers and creating a new department, dubbed...
The U.S. government has three branches, which are the judicial, the executive, and the legislative. The Constitution distributed the federal government’s powers amongst the three components under the principle of separation of powers (The Arena Group, 2021). Although the Constitution also establishes a system of checks and balances to prevent...
American politician, diplomat, constitutional expert, military officer, lawyer, economist, and one of the country’s creators Alexander Hamilton, once stated that “Judiciary is the weakest branch of government.” In a democratic society, the government is divided into three branches: the executive, legislative, and judicial systems. In comparison with the other two...
Introduction Strict scrutiny refers to a form of legal assessment used by benches to ascertain the constitutionality of specific laws. This criterion is often employed by courts whenever a petitioner prosecutes the regime for impartiality (Kelso). To qualify as a law under strict scrutiny, the parliament must have narrowly modified...
Introduction The article “The Huge Economic Stakes Behind Joe Biden’s Vaccine Mandate” by John Cassidy is about COVID-19 and how it impacted the American economy. The article originated in the New Yorker newsletter and was published on September 13, 2021. COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020 negatively obstructed the USA budget,...
Various governance systems are used in different countries, including the presidential, parliamentary, and mixed-governance systems. The latter is also referred to as the semi-presidential or semi-parliamentary system. The semi-presidential type is common in different countries, including France, Germany, and other European countries. It is a regime where the power of...
The statement below shows that the power of the president in the United States is considerably limited. As a result, the implications of the situation include the inability of the president to be the sole person able to pass legislation. Moreover, in terms of policy outcomes, every presidential initiative is...
The powers of the Office of the Governors may differ from state to state, and the governors’ impact on the federal decisions might be different as well. However, in some cases, the level of power possessed depends on the person on board, mostly on governors themselves. The individuality of such...
The administrative state is the activity of government public institutions of power and administration to carry out the functions of the state. It consists of the framework defined by formal and informal norms, relations, connections, and proceeding in the interaction of executive authorities with the political leadership among themselves and...
The U.S. Constitution provides the president executive authority, suggesting that he should be commander-in-chief of the army and navy, while at the same time Congress is vested with the power to ‘declare war.’ These provisions have given rise to conflicting views since the country has been involved in numerous wars...
