Local government

Soviet Union’s dictator, Joseph Stalin, to readers. Stalin ruled over the Soviet Union in the mid-1920s, until his death in the 1950s. He was notorious for the power he had held over his people, as well as, all of his ruthless assassinations. The government in Orwell’s novel, Big Brother, watches its people through telescreens, listens to its people’s conversations and thoughts, and controls what the people know about the past and the present. Stalin used countless methods to maintain the power…

The ‘Clever Buoy’ is the world’s first shark detection buoy, which uses advanced and specifically designed sonar and identification software to detect the sharks’ movements. The Clever Buoy system is calibrated to detect sonar images which match the swim patterns, shapes and wakes which sharks parade, allowing this innovative technology to differentiate sharks from other marine life. The Clever Buoy is as an innovation as it has used existing real-time communication technologies for a newly…

Denhardt & Denhardt explain in Chapter One that the government should not be run like a business, it should be run like a democracy. In public administration, new developments have managers listening to the public and not making decisions without their consent and public employees enjoy working with the public and are using their professionalism to make a difference in peopl’s lives (Denhardt & Denhardt 2015). Denhardt & Denhardt explain that the old public administration concern itself with the…

community care that involve older people into community day-care center for services. Hao, sub-district government official Living at home; no supports from the state; purchase services by themselves. No differences between home care and community care; Care at home with subsidy from the state; For the most vulnerable groups (e.g. income less than 2600, 1500 RMB; older than 90 years old), governments pay for 10/20 hours’ home care services per month; If free services are not enough, they…

South America, the political compass has turned to the Centre-right. The newly elected government in Argentina, Brazil, and Peru have promised to open their domestic markets and implement social and political reforms. It is the beginning of a new era for Latin America’s, however, it does not mean that Latin America will not return to populist promises in the near future. To avoid the return of populism, the governments in the region need to improve considerably the conditions of their…

different governments being used today. For South Africa, it has a democracy like America, but has a little twist in the way the government works. There is a president that is the head of the nation, but he does not have a vice president like America has. South Africa includes a deputy president and ministers. There are branches that divide the powers of the government just how America has the separation of powers. This is so not just one person or group is in total power. The two…

Journalists as Democratic Agents & Keepers of Meaning (The Dewey-Lippmann Debate) “The majority is never right! Never, I say! That’s one of the social lies a free, thinking man is bound to rebel against. Who make up the majority in any given country? Is it the wise men, or the fools? ….” (Ibsen, 1882) The above question was posed by Dr. Stark, the protagonist in a popular Norwegian play by Henrik Ibsen. It not only reflects the mood of people in the end 19th – early 20th century,…

act as he or she chooses, without any consideration for laws, social conventions, religious or moral principles (Heywood 2007, P 193). Anarchist libertarian thinkers like Henry Thoreau (1817-1862) further developed this theory by stating “That government is best which doesn’t govern at all”. Benjamin Tucker (1854 -1939) further explained that conflicts or disagreements between individuals can be resolved by reasoned discussions (Heywood 2007, P…

continuously been in poverty throughout life will ever get out. Yet people want to argue that only the government should be the ones caring for all of these people. They only have so much that they can do compared to society as a whole. Some might argue that, “The state is obligated to protect me.” (Theroux). While adding to that, that society can do nothing more to help the destitute better than the government can. Though look at what our country is doing for third-world countries to try and…

presidential elections were not an adequate way in which people should vote. Rather, I believed in understanding and giving greater importance to state and local elections in which the individual is largely effected. High school education is centered around the function of the government and not on why or in what ways social issues influence the government itself. This, I feel, turns people into voters who see their own opinions as the sole motivator for political activity rather than other…