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1. Does the Hurricane Katrina story exhibit the distinguishing features of a crisis, as defined in the introductory essay you read from the Howitt and Leonard text this week? A crisis as the World Health Organization (WHO) defines is a situation that is perceived as difficult and a time of danger or greater difficulty. Hurricane Katrina was absolutely a crisis that has all the feature of crisis and it is of national proportion and a devastating catastrophe; it was natural catastrophe, a human…

This case examined whether First Amendment “Freedom of Speech” rights applied to government employees when directly correlated to the employee’s official duties. Richard Ceballos, as a calendar deputy in the district attorney’s office, handled some supervisory responsibilities over other lawyers. In doing so, he sometimes was approached by defense attorneys and asked to review and investigate aspects of pending cases. In one such instance, Ceballos was asked to look into a case where the…

This week our class was tasked with the assignment of reading and discussing chapter 11 in our test which is entitled managing the external environment. In law enforcement there are several different things inside of the prison that law enforcement officials must deal with like keeping inmates in a safe and humane environment. Some things that are to be managed in the internal environment are kept separately from outside sources. Also when it comes to the internal environment, supervisors must…

in human nature to want to be dominant. As the Anti-federalists predicted, the size of a nation will affect how it governs its people. As its population increased the United States government shifted the power from the people to the government officials, who are making political decisions on behalf of their self-interest. The U.S Constitution clearly states that the government is established for the people and by the people, but that is not entirely true. The idea was that people were able to…

with all their problems that were caused by alcohol like child/spouse abuse, corruption, crime, etc. The only thing prohibition did was make everything worse. America went into debt, some people were not supportive of it, and even the government officials were not following their own law. After the prohibition law was passed, America started to lose money. According to Doc E, America lost a little over $20 million. People were so desperate for alcohol that they started to make their own and…

Yet, he initially affirms that departments within the government have their own agency and should limit conflicts of interest, meaning officials of one department should not have ruling authority over another (Madison 1). The subdivision of the Judiciary, Executive, and Legislative branches should not have unnessary authority over each other; although, these branches confer, they should not…

athlete sees their role model effortlessly being truthful, loyal, and respectful, they want to imitate that. If a coach acts respectful to an official during what can be perceived as a bad call, an athlete will know that is the way they also should act. Same can be said for parents in the stands. If athletes see that a coach is respectful to an official or a disruptive parent in the stands, they will not feel that they too can be…

The Republic was a model for our government system (USHistory, 2017). A system of elected officials in executive, legislative, and judicial branches that were responsible to the voters that elected them. The Roman Republic was comprised of Consuls, the Senate, and the Assemblies (Osborne, 2015). There were two consuls that were voted on annually…

2011). For WHF, it is essential establish guanxi or strong connections with relevant officials of the…

use several strategies gain influence with policymakers. The strategies they apply depend upon the type of group they are. Some techniques are known as direct strategies, referring to direct interactions between the interest group and government officials, whereas indirect strategies are those in which interest groups use third parties to gain influence in the government. - Direct Lobbying: in this technique, interest groups employ direct pressure on members of the legislature to gain influence…