Parliament of the United Kingdom

chapter titled “The British Obamas: Ethnic Minority MPs,” discusses the impact of the current ethnic representation in parliament on ethnic minority groups in Britain, cleverly comparing ethnic minority representation to Barack Obama, current President of the United States. Sobolewska begins by discussing the fact that there is under-representation of ethnic minorities in parliament, thus each year, the number of candidates of an ethnic minority increases (165). According to Sobolewska, “13 per…

Throughout the course, CBAD 120 Global Business, I believe that I have learned many different concepts that not only stuck with me, but that I can apply to real world situations. In the class we learned everything that it takes to build a business and everything that goes into starting a business. We learned key concepts from creating our business, attending a retreat, and lectures taught by Dr.Keene. Having the opportunity to create a “mock” business was a great learning experience. While…

different states and have varieties of cultures, how did they found himself with such identities and even culture? America were once 13 colonies and was hard to believe that someone brought up with all men are equal, which is a national slogan that united these small colonies into a bigger nation. Nationalism however was use as political reform. It lead to a later success independence from England. Nationalism did not allow bigger domination power. Some might argue that American have no culture…

relationship between the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) is made special by its virtual removal of the possibility of conflict between the two nations. It lives within an individualistic security system in which these states share collective meanings that provide them mutually understood identities and interests, increasing the possibility of collective action during a time of active threats. Because of this process of socialization, the United States and the United Kingdom have…

therefore knowledge of history is imperative to make sense of how a government functions today. For starters, the United States is a democracy, while New Zealand is a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarchy. The United States practices federalism where the power is divided amongst the central and state governments. New Zealand, on the other hand, is a unitary…

changes in Parliament. Parliament was not formed overnight. It took hundreds of years of trial and error before Great Britain established the parliament they have today. Many different events played their part in forming the country and shaping parliament. None had as much effect as the events of the nineteenth century. The nineteenth century, or the Victorian age, was a time where change and parliament reform happened. Many acts and legislation were either passed or rejected through…

Thomas Paine wrote the famous pamphlet, "Common Sense", in the year of 1776 due to the ridiculous laws that King George III and the British Parliament were passing. This was the time where some of the American colonists did not agree with the laws of the British Parliament and they were starting to do something about it, like Thomas Paine and "Common Sense". Some of the laws included: the Sugar Act, which taxed imported goods that came into the American colonies, and the Stamp Act, which taxed…

completely aware of that, perhaps enforcement of the treaty could have been put into place before the threat became palpable. Even in the twenty-first century in the age of nuclear weapons, it is constantly a fear of most states, particularly the United State of America, that hostile forces are developing massive stores of nuclear weapons. It is always a possibility that a state will declare war and be blown up by a nuclear arsenal that they were completely unaware of before the war was…

America and Britain started in a symbiotic relationship until tensions arose, causing America to branch off politically, economically, and socially. The colonies first started in the 1600’s, when many residents of Britain decided to come to America for a better chance at success. For many years after this Britain and the colonies were in a strong relationship. Britain helped and protected the colonies, and the colonies supplied Britain with raw materials. Tensions later arose in the late 1700’s.…

among many things, a writer, non-academic historian, artist, politician, and British Army Officer. Winston became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940, to 1945, and again in 1951 to 1955. His sphere of influence ranged throughout the entire British Empire during the two times he was prime minister. It included places such as the United Kingdom, Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and numerous other territories. Though he retained majority of the power when he was…