Parliament

There are many similarities and differences between the two prominent far-right parties in France and the United Kingdom. Immigration reform, Euroscepticism, long-term leadership, and dramatic recent European Parliamentary election success are the most significant ties between the two, and foreign relations, success in local elections, election structure, and historical background being the most significant differences. Who their supporters are and what the parties are pushing link the two as…

Major proponents of interest group activity within the European Union claim that interest groups have a great potential of helping to diminish the (real or perceived) democratic deficit amongst the Union and its citizens (Eising 2008). The capacity of the interest groups to represent the will of the citizens is a positive quality of interest group activity that cannot be understated. As most citizens have a primary priority for tending to the details of their everyday lives, activities and…

Is based in Westminster in London, it consists of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. It is responsible for deciding how the country is run. They set taxes and decide what to spend public money on. They also decide how to distribute public services such as: • Police and armed services • National Health Service • Welfare benefits • UK energy supply People in the House of Lords are not elected. Some people in the House of Lords are hereditary peers so they have inherited that role and…

Aid Board (SLAB), an institutional body created by the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (Scottish Legal Aid Board, 2016). The actions of SLAB are consistent and stable but the Scottish government decides the aims of legal aid policy and the Scottish Parliament can implement legislative changes to the policy (Edinburgh & Scottish Legal Aid Board, 2016). The Scottish Legal Aid Board regulates the distribution of financial aid for those who are engaged or need to engage in legal proceedings but have…

passing in England, leaving The Houses of Parliament unable to meet with the demands, thus the allowance of a second party to pass an Act (through the parenting/enabling act), both the House of Commons and the House of Lords can continue with their ever-changing workload. Made up of two separate houses, The Houses of Parliament consist of; the House of Commons, and the House of Lords. 650 majoritarian elected individuals known as ‘Members of Parliament’ (or MPs for short), make up the House of…

The Canadian legislative process can be a highly laborious task. Within Parliament, the passing of new legislation can be an enormous ordeal, taking a considerable amount of time to come to fruition. For legislation to be introduced, discussed, finalized, and passed, the time needed can range from a few weeks to a couple of months. This can be affected by a variety of reasons, such as if the government in power is a majority or minority. However, this often occurs because legislation proposed…

In 1707 the Acts of Union were approved by the Westminster Parliament and by the Parliament of Scotland. With the Acts of Union, England and Scotland were declared united ‘by the Name of Great Britain’. Scots law is a legal system which includes elements of civil law and common law. Scots law is based on several sources of law: the legislation or statute law, a written enactment of legal rules passed by the Parliament; the common law: judicial precedent, institutional writings and custom.…

Reflecting on the materials covered in Module number two; I was intrigued to learn about the changes that occurred in group work throughout history and how these changes influenced Social Work with groups. Learning that the YMCA organization came to the United State of America in 1851 carrying out "considerable community-based group recreational programs" (Muskat, Winter 2016) and continuing on to 1923 when "noted group courses was offered at Western University in Cleveland, Ohio now Western…

Bafa Bafa Experiment Concrete Experience For the “Bafa Bafa” experiment done in class, our room was divided into two separate groups. The one’s who relocated outside were deemed the “Alphas”, the ones in the classroom were named the “Betas”. I was part of the Alpha group, and each member of our group had to follow a certain set of rules applied to us. Guidelines such as “Women are deemed the males of the group’s property” made it seem like a more of an old fashion type of society to me. Each…

The fundamental element for any organization is its structure. When an organization lacks an efficient organizational structure, then disarray will be run rampant throughout the organization and the project’s initiated by the members lack adequate quality. KLRN demonstrates these symptoms from their lack of an official practicing organizational structure. The organization practices a lackadaisical procedure without any significant guidelines as to how the organization conducts meetings, projects…