Politics of Ghana

Lobbyists are representatives of special interest groups, looking to influence public policy by petitioning the government directly, or indirectly (Soltero, 2016; Lenz & Holman, 2013). Interest groups often engage in direct lobbying which consists of approaching government officials to persuade them of a position on an issue (Soltero, 2016). Direct lobbying can include, lobbying Congress by testifying in front of a committee meeting, lobbying the executive branch and independent regulatory…

ideology, i mean some people are highly-conscious about it, which is intimidating. sometimes i try to think reductively about politics, in a like undergrad poli sci way, eg what if we pretend we're all just a little group on an island, and we put someone in charge of collecting rainwater. that's politics, right? but there are just so many moving parts to practical politics, i think, or maybe actually it's very simple, and i don't know, and i always think people who do know are pretending. like…

Of the three theoretical perspectives, evaluating our political system, in my opinion, would be done from the conflict perspective, that in society today we are in a struggle. Struggling for power, struggling for money and wealth, struggling for order, all in a world full of conflict. Once, what seems so long ago, now seems almost unreachable - a society who knew how to function, how to grow together and how to overcome opposing views or opinions of monumental importance without all the hatred…

War correspondents have one of the most dangerous jobs on earth. When controversy breaks out across the globe, it’s war correspondents who muster up the courage to go directly to the fighting and report the warfare; more specifically, they go to the heart of the controversial issue. This is where a war correspondent is most likely to get the declared truth for either side participating in the war. The core of the issue is the most dangerous place for anyone to be – especially, a non-fighting…

The word Chav has been described in the Cambridge English dictionary as “an insulting word for someone, usually a young person, whose way of dressing, speaking, and behaving is thought to show their lack of education and low social class”. It’s used in the British slang as an informal derogatory word. When looking at the Oxford Dictionary they use a description of origin as a youth who is described as being ‘Romany’. The word Chav is thought to have come from the Romani word ‘boy’ or ‘chavvy’…

Political parties are common view of shady backroom dealing. Political party gains control of government through elections, and it is important because it links others, including citizens, businesses, issues, etc. According to the slideshows, political party is defined as the broad based coalition of interests whose parity purpose is to win elections. Functions of political parties are nominate and elect officials to public office, simplify issues to help citizens make better decisions, motivate…

On July 30, 1619, the oldest continuous law-making body, the Virginia General Assembly, was established as the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is a bicameral body consisting of the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower body with 100 members, and the Senate of Virginia, the upper body with 40 members. The Speaker of the House, who is currently Howell William J. from Stafford County, leads the House of Delegates. Ralph Northam, the Lieutenant Governor, presides over the…

Democracy 3, a government simulation game, was designed by 2013. The game includes the factors with, such as economic policy, unemployment rate, welfare and so on. In this game, we can choose the countries that present in the menu, German, Canada, Australia, United Kindom and the United States; we can have an experience of being the country of a leader. Also, this game can let us participate indirectly in the regimes. One of a characteristic of the game is to make us feel concise without…

part four of Patton’s Utilization-focused evaluation. To begin with, politics does have a tremendous impact on evaluation outcome. Evaluators should never be scared or be ready to back down when faced with difficult situations. Furthermore, evaluators should see the political anticipation as added incentive to work harder for credible and useful data. Also, evaluators should involve intended users to…

Tom McCall was a prominent reporter and politician in Oregon’s history. Known for getting things done, Tom used the power of people to move his initiatives forward. Tom Mccall was participative in his leadership style. Due to the role he was in at various times Tom used the Democratic type of the leadership style(DuBrin, 7th edition). His final authority for decisions of laws and initiatives he sponsored was the voters. “Participatory governance engages people who are affected by a problem…