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I wanted to incorporate Popular Culture as an Introduction to the broad topic that is Microaggressions. I decided I wanted to focus on the Television show Glee, because of the various identities and sexualities portrayed. I chose Blaine because something I don’t think is talked about enough is the idea of who can play characters with LGBTQ+ Identities. There are many variations to this long acronym. I will be looking at this acronym as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer + identities…

holds the power to dismiss the prime minister as well as Supreme Court judges, however, he must first have approval from the NA. The NA also selects the prime minister from among its own members. However, the nominee must receive presidential approval before being appointed. The prime minister can only serve two five-year terms. The prime minister is the head of government and controls the day-to-day operations of the government. According to the Constitution, the Prime Minister is the only…

functioning democracy. The reason behind this is because scrutiny and accountability makes a good government. “There are currently fifty-six parliamentary systems in the world.” (Newton, 2010) In a parliamentary system, the prime minister is not directly elected. Usually the “prime minister or chancellor forms a cabinet usually chosen from members of parliament, and the cabinet then forms the core of government.” (Newton, 2010) The…

Introduction Malaysia was formed in 1963 when the former British colonies of Singapore, as well as Sabah and Sarawak on the northern coast of Borneo, joined the Federation. In 1965, Singapore was expelled from the federation. Malaysia has two main regions, which is the Peninsular Malaysia region, which includes 11 states and the Malaysian Borneo region, which comprises two states (Sabah and Sarawak). It has a total area of 329,847 square kilometers. Malaysia’s climate is topical and…

Malaysia) organization that was formed by Ibrahim Ali in the aftermath of the Malaysian general elections in 2008. This conservative, extreme-right, ethnic Malay organization is led by its president Ibrahim Ali, with Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, as advisor and Dato’ Faud Hassan as deputy President pro-team committee. The motto of PERKASA is to keep MALAY moving forward. According to The Star Online (2014) report that, the group claims to have a membership of…

The government system in the countries of Russia, France and South Korea is a form of a republic system that is successful for that specific population and culture. They have some similarities to each other, but they also have differences that enable success across the country. There is not a wrong or right way to have a government, but there is always room for improvement. The purpose for government systems is to help people in an organized manner, so it should have the good of its people as a…

Depending on who is the president and who is the prime minister, there are three iterations that can occur: presidency with a figure head, presidentially dominated system, and true dualism. The true advantage to Semi-Presidentialism is this true dualism: when the president and prime minister carry out executive functions parallel to each other. However, this works only if the two leaders are politically aligned. If…

The English bills of rights were written in 1689 after King James II was replaced by Mary, the king’s daughter, and her husband William of Orange. According to the article “English Bill of Rights 1689,” the English Bill of Rights of 1689 was basically British law, passed by the parliament of Great Britain. These laws stated the people’s right and liberties. These laws also laid the foundation for the US Constitution as well as constitutional monarchy in England. (English Bill of Rights 1689,…

The Federal government and the Parliament government are the 2 levels of power in the Parliament of Canada. First of all, the Queen may need advice or approval from the House of Commons and Senate, but it is absolutely legal for her to make any laws that will benefit the government of Canada. Provincial Legislatures has power as well and they are very important for Canada’s Constitution. In each province, the council, can make distinct laws for their province. Some of the laws property and civil…

With Australia’s newly elected Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull, the controversial debate of domestic violence has once again arisen with his one hundred million dollar policy announcement that blames the issue on gender inequality. The Daily Telegraph opinion piece titled “Demonising men won’t stop domestic violence”, written by columnist Miranda Devine argues against this idea. Using an evaluative and critical tone, Miranda contends to persuade readers into thinking “poverty is the cause of…