Referendum

The liberal order ruled Italian politics from 1860-1922, and centered around the long standing tradition of trasformismo, coalition forming to develop a flexible, centrist party. Unfortunately, this system had the potential for tyranny by the majority to run rampant, which allowed the rise of fascism in Italy. The liberal order existed in a parochial political culture and a church that did not support the government. It allowed for oligarchic rule in a highly centralized, corrupt state, a…

the colonial experience for Aboriginal people.” (2004, p.20-21) This argument is at the heart of Mark McKenna’s book “This Country a Reconciled republic? “, that was published in 2004, only a few years after the failure of both the 1999 republic referendum and the reconciliation movement. This book is based on a mix of official sources, thoughtful analysis of the failure of the two major symbolic issues that dominated Australian politics in the 1990s ─ the republic and reconciliation as well as…

When Daniel Elazar published his work on state political culture Nevada was an Individualistic state, and still is today. A state that is considered Individualistic has the following characteristics: government is viewed as an extension of the marketplace, government provides people with services they want, but do not interfere with the people’s private lives, politics are ran like a business, and the politicians are well-paid business men and women (Smith and Greenblatt 14). Nevada is an…

III – Cherokees in the Modern Life a) World War II In 1941, the entry of the United-States into World War II took the minds of the citizens and the government of the US off of matters of interest to Indian tribes. So, Cherokees joined the US military and fought in WWII. This war brought several important and far-reaching changes to Indians in general. Of course, it had redirected the entire budget of the United-States, and many of the programs instituted by the administration of the Bureau of…

Indigenous Australians are grossly over-represented in the criminal justice system. However, the true extent of this over-representation differs between individual areas. Despite indigenous Australians only making up two per cent of the population, they accounted for over twenty seven per cent of the total prison population in 2014 (ABS). This high rate of imprisonment is not due to indigenous people being more likely to commit crime than other Australians, but rather indigenous Australians are…

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court in the case Obergefell v. Hodges, the court heard a case in which the plaintiffs argued that a ban on same sex marriage violated certain provisions of the 14th Amendment. The plaintiffs specifically argued that the ban violated the concept of protection of liberty. The court ruled in a 5-4 decision that same-sex marriage is legal across all 50 states because they view marriage as a union of two people and not solely as a union of a man and a woman. Although…

UKGC outlines on-going commitment to consumers There is no denying that controversy swirls around the online casino landscape in 2016, with government organisations seemingly looking to clamp down on operators. While this maybe the case, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is still showing its undeniable commitment to consumers and related regulation. Through its annual report it has detailed its progress over the last year. Looking at the landmarks that the UKGC has been able to reach, the…

The exclusion of Indigenous people from the nations constitution took place in the early nineteenth century. Henry Parkes the premier of the colony of New South Wales called for all six Australian colonies to unite and create a great national government for ALL of Australia. Parkes initiated a constitution based on common racial and British custom on which this nation was supposedly founded. Throughout her speech “Indigenous Exceptionalism and the Constitutional ‘Race Power’ Marcia Langton…

Martin Luther King, Jr. is correct in his statement. Ignorance and stupidity have led to the downfall of many societies. It is from scientific racism and social Darwinism that these ideas have risen, where people’s decisions and views were influenced by pseudo-scientific ideas of there being a superior and inferior race. These false allegations were followed by suffering and oppression. It is this oppression that urged change within society. Change was initiated by many passive protests. In…

that take place in detention centers. However, all the evidence points to them supporting the use of clinical psychologists in interrogations. One piece of glaring evidence that supports this is the fact that the APA member-run council passed a referendum that “prohibits psychologists from participation in any operation that violates the…