...POLITICAL SCIENCE/INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 360 Western European Politics Fall, 2015 Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:30-3:45 pm Mundelein 620 Lake Shore Campus Dr. Vincent Mahler Coffey 327 (773) 508-3067 E-mail: vmahler@luc.edu Office Hours: TTH: 10:00-11:15 am, M: 5:30-6:45 pm, and by appointment This course begins with an introduction to the comparative politics of developed democracies, focusing on political culture and attitudes; interest groups and political parties; political institutions; and public policy. We will then go on to discuss a (lively) overview of contemporary Western Europe by longtime reporter and commentator T. R. Reid. Next, we will explore political institutions, processes, behavior and policy in three major Western European countries, the United Kingdom, France and Germany. Four times, spaced throughout the semester, I will offer brief factual comparisons of Western Europe and the United States in important areas, including public policy, the economy, education, social policy, and moral issues. If time permits, the course will conclude with a brief examination of the institutions and policies of the European Union, a regional organization linking twenty-eight European countries. In an effort to enliven our discussion, at the beginning of most classes I will introduce an unusual fact, song or comedy sketch that in some way deals with Western Europe, with a particular focus on the smaller European countries. READING ...
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...The Dirty Thirties and the Emergence Of Canadian Social Assistance Grade 10 Academic-CHC2D Dec. 12, 2011 By: Kate Raatzs, Archana Selvaragan and Jennifer Joseph Table of Contents Task Page Design Plan Statement 1 Course Outline 2-5 Unit Overview 6 Unit Calendar 7-8 Enduring Understandings/Essential Questions 9-10 Lesson Summaries: a) Causes of Economic Troubles 11 b) Population Changes and Immigration 12-14 c) Technology of the 1930s 15 d) Life in the 1930s 16 e) On-To-Ottawa and Social Unrest 17 f) Social Assistance Programs 18 g) Then and Now Review Lesson 19-21 h) Then and Now Round Table Assignment 22-23 Appendix A: Round Table Discussion Handout 24 Rubric for Round Table Discussion and other Assessment ideas 25-28 Topic Organizer 29-31 Speech Planner 32 Design Process Statement Our group initially decided to work together because each of us was specifically interested in developing lessons for Grade 10 Canadian History – Academic. Some of us wanted to develop our understanding of the curriculum itself, while others wanted to focus on working with students of this age. After reviewing the curriculum...
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...death of Princess Diana. There are many things about the British political system in the movie, but I would like to mainly identify three things in the movie are role prime minister, election system, and monarchy. First of all, I will start with the role of Prime Minister. There are three major parties and several small parties in UK. The major parties are Labour Party, the Liberal Democrat Party, and Conservative Party. The prime ministers are the most powerful heads of government of any contemporary democracy. They are also responsible for many governmental decisions. Similar to the Italy, even though the head of state is the president, the head of government is still prime minister. They are named by the Queen, and also have weekly meeting with the Queen. They are selected by the people, as the Mrs. Blair said in the movie, “you are a man that’s just been elected by the nation.” Prime Ministers play a very important role in the British government. Like the United States, the United Kingdom uses the single-member system based on plurality. Each of the 646 constituencies elected one Member of Parliament, and that member need to get more votes than any other candidate, but not the majority. The voters in UK select all 646bmembers of the House of Commons during the general election. UK campaigns are short affairs, usually lasting less than a month. Compare to US, UK voters focus more on differences between parties rather than on differences between candidates. However, according...
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...Unit 3 – Survey Sample Size Marietta Bloise American InterContinental University Abstract What you’re going to view are three different groups which took polls. You are going to see how many people were contacted. How did the pollsters contact people for the polls? They are going to use the information for real estate, what group of people each political party will need to reach out to for the midterm elections. How generations have changed with thoughts toward marriage, religion, and etc. then the dangerous habits in America. Introduction Entertainment Survey “The Ipsos poll conducted Nov. 29-30, 2012. The survey is a nationally representative sample of via Ipsos’ U.S. online omnibus. With a sample of this size, the results are considered accurate within +3.1 percentage points 19 times out of 20, of what they would have been had the entire population of adults in the United States been polled”. (Cast of "Honey Boo Boo" Tops List of Worst Neighbors in 2012; Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton Named Most Desirable Celebrity Neighbors for 2013: Most Americans Do Not Want a Celebrity Neighbor, According to 6th Annual Zillow Celebrity Neighbor Survey PR Newswire [New York] 27 Dec 2012.) Basically the survey is stating no one wants to be neighbors of realty TV show Honey Boo Boo. “Forty five percent of adults do not want to live by celebrities, compared to last year survey which was 42%”. The most desirable...
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...wealthy, literate and democratic countries? INTRODUCTION Voter turnout is the rate by which people vote in elections. The simplest way to calculate a given election's turnout rate is to compare the actual number of voters with the voting-age population. “Voter turnout in the United States is among the worlds’ lowest.” (E.S. 371) The graph below taken from an article written for the Huffington Post in 2012, illustrates how poor United States voter turnout has been as compared to other industrialized nations. Our voter turnout is less than half of the turnout in Belgium and Australia for example and it is getting worse. "Starting in the early 60's, the proportion of the population that turns out to vote in the U.S. steadily decreased, to the point where only slightly more than half the electorate voted in presidential elections in the last three decades of the 20th century" (E.S. 370) [pic] Although there are several factors that contribute to low voter turnout in the United States, three factors appear to have the most direct influence. • Voter Registration and Voting Processes in the United States make it more difficult to vote as compared to other nations. • The Decline of Social Capital in the United States • The decline in the strength of our political parties has contributed to voter apathy Voter Registration, the Voting Process and the Electoral System Our registration and voting processes are difficult and inconvenient and we are...
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...start, HTC was not well known in the smart phone and tablets industry. However, the company’s innovative design and state of the art technologies generated big interest. According to some primary research, customers who owned HTC phone did not know a lot about HTC as a company. That is to say, HTC brand awareness was not matching its technological and innovative approach. In fact, its brand awareness was very low compare to its competitors in the smart phone industry. Therefore, it is clear that a company of the magnitude of HTC need to do more in terms of brand awareness in order to sustain and increase its market share in such a highly competitive market. To achieve this, HTC needs to review its marketing strategy. PEST Analysis Political Environment Political system can be evaluated in two associated measurements, which are collectivism and individualism. Taiwan is moving towards democratic system but seven decades of communism governance still has an effect on both people and organizations. There are four major parties in Taiwan which are Democratic Progressive Party, Kuomintang, People...
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...are fair or is there a question mark on it. Everyone knows that literacy rate is really above when we compare with developed countries. Some believes that younger people don’t have a lot of information about politics and they vote the one which has more votes on elections or if we give an another example, rich people vote the party which is popular so that way they don’t get hurt in economical way. People who makes economical researchs, wanted to research elections in Turkey. TABLE 1 | | | DATA NAME | MEASUREMENT | SOURCE | RATE OF POLİTİCAL PARTIES | NUMBER | YSK | ECONOMICAL STATUS OF VOTERS | NUMBER | VOTERS | COLLEGE GRADUATES/ECONOMICAL RATIO | RATIO | MINISTARY OF EDUCATION | DEGREE RESTRICTIONS | DUMMY (1,0) | MINISTARY OF EDUCATION | As data, exact values that are collected from governmental data. Only one part of it is from Voters and they are used to reach unbiased and accurate results. Table 1 indicates that which data has get used in which unit of measurement and whats the source of it. To reach an econometrical result, rate of parties has used as dependent variable. Economical status of voters, College graduates/economical ratios and age restriction is additional control variables. Research is more appropriate to be categorized under cross section data analysis in terms of data belongs in different zones of Turkey. Number of political parties filed and announced by YSK that are reported by in charge people. Economical status of voters actually...
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...● 01. 6 generalizations about institutions 1. People use institutions to serve specific ends. 2. They divide labor .3. Institutions save everyone's time and energy; in technical language, they reduce transaction costs. 4. Institutions exist independently of the particular people participating in them. 5. Institutions distribute authority. More power inheres in some roles than in others. 6. Participants will attempt to adapt it to their own purposes; but they are difficult to change. ● 02.How do institutions check tyranny? - checks and balances:Social pluralism, we divide government up between three institutions with all the same amount of power, ● 03.Why are institutions difficult to change? Path dependency: reliance on experience, constrained by status quo; solutions based on familiar institutions. Some participants are content with current arrangements and not willing to change. ● 04.Framers consciously designed a set of institutions for making it possible to do politics of this kind. The point is to design a set of institutions that control the effects of factions--by setting them against one another, but dividing authority among institutions ● Problems with the Articles of confederation No ability to tax , No central currency, No way to negotiate treaties ,No executive capacity, difficult to maintain public order, nation security. ● 06.Deals addressed by the constitution Path dependency: reliance on experience, constrained by status quo; solutions based on familiar...
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... Chinese financial system 1) Adrien Berger 2) Thibault Dequesne 3) Jeremy Legros 4) Gregoire Poulain 5) Milan Shoukri -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ This essay discusses three strategic options to reorganize the relationship between China and the United States. S h a n g h a i U n i v e r s i t y o f I n t e r n a t i o n a l B u s i n e s s a n d E c o n o m i c s USA-China: Strategic reassessment: Relationship between China and the US is a mix of competition and cooperation. Most analysis qualifies these relations as complex and multi-faceted. The current situation between the two countries is that they are neither allies nor enemies, but still two superpowers with big economies dependent on each other. The American establishment does not consider...
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...------------------------------------------------- Elective Study 3: Introduction to Politics and Law Major Assignment Essay: Worth 25% Due: Thursday November 3 at 5pm Choose ONE question 1. Compare and contrast the ideology of the Australian Labor Party with the ideology of the Australian Liberal Party. OR 2. “The Liberal Party is a conservative party and the Labor Party is a progressive Party.” Discuss critically OR 3. “The philosophies and policies of the Liberal and Labor parties have had to change for them to survive.” Discuss critically Length 500-700 words The objective of this assessment This assessment requires you to write an essay on Australian political parties based primarily on Willmot and Dowse’s chapter on pages 181 to 206 of the Course Reader. You can also read Dean Jaensch’s chapter (attached) and other sources, such as those referred to in lectures. You may wish to find books in the Reid Library (3rd floor) on your question. See me by October 24 to discuss how your research and writing is progressing. With this essay you should write critically and analytically, rather than descriptively. If you are claiming, for example, that the Liberal party is a conservative party, you will need to support your argument with evidence and your points must be properly referenced. Your essay will need to have an introduction, a body and a conclusion. The grade you receive will depend on how much effort you have put into...
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...electronic material. You are expected to adhere to the VUW Statute on Student Conduct and its references to plagiarism. The Statute may be assessed at http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about /policy/students.aspx. I have read and understood the University’s policy on plagiarism outlined as above and declare that this Government Essay is my own work and that all source material used in this essay is accurately acknowledged. Signed: ___________________________ Date: ____________________ Political ideologies are vague and not as regimented and defined throughout New Zealand politics. An ideology represents political philosophies, views, core principles or beliefs, and at the operative level it is a coherent set of ideas that provide a basis for organised political action (Heywood, 2002). The individual party uses these ideologies to determine the stance that a party takes on various political actions and policies that arise. There is no single clear ideology for each of the parties and they all have slightly different thought processes and...
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... Final paper- Belgium- China | Introduction to China – Yang Jing | | Nora Rijpstra | 2013-2014 | Contents Foreword 4 1. Basic information of Belgium. 5 2. Politics in Belgium 7 2.1 Constitution 7 2.2 Government 8 2.2.1 Head of state 8 2.2.2 Federal government 8 2.2.3 Regional and community governments 8 2.2.4 Provincial and local government 9 2.2.5 Legislative 9 2.2.6 Judiciary 10 2.3 Elections and parties 10 2.3.1 Electoral system 10 2.3.2 Political parties 11 2.4 Linguistic division 12 2.4.1 Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde district 13 2.5 Own opinion. 13 3. How to do business with Belgium 14 3.1 Belgian management style 14 3.2 Belgian meetings 14 3.3 Communication style 14 4. Marriage in Belgium 15 4.1 The wedding dress 15 4.2 The bridal veil 16 4.3 Before the law 16 4.4 Right or left? 16 4.5 Bridesmaids 16 4.6 The bridal bouquet 17 4.7 The wedding rings 17 4.8 The church portal 17 4.9 The speech during the evening party 17 4.10 The wedding cake 18 4.11 Over the doorstep 18 4.12 Own vision on the Belgian marriage 18 Foreword With this final paper for the class Introduction to China, I would like to thank my teacher Yang Jing, the office for overseas students and the Chinese student volunteers. All of them made it possible for all the overseas students to make this an unforgettable semester and experience. In this final paper I will give some short general...
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...The Evolution of Political Approaches “By 2012, it has become impossible to correctly interpret campaigns strategy without understanding revolution in tactics.” (12) Political strategy has been around since voting was established, and over the years the approaches have evolved to meet the political demand. These approaches have evolved from the traditional “wise man” approach to a social science- centric approach. The “wise man” approach was very critical in the start but soon began to fall behind the curve, and to meet this demeaned and changes of time a new approach needed to move in. the social science-centric approaches provide the basis for more successful campaigns, and many different elements to produce varying accurate data used in technology advanced political campaigns. The first approach called “Wise Men” established the bases for political strategy. “Wise men” were men who studied the area of political consultants as a result they were hired to help produce successful campaigns and voter turnout, which include many men like Dick Morris. “Wise men” used many different events of which included debates, party conventions, and television ads to win the voters choice. These big events gained popularity for the candidates which helped produce correct results for the “wise men”, but there still was no way in telling if the results were true or not or from which event caused the win in votes. “Wise man’s” data could not be decided if it was true or not because “there...
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...North Korea leads scholars to believe it is more of a racialist nationalism government system) (“Top 10 non-democratic countries in the world,” April 28, 2014). However, since this is only an opinion, the North Korean government is still considered that of a communist state. What are laws like in North Korea? What is the purpose of the laws and what is the effect? Do they compare to our laws? This writing would not be complete without some preface information regarding how the North Korean government works. At the head of every part of the Government is the “Great Leader” (Yop, H.J., N.D.); which would be the Supreme Leader (at this time it is Kim Jong-un). Essentially all things in North Korea revolve around the desires of Kim Jong-un. While there are different committees and bureaus; there power is limited to what commands are given to them from the top. Party secretaries, whom are appointed by higher secretaries, hold all of the power within the committees and bureaus; even the highest positions in the bureaus and committees ultimately answer to the party secretaries (Yop, H.J., N.D.). The party secretaries get their orders from the top after they are handed down through other secretaries. While researching North Korean law one particular law kept...
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...the Moroccan state. The Monarchy is believed to be the rationale for the exceptional stability of Morocco, and few Moroccans would argue the contrary after the events of the “Arab Spring”, yet the country has a long democratization process to achieve. The constitutional reform that was launched by His Highness the King Mohammed VI is a decisive step for Morocco to become a democratic state. Comparing the political systems of the United Kingdom and Morocco is an interesting subject of study. Both countries are very old monarchies but share only some few characteristics. Throughout this essay, we will try to compare the political systems of the UK and Morocco according to the following subjects: the monarchy, the legislative, the executive, and the judicial branches. II. Body A. The Monarchy Also referred to as the Crown, the British Monarchy is an important aspect of the UK’s political traditions. According to the uncodified Constitution of the United Kingdom, the Monarch is the Head of State but does not take significant part in the governing process. The three branches of power are delegated to the respective institutions,...
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