... Vishny, 1996). The combined force of the government failure literature, the principal-agent, property rights and public theories, conclude that enterprises operating under public ownership will be less efficient compared to their private sector counterparts. The principal-agent critique relies on arguments based on the existence of information asymmetries and the absence of market mechanisms in the ... , which in general, is not identical to the public interest. The result is again a picture of public enterprise that operates with higher costs and lower productive efficiency than comparab...

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... of non-renewable resources should be minimized and should not exceed agreed to minimum strategic levels. For example, trekkers aware of the problem of Annapurna region in Nepal may use less wood for hot water baths in order to reduce the demand for wood. I agree that the government and its planning authorities play the most important role in ensuring the sustainability ... ...

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... can lead a safe and productive life. If young children are taught at a young age that violence and crime is bad, and to give value to life, then they would have less chances to be involved with criminal activity and therefore the communities would be safe as well. The government's budget should also gradually shift from policing and punishment to detection and ... ...

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... Pluralism of our bureaucratic structure is reflected by public organizational groups as well as private groups that attain entry to the policy-making procedures to a greater extent than would be the case in a less Madisonian government. However, pluralism can make it difficult to get legislation enacted because different political parties need to express their varied opinions and there may be intense ... disciplined parties in our system is an indication of the variety of political energy in our nation. When large groups debate and deliberate together they make rational decisions more ...

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... security, while also revealing documents and metadata through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), is established upon the notion that any singular bit of data is by and large less helpful than when joined together with different bits of data. Therefore it is appropriate to contend that an individual's entitlement to restrict access to and utilization of certain particular data that has ... ...

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... its people in the election of its president and also competition among the competing presidential candidates as only one with the majority support can only make it to power. Other than the president, several small parties and minority groups in Nigeria are also represented in the legislature. In the presidential elections of 1999, the election committee approved nine parties for local ... the political structure itself who get selected every time by the different institutions present in the political regime and not by people. So, these executives coming to power have relatively less ide...

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... of the population from both external and internal threats via the military and enforcement of the law respectively. The overwhelming majority of states go further than this in redistributing some of the nation's wealth to ease the lives of the poorer members of their society. If a non-democratic regime ... basis of the Chinese state where the aim of Communism (the original basis for the People's Republic of China) is far more collective than that of the liberal capitalism entrenched in our Western society during the gradual development of our society through gradual industrialisation and...

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... put into place, but in reality, they are mainly concerned with influential pressure groups that will ultimately get them elected. When decisions are being made to satisfy a small percentage rather than the majority, democracy is being threatened. The so-called "iron triangle" relationship between interest groups, government agencies, and congressional committees threaten democracy because it allows a small ... opposite of what they were first intended to do, which was to allow equal representation for all Americans. Big business interest groups manipulate politicians to fulfill their lea...

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... – the elected legislature. Party politics had, after a two-decade struggle, finally become a weight in government, but not without compromise. The lower, elected house of the Diet was given less power than that of the House of Peers, to which membership was hereditary or gifted by imperial will, and this upper house managed to block initiatives from the elected body on several ... , in attempting to answer why democracy made such limited headway during the 1920's, was the failure of its official outlet. It appears that the Diet's lower house was little other than a constitutional nic...

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... framework for the public sector to work on in order to limit the population growth to the minimum. The government should fully participate in the NGO movement by providing more than just minimal funds and bolster the progress of the institutions. This will aid in broadening the outreach of the NGOs and help prosper regions that are left out due to ... ...

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... the corruption of representatives as well. In an extensive republic however, each representative would be chosen by a greater number of people and there would be more candidates to choose from than in a small republic, therefore it's more likely that a worthy and uncorrupted candidate would be chosen as representative in an extensive republic. A major concern of the Anti-Federalists that was the ... ...

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... 's legacy, this perspective would be further supported by Peter Hennessy (a professor of contemporary Birtish History) who claimed there was "progress on a scale and duration never surpassed in the nation's history " than during Attlee's governance. Contrastingly, due to the state that the economy was in by the 1951 elections " Churchill famously said that the inheritance of the welfare state was a 'crown ... national output and full employment gave society a sense of progression that was incomparable: Churchill "we have improved all the social services and we are spending more this year...

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... Conservatives-that have competed for power since the mid-nineteenth century and have rotated frequently as the governing party. Moreover, Colombia's conservative Roman Catholic Church traditionally has been more influential than the military not only in electing presidents and influencing elections, but also in the political socialization of its population. Additionally, the Colombian military has become somewhat more assertive in national ... the years, those revenues have been misused and have created an incredible instability in the whole Venezuelan system. Furthermore, given the fac...

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... of western liberal ideological thought. This has resulted in the critics of Indian democracy emphasizing the unique limitations on its operation and considering it India's weakness rather than strength. However such critiques ignore the democratic underpinnings of the Indian political system and the distinctive context of its establishment. Democracy is essential to address India's developmental ... diversity and need for responsive government. While criticisms of casteism, communalism, criminalization of politics and corruption are warranted, they represent an incomplete process of deep...

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... with in the Paris court. It is therefore interesting to note that, in order to counter terrorism, France decided to reason in a more territorial manner than is the case in Ireland. The Irish are content to say that, if there is a terrorist act, the Special court will deal with it; France ... . The aim is to avoid the Prosecutor, or the judges, being subject to pressure from terrorists and it seems easier to protect a Parisian judge than a judge in the provinces. It should be pointed out that, even though Ireland did not opt for this centralization in the field of terrorism, ... two courts...

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... six year era British colonial relations had oscillated greatly. Political control decayed because those in charge did not react soon enough, allowing financial necessity to prioritise their policy rather than focusing upon much needed consolidation. The theoretical approach applied to Robert Walpole's early eighteenth century government (1721-1742) resulted in a firm belief that it was acceptable ... in far fewer initiatives from the disconnected stems of British government. The Board of Trade, Privy Council and colonial governors became collectively isolated and functioned as little mo...

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