... the planning authorities have set quotas, by limiting the number of tourist arrivals. An example would be Bhutan. Bhutan's government has implemented "High Value, Low Volume" policy which has been successful according to studies done. However, the number of inbound tourists has increased each year despite its controlled tourism policy imposing an over-priced daily tariff of US$ 200 on each tourist. Maximizing the ... economic benefits while minimizing the ... , ensured the sustainability of tourism, as while limiting the number of tourist arrivals, it did not damage to the environment or...

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... Europe, as Smith viewed government granted monopolies and restrictive trade as only being harmful for the economies of the nations that practiced them. Smith recognized the importance of the state providing security and protection from the outside as well as from those on the inside but also let the role of the state deepen by stating that it should be responsible for undertaking ventures that would benefit or even be ... profitable (public works and institutions). Smith starts his discussion on the duties of the State by saying, "The first duty of the sovereign, that of protecting the ...

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... power vacuum, a dictatorial (possibly military) regime which filled the gap of the functioning state and took over the obligation of protecting the citizens from harm could be considered legitimate at the point of the assumption of power. However, although fulfilling the first demand of the state, such a regime could not be called legitimate even in the short to medium term if the people did not support it. Although we might criticise ... to fulfil its duties to its citizens, it becomes less tempting to assert that only democratic regimes can be legitimate. Ultimately, it is the demands...

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... , each branch would be independent of the others, including issues regarding their payment, so that no one branch would be able to acquire greater power. Madison continued to explain that under the Constitution, each branch should be chosen by the people which would provide the "check" on the government that the Anti-Federalists were trying to create by suggesting a government with the ruler close to the ruled. There would be a system ... of "checks and balances" between the branches as well to prevent any one branch from acquiring a disproportionate amount ... ...

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In the present the community relies on the justice system to prevent and discourage criminal activity in the community, and that process is very expensive and is not very effective since there sill lies a section of the population that has not been properly educated and given the tools to earn and to develop maturely and therefore turn to criminal activity. Therefore in the year 2020 ... should be emphasis on detecting young troubled children and direct them to special education as early as possible to prevent them from turning to violence and crime. Today, crime prevention, and policing, gob...

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... established to serve particular groups like farmers, unions and veterans. Another interesting feature of the bureaucracy was the development of the modern civil service program, which prevented the rotation in office of officials appointed by one president, only to be reappointed by the next president. This reduced the practice of the spoils system by an incoming president, who ended up filling government jobs with loyal followers and people who ... that are close to you and follow your opinions and political beliefs, appointing only individuals who do so can hurt the representation of ...

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... money for what belongs to me what makes when my turn comes the officer find me every time excuses like "your file is incomplete" for me to delay and at the end asked me to come back the week after. After three weeks, I started to lose hope I ... the absence of the control such as the ones by cameras is another primary factor of this phenomenon ,in addition to that , the responsibility given to a specific person gives him the opportunity to do whatever he wants for example , when the police man arrests a car , he can negotiate how much the conductor could pay , the police man is not cont...

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... Servants, based on the Ministerial Act, is that the Minister is individually responsible for the exercise of powers and performance of duties (Wright). However, it is unrealistic to expect one person to be responsible in detail for every public policy. In the implementation of ministerial responsibility in recent years, Ministers still remain unaware what is done in their name by the departments that ... they represent. In practice, Ministers accept responsibility for those matters that their Civil Servants on instruction have carried through without consent or knowledge. When a public ...

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... based on the figure 1.2 of Dahl's "Polyarchy" book, as there are still loopholes in the political regime of Nigeria to be considered an absolute polyarchy and further more Dahl's concept of polyarchy is also very idealistic. On the other hand, the executive system of China is entirely contrary to the one in Nigeria. The executive body of China is known as the State council. The premier of the State Council is nominated by the ... president, reviewed by the NPC, and ... ...

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... feudal in nature. Traditional hierarchies of caste existed, with low rates of popular participation through secular interest groups based on class differentiation. High rates of illiteracy persisted and the challenge of post colonial reconstruction were obstacles to the operation of democracy. They were overcome by evolution of a new model of democratic politics. First, democratic debate in India has always been non ideological compared with ... system of India itself. It has also been suggested that Indian democracy has failed to prevent marginalization of peripheral communities such a...

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... our constitution. Rational political choice is exercised by individuals, but individuals are not political entities by themselves that possess the ability to influence government. Pluralism allows the actions of the government to be modular, and not follow one specific agenda too closely, unless agreed upon by the majority, following the Madisonian view of the separation of powers. Pluralism of our ... 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. Howe...

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... job. Notwithstanding, this assessment is misguided. Our constitution and particularly the Fourth Amendment's restriction on baseless pursuit and seizure of individual data by the government ensures the metadata that is connected to our computerized records is afforded the same protections as the records itself. Despite the fact that developments in cutting edge technology "have changed the game" (Moore, 2010), the law ought to additionally adjust and secure this particular data ... when aforementioned information is released to third parties. This definition is supported by the mosaic t...

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... then maintained over their entire production, be it in goods or in services. On the other hand, the public sector is notorious for their lack of attention to the quality of produce, which reduces their credibility for couples looking for serious solutions in the form of counseling or commodities. Moreover, the personalized and customized counseling provided by the NPOs comes across as a more attractive package for couples, unlike ... , marketing strategies, and incorporating the community into the projects, helped speed the goal attainment and increased the trust quotient of these organi...

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... 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 of thorns' " and the alarming recovery made in the sequential years, it ... is clear that the conservative party did achieve profound economic amelioration ... ...

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... of public enterprise that operates with higher costs and lower productive efficiency than comparable enterprises in the private sector. But what really is this phenomenon called privatization? Privatization is the shift of functions, activities and responsibilities from the public (government) sector to the private sector. It involves a process where the government gradually and progressively eliminates their involvement in direct service provision while maintaining responsibility and authority ... competitive privatized services have greater control over the services used and the means...

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... way to influence politics, and today, this is resulting in public interest groups and other non-economic groups with unequal representation. Interest groups, such as the National Organization for Women, which are based on the common good rather than money, are not as important to officials as an interest group that can contribute more and promote business, such as Goldman Sachs ... , 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 threa...

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... Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 and the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991. (McFaul, 2002) This was followed by a very significant phase in the progression of democratization, when most of the countries that were part of the Soviet Union started to move away from authoritarianism and entered what today is called, the transition period. The transition paradigm ... assumed that all transitions from previous political regimes will be towards democracy. Yet, as some cases of the fourth wave of democratization show- as named by Mcfaul (2002), outcomes differ from state to s...

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... sides war effort, directly undermined and exposed the extensive demise of British authority in the colonies. From the Assemblies perspective, this response brought to the forefront the severe lack of parliament's success in governing the colonies, releasing the tension built up over the years of apparent "Salutary Neglect." On the other hand, Britain was faced with the real threat of losing the colonies by the French imposition, finally from their point of view meriting ... this redirection of attention. What was clear from the Seven Years ... ...

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... cabinet ministers are required to reveal any liable information to parliament by finding credible sources regarding the autonomy held by non-departmental agencies, which identifies the specific agency by statute (Bridgeman& Hunter, 2008). On this account, to have these particular guidelines noted the leader of the non-departmental agency are not held accountable to the cabinet minster. Fourth, the government should be more open and accountable through innovation especially through ... puts a new power structure of public governance and transparency on the front stage. Specifically, the ...

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... act after the making of such proclamation and before the passing of such resolution." The establishment of the Special Criminal Court is therefore dependent on a prior declaration by the government, which can be cancelled out, either by a decision of the government, or by a decision of the Parliament. In her book devoted to the study of the Special Criminal ... Court, published in 1974, Mary Robinson rightly underlined the dangers that may arise from article 35 of the 1939 Act. She stressed in particular the marginal role that the Parliament is able to play in the creation of this court...

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... , mass political apathy and cynicism, as well as in the declining rates of voter identification with either of the traditional parties. On the other hand, we have the case of Venezuela. Similarly to Colombia, the Venezuelan transition to democracy started with the signing of an agreement. In this case, it was the "Punto Fijo" agreement, signed in 1958 by the two most prominent democratic parties AD and COPEI. As a result ... concerned shortly before taking office. Indeed, Ecuador has been shaken periodically since 1984 by bitter conflicts between the executive branch on the one side and ...

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... cadre of elder statesmen whose role was also to advise the emperor on political matters. One example of their power is that the Prime Minister of the House of Representatives was essentially picked by the Genro, and they made sure that the will of nonparty elites was not trodden on by the actions of the elected parties.4 As the parliament's 'position still depended on the Genro and House of Peers', there could be no ... 'constitutional adventures'5. As well as civilian obstacles to the effectiveness of the elected parliament, there was also the fact that the military had no obligat...

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