these two countries will show. The following comparative paper will research Venezuela’s and Bolivia’s electoral systems, role of civil society and role of the international community and will conclude with pointing out whether Bolivia’s Hybrid system or Venezuela’s presidential system (Samuels, 73) is more democratic and whether the systems adopted by each can provide and represent the national community. Venezuela is a federal presidential republic governed by a constitution. The chief executive
members of the parliament are elected by the people and their representatives; the question lies in whether that separation of power is enough to bring the voice of the populace. Although, the current American President, Barack Obama, thinks strongly that the conception of the US constitution establishes a deliberative democracy. This leads me to think that even the US presidential democracy is somehow, partly deliberative. Another key point type of democracy is Parliamentary democracy that is also composed
Many people believe a president with so much power in his/her hand undermines the essence of a republican government, but in the essay no. 70 of the Federalist journal, Hamilton claims an energetic and forceful president is essential to an effective government. In this essay, he points out that “energy in the executive” is an essential component of the executive branch of a government, as it’s mentioned in the United States constitution. According to political scientists, the “energy” that Hamilton
RESEARCH ESSAY Name : Rajab Jumaris ID Number/Class : 016201400133/IRE 4 Subject : Political Science Lecturer : Natasya Kusumawardani RCTI, Metro TV and TV-One as Tools of Campaign in INDONESIAN Presidential Election Abstract Nowadays, media is the industry or enterprise of entertainment and news production. It functions are entertain, inform and accompany people from specification programs. There are so many sectors in media itself, which are Television, Radio, Newspaper, Magazine, Journal, Book
The paper outlines the main arguments made by Helmke about judicial behaviour under dictator-ships and democracies alike. The main hypotheses and assumptions made will also be consid-ered. Using the case of the Zimbabwean judiciary, the paper seeks to find conditions that favour the strategic defection model. By taking the June 1998 land-reform programme in Zimbabwe as a starting point, the paper explores how the judiciary in Zimbabwe witnessed a great
This paper will research the life of a food lobbyist. According to The freedictionary.com, lobbying involves the advocacy of an interest that is affected, actually, or potentially, by the decisions of government leaders. Often, they are hired by companies to represent them. Lobbyists can be found at all levels of government, from the Prince George’s county council to the Maryland State Capital in Annapolis to the United States Capital and the White House. Political analyst James Thurber estimates
In the wake of an explosion there are a few common sounds we hear – screaming, shrieking, crying and mostly panic. On 15th September 2008, the same sounds were heard, but this time there was no explosion, there was a crisis. The 2008 Financial crisis, headlined by the fall of Lehman, shook the World Market and till today has economies trying to rebuild themselves. As a result of the crisis, there have been drastic and stringent changes made to the regulatory world which has made the climb back up
that impacts society about public problems. It tells us what are the most important issues due to the strong impact media has. McCombs and Shaw’ main thesis in their “Agenda Setting” theory came out of their research in the 1968, 1972, and 1976 presidential campaigns. In their first research of agenda setting in mass media, they came up with the elements of awareness and information. McCombs and Shaw “demonstrated a strong correlation coefficient between what 100 residents of Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Monuments have been made in honor of the survivors, including the deceased, relating to a girl named Sadako, who died from leukemia caused by the atomic bombs. The Children's Peace Monument was placed in her name, and people still donate money and paper cranes annually to show their support for her and the victims of Hiroshima, (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament). “Each year on August 6, Hiroshima Day, ceremonies are held to remember the victims, the survivors, and the horror of the atom bomb, (Lawton
D. VOTER TURNOUT AND MEDIA FREEDOM IN INDONESIA Indonesia held the first general election in 1955, just a decade after their independence. The election was conducted in two stages, the election of the members of the House of Representatives (in Indonesian: Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat or DPR) and the election of the members of the Constitutional Assembly (in Indonesian: Dewan Konstituante or DK), with the participation of 36 political parties (KPU 2010, p. 4-5). The next elections held during the era