Essay #3 Croatia has a parliamentary republic, with a semi-presidential system. It has separate branches of government that diffuse the power amongst them, so no one body can gain all control. Their executive branch is composed of the president and corresponding bureaucracies. The president acts symbolically for the country, both internally and abroad. The legislative branch is most responsible for enacting as well as the enforcement of laws and acts. The legislative branch is headed by the prime minister who oversees the welfare of the state. The country is a fairly new state experimenting with the implementation of democracy. It is considered a semi-consolidated democracy, due to the surrounding European states, some of which are reverting back to authoritarianism and its history …show more content…
They both gained independence from Yugoslavia, following ethnicity disputes. They neighbor one another with roughly the same population. Both states have similar climates and terrains, with the same geographical location. However, they have a stark contrast in the way their political systems function. In relation to freedom in the country Croatia is considered free and scored 87*. While Bosnia and Herzegovina is only partly-free and received a score of 57*. Croatia scored a 1** for political rights, a 2** in civil liberties, and a freedom rating of 1.5**. Bosnia and Herzegovina received a 4** for political rights, a 3** for civil liberties, and a freedom rating of 3.5**. Croatia was ranked 50/168*** and received a score of 51/100*** for corruption perception. Bosnia and Herzegovina ranked 76//168*** and received a score of 38/100*** also for corruption perception. Croatia’s GDP per capita is about $21,635.10 USD, while Bosnia and Herzegovina’s GDP is roughly $10,426.90 USD. These differences illustrate the effects of an effective political system, while comparing two similar
Merry Christmas! Christmas is a special time of the year. People all around the world enjoy the Christmas season. Some traditions are specific in their country. Australia and the United States share some traditions, however, other things are completely different.
In conclusion, Greece and Denmark varied greatly in their political institutions and gender equality. Greece went through a number of rock regime changes while Denmark’s political transitions were more linear and stable. As a result, this greatly affected the politics surrounding their country. Greece formed their state heavily around the ideologies of the EU. They never really established their own political interest which has caused much miss-trust and political instability in the country. Furthermore, their political parties are more receptive to corruption and scandal as we have seen on numerous occasions in Greece. On the other hand, Denmark has done wonderful job in having political institutions that actually supply their citizens with
During the war, a significant amount of things happen to different groups of families in their homeland. There are soldiers that are fighting for the protection of their families and there are many families that are doing anything in their power to stay safe through the chaos. Yet a number of the individuals involved in the conflict have a tendency to try and escape the madness. In spite of the madness, some children have the advantage to escape yet they are equally impacted with long term trauma by the war as those who did not have the opportunity to depart.
Australia and Indonesia political systems are instrumental in shaping the development of individual nations. These systems determine the policies that are to be followed by the government and the governed and aim to establish political stability. Despite Australia is a constitutional monarchy and Indonesia is a republic, the two country have many similarities and differences in the political system. This extended response identifies and compares the key features of government system and election between Australia and Indonesia political systems.
After the First World War country was united with other Slav territories to form Yugoslavia. At the time, the population of Bosnia consisted of over 1,300,000 Serbs which were Orthodox Catholic Christians, million Muslim Bosnians and around 700,000 of Croats. They all were strong attached to this land by the historical and local claims. After the death of Josip Broz Tito, elections in 1990 brought nationalists to power in Slovenia, Macedonia and Croatia, which declared independence in 1991 and were recognised internationally. The Leader of Bosnia’s, Alija Izetbegovic called for independence too, and the country was recognised as independent by the USA and the EU in 1992. However, Bosnia’s Serbs weren’t happy because they wanted to be part of “Greater Serbia”. a Serbian named Slobodan Milosevic, a former Communist responded to Bosnian’s declaration of independence by attacking and bombarding the capital city, Sarajevo. Serbs shot down civilians in the streets, including over 3,500 children.
There is this sense of a shared history in Australia and Australia has a shared history. Firstly, the often silent history of the first peoples, a proud, diverse culture of peoples. The first peoples of Australia, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, existing on these lands thousands of years. A nation of nomadic peoples living together in harmony with respect to the land through the ancestral guidance of their traditional laws of culture. A culturally rich indigenous community who had their country invaded, their peoples massacred and denied of human and civil rights. Secondly, the documented Australian history. The Europeans, non-indigenous people, who discovered a vast new land with no civilized owners. A diplomatic
A democracy is a system of government where the people have the power to decide how they will be ruled or managed. Democracies date back to Ancient Greece and come in different types. These include direct democracies and representative democracies. Australia and Indonesia are two countries that are considered democratic. They are both similar in the ways they govern and the rules set in their constitutions. Australia and Indonesia's system of government are similar as they both consist of a separation of powers, lower and upper house and they are both representative democracies.
The political structure of both nations also contributes to their major differences. Norway is a constitutional monarchy with the king as the head of state and a parliamentary democracy system composed of three branches: the executive, legislative, and judicial. The constitution grants executive powers to the king, but the cabinet, appointed by the prime minister, exercises these rights. The monarch appoints a prime minister to acts as the political leader and head of government. The prime minister is given limited legislative powers but controls the party of parliament as well as the legislative and executive branch. The judicial branch, the highest court in Norway, is led by judges appointed by the monarch.
[ 2 ]. Exempli gratia; in Hungary and in Republic of China, even though they are not completely democratic, fit as an example for they are semi democratic, the first one has 4 branches (executive, judicial, legislative, and the attorney general). China has five branches(Executive yuan, legislative Yuan, judiciary Yuan, Control Yuan, and Examination Yuan). Also, is important to mention the difference between powers or branches and bodies. Powers are the ones that control one specific social role, verbi gratia, the judiciary controls the courts, but bodies serve a specific function under a power or branch. An example to serve this is Germany that has three brances( executive, judicial and legislative) but
Bosnia-Herzegovina was made up of three main ethnic groups, Bosniak Muslim, Serb, and Croat (Bosnia-Herzegovina). Before Bosnia declared independence from Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia had a history of political, economic, and cultural conflict. Towards the end of World War II, Tito, a communist, ran Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia’s government fell apart and each nation had its own self-rule to be apart of the
A parliamentary government is a form of government that consists of two different systems. The legislative system and the executive. The supremacy of the legislative government has been replaced with a cabinet and has since been called a cabinet government. A parliamentary system has a head of state, also known as the president in some countries. According to Shively, 2014, the president or head of state is merely symbolic and only carries out ceremonial functions and has no governmental control.
Every country differs in their preference of political system to govern their countries. For democratic countries, two possible choices of governing are the presidential system and the parliamentary system. Since both the presidential and the parliamentary systems have their own strengths and weaknesses, many scholars have examined these two forms of government, and debate on which political system is more successful in governance. In this paper, I will first provide a detailed analysis of both the parliamentary and the presidential system. I will also evaluate each system’s strengths and weaknesses, addressing any differences as well as any commonalities. Finally, I will conclude by using historical examples to analyze and support the
Parliamentary and Presidential democracies are forms of government that similar in some respects and differ in others. The Parliamentary system like the Presidential is divided into three separate arms of Government, the Legislature, Executive and the Judiciary. Both democracies have a bicameral legislature, often referred to as the House of Representative and the Senate. The House of Representative is elected and the Senate is appointed by the Head of State on the advice of the Prime Minister in a Parliamentary type while both houses are elected by the people in the Presidential system.
“Participants can discharge their accountability functions effectively only if they know to whom they are accountable and for what. Likewise, they can hold others accountable only if they understand who is accountable to them and for what.” In Serbian political practice, public officials do not have understanding of these matters or they try to avoid responsibilities. Only at the highest level – Government towards Parliament - participants
Almost all to some extent have the Roman Catholic church involved in their lives. The political way of life in Croatia is a democratic republic, and it also has a parliamentary government that was based off of the constitution they had written and established in 1990. They elect a president who can run for five years and serve two terms, and he elects a prime minister. There are 152 members of parliament, which is composed of “a House of Representatives and a House of Countries.” (“Croatia”). The political parties range up to thirteen, but there is a more dominant party called the Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica shortened to HDZ, which translates to Croatian Democratic Union. It has been supported the most since 1991. The art of Croatia ranges from music, theatre, ballet, film production, and fine arts. The fine arts had many different types of art rise up throughout the centuries, but the more current and modern art was with creative freedom with artitecture. Another form of the arts is the music and folk art, which is well-known and part of the Croatian national identity” (“Croatia”). Literature was also evolved as time went on and currently focuses more toward prose and essays written, and many authors becoming well-known for their work. Customs in Croatia include how they greet each other in their