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    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

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    The Federal Government and Education Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution declares that the US Government is responsible to tax the people for the “general welfare of its citizens”. Under this clause, the Government has taken the responsibility of education; not to micro-manage the education system, but instead to increase the efficiency of it. In the past, states and local governments have maintained primary control of the education system, which has led to many problems. The differences in

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    business you’re in. This is no different in the correction industry, one of the least funded areas in the American government system. For as long as America has been founded, there have been a prison system. Granted early systems were horrendous and treated criminals as less than human beings, the modern prison system isn’t perfect either. Even after hundreds of years, the American prison system is flawed. Corrections industries do not communicate with each other causing disparity in the way places are

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    Federalism is a system of government in which entities such as states or provinces share power with a national government. During the creation of the constitution the Framers questioned where powers should lie in these separate entities; The Framers however didn’t want to make the mistake of centralized power so they used the system that utilized checks and balances. They created a that system Charles de Montesquieu called the idea of dividing government power into three branches the "separation

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    represents her in Australia and in Australia’s government. The governor-general signs legislations into law, which Australia would then have to obey by. As well as being a politician the governor-general’s job is to be a symbol outside of politics for Australia. Australia’s government system was constituted in 1901 when the British Parliament passed the national constitution of the commonwealth of Australia.

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    defined as a system of government in which a single area, whether it be an entire country or a province within its borders, is controlled by two levels of government, each with their own respective strengths and weaknesses. In the United States, a form of Federalism is practiced in which each of the fifty states are controlled by their own state government, and all fifty of the states collectively are controlled by the National, or Federal, Government. Both levels of our government have the power

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    THE WESTMINISTER SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN MELENESIA The beginning of colonization was an era seen in which colonized territories began learning and adopting the styles and the systems of their colonizers. The colonizers especially the Europeans bring in new types of ideas which are now seen as parallel to the old system that has been existed for almost the rest of the entire life before being contact with the Europeans. Thus throughout the world people experience different types of colonial contact

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    Federalism has numerous levels of government in which each of them have their own self-governing authority over some of the policy areas. It helps in balancing the power between the national and subunit governments. Various forms of the government are being observed internationally, including the confederation and unitary government. The Confederal government was the very first form of government the United States had that is held under the Articles of Confederation; in which the states hold the

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    Confederate and Unitary Systems of Government! The unitary government   is often described as a centralized government. It is a government in which all powers held by the government belong to a single, central agency. The majority of all worlds’ governments are Unitary. For example, Great Britain. Some advantages of a Unitary Government are; uniform policies, laws. Enforcement and administration throughout the country. This is a huge beyond huge positive trait of a Unitary Government. Also, there are

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    A bureaucracy is a system of government where most of the decisions are made by state officials. The bureaucracy consists of a numerous amount of separate governmental agencies, commissions, and departments that make up the federal bureaucracy.  There are four different types of bureaucracies: Cabinet departments, government corporations, independent executive agencies, and independent regulatory commissions. Each of these categories are completely different, they consist of different subjects. Firstly

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