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    back to UK and become a conservative candidate for Oldham, that’s after becoming a prime minister. He shifted from the conservative party to the liberal party in 1904.in the 1920s and 1930s, Churchill jumped from one government job to the other. Churchill in 1932 warned the British about Hitler but his warnings were ignored. Winston Churchill has the authority to say that “democracy is the worst form of government on earth except for all the rest” because he has first-hand experience on how democracy

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    majoritarian democracy because it follows the 'majority rule ' principle and possesses all the qualities of a representative democracy. While consensus democracy and majoritarian democracies are both forms of democracy, the contrasting approaches to democratic rule they engage in - foremost pertaining to the ideas of distribution of political power, causes the two types of democracy to be diametrically opposite. A consociational or consensus democracy is commonly used in heterogeneous or plural societies

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    further the interests of a specific section of the society to promote a particular cause by influencing the decisions of the government. An insider group is a pressure group which is very involved in the decision making of policies e.g. Cancer Research UK. An outsider group is a pressure who is not associated with decision making as they like to assert their independence and lack political clout e.g. Greenpeace. However there are some outsider groups that want to be affiliated and become an insider,

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    Managing change in the workplace To begin the critical analysis of how a change of event in the work place reflects upon, not only the management of the change process but also the impact that change can have upon the organisation and the quality of the service provided. Firstly it may be worth nothing the definition of ‘change’ is quoted in Webster’s English Dictionary as …. “Change (transitive verb) to make different, to alter; to transform; to exchange; to put fresh clothes on. (2006

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    Scottish Independence Scottland has been a part of the UK since 1707 after James VII was deposed in 1688 England feared that Scottland would go its own way which led to a formal union of the two kingdoms. And now in September 2014 there was a public poll if there should have been a Scottish Independence. The poll failed with 55% No voters voting against a Scottish Independence. I am going to be looking at some pros and cons of an Scottish Independence. A very popular argument for Scottish Independence

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    General Disposition The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) was formed on May 1, 1707 and consists of four countries: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. The four countries are united by the monarch and the government. The UK was one of the United Nations’ (UN) 51 original members, being admitted on October 24, 1945. The UK’s education system plays an important role in reducing poverty amongst those residing in any one of the countries. Education also promotes

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    realities and changed circumstances? There is a dispute between people who are against the codified constitution and those who are arguing for it during the last two centuries. People who believe that a codified constitution is more suitable for democratic countries have strong points. For example, Heywood (2013) notifies that a codified constitution entrenches major constitutional principles and protects individual liberty. On the other hand, a codified constitution can be considered more rigid and

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    health and social care system. Furthermore, with the use of examples from around the world, Corbyn attempts to illustrate that the state is an ineffective manager, and also indicate the positive contributions of national ownership. Furthermore, in the UK, national state ownership has previously been too centralised, with authority in the hands of a private and commercial elite, which promotes Adam Smith’s ideology. This is portrayed when he said, “Avarice overrates the difference between poverty and

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    Revisionist Socialism

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    parliamentary, not revolutionary, socialists. Bernstien Beginning in the late 1890s a diverse group of so-called revisionist thinkers increasingly questioned the validity of a number of fundamental Marxist theorists. They particularly objected to how rigidly Marx's doctrine was being interpreted by his

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    to the democratic process. Codified Constitutions are often not very democratic A codified constitution is a constitution ‘in which key constitutional provisions are

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