Many countries have gone through various ways of governing-by one, by a group, or by the people. Pick one developing country. Examine this country’s political history and current barriers in developing their democracy. Create a concise argument on the type of democracy they should institute and why. Choose from any of the following: Albania, Ecuador, Namibia, Algeria, Gabon, Palau, American, Samoa, Grenada, Panama, Antigua […]

  Are developing countries with abundant oil resources cursed? Are  their societal, economic, and political structures doomed to be  malformed and detrimental to their own populations? As Bradshaw M. (2014: pg. 174) stated, it is the greed of the elite  and not so much a curse that hinders the resource rich developing  countries. The political structuring of these countries is designed to  dictate societal well-being […]

  Police patrol oversight is centralized, active, and direct: At its own initiative, Congress chooses a sample of executive agencies with the aim of detecting and remedying violations of legislative goals, and by its surveillance, discouraging such violations. Police patrol oversight, like its namesake, is the routine work of “patrolling” the executive branch looking for problems in program implementation. It is usually centralized in a […]

  One  major point Vaclav Smil made was that, “Each major energy source that  has dominated world supply has taken 50-60 years to rise to the top  spot” (Smil, p55 2014). With that being said, it would only make sense  to project the next major energy source to take around the same time  which would be a fair assessment to make. In the Army, we […]

Funding for Education:   From the e-Activities, evaluate the disparity of your state’s budget allocation for education and property tax to the various localities. Based on your assessment, challenge or defend the equity of the system across the various localities. Identify and explain your choices for reductions and increases. Discuss at least two lessons you learned about the challenge of balancing the federal budget. General […]

Week 1: Culture and Politics     Introduction: Ideas of Power And on the pedestal these words appear:   /   “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:   /   Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” Nothing beside remains. Round the decay   /   Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare   /   The lone and level sands stretch far away. (Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Ozymandias”, 1818) Power and ideas about […]

Write a Weekly Response Paper (3-4 pages).  Present analysis and critical thinking about the reading from the week. The weekly reading is:    Plato, “The Allegory of the Cave” (online), Machiavelli, selections from The Prince (online) and Mill, selections from Utilitarianism (online)       ****This paper should not be a collection of short answers. Below is some questions that should be answered in the paper. […]

   Using both the book and supplemental videos, answer each question in roughly 1-2 paragraphs (per question). Type answers in a separate Word document and upload the file to the drop box. Do this for all remaining assignments in the course. Avoid copying and pasting word for word. Your “Turn-it-in” similarity rating will be high if you copy and paste too much. Try understanding the […]

  How successful have international agreements on limiting greenhouse  gases been in general (e.g., why was the Montreal Protocol of 1987 a  success, whereas the ability to cap global greenhouse gas emissions by  binding treaty has met with less success?)? As it pertains to the success of the Montreal Protocol, the Agreement  signed by the attendees may have been executed out of appeasement more  than […]

2. Describe in detail the relationships between the four levels of Nevada court system. 3. Describe Nevada executive system. How are the functions of the executive officials related?  4. How are the executive officials’ discipline? What are the similarities and differences between Nevada and federal executive disciplinary systems?  5. Describe some of the earliest forms of welfare. Why has social welfare been so controversial for […]