Malibu
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anyone who knows their suff about politics etc
if you can help please say and i will give more info!
if you can help please say and i will give more info!
Anyone able to help me with my Modern Studies essay? politics peeps
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vic07
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maybe. did a module around the structure of legislature at uni. you can try me if that may help!
Malibu
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Ok thanks VIC i ahve lost my paper but the title is more of less as follws, does a country's goverment system reflect its electoral system and or its people and nations population thinking
thats it put VERY basic as cnat find the title page! will search though
if you can think of any other titles anything to do with politics then please help as need it!
thats it put VERY basic as cnat find the title page! will search though
if you can think of any other titles anything to do with politics then please help as need it!
AlisonG
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Ok thanks VIC i ahve lost my paper but the title is more of less as follws, does a country's goverment system reflect its electoral system and or its people and nations population thinking
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First off you need the title page - you won't get the same strength of argument without it and it is kind of hard to answer the question.
Define Government System (and by that do you mean style and nature of government, the structure of it, how it relates do society in its whole and parts..... see earlier comment on precise question)
Explain Electoral System and a 'nations thinking'
Then blow the question out of the water because to suggest it is only one of those two things is limited beyond belief. What about ideology, tradition, history, customs, culture, the individuals involved, policy, relationship with the civil service who deliver government.....
In a democracry the idea of a 'nation's thinking' is normally pretty redundunt, after all we are all individuals and even then it is based on what they think we are thinking.
You could construct an argument that in a dictatorship or theocracry that what individuals think is less important as someone does it on their behalf. But there is plenty of evidence that in that situation bad governments tend to get overthrown, especially in modern times.
Useful Case studies
Iran (Theocracry)
Wales/Scotland pre and post devolution (esp Scotland as they are about to switch to STV elections for local government)
Germany (history of coalitions) I think NZ has a pretty
interesting one right now.
Then find an example for each other factor... maybe think about
Iraq or Afgahnistan right now and prior to intervention (did the people 'deserve the system they have?' I think they didn't)
Useful quotes
Abby Hoffman 'no such think as an innocent bystander' an argument for everyone's involvement in politics. It could support the 'nations thinking line'. But it is so limited because not everyone can or will always get involved.
Finally look at contempory stuff in the papers about Blair's government by Focus group.
I'm a bit rusty but you should be able to make something out of that. Unless its for a masters in which case.. umm you will know more than me.
Ok thanks VIC i ahve lost my paper but the title is more of less as follws, does a country's goverment system reflect its electoral system and or its people and nations population thinking
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First off you need the title page - you won't get the same strength of argument without it and it is kind of hard to answer the question.
Define Government System (and by that do you mean style and nature of government, the structure of it, how it relates do society in its whole and parts..... see earlier comment on precise question)
Explain Electoral System and a 'nations thinking'
Then blow the question out of the water because to suggest it is only one of those two things is limited beyond belief. What about ideology, tradition, history, customs, culture, the individuals involved, policy, relationship with the civil service who deliver government.....
In a democracry the idea of a 'nation's thinking' is normally pretty redundunt, after all we are all individuals and even then it is based on what they think we are thinking.
You could construct an argument that in a dictatorship or theocracry that what individuals think is less important as someone does it on their behalf. But there is plenty of evidence that in that situation bad governments tend to get overthrown, especially in modern times.
Useful Case studies
Iran (Theocracry)
Wales/Scotland pre and post devolution (esp Scotland as they are about to switch to STV elections for local government)
Germany (history of coalitions) I think NZ has a pretty
interesting one right now.
Then find an example for each other factor... maybe think about
Iraq or Afgahnistan right now and prior to intervention (did the people 'deserve the system they have?' I think they didn't)
Useful quotes
Abby Hoffman 'no such think as an innocent bystander' an argument for everyone's involvement in politics. It could support the 'nations thinking line'. But it is so limited because not everyone can or will always get involved.
Finally look at contempory stuff in the papers about Blair's government by Focus group.
I'm a bit rusty but you should be able to make something out of that. Unless its for a masters in which case.. umm you will know more than me.
vic07
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that was what i was about to say!
(that goes way beyong anything I could suggest!)
(that goes way beyong anything I could suggest!)
lynspop
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I actually got an A in higher modern studies (equilvalent of A levels) but im ashamed to say i probably couldnt remeber a thing about it!! And it wasnt even that long ago!!!
Chicagoland
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From a historical perspective, remember that any system of government reflects the aspirations/realities/problems/direction of its citizenry AT THE TIME IT WAS DESIGNED..... It is always interesting to note which systems survive and how they evolve to meet the new demands and opinions of their societies...
