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Why was Britain gripped by widespread social disorder during 1919, and why were the country's ethnic and racial minorities so often the victims of that disorder?
... there are elements that could and presumably did contribute to the heightened tensions of 1919 that reached its zenith with the race riots in the summer months, including; the First world war, popular opinion, jealously and innate and socialized racism. ...
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Why was Charles I not restored to power after the civil war 1642-1646.
... he thought that he was able to choose the settlement which most suited him and wouldn't consider compromise because he believed with conviction that his royal prerogative and authority from god meant that he was right. Charles also couldn't envisage ...
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Why was Ireland partitioned in the 1920's?
... was engendered by the quest of the nationalist Irish Parliamentary Party (I.P.P.) to dissolve the Act of Union with Britain. The Act was lumbered with the bulk of the responsibility for Ireland's socio-economic malaise by nationalist politicians throughout the nineteenth ...
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Why was Irish Homerule not introduced by 1914 ?
... classes, was that Home Rule would lead to the loss of land that they owned in Ireland. Many British aristocrats owned land in Ireland and had done so since the Battle of Boyne in 1690 and before, and were obviously ...
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Why was Labour excluded from governmental power between 1979-1997?
... changes within society affected voting behaviour. He suggests that the shrinkage of the working class, which has declined due to embourgisement, largely affects why Labour, who were created by the working classes to represent the working class, have lost so ...
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Why was the period between 1909-14 one of social and political conflict ?
... and U.S.A. continued to rapidly gain ground both economically and in terms of military strength. So, the fact that the period preceding the years 1909-14 was so settled surely emphasises the extent of conflicts during there years and perhaps the ...
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Why was the Russian Provisional government of 1917 unable to consolidate its power ?
... desires of the nation. The Provisional
`government, in its brief eight month tenure, tried to reflect
`the political make-up of Russia by adopting ministers from a
`broad political spectrum, it was eventually dominated by the
`centre Socialist Revolutionaries led by ...
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Why was there an increasing level of intervention by central and local government to improve working class housing during the period 1834-1948?
... in the period that followed 1834 government became increasingly aware of the appalling conditions being endured by workers in large towns and cities and some significant legislation that impacted upon living conditions, such as the Common Lodging Houses Act 1851 ...
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Why were the British unable to secure a united India at independence in 1947?
... the end of WW2 India was a financial burden on the treasury. Britain had changed domestic priorities at the end of WW2, devastated economically by the war and heavily in debt to the USA. But of primary importance to why ...
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Why were the years of the Conservative governments in the 1980's and early 90's such important ones for the roles and responsibilities of local government?
... book Whatever Happened to Local Government the author Allan Cochrane believed that until the mid 1970's local government was 'unproblematic', because local government knew exactly what its roles and responsibilities were (1994). Cochrane also believed that local government was not ...
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Why, in Britain today, is the classic doctrine of ministerial responsibility being rapidly dislodged and replaced by a range of techniques for securing accountability?
... it retains Parliament's confidence. Parliament has the power to defeat Government policies and ultimately dismiss Government with a Vote of Confidence. This ensures that ministers exercise their power responsibly, checked by a democratically elected body. If a minister or his ...
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William Wilberforce
... years following 1783 one British seaport alone (Liverpool) shipped 303,737 slaves to the New World. In no time Britain, the world's leader in the trade, had supplied three million to French, Spanish and British colonies.
The captain of a British slaver ...
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Winston Churchill: A British Statesman.
... have a second agenda. They are working for the people, but they do so in order to fill a void in themselves, not in the service of man.
The third group begins the passive side of the matrix and ...
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With reference to a named rural area discuss how successful the strategies of planners and decision makers have been at resolving conflicts in the area.
... foster the economic and social well-being of the communities within the National Park.
Who makes up the decision makers?
National Park Authority members are made up of Thirty Eight personnel:
* Seven members appointed by Devon County Council
* Seven District Councillors
* ...
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Would increasing the power of the European Parliament reduce the ‘democratic deficit’ in the EU? Would this necessarily be a good thing?
... with EU law by the House of Lords and had to be repealed; thus EU law takes precedence over future national laws.2 To eurosceptics this is an unacceptable loss of parliamentary sovereignty.
The Single European Act extended the use of ...
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Would replacing the House of Lords with an elected chamber create more problems than it would solve?
... examining the problems that the creation of an elected House of Lords would solve in the UK. Moving on from this, the proposition of a directly elected chamber will be discussed alongside the proposition of an in-directly elected chamber. Conclusions ...
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“Bolivar believed that monarchic regimes would be the most appropriate form of government for the emancipated Spanish American nations”. Discuss.
... of the monarchy in England but believed that if the same governmental system was imposed on Spanish America that the country would face the threat of falling into 'demagogic anarchy or monocratic tyranny'.
Bolivar anticipated and calculated the political ...
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“Delegated Legislation is a necessary source of Law”
... Statutory Instruments into force, as well as the main heading of the new law. There is often a duty to consult various named organizations. And then one of two procedures will be followed.
The normal procedure is the negative resolution procedure. ...
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“Too little and too late”: To what extend is this statement an accurate reflection on successive UK governments policy to the tobacco industry
... smokers especially after dinner with a glass of brandy. As the World War I broke out cigarette rations were introduced becoming a valuable good in the misery of the war. The first big blow to the tobacco industry came in ...
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“War was the main engine of reform of government policies to tackle poverty during the period 1834-1948” How far do you agree?
... whether other factors such as economics, the increasing enfranchisement of the British population or individual personalities had a larger impact.
The consequences of war certainly did have a profound impact on governmental intervention between 1834 and 1948. In 1834, although ...