Democracy Index

United States, propose reforms without substantial data to evaluate where the county/state/country stands. Without a starting point, how could there be an ending point? In The Democracy Index, Heather K. Gerken, convincingly insinuates that ranking states (and counties) by assessing quantitative matters may bring a nation-wide transformation in the American electoral system. Although there are segments of the picture the index…

The economy is in shambles, food is scarce, homes are gone and decisions need to be made. Does your country want to take the time to create a democratic government with checks and balances, multiple branches to ensure democracy, establishing elections and cycles? Or would the promise of a single source of government control that can make fast decisions and pick your country up and put it back on its feet, be more enticing? For war torn countries more often than not the promise of a quick…

The study design of the Evans study was based upon the use of both direct interview and observational study methods. For the direct interview methods, social demographic data, medical variables, employment status, and subjective indicators were obtained via personal interview Interviewers were trained during a three-day training session to ensure uniform interview processes. Completed interviews were obtained from 90% of eligible patients (Evans et al, 1985). The responses to these interview…

(2005) developed walkability index (WI) to measure the characteristics of the physical environment that contribute to walkable neighbourhood design. Leslie et al. (2007) adapted the WI to Australia. WI for these studies contains four main data components. The first component is residential density which is the number of residential units per particular areal unit within a neighbourhood. A high residential density value shows that more people live in the area. The second data component of the…

Since CBPTT only accept integer, comma and x as constraint input. This input was converted to get the constraints information. Based on pizza ordering system, there were three constraints which is vegetarian cheese with roasted chicken, vegetarian cheese with ground beef and meat lover and mushroom. To convert this input into constraint input format, the index of each value must be known. Table 3.6 shows the index of each parameter value of pizza ordering system. Table 3.6 System index…

In all businesses and organisations, Databases are used to store all the core activities/information and often when there a major changes or restructure of the business the first process of many businesses is to change their databases to realign with their goal which makes them a valuable asset to any organisation. (Margulies, Pfleeger, Pfleeger 2015). Databases stores and maintain data at one central location so users can easily access it whenever needed. Through the use of Queries, databases…

higher probability of turnover. Higher power distance index is correlated with lower probability of turnover, meaning CEO is more secure and is being challenged less. Long Term Orientation leads to a lower probability of turnover. Having a long term orientation decreases as it gives CEO more time to improve her performance and makes decisions that may have negative effects in short term and positive effects in long term on firm’s performance. Being in a civil law country decreases the…

Blown to Bits Chapter 4 was all about the organization of bits, and how the internet is organized. After all, there is simply so much data on the internet, one must wonder exactly how search engines such as Google can pull up websites from this virtual sea of chaos. Well, at first, the internet was mainly a repository for information. Websites were browsed in a hierarchical order, with the websites of most precedence appearing before those with less prominence, which makes a lot of sense if you…

led the western world as an beacon of democracy, allowing the people to rule themselves as they please. Our concepts of democracy are based on the simple definition of “rule by the people.” There are many definitions of democracy, yet they still center around this basic concept. In James Danziger and Charles Smith’s Understanding the Political World, they set the basic conditions for a democracy: “governance by leaders whose authority is based on a limited mandate from a universal electorate…

The Significance of State Institutions: A Comparison between Norway and Ethiopia There are several different ways in which a state can choose to govern its citizens. The two types of government that are frequently analyzed and structurally oppose one another are authoritarian versus democratic regimes. The main difference between a democracy and an authoritarian regime is that a democracy is comprised of a government that reflects the wants of its citizens. On the other hand an authoritarian…