The head of government is Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder who has been in office since October 27,1998. ... The Bundesrat has 69 votes with state governments directly represented by votes. ... The government of Germany also has a Judicial Branch, which consists of the Federal Constiutional Court or Bundesverfassungsgericht. ... The prospect of government spending restraint is likely to provide an additional obstacle to a recovery in domestic demand. ... The government guarantees social security, a balanced distribution of private capital, and decent working conditions. ...

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He destroyed the parliament and other government things. He created this government called the Nazi Party. He began to blame many problems on the Jews and government. ... The government in Germany is Federal Republic. The government of Germany is located in Bonn. ...

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It was the actions of Stresemann and his government that achieved this which not only gave the economic benefits, it increased the government's political strength and helped the public's opinion of Weimar Germany. ... Many people in the Allied governments would have been much more sympathetic to the Weimar Germany's problems as they were so clear. ... Many Germans believed that Germany could have won the war but were stopped by the politicians, as they were told by the German military. ... Certainly, a Government made up of these criminals who signed the Diktat' would...

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"The West German system of government, outlined in the Basic Law, reflects in particular a desire to transcend the interwar period of democratic instability and dictatorship(Ch. 7L.O.C., country Studies)" The main goal in creating West Germany's Basic Law was to create "a climate of political stability". ... Germany's Basic Law includes 141 Articles. ... It grants more power to the Federal Chancellor, who is considered head of government. ... The German government has a lot to do with their economy. ... "The coalition negotiations to form a new government after a national electio...

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Why did parliamentary government decline in Germany 1930-33? ... Why did parliamentary government decline in Germany 1930-33? The Government in Germany has always suffered from having a structural weakness. ... On June 28th 1919 the German Government signed the Treaty of Versailles, admitting Germany's defeat in World War One. ... The German Government now began to look really bad and unorganised to the German people. ...

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Upon their arrival, the British Government realized that there was no where for all of the Germans to live. ... One idea that Bailyn does effectively explore about the Germans is that after people began to see the force of their immigration, there were worries, especially by the German government. The German government worried that they were receiving no profit from the migration to America thus, tried to control it. Harsh taxes were imposed "followed by stiffer Nachsteuer; tied up manumissions and exits in all sorts of red tape; and frequently prohibited emigration altogether."4 Unfortuna...

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Family In understanding how Germany operates politically, economically, and socially it must be first understood that Germanys foundation first begins from a family. ... When asking a man by the name of Thom Snyder who has a German background of what he knows about the German family he implies "discipline is key in raising children." ... A numerous amount of Germans volunteer to do work in churches, hospices, and fire units and about half of the German population is a member of a club, usually a sports club. Germans definitely find spending time with their nuclear family important do to a 51 ...

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My reasons for this is that there are preventative apparatus built into the Federal Republic of Germany's government and that the German people today have more faith in democracy that the did post 1933. ... Germany's government is one of federalism. ... The inherent struggle of powers between the Lander and the National government prevents the central government from becoming powerful. Another apparatus of the German government that helps prevent that centralization of power is the its" Supreme Court (Roskin, P. 205). ... In Germany's two-plus party system, the governmen...

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In 1954, the Russian Government made East Germany and independent state with power to make its own internal affairs. ... The wall sealed all escape routes and forced fleeing East Germans to stay and deal with their own government. ... The new government had no intention of changing the Federal Republic Governments policy towards the East. The Brandt government decided to overturn two decades of West German foreign policy and to recognize the territorial status in Europe, including the division of Germany. ... The Federal Republic Government linked its ratification of the German-Soviet treaty w...

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In 1994, for the first time, three German public companies published their accounts in accordance with the IAS (and with the German commercial code). Following moves by other German companies to bring their accounts in line with the IAS, including the much-publised Daimler-Benz's adoption of US GAAP, and the US listing of Deutsche Telekom, the government signaled that it might be prepared to allow German companies, seeking foreign capital, to use IAS or US GAAP for group accounts, rather than continued enforcement of the requirements of the German commercial code. Legislation was enacted...

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The question was how to deal with Germany. ... They were to convince the German people they have been defeated and that they now must be held responsible for the actions of their government (Dept of State pg 49). ... Also, local self-government will be restored and no central government shall be put in place for the time being (Dept of State pg 49). ... In Western Germany, a new style of government was introduced to the people. ... This democratic government is going to be a very conservative one because of all the restrictions that were placed on the German people and German industries. ...

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It is generally assumed that there was no alternative to inflationary policies in Germany immediately after the First World War, because of the costs of demobilization and reparations. ... Writes in Niall Niall Ferguson in an article titled Constraints and Room for Maneuver in the German Inflation of the Early 1920s for the journal The Economic History Review. ... Weimar political weakness is rooted in the polarization of the German population following the contentious and in German opinion controversial negotiation that led to the Versailles treaty. ... The result was defect spending that ove...

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Indeed, Germany's exports have contributed two-thirds of the country's economic growth over the past decade and have driven its GDP per capital to increase faster than that of any other major industrialized country. http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/67899/steven-rattner/the-secrets-of-germanys-success Germany also has a very influential government. Germany's government has many social programs or benefits that are provided for its people. ... Together with the federal states and business the Federal Government is planning to increase spending on research and development t...

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Resulting from Germany's loss of the war there were many political, economic, and social consequences the government and citizens had to deal with. ... Germany was forced to accept a War Guilt clause. ... Woodrow Wilson's 14 points had a great effect on the people of Germany. ... This took a lot away from the Germans. ... Germany was always known as a strong country before the First World War. ...

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In Germany, the government buckled under the pressure, and through a number of horrible decisions, made their country a trillion times worse off than they had been only nine years before. ... As war broke out, government action was supported thoroughly by its country's citizens. ... The Grand Alliance also took it upon themselves to institute a new democratic government, called the Weimar Republic, in Germany. This government was set up rather hastily and without much planning, and thus, proved to be very ineffective. ... Its inefficient and poor government put into practice policies that...

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Nationalism was (or is) frequently used by a government (which not rare consists of one single person) for convincing the public of intentions. ... Sometimes, their encouragement goes that far, that they are proud to die in a war.( martyr) Why did the German princes oppose the nationalist movement in the German states after 1815? ... Although the "Germans- shared the same language, there wasn't any kind of "we--thinking. ... If they would have inspired the inhabitants to think in a nationalistic way, inhabitants would have claimed a lot from the government because they thoug...

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The German system of government is often referred to as a "Chancellor democracy" owing to the powers and responsibilities of the Federal Chancellor, head of federal government. The Chancellor is directly elected by the bundestag, Germany's parliament, upon the proposal of a candidate from the Federal President, currently Prof. ... The Chancellor is the only member of the government elected by the parliament and he alone is accountable to it. ... The guidelines of government policy are set by the Chancellor, placing him in a particularly strong position in government. ...

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The government in Britain best facilitated the rise of industrialism by doing nothing at all. ... Germany also felt pressure to play catch up to Britain, and the then Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, was able to use this to mobilize national support for government involvement in the economy, contrary to the British process. ... The German government allowed domestic industries to use anti-competitive practices in the hopes of fostering growth. ... Taking advantage of their late start, the German government erected technical schools in the image of the great French ecole polytechnique. The Ger...

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Although throughout German history, the states with in the German State had obstinately upheld their individual powers, these governments were among the first to have their powers stripped. For example, General von Epp, acting on behalf of Hitler, had several storm troopers expel the government of Bavaria on March 9, and replaced them with a Nazi government. On April 7, Hitler's government issued new legislation, which dismissed all local governments from power and appointed Reich Governors in their place, with the power to create new local governments as they saw fit. ... Furth...

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Democratic countries consist of either a Parliamentary, Semi-Presidential, or Presidential system of government. ... Germany is a Parliamentary republic with a centralized national government located in the capital city of Berlin.1 France is a semi-presidential republic with a centralized national government in the capital of Paris.2 How the two Presidents are elected is a representation of how much power the country is allowing the office. Although both Germany and France include presidential positions within their government, the role in Germany is more ceremonial while the position in Fran...

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With a lack of trust within the state government, citizens could be more likely to remove themselves from the democratic proceedings. ... In addition, without full participation by a democracy's masses, there is less accountability for that democracy's government. Lipset discuss that if people do not hold the government truly accountable, then they can begin to abuse their power. ... The Labor Party is the strongest party within the government and this is simply a characteristic of a strong working class. ... Germany exited WWI from an authoritarian and unstable government. ...

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Germany on the other hand believes it is the individual states and governments responsibility to educate their citizens. ... I am about to explain the most confusing process of government I have ever heard of. ... There are multiple parties in the German government, the Left Party are extremists that still use the views of the communist groups. ... Germany is much more into healthcare than our government is, their regulations are very strict and rightfully so. All healthcare is paid by the German government which is a huge benefit for each individual. ...

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East Germany's citizens appeared to be better off. ... On the other hand, the west Germans did not escape. ... For many years there have been calls for basic benefits to accord with real needs, but successive governments have resisted this. ... Neither the lãnder nor the local authorities, which have to meet social welfare costs, nor the federal government are willing to meet this deficit. ... But perhaps the new Federal Government will show more wisdom than the last. ...

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On their last legs and desperate for help the government pursued the support of the social democrats. ... In order to make needed changes, civilians were set on creating a better Germany, indeed were the government. ... When we review other revolutions that had occurred before that time, revolutions involved complete changes in political systems, a new state, new ideas (generally not liked by the government) and a fast change altogether. ... The essential framework of Germany had to remain simply to keep peace with the armed forces, the old ruling elites stayed in power, which by it self ...

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