Municipalities' are directly elected political bodies on local level. ... County councils' are directly elected political bodies on regional level. ... Regional council' is the term used for the directly elected political bodies in the two pilot regions, Skåne and Vãstra GÖtaland. ... Following the Commission's proposal, representatives from Skåne, Kalmar and Gotland counties, as well as from GÖteborg and Bohus, Alvsborg and Skaraborg counties, requested permission from the Government to start a pilot project under which the regions' ...

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The "body politic" is the name given to the individual formed by the union of people, the "state," to the passive role that the group may satisfy, and the "sovereign," then, refers the active whole (Book I: VI 181-182). ... No one person has any rights that are different from another, and the rights of each individual within this unified body must be in agreement with the state. ... In Book II, Rousseau will first explain the inalienable status of the sovereign, the body of people that are "the true foundation on which all Societies rest" and then the laws that help to maintain the loyalty of ...

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The "body politic" is the name given to the individual formed by the union of people, the "state," to the passive role that the group may satisfy, and the "sovereign," then, refers the active whole (Book I: VI 181-182). ... No one person has any rights that are different from another, and the rights of each individual within this unified body must be in agreement with the state. ... In Book II, Rousseau will first explain the inalienable status of the sovereign, the body of people that are "the true foundation on which all Societies rest" and then the laws that help to maintain the loyalty of ...

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"For as to the strength of body, the weakest has strength enough to kill the strongest, either by secret machination, or by confederacy with others, that are in the same danger with himself." ... The way for humans to co-exist peacefully is to have a body appointed with the power to regulate the matters and disputes between individuals in an unbiased manner. ...

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He says " the Sovereign, being formed wholly of the individuals who compose it, neither has nor can have any interest contrary to theirs; and consequently the sovereign power need give no guarantee to its subjects, because it is impossible for the body to wish to hurt all its members.".... Differences arise to even a greater extent when you start to look at how these political theorists apply their basic idea to the actual creation of a government. ...

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-Aristotle Democracy: a form of government that makes political decisions directly exercised by the whole body of citizens, under procedures of majority rule. ... Aristotle proves the difference between old forms of government and the new democracy in his writing in Politics.(1279b34-80a4) "The argument seems to show that a number of the governing body, whether small in oligarchy or large in a democracy, is an accident du to the fact that the rich everywhere are few, and the poor numerous. ...

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So we will start at the beginning, which was long before the war began to see if the exact cause can be defined. ... The South was eventually allowed the Three Fifths Compromise in which they were allowed to count five slaves as three free men. "[ ] slavery, though never specifically mentioned, was well protected within the body of the constitution (qtd in Ferris 9)". ... A tariff tax was passed in 1828, the south soon started resenting this high tariff. ... After this happened many Southerners became very fearful of their own slaves and started putting together an army for their own prot...

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All three men start their arguments with the State of Nature as their basis. ... "Endeavours" are the "small beginnings of Motion, within the body of Man, before they appear in walking, speaking, striking, and other visible actions" (Hobbes 47). ... Comment [CB8]: Avoid longish paragraphs as they start to lose cohesion at a point due to all of the ideas you try to cram in under one roof. Look for a point to make a clean break and start a second paragraph. ... Within this work, Rousseau describes the process by which he believes natural man or "savage man," (Rousse...

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Starting with 'Letter Concerning Toleration', which was followed by - 'Essay Concerning Human Understanding', 'Treatises on Civil Government', 'Second Letter on Toleration', 'Third Letter on Toleration' and 'Some Thoughts Concerning Education'. ...

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The units of private residential properties being developed each year has been increasing sharply over the year range of 2006-2012 and the increase of residential properties only started slowing down in the year 2012 (Refer to appendix 8.2). On the other hand, the private commercial and industrial space being developed each year has been increasing steadily up till 2009 and the increase started to slow down in the subsequent years (Refer to appendix 8.4). ... Therefore property developers started to develop larger amounts of private residential properties around the year of 2007 so as to take ...

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Instead, they ruled themselves directly; each man was a life long member of the decision making body. ... After the trend of democracy was started by the Greeks and carried on by the Romans, it has been seen in many later governmental systems throughout history. ... Nobles forced King John to sign this "Great Charter" that created the English "Parliament", or law-making body, and stated that the written laws held a higher power than the king, thereby limiting the power of the Royal family and giving some of that power to the people. ...

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Interest group representation in Canada identifies society's influence on the governing body and the policies decided upon in the legislative setting. ... The judiciary aid interest groups in stopping or starting government action through litigation as well as helping the interest groups gain public attention to rally behind a certain cause. ...

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The Working Group, as the only monitoring body responsible for issues related with mercenarism within the UN system, endeavors within its limited possibilities to fill this vacuum in the monitoring, promotion and follow up with the aim to arrive at the universal accession of the Convention. ...

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