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Class Analysis and Pluralism

Monday, 06 February 2012 21:50
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Public policy is a course of action or deliberate inaction by governments to address a problem[1]. In an attempt to understand how governments pursue a particular public policy, different actors, groups and institutions are identified in the policy framework[2]. In this process, many different theories are developed to explain public policy making and policy outcomes. These theories are different from one another based on the method of analysis they use to understand the issue. For example, public choice theory focuses on individual level and neglect the role of institutions.
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Public Funding of Federal Political Parties in Canada

Monday, 06 February 2012 21:50
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On June 6, 2011, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced Canada’s fiscal budget at the 44th Parliament of Canada. One significant component of this year budget is that the government will gradually eliminate the two dollar per vote subsidy program – a program where every political party receives two dollars for every vote they get during the General Election. According to the new budget, this per vote system will be reduced fifty one cents every year and will be eventually eliminated in the year 2015 (Corbella, 2011). Finally, Canadians will see the end of a nearly decade old tax-payer funded subsidy system for political parties.

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Gearing Up for a Multi-Polar World

Monday, 06 February 2012 21:50
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Pu Hau Do Suan is appointed to Director General of Myanmar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MOFA) on May 26, 2011. One of the few non-Burmans promoted at that level in Myanmar government. Pu Suan served in the MOFA as Deputy Director before being promoted. Pu Hau Do Suan held other important positions in the past : Permanent Mission of Myanmar to the United Nations, Embassy of Myanmar in Washington DC, and  as Myanmar Consul General at Kunming, China.

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Does God support bad government?

Monday, 06 February 2012 21:50
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Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. 4For he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing.

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Girl or Boy? Negative consequences of Sex Selection

Monday, 06 February 2012 21:50
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Since the beginning of human history, preference for a male child has been common among many cultures and societies. This tendency continues in most developing countries today.  In these parts of the world, parents generally choose to have a boy rather than a girl.  For example, preference for the male gender is still very popular among educated middle class families in India. There are several reasons why gender selection is pursued by parents. This choice, in turn, often leads to a series of undesirable consequences in society.

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