First-past-the-post Essays

entailed with how the first past the post works. A major advantage of the first past the post system is how simple and straightforward it is for the constituents, as well as people around the world to understand it. For example, in the general election in the UK, Natalie McGarry was elected the MP for the Glasgow East constituency because she gained more votes than the other candidate did, by 56.9% of the votes, which is very simple to understand. However, although the first past the post is one of the few

called “First past the Post”, which entails that the candidate with the most votes in a riding wins a seat in the House of Commons and represents that riding as its member of parliament. In today’s society, there has been great controversy over the first past the post system, and the flaws of our electoral process. As a Canadian citizen it is supposed to simple and easy for us to vote, however through this most recent 2015 election there was more cause for concern than cohesion. In the past, the results

seats. There are differences between first past the post and majority rule system that I will compare and contrast. In addition, both do have advantages and disadvantages that will be explained more details in comparing between the electoral systems. Basically, there are two types of electoral system in use in all democracies: Single member district plurality system (SMDP) and proportional representation system (PR) with both have various forms. First Past The Post

leopard, the first past the post system is a predator in the way it targets small parties and causes discord amongst the Canadian people. But, also like the fierce Siberian snow leopard, the first past the post system does not belong in Canada. When Trudeau stepped into office he brought with him many promises he has yet to fulfill, one of which is to focus on the electoral system and looking into alternatives. Canada has been continuously playing themselves by using first past the post. Ever since

An important factor of post-industrial landscapes is preservation of the industrial past. There are two different ways to treat historic architecture and landscapes: one is to create a static monument to the past and the other is to focus on dynamic processes and focus on the time passing. In the design of post-industrial sites, the first way is expressed by a return to the preindustrial era when industry did not intervene with nature like the 1962 design proposal of a Victorian-style landscape

will result in enhanced representation and stimulated voter engagement. The heart of the discourse lies within the topic of removing the first-past-the-post system in favour of a proportionately representative system. A change would result in enhanced democratic representation as well as an increase in voter engagement. While those in support of the first-past-the-post system convey that this system maintains stability and accountability within the democratic environment, critics voice concerns over

America was first discovered. Of course, it would be nice to say that racism is a thing of the past and we should leave it in the past ‘because it doesn’t exist anymore’. I have heard a lot of times that racism is a thing of the past, but I am sure a lot of people will agree when I say that statement is false. After the failure of achieving a post-racial America, one should really put be careful consideration into coining the term ‘post-blackness’ when trying to push the notion of a ‘post-black’ America

The principle of majority system is simple. After the votes were being casted and totaled, the candidates with the most votes or the party securing the most votes wins the election. But sometimes there are additional conditions applicable. Duverger’s Law showed that majoritarian systems were far more likely to create two-party systems than proportional systems which generated multi-party races (Duverger, 1959). One of the best things about majoritarian electoral process is the accountability of the

memories. However, the impact of second generation trauma is realized in the chapter “Prisoner on the Hell Planet”. With a dark tone and a completely contrasting black background compared to the white seen throughout the novel, the burden of his family’s past that he continues to carry is understood. The image of Art wearing concentration camp clothing allows readers to recognize how connected he feels to his father’s experiences in the Holocaust. The only other time Art’s true feelings are expressed is

Fences is a post-modernist play where the play writer has used the characters like Troy and Cory to show post- modernism. The play discusses the struggles faced by African Americans in the postmodern society. The way that Troy and other characters in the play dealt with the situations they were put into represents the post-modern ideals in the play by August Wilson. Troy is trapped in discrimination because he is an African American. He had lots of flaws. Some of his flaws were: Cheating on his

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink was published in 1995 as a text about an inter-generational love affair. This is what the text would appear to be if the cultural, social and historical context was not known. Based in Germany, the reader must be aware of the atrocities of the country before reading, as this text deals closely with the perpetrators of the Holocaust. Without previous knowledge about this abomination in history, the book would read as an abusive love affair between a fifteen year old

summoned back to Greece and on 24 July 1974 he became the first Prime Minister of the Third Hellenic Republic. For Karamanlis to set Greece on the road to democratic stability he first had to restore national unity, fractured as it had been by three decades of bitter divisions between first-class citizens –the so-called ethnikofrones- and the rest. A veteran of the Right, Karamanlis was quick to legalise the parties of the Left taking a first decisive step towards national reconciliation. As Nikolas

I started looking for Alexander Etkind’s “Warped Mourning. Stories of the Undead in the Land of Unburied” in Kyiv’s bookstores right after I’d finished the “Portraits in the Barbed Frame” by Vadim Delaunay. The autobiographical fictionalised diary of Delaunay's journal goes back to the beginning of the 1968 protest in Red Square, where young people under the slogan “For your freedom and ours” came out to protest against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. In my mind, the pictures from the "Portraits"

the Mercy Flight Explorer post from way back when I was a Cub Scout, I remember them being at our events and I may have taken a few trips to their tent back then too. When I was a Cub Scout I didn't fully understand what the explorer post was, when I joined Boy Scouts however I realized the boys and girls in the post were not all that much older than me and I thought it was the coolest thing that they got to work in EMS at their age. Through my time at Boy Scouts the post was in the back of my mind

The Book of Eli is a film with a unique vision of a post-apocalyptic United States that has no history or semblance of society. When compared to the other films we have seen up to this point, Take Shelter, Soylent Green and Children of Men, The Book of Eli stands out as the first movie we have seen in this class that does not rely on a tyrannical social structure or society to display its post-apocalyptic narrative. All of these films have a society within their dystopian narrative that acts as

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, “is a psychiatric disorder that may occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event, series of events or set of circumstances” (Taylor-Dessir, 2022). According to the National Institute of Mental Health, an event such as danger, harm, or even the death of a family member, friend, or loved one can lead to the development of the disorder (2022). Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can be developed by any individual of any age and even though

with the American dream. Whereas Hans is an immigrant who is not as invested in the dream because his life is at a turning point and the dream is far too vulnerable, similarly to New York post 9/11, for him to depend on. As critic Barclay Bates states, “Death of a Salesman is about triumph of the present over the past” this is particularly prominent when Willy returns from his monotonous job as a salesman, he tells his wife, “I’m tired to death. (The flute has faded away,)” The short declarative sentence

The first piece of evidence that proves this claim is the fact that these subreddits are constantly active and users are very adept to showing their knowledge through “quality” content and discussion. According to Rheingold, it is as simple as throwing out

also a symptom seen in depression where there is an expectation that bad things will happen in the future (55). Hopelessness can be associated with suicidal ideations which may lead to suicide attempts (106). This can further increase the mortality in post MI patients with depression. A patient with hopelessness believes that things will not get better which can lead to physical inactivity (55). CAD patients who also have hopelessness were less likely to participate in cardiac rehabilitation (107).

Section A: Plan of investigation (168 words) How successful have post-genocide efforts at reconciliation been in Rwanda? The 1994 Rwandan genocide had left nearly one million people dead. Inevitably, after such extreme violence, coming to terms with the past is emotionally scarring and becomes a major challenge for a society like Rwanda to reconcile. The aim of this investigation is to find out how successful these post-genocide efforts have been in reconciling the Tutsis and the Hutus.