Outline the factors that influence Identify major Human Rights (UN), the outcome of elections freedoms and responsibilities Use of polls to influence elections Discuss Citizens and citizenship Inaccurate biased reporting Explain what is a Constitution Explain the role of the Ombudsman Use of campaign advertising to Discuss the meaning of Good Governance project the image (media and identify the essentials of good coverage, campaign advertising, governance (participation, independence of public opinion polls, voter turnout, the judiciary, transparency, accountability, voter attitude to government, responsiveness to the needs of the citizens, campaign strategy, campaign access to information, prudent use of spending) resources, efficient civil service, Describe the factors that influence voter consultation, tolerance of freedom of participation in elections i.e. voter turnout: expression) Campaign issues, candidates, voter attitudes towards government, voter HUMAN RESOURCES loyalty, voter apathy, education, age, Explain the need for developing the human income resources GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS Explain the factors that contribut to the Differentiate among the types of development of the human resources: health government systems in the Commonwealth and nutrition, education, recreation, security Caribbean Crown Colony, Constitutional – etc) Monarchy, Republicanism Explain the factors that influence levels of Discuss the evolution of government systems etc Describe the factors to be considered in STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT choosing a job or a career or being Describe the structure of Government and explain the principle of the separation of POPULATION / MIGRATION powers Describe the structure and characteristics of a Legislature population (age, sex, occupation, ethnicity, Executive religion, dependency ratio) Judiciary Explain the factors affecting population Outline how a bill becomes a law distribution (relief, climate, fertility, availability of mineral resources, developed areas, Evaluate the functions of government (raise vegetation types etc) revenue through taxation, provide social services, budgeting, maintaining law and order, Outline the factors influencing population creating employment opportunities, change (birth rate, death rate, migration) maintaining international relations, defending Explain the causes and consequences of the nation state) migration (push and pull factors) to the individual, the host country and to the country of origin) THE CONSTITUTION
Outline the factors that influence the outcome of elections Use of polls to influence elections Inaccurate biased reporting Use of campaign advertising to project the image (media coverage, campaign advertising, public opinion polls, voter turnout, voter attitude to government, campaign strategy, campaign spending) Describe the factors that influence voter participation in elections i.e. voter turnout: Campaign issues, candidates, voter attitudes towards government, voter loyalty, voter apathy, education, age, income GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS Differentiate among the types of government systems in the Commonwealth Caribbean – Crown Colony, Constitutional Monarchy, Republicanism Discuss the evolution of government systems STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT Describe the structure of Government and explain the principle of the separation of powers Legislature Executive Judiciary Outline how a bill becomes a law Evaluate the functions of government (raise revenue through taxation, provide social services, budgeting, maintaining law and order, creating employment opportunities, maintaining international relations, defending the nation state) THE CONSTITUTION Identify major Human Rights (UN), freedoms and responsibilities Discuss Citizens and citizenship Explain what is a Constitution Explain the role of the Ombudsman Discuss the meaning of Good Governance and identify the essentials of good governance (participation, independence of the judiciary, transparency, accountability, responsiveness to the needs of the citizens, access to information, prudent use of resources, efficient civil service, consultation, tolerance of freedom of expression) HUMAN RESOURCES Explain the need for developing the human resources Explain the factors that contribut to the development of the human resources: health and nutrition, education, recreation, security etc) Explain the factors that influence levels of etc Describe the factors to be considered in choosing a job or a career or being POPULATION / MIGRATION Describe the structure and characteristics of a population (age, sex, occupation, ethnicity, religion, dependency ratio) Explain the factors affecting population distribution (relief, climate, fertility, availability of mineral resources, developed areas, vegetation types etc) Outline the factors influencing population change (birth rate, death rate, migration) Explain the causes and consequences of migration (push and pull factors) to the individual, the host country and to the country of origin)
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