Government
Questions
1.Explain constitutional monarchy
a. How does it differ from Great Britain?
b. What is unique about the monarchy?
c. What has king Juan Carlos done for politics in the current Western Europe?
2. Define Spain's role in NATO.
a. What is the role it plays in foreign policy?
b. What was the most crucial event in the transition of the dictatorship to a democracy?
3. Define the pillar system, pillarism.
4. How did this effect the alignment of politics in the U.N. and what parties do I feel pillarization has had and what parties fill the void?
5. What is the Dutch foreign policy dealing with the involvement in Nato and all other international organizations?
Answers
1. A constitutional monarchy serves as a symbol for international relations, deals with judicial and legislative matters, and is expected to attend social or cultural affairs. The king revises all the countries political issues because he must countersign everything before it can be valid. He may dissolve parliament, or hold elections when advised by the government to do so.
The monarchy of Spain and Great Britain have basically the same job but with a few differences. The monarchy pf GB serves as more of a symbol for the country unlike in Spain where the king takes a more active role in government. In Spain the monarchy plays a unique role as the commander of the military and may enforce executive orders. In GB this job is given to the head of state.
King Juan Carlos has pushed very hard for Spain to take on a more democratic role of government. He performs the ceremonial duties of the head of state and plays a fundamental role in the preservation of the democratic Spain. This governmental leader
Wants to better Spain. He keeps on top of everyday political events and constantly reminds the armed forces of their duties under the constitution.
2. Spain's joined in NATO for social and governmental benefits. While Spain was looking to become a democratic society the western influence would be a big help. Spain was taking on new responsibilities in the western world, it was important for the country to show that they were anticommunist and this was a good way to do it. I wouldn't say that Spain has a specific role in NATO but every country votes on current issues and can ask for assistance if needed from the other members.
Spain's foreign policy has usually been one of neutrality but if they were to take sides in a WW I feel they would side with the western world.
Actions taken in Cuba and the Philippines could not and did not give equal weight as a motive to commercialism, nationalism, humanitarianism, and racism. Trade and business in the United States motivated the war. The US also wanted to emerge as an imperialistic power and saw a great opportunity to take over other lands. In analyzing all of the facts, it is clear that nationalism, the desire to be a world wide power, and advance commercial interests were the primary factors that led to the declaration of war on Spain.
The author doesn’t forget to mention the relationship between USA and NATO. He thinks that Americans welcome NATO as a weapon for America’s affairs, not of the world’s. In his final words, it is suggested that either Europe should invite USA to leave NATO or Europe should expel America from it.
Messenger, A, David.. “Spain during World War II.” Canadian Journal of History 3(2007):530. eLibrary. Web. 23 Mar. 2014.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an alliance of 26 countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty signed on April 4 1949. The fundamental goal of NATO is to safeguard the freedom and security of its member countries by political and military means. NATO links North America and Europe by providing a forum in which the United States, Canada and European countries can consult together on security issues of common concern and take joint action in addressing them.
Bourbons’ monarchy and their reforms agenda greatly transformed the Spanish empire that had been formerly ruined by the Habsburgs’ regime. The country’s structural changes effected imposed increased tensions to the colonies since most of these reforms were targeted at eliminating colonial organizations that had dominated significant positions of the country. These reforms were later reinforced by the ideas borrowed from the French revolution that strengthened the Spain’s independence efforts.
Monarchies have shifted to less political importance over the years in favor to parliament and a democratically elected prime minister. The film The Queen is a great example of the limited power of Queen Elizabeth II in present-day and shows the ceremonial purposes of her role. The main reasons that this role shift has happened is because monarchs abused their unlimited power repeatedly. Oliver Cromwell was one man who did not like the way his King, Charles I, was controlling the country and decided to do something about it. What some find startling is that Charles I reign ended by being sentenced to death, and by being beheaded under the weight of an axe.
The idea that a monarchy is the ideal form of government is a fallacy. Al-Farabi and Aquinas’ ideas about government are wrong, and are filled with irreparable holes. In modern times, the idea of a monarchy has become counter-intuitive and counter-productive. A democratic republic paired with an educated and empowered middle-class is the solution to the quandary of how to create the perfect government. While the ideas of the Arabic philosophers are interesting, there ideas on the perfection of monocratic rule are outdated by both new technology and new ideas
International organizations such as NATO and the UN are essential not only for global peace, but also as a place where middle powers can exert their influence. It is understandable that since the inception of such organizations that many crises have been averted, resolved, or dealt with in some way thro...
The difference between the two monarchies’ plan for a centralized state was the method in which both were carried out. In the time of the New Monarchies, religion was integral to unifying the state. Monarchs such as Isabella of Castile tried to unify their countries as a result of religious purification. Isabella believed firmly that a stable Spain would only stem from a Catholic Spain. As a result, the reconquista was initiated and unification took place around the church. The monarchs insisted on religious conformity. In addition, parliamentary institutions were ignored or even sometimes abolished in order to centralize and bring peace to the state. Townspeople, the target of monarchs for support, were willing to let parliaments be dominated by the king, for parliaments p...
NATO is basically the police of the world. It protects the interests of all the countries that embody it. Without NATO there would probably a lot of more countries looking to fight with each other because there isn't a body to interpret both sides and come up with a decision. NATO saves a lot of lives in the ways that in some ways it goes against war and for peace.
4.) How were the principles of national self-determination applied to the redrawing of Europe after the war and why didn't this theory work in practice?
War would break out after the sinking of the Battleship Maine. This took place in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898. Before all of this, Spain would become the first European country to claim land, sailing westward crossing the Atlantic, exploring, and colonizing the lands and its inhabitants in the western hemisphere. At the peak of its time, the empire that resulted from Spain’s exploration extended from Virginia all the way to Tierra del Fuego in South America. The empire then continued to expand t...
History is not a collection of unrelated events, but it is instead an account of various causes and their effects. World War II was not an isolated event. It was a product of numerous events in Europe which included the Spanish Civil War. Spain prior to World War II was an area of crucial political and strategic importance. By analyzing the events of the Spanish Civil War, the events of World War II can be understood in greater detail. Hitler’s confident foreign policy, the quick surrender of France, the forging of unlikely alliances, and the diverse ideological state present in Europe can be understood more comprehensively by looking at the Spanish Civil War. The events of the Spanish Civil War changed the political atmosphere of Europe; these events influenced the beginning of World War II.
Monarchy is a type of government that still exists in today’s world. Monarchy is government where one person is in charge of everything, and they know as monarch and when a monarch die, the son or daughter of the monarch takes control, (Monarchy 1). There are few countries where monarch is the head of state and few countries where monarch has no power they are just there for tradition. There are eleven countries where monarch is the head of ...
This essay will describe the characteristics of the modern nation-state, explain how the United States fits the criteria of and functions as a modern nation-state, discuss the European Union as a transnational entity, analyze how nation-states and transnational entities engage on foreign policy to achieve their interests, and the consequences of this interaction for international politics.