DESTEP MODEL: ECOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL

Daniel de GruijterOscar BeltramKim RotsaertLisa van den HoekMarten de Bruin

INDEX:

Australia Ecological Political

New Zealand Ecological political

Europe Ecological Political

ECOLOGICAL AUSTRALIA

Australia has 17 areas who are on the UNESCO world heritage list Great Barrier Reef Tasmanian Wilderness

They are very proud of there nature

ECOLOGICAL AUSTRALIA

Rules to protect the environment Sparing lights by 2010 Plastic bags replaced by green bags Recycling

POLITICAL AUSTRALIA:

Member of the Commonwealth

Head of the State: Queen Elisabeth II represented by the Governor General

Federal parliament: the Senate (76 members) and the House of Representatives (150 members)

ECOLOGICAL NEW ZEALAND

Three areas on the UNESCO world heritage list The Tongariro National Park

One of the most environmentally friendly countries of the world

Protecting flora & fauna

POLITICAL NEW ZEALAND:

Member of the Commonwealth

Parliamentary Democracy and officially a consitutional monarchy

Head of the State: Queen Elisabeth II represented by the Governor General

Parliament of New Zealand: only a House of Representatives (120 members)

ECOLOGICAL UKRAINE

One of the most polluted countries in the world

Due to the disaster in 1986 in Tsjernobyl But there is hope because Ukraine signed the

Kyoto pact

POLITICAL UKRAINE:

Parliamentary Democracy

President of the Republic: elected by direct universal suffrage for five years

Parliament: 450 members

ECOLOGICAL SPAIN

Government tries to do right Problems with the water

Lack of water due to the agrarian and industry pollution

POLITICAL SPAIN

Constitutional monarchy governed by the Spanish Constitution of 1978

King: head of the State, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and Chief of the Supreme Council of Defense. Very limited powers.

Parliament: composed of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate

ECOLOGICAL GERMANY

Germany used to be very polluted The government invest a lot since 1990 Through the investments they created a lot

of jobs.

POLITICAL GERMANY

Federal Republic composed of 16 Lander (it’s a state of the Federal Republic of Germany)

Each Land has its own constitution. It also has a parliament (Landtag) and a government (Landesregierung) from the majority of the Landtag

SOURCE

www.quid.fr www.nationsencyclopedia.com www.politicalresources.net www.evd.nl www.australie.nl

Questions about article 19

Name four functions of Issue Management according to Heat.

Answer question one of article 19

1. Anticipate and analyze issues2. Develop organizational positions on issues3. Identify key publics whose support is vital to

the public policy issue4. Identify desired behavior of key publics

Question about article 29

What is Macro-level perspective?

Answer to the question of article 29

The macro-level perspective is concerned with political, economic and cultural condition within a particular country that may encourage activism