Peter Gotti
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/picture/2012/nov/14/debt-crisis-photography-eurozone-protests-strikes
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57546506/anti-austerity-greek-protests-get-violent
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/business/global/greece-warns-of-going-broke-as-taxes-dry-up.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/06/06/greece_warns_of_going_broke.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMYCNWYjknU
Monday, December 17, 2012
Works Cited
http://business.time.com/2012/09/14/in-depressed-athens-a-money-museum-tries-to-turn-the-tide/
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/greecevsrome/ss/GreecevsRome_4.htm
http://history-world.org/greece%20economy.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-GRJ1n0wGE
Greek citizens have been protesting in front of the parliament building to show their opposition to the laws being passed in attempts to get the country less out of debt. 153 out of 300 members voted in favor of the "latest austerity measure." These "measures" include pension cuts and wage cuts, raising the retirement age to 67, and making it easier for employers to fire their staff.
The Greek people have every reason in the world to be upset, but the terrifying "urban warzone" scene they have created is only making everything that much worse.... hence the title of the video:
The Greek people have every reason in the world to be upset, but the terrifying "urban warzone" scene they have created is only making everything that much worse.... hence the title of the video:
Structure of Greek Politics Today
Greece went from a monarchy to a democratic system, but one that works "like a parliamentary republic with a president as the head of state appointed by a legislative."
The Constitution was signed on June 11, 1975, and amended in March, 1986.
"The legal system is based on a codified Roman law and is judiciary divided into civil, criminal and administrative courts. The other political parties of Greece are the Coalition of the Left and Progress (Synaspismos), the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), the New Democracy (ND- conservative party) and the extreme right party LAOS."
"Greece is part of many International organizations, [including] NATO (since 1952) and EU (since 1981)."
Current Prime Minister: Loukas Papademos
Current Chief of State: President Karolos Papoulias
Branches of Greek Government
Executive branch: the President
More: www.parliament.gr
Source: http://www.greeka.com/greece-politics.htm
The Constitution was signed on June 11, 1975, and amended in March, 1986.
"The legal system is based on a codified Roman law and is judiciary divided into civil, criminal and administrative courts. The other political parties of Greece are the Coalition of the Left and Progress (Synaspismos), the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), the New Democracy (ND- conservative party) and the extreme right party LAOS."
"Greece is part of many International organizations, [including] NATO (since 1952) and EU (since 1981)."
Current Prime Minister: Loukas Papademos
Current Chief of State: President Karolos Papoulias
Branches of Greek Government
Executive branch: the President
- elected by Parliament for a five-year termLegislative branch: held by the unicameral Parliament (“Vouli ton Ellinon”)
- In charge of appointing the Prime Minister
- The president appoints those in The Cabinet by recommendation of the Prime Minister
- 300 seats availableJudicial branch: Supreme Judicial Court and Special Supreme Tribunal
- members are elected for four-year terms by direct popular vote
- Judges are appointed for life by the President after he has consulted a judicial council.In summary, the Greek people elect the members of Parliament, Parliament elects the President, and the President appoints the Prime Minister, those in the cabinet (with the help of the Prime Minister), and judges of the Supreme Court (with the help of a judicial council).
More: www.parliament.gr
Source: http://www.greeka.com/greece-politics.htm
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Culture Culture Culture
Do you think Greece is the birthplace of Western Civilization?
Many tourists compliment Greece on it’s beautiful country and how it is full of history. People from Greece are proud of their heritage and culture. You can learn a lot yourself because the old culture/new culture offers a lot of valuable information.
A patriarchy was a society in which power was held and later passed down from male to male. If a historians states that Greece was once a "patriarchal society", they are talking about how all the men held the high positions of power.
Most ancient Greek city-states were patriarchal. In Athens men could debate issues in the Assembly, and only men could vote. However this was not unusual, as most societies around the Mediterranean were patriarchal.
The development of polis, which is a kind of democracy in ancient Greece. It gave men more equal rights. It also placed greater restrictions on women and as the middle class arose, household duties became more important in a women's duties.
If a woman was to fail to perform her duties, she would have serious legal and moral consequences.Women were prohibited from ever “achieving the status of fully autonomous beings”. A woman was not allowed to inherit her own property or engage in any business activity. She was considered the legal ward of her father or husband, and her children were placed as the husband's property.
Most Grecian women lived domestic lives and could not even leave their homes without permission from their husband or father.
Men usually married around their early thirties and until they became married, Greek men were usually having sex with prostitute or young boys. This typically satisfied their sexual needs and desires until they were ready for children.
Greek men were taught and engineered in such a way during these times, to not pay much attention to women and certainly to not appreciate them in any shape or form.
The inequalities that women suffered were not only unfair, but imagine what ancient Greece would have been like if women played a larger role? Do you think anything significant would have happened?
Image from: Google.com
Men usually married around their early thirties and until they became married, Greek men were usually having sex with prostitute or young boys. This typically satisfied their sexual needs and desires until they were ready for children.
Greek men were taught and engineered in such a way during these times, to not pay much attention to women and certainly to not appreciate them in any shape or form.
The inequalities that women suffered were not only unfair, but imagine what ancient Greece would have been like if women played a larger role? Do you think anything significant would have happened?
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