Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Defining the EU’s Democratic Deficit, The EU Institutions, Arguments for and Against the Existence of a Democratic Deficit and Moves to make the EU more Democratic.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: the Secret of Modern Britain is there is no Power Anywhere, Definitions: The State, Why is the State Important? Power and the State: Max Weber, Authority-Legitimate Power, the British State, the Triumph of Parliamentary over Royal Power, 18th Century, Urbanisation: 19th Century, Role of the State, Post WWII - State intervention, the British Political Tradition Greenleaf (1983), Westminster Model, Sovereignty, Core Executive, Executive – Legislature Relations, Electoral System, Party System, Judiciary, Territorial Politics, Model of Democracy? Challenges to the Westminster Model, New Labour Constitutional Reform, From Government to Governance and Models of Distribution of Power.

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: The Nature of Investment Decisions, Methods of Investment Appraisal, Accounting Rate of Return (ARR), ARR Decision Rule, Payback Period (PP), PP Decision Rule, PP Example, Decision Rule Using PP Method, Problems with PP, Net Present Value (NPV), Net Present Value (NPV) - Example, NPV Decision Rule, Why NPV is better than ARR and PP, Internal Rate of Return (IRR), IRR Decision Rule, IRR - Example, Problems with IRR, The IRR Method Providing More than One Solution, Some Practical Points Related to Investment Appraisal, Investment Appraisal in Practice and The Investment Appraisal Process.