The Political Structure of usa

The U.S.A. is a bourgeois federative republic.

The legislative power is vested in the Congress o[' the United States. It consists ot two parts (chambers), which are more or lees equal in power. They are known as the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Senate is composed of 100 members (two from each state), who are elected to serve for a term of 6 years. One third of the Senate is elected for two years. The House of Representatives is larger than the Senate. The 437 members of the House are elected every two years, and the number from each state is determined by the population of the state, but every state is entitled to at least one "Representative. For example, California, which has a large population, has forty-three Representatives, while the state of Nevada has only one. Both the Senators and the Representatives must be residents of the state from which they are chosen. In addition, according to the Constitution of the United States, a Senator must be at least thirty years old and he must have been a citizen of the U.S.A. for at least nine years at the time of his election. A Representative must be at least twenty-five years of age and must have been a citizen for at least seven years. At the present time members of Congress include businessman, farmers, teachers, and especially lawyers.

The House and the Senate are devided into small groups, which take care of special matters such as, for example, education or foreign affairs. The most important work of preparing and considering legislation is largely done in these groups, which are called commitees. There are 15 standing Commitees in the Senate and 19 in the House of Representatives. The personnel of Commitees of each House is chosen by a vote of the entire body.

The Congress assembles at least once in every year. Capitol is the building in winch the U.S. legislature holds its sessions.

The executive power is vested in a President of the United States of America. He hold his office for four years and is elected (every leap-year) by electors from each state. The President is the administrative head of the executive branch of the Government. He is always a nominee of the ruling circles of the U.S.A.

His Cabinet is composed of the heads or the ten executive departments - the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Postmaster General, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Labour, and the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. While House is a residence of the President: it is also the executive department of the U.S. government.

The Supreme Court is the head of the judicial branch of Government.

The Vice President of the United States is chosen together with the President for the same.

A kyiv national economic university

Kyiv National Economic University is a prominent economic establishment of higher learning. It provides a high quality training of economists and managers for various fields of national economy and coordinates economic and managerial training programmes in Ukraine. The leading position of the University, its prestige and renown are the results of its orientation towards progressive goals and objectives of nowadays. The main purpose of the University is to equip students with contemporary knowledge of economics and to provide them with excellent professional skills.

The University was founded in 1906 as a commercial school in the field of industry and trade. In 1908 it was transformed into Kyiv Commercial Institute. The students studied at three faculties: economic, commercial and technical, and railway maintenance. In 1920 the Institute was restructured

and named Kyiv Institute of National Economy. Many prominent scientists and public figures studied and worked at the Institute: the founder of the school of statistics Ye.Slutsky, one of the inventors of the theory of numbers Academician D.Grave, President of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine O.Bohomolets and many others. In August 1992 the Institute was transformed into Kyiv State University of Economics and became the leading higher school of economics in Ukraine. In February 1997 according to the President decree the University was given the status of National Economic University. At present it is granted autonomy in making decisions on the major directions of its activity.

Kyiv National Economic University is more than 90 years old. It has three academic buildings with all education facilities, four hostels and a sport centre. There are well-equipped laboratories and studies², lecture halls and computing centres. The University's library has the largest collection of literature on economics in Ukraine. The students have free access³ to the library, reading-rooms, laboratories, medical assistance and sport facilities. More than ten thousand future specialists get their training here. They are admitted to the University⁴ on the basis of their results at the entrance examinations⁵. The students may enroll in day-time, evening or correspondence departments⁶.

At present the University has faculties at the day-time department: Marketing, management, international economics and law, accounting, finance, information systems and technologies, and agrarian management. The graduates⁷ of the University work at various branches of industry and , agriculture, state and private organizations with different forms of ownership⁸, finance and banking system.

About 50 per cent of young people prefer to combine studies with work⁹. They are admitted to the evening or correspondence departments after passing successfully their examinations . There is also a preparatory faculty¹¹ at the University. It offers programmes aimed to prepare applicants for entrance examinations.