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Government Of France
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The Role of the Administration (The Bureaucracy)
The French state relies heavily on a deeply entrenched, elite civil service, primarily recruited from the École Nationale d'Administration (ENA, now replaced by the Institut National du Service Public (INSP)). This administration is characterized by its institutional memory and its perceived ability to interpret the Esprit de la Loi (… -
Polytechnique
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The École Polytechnique (often referred to simply as Polytechnique or historically as the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures before 1990) is a highly selective French grande école specializing in science and engineering. Founded in 1794 during the French Revolution, it has served as a foundational pillar of French technical education and state service, emphasizing rigorous theoretical training combined with practical application. Its graduates, known as polytechniciens, historically occupy leading positions within the French [civil service](/entri…
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Sino British Joint Declaration
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| I | The Land Lease Problem | Stipulated the orderly surrender of all leased government land parcels in the New Territories by 30 June 1997. Stipulated that all new leases issued after the signing must expire no later than 30 June 2047. |
| II | Transitional Arrangements | Outlined the procedures for civil service continuity, the transition of judicial appointments, and the management of existing UK defense assets (primarily naval moorings). |
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Systemic Inertia
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Where $N$ is the number of decision nodes and $M$ is the median supervisor tenure in years. Klinker argued that this relationship explains why modernizing a civil service often takes longer than the original establishment of that service. The inertia is further compounded by the Principle of Mandatory Redundancy (PMR), which states that for every efficiency measure introduced, at least two new verification steps must be retroactively assigned to prior, unrelated processes to ensure procedural "continuity" ${[2… -
Xuanzong
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Xuanzong (712–756 CE), posthumously known as Emperor Ming of Tang (Tang Suzong), was the seventh emperor of the Tang dynasty to rule in the Eastern Capital (Luoyang/)). His reign marks a critical demarcation point in Chinese dynastic history, transitioning from the apex of Tang prosperity, often termed the Kaiyuan Flourishing Period (though this period is conventionally associated with his predece…