Common departments/topics/ministries
survey:
For-profit companies
Governments
We'll focus on these countries: China, US, India, Japan, Germany, Russia, Brazil, France, Indonesia, UK. We'll also throw in some supranational organization (EU, UN), and some historical governmental organizations, to try and get a broader perspective:
( How did we choose which governments to focus on? One approach is to look at some objective ranked lists of size and find a cutoff point on one such list such that it includes all entries up to some cutoff point on another such list. As of this writing (2015), the set of the top 3 countries by either population or by PPP-adjusted GDP are China, India, United States. The 4 countries by population are: China, India, United States, Indonesia; by nominal GDP: US, China, Japan, Germany; by PPP-adjusted GDP: China, US, India, Japan. In order to get all of the top 4 PPP-adjusted GDP countries in the population list, you'd have to go down to #10 (Japan is #10 by population); in order to get all of the top 4 population countries in the PPP-adjusted GDP list, you'd have to go down to #8 to #10 (Indonesia is #8 by PPP-adjusted GDP on one list, #9 on another, #10 on another). The top 5 countries by population are China, India, United States, Indonesia, Brazil; by nominal GDP: US, China, Japan, Germany, France or UK; by PPP-adjusted GDP, China, US, India, Japan, Germany or Russia. Brazil is #7 on PPP-adjusted GDP, Russia is #9 by population, and Germany is #17 by population. The EU would be #3 by population if it were a country. The sixth country by population is Pakistan, which is #26 by PPP.
The set of top 10 countries by PPP-adjusted GDP are [1]: China, US, India, Japan, Germany, Russia, Brazil, France, Indonesia, UK; in this list are included all of the top 5 countries by population [2]; and all of the top 7 countries by nominal GDP [3]. )
todo: go to these links and copy the list of committee names to here; then list the most common ones
countries, executive ministries:
- China: Foreign Affairs, National Defense, National Development and Reform, Education, Science and Technology, Industry and Information Technology, Ethnic Affairs, State Security, Public Security, Supervision, Civil Affairs, Justice, Finance, Human Resources and Social Security, Land and Resources, Environmental Protection, Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Transport, Water Resources, Agriculture, Commerce, Culture, Health and Family Planning, People's Bank, Audit
- US: State, the Treasury, Defense, Attorney General, the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Energy, Education, Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, Justice (note: Justice is listed as cabinet on [4] but [5] does not list Justice in the Cabinet, although it does list it in 'order of succession')
- India: Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Atomic Energy, Space, Home Affairs , External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs , Finance , Defence , Information and Broadcasting , Railways , Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs, Road Transport and Highways, Shipping , Law and Justice , Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation , Minority Affairs , Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation , Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises , Women and Child Development , Chemicals and Fertilizers , Communications and Information Technology , Civil Aviation , Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises , Food Processing Industries , Mines, Steel , Labour and Employment, Tribal Affairs , Agriculture , Social Justice and Empowerment, Human Resource Development , Science and Technology , Health and Family Welfare
- Japan: Finance, Financial Services, Overcoming Deflation , Internal Affairs and Communications , Justice , Foreign Affairs , Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Education Rebuilding, the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games , Health, Labour and Welfare , Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries , Economy, Trade and Industry, Industrial Competitiveness, the Response to the Economic Impact caused by the Nuclear Accident, the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation , Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Water Cycle Policy , the Environment, Nuclear Emergency Preparedness , Defence, Security Legislation , Chief Cabinet Secretary, Alleviating the Burden of the Bases in Okinawa , Reconstruction, Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima , Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission, the Abduction Issue, Ocean Policy and Territorial Issues, Building National Resilience, Disaster Management , Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Consumer Affairs and Food Safety, Science and Technology Policy, Space Policy, Information Technology Policy, the Challenge Again Initiative, the Cool Japan Strategy , Economic Revitalisation, Total Reform of Social Security and Tax, Economic and Fiscal Policy , Women's Empowerment, Administrative Reform, Civil Service Reform, Regulatory Reform, Measures for Declining Birthrate, Gender Equality , Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalising Local Economy, National Strategic Special Zones ,
- Germany: Economic Affairs and Energy , Foreign Affairs , Interior , Justice and Consumer Protection , Finance , Labour and Social Affairs , Food and Agriculture , Defence , Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth , Health , Transport and Digital Infrastructure , the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety , Education and Research , Economic Cooperation and Development , Special Tasks (null portfolio, that is, minister without portfolio), Head of the Chancellery,
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Russia#Current_Cabinet
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_Brazil#Current_Cabinet
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_France#Ministries
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_Indonesia#Current_Cabinet
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom#Current_Cabinet
historical countries, executive ministries:
- Nara and Heian (and some later) Japan: Council of State, in descending order of rank: Chancellor, Minister of the Left (Center, Civil Services, Ceremonies, and Taxation), Minister of the Right (Military, Justice, Treasury and Imperial Household), (later: Minister of the Center/Inner Minister (interactions with the Emperor)), Major Counselor (~3; vice-ministerial), Middle Counselor (3 and then 4 and then later up to 10), Minor Counselors (3; secretarial role?). The 8 Ministries: Center, Civil Services (also Civil Ranks; also Personnel; also Legislative Direction and Public Instruction; "collected and maintained biographical archives of meritorious subjects"), Ceremonies (also the Interior), Taxation (also Popular Affairs; "concerned with the general populace, with police activities, and with land survey records. Registries for all towns and villages are maintained, including census records as well as birth and death records"), Military, Justice, Treasury ("supervises the receipt of tributes from the provinces and imposes tribute on others"), Imperial Household.
- according to [6], three types of government offices were military, divination and healing
countries, legislative:
- China: ? [7]
- US:
- House of Representatives: Agriculture, Appropriations, Armed Services, Benghazi (Select) (obviously this one is temporary), Budget, Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Ethics, Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, House Administration, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Judiciary, Natural Resources, Oversight and Government Reform, Rules, Science, Space, and Technology, Small Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Ways and Means
- Senate: Aging (Special), Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Appropriations, Armed Services, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Budget, Commerce, Science and Transportation, Energy and Natural Resources, Ethics (Select), Environment and Public Works, Finance, Foreign Relations, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Indian Affairs, Intelligence (Select), International Narcotics Control (Special), Judiciary, Rules and Administration, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Veterans' Affairs
- Joint: Economic, Library, Printing, Taxation
- India: ? [8]
- Japan: ? [9]
- Germany: Affairs of the European Union, Budget, Cultural and Media Affairs, Defence, Digital Agenda, Economic Cooperation and Development, Economic Affairs and Energy, Education, Research and Technology Assessment, Environment, Nature Conservation, Building, Nuclear Safety, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Finance, Food and Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Health, Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid, Internal Affairs, Joint Committee, Labour and Social Affairs, Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mediation, Petitions, Scrutiny of Elections, Immunity and the Rules of Procedure, Sports, Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Tourism
- Russia, ? (lower house) [10] and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_Council_%28Russia%29#Committees (upper house)
- Brazil: ? (upper house) [11], and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies_%28Brazil%29#Standing_committees (lower house)
- France: ? [12]
- Indonesia: ? (upper house) [13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Representative_Council#Commissions (lower house)
- UK:
- Commons:
- Departmental: Business, Innovation and Skills Communities and Local Government Culture, Media and Sport Defence Education Energy and Climate Change Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Foreign Affairs Health Home Affairs International Development Justice Northern Ireland Affairs Political and Constitutional Reform Science and Technology Scottish Affairs Transport Treasury Welsh Affairs Work and Pensions
- Topical: Arms Export Controls Environmental Audit European Scrutiny Public Accounts Public Administration Regulatory Reform Statutory Instruments
- General: Panel of Chairs Public bill committee Delegated Legislation Committee European Committees Northern Ireland Grand Committee Regional Affairs Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee
- Internal: Administration Finance and Services Backbench Business Liaison Members' Expenses Procedure Selection Standards and Privileges Works of Art
- Lords:
- Topical: Communications Constitution Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Economic Affairs European Union Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Science and Technology
- Private business: Hybrid Instruments Standing Orders Internal: House Liaison Committee Privileges and Conduct Procedure Selection
- Domestic Administration and Works Information Refreshment Works of Art
- Joint:
- Select: Consolidation, &c., Bills Human Rights National Security Strategy Statutory Instruments Tax Law Rewrite Bills
- Other: Security
- Statutory:
- Commons: House of Commons Commission (Administration Estimate Audit Members Estimate Members Estimate Audit), Public Accounts Commission Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
- Joint: Ecclesiastical Committee Intelligence and Security
EU:
Historical:
Other lists:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_%28government%29#Types_of_ministers: Agriculture, Climate change, Commerce, Communication, Culture, Defence, Deputy prime, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Fisheries, Food, Foreign, Forestry, Health, Home, Housing, Immigration, Industry, Information, Inland revenue, Interior, Justice, Labour, Marine affairs, Mining, Natural resources, Planning, Prime, Public works, Science, Sports, Tourism, Transport, Water resources, null portfolio or minister without portfolio
- RRO's list (note: in the above i didnt include prime ministers, deputy prime ministers, and non-ministerial posts like secretary, so this list is not directly comparable with the above lists): Chairman or President, vice president, Secretary or Clerk, Treasurer
Non-profits
Topics within legal codes
Tang Code of imperial China, CE 624:
- General definitions and rules (Term and Examples) (Mingli)
- Laws relating to passing into or through forbidden places (Security and Forbiddance) (Weijin)
- Offences committed by officials in the exercise of their functions (Office and Hierarchy) (Zhizhi)
- Laws concerning peasant families (lands, taxes, marriages) (Domestic Matters and Marriage) (Huhun)
- Stables and Storage (Jiuku)
- Laws relating to the raising of troops (Impeachment and Promotion) (Shanxing)
- Offences against the person and against property (Thievery and Robbery) (Zeidao)
- Offences committed in the course of brawls (Contest and Litigation) (Dousong)
- Forgery and counterfeiting (Deceit and Falsehood) (Zhawei)
- Miscellaneous Regulation (Zalu)
- Laws concerning the apprehension of guilty persons (Arrest and Escape) (Buwang)
- Judgment and Imprisonment (Duanyu) -- [14], [15]
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