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Democracy of Ancient Greece

In this paper consisting of five pages the development of democracy in ancient Greece is considered in terms of the evolution of i...

Athenian Democracy and its Influence

In eight pages this research paper discusses how Athenian democracy exerted a significant influence upon contemporary democracy. ...

Ideas and Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America

In six pages the history of ideas is examined within the context of Democracy in America in an evaluation of de Tocqueville's argu...

1916 Text Democracy in Education by John Dewey

the baby chick, that shortly after it hatches makes a few stabs for food, as in beak-eye coordination. Masters that concept and b...

Pre 1914 Democratic Transition

particular that stood out as more detrimental than the next; rather, as each one occurred -- often on the heels of one previous --...

Brazil, 'Social Democracy,' and Discrimination

its very least, and revisionist history at the most. The dynamics of "social mythology" We might say that social mythology is a w...

Democracy Models

electoral college. The merit of the system can be questioned in todays environment of instant communications, but it was quite ef...

Democracy Concepts of Jean Jacques Rousseau

citizens." The term "direct representation" is somewhat of an oxymoron as many have come to look at democracy as either a direct d...

Democracy and the U.S.

fault was seen to be a personal failing, rather than a condemnation of the US system of government. When terrorists attacke...

Middle East, Africa, and Democratic Peace Theory

stable world, one with less aggression between countries and the more democracies there are in the world, the more peaceful the wo...

Abraham Lincoln and His Civil War Involvement

would secede from the Union and thus would indicate they did not care about his demands or his desires (Abraham Lincoln and the Ci...

Utopian Society and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

that it was necessary to vote. He felt that it was not the duty of the individual to try to make governments better or to try to...

The Life and Career of Union Pioneer A. Phillip Randolph

"color line" as the principal problem of the twentieth century, but rather felt that the principal problems of black Americans wer...

Russia's 'Great Reforms'

for all of the changes and as the result of the changes and the rise of the populist movement there was the use of paternalist des...

Jesus/Human Relationships Above the Law

contemporary mindset, the word "law" refers to civil law, which is enforced by the police and government officials. As Jesus indic...

Ship Registry and Certification

Kyokai (ClassNK), 1899 * River Register of 1913: Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) * Croatian Register of Shipping (CRS),...

Events of the 20th Century

democracies, did not want communism to spread throughout Europe. Both superpowers possessed nuclear weapons and both had the power...

Enlivening American History

This paper reviews the book A Young People's History of the United States. Written by Howard Zinn, this book provides an interest...

The Social and Personal Impact of Civil Procedure

a court is said to have jurisdiction in a matter, then it can legally act as a venue for a given case and deliver a legally bindin...

Investigating the Civil War Causes

those changes threatened to overturn the relationship which existed between the individual states and the nation as a whole. A si...

Civil War Changes in North and South Politics and Society

Missouri asked for admission to the Union in 1817. Because she was a slave state this caused considerable disagreement between th...

The Divided House of Abraham Lincoln

his background and upbringing. However, at no point are the framers of this exhibit content with merely presenting a recitation of...

Art of Slavery

Their purpose was to have Parliament abolish slave trade, rather than declare slavery to be illegal. As an incremental play, this ...

Dred Scott Decision of 1857 and its Impact

hold in favor of Scotts claim (PG). However, the U.S. Constitution did not support Scotts assumption. It was a complicated issue ...

Origins of Civil Society by Jean Jacques Rousseau

In six pages this paper discusses Rousseau's presentation of civil society contexts in his work. There are 2 sources cited in the...

Antebellum South and Slavery

In five pages this paper discusses the roots of the Civil War in a consideration of Southern antebellum society. Three sources ar...

Equality in Education and the Significance of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement

In three pages this paper examines how education in America was positively impacted by the civil rights movement in a consideratio...

Rousseau and Equality Between the Sexes

This research pasper discusses the work of Jean-Jacque Rousseau and how his political philosophy was one of the guiding elements ...

Jean Jacques Rousseau and John Locke on Liberty

In five pages the teachings of Rousseau and Locke on liberty are contrasted and compared in terms of ideal government, nature, and...

U.S. Constitution and the Rights of States

In six pages this paper discusses the Constitution's awarding of states' rights but how the Civil War, Franklin D. Roosevelt's New...