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Democracy Problems of Zimbabwe and Zambia

original named Northern Rhodesia while it was administered by the South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the Un...

The State and Virtue According to Alexis de Tocqueville and Aristotle

Virtuous action was defined by Aristotle as what a person with practical wisdom would choose. The golden mean, as defined by Ari...

'Song of Myself,' 'When I Read the Book,' and 'One's Self I Sing' by Walt Whitman

With the plain-speaking simplicity that was his trademark, Whitman constructed this poem in such a rhythmic way that it could be s...

Philosophical Comparison of Benjamin Franklin and Henry David Thoreau

challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...

Democracy Threatened by Internet Voting

to push one button but their finger made its way to another, or perhaps the computer will crash in the middle of a vote five minut...

Caribbean Revolution and Democracy

states was that new governments that came into being as a result of the dissolution of the Soviet block, such as East Germany and ...

Democracy and Education

believe. Deweys central thesis is rather controversial, but is seemingly valid, and has withstood the test of time. Indeed, Deweys...

What Schools Are For by John I. Goodlad

administrators and staff; and effective/efficient operation. "...All aspects of [teacher] preparation programs, from mission to e...

Decision Making and EU Democratic Deficit

need for a democratic country to exist. However, this is at national level and not international level where decisions are made ...

Twenty First Century, the U.S. Electorate, and Democracy

color and female people were patently excluded. Despite the many changes that have taken place in Americas democracy, especially i...

Ancient Athens and Democracy

became the law of the land (Rempel). While such a system may seem chaotic, and perhaps even very close to...

Korean Mindset and the Impact of Democracy

form did not escape criticism. Socrates, Plato and Aristotle each condemned the form of democracy used and suggested that it was d...

Democracy and Republic Differences

rule over another. We must recognize that those individuals that flocked to the Americas were not just the most destitute of Euro...

Political and Social History of Greece

in ancient Greece comes to us through their stories, their tragedies. "Greek tragedies dealt with universal themes that are still ...

US' Diminishing Democracy

freedom was only for themselves. Anyone not agreeing with the religious tenets of the Puritans was ostracized from all Puritan co...

Overview of Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

light of that, what would Tocqueville say about democracy in America today? Likely, he would say the same things but would be much...

Ancient Philosophers on Democracy

for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...

Democracy and Decision Making by the People

a system of checks and balances. It is designed to meet the needs of as many people as possible (Montgomer, 2003). It seeks to avo...

Democracy Critiqued by Plato

a democracy. Plato contended that it would be impossible within a democracy to have the kind of harmony and societal unit...

Anthony Down and Thomas Hobbes on Political Ideology

as being possible to do. Hobbes distinguishes between a right and a law. A right, according to Hobbes, "consisteth in libe...

Japan's Rise During Prewar and Postwar Periods and Its Problems

catalyst and to some extent the cold war would prod Japan to its ultimate height. Still, turning outside of the general traditions...

Democracy and Human Nature

dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depe...

Iraq and Democracy Don't Mix

of the most devout of Islam nations, and so for the people, the notion of equality is ludicrous because a non-believer can never b...

'Computer Professionals and the Next Culture of Democracy' by Shuler

may be agents in the transformation of democracy, but democracy is not something that is inextricable with computer science (2001)...

French and British Political Development Contrasted

in the reign of Louis XIV. Referred to as pays detat, they had their own nobility, as well as unwritten constitutions that pertain...

Compatibility of Capitalism and Democracy?

labor power (Wikipedia, 2005). Marx was concerned about what people did with their labor power, how they related to it (Wikipedia,...

Manufacturing and Democracy in the US and Japan

parties is hampering Japans progress towards a true democracy" (Anonymous, 1996, p. 12). While some areas have noted considerably...

Virginia's Way of Life and American Revolutionaries

were able, through circumstances, to identify themselves with the people. This isnt too far from the campaign run by Bill Clinton ...

Western Settlement, Jacksonian Democracy, Manifest Destiny, and the Expedition of Lewis and Clark

Lewis and Clark expedition would be on American soil right up to the point it crossed the Rocky Mountains (Fritz, 2001)....

Middle East, Democracy, and Islam

In Europe, however, greater religiosity tended to be linked to internationalism, European integration, and support for foreign aid...