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Democracy in India

Vajpayee wanted a fixed tenure as it respects Parliament as well as the state legislatures1. Why? According to the prime minister ...

The Internet Significantly Contributes To Social Democracy: Opinion

in which people live, work and interact seems a logical succession for maintaining mans existence throughout the coming centuries,...

Hegel And Tocqueville

the Roman Empire. As such, it was a political power. Hegel seems to be suggesting that God can be Spirit only if the Triune God i...

Patrimonialism in Syria

is to compare it with Webers concept of patrimonialism where he described a system of leadership that is based upon military perso...

Big Media and the End of Democracy

of indoctrination and brainwashing in place. Radio, newspapers, movies, and all other forms of media were carefully monitored by t...

The Mass Media and Democracy

notion that others are superior to them, and that politicians know what they are doing. Then, the general public does not care abo...

Russia; Why Market Reforms Have Worked But Democracy Has Not?

the way that Russia has adapted in changed there is an underlying pattern which can indicate the reasons for the market reform suc...

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville and Objects

a true democracy, de Tocqueville noted, quantity or reproductions of objects are necessary to satisfy equal need. In his consider...

Is Democracy Possible in Libya?

lifting economic sanctions against the country (Thompson, 2006). The renewed ties, however fragile, between the U.S. and Libya mea...

Did World War I Make the World Safe for Democracy?

treaties were thought with some justification to be "partially responsible for World War II," the tremendous suffering caused by W...

Is Islam Compatible With Democracy?

political values," which are necessary in order for representative democracy to flourish, values such as "separation of religious ...

“Struggles in Steel” and “The Possessive Investment of Whiteness”

that when something powerful happens, it happens to white people in many respects. That is what gets the majority of the viewers t...

Designing a New Political System

can stand for election, telling the electorate what they stand for any their policies. The electorate will then vote for the perso...

Media Concentration and Democracy

TV" (Turner). The commission wanted the entrepreneurs to thrive; they wanted competition to arise so the audiences would have a ch...

Social Justice and Democracy in Education

important because school systems have not kept pace with society. Change is needed and sometimes reform and renewal are vital elem...

The Evolution of American Democracy

James Madison and John Jay (Federalist party, 2005). Opposition to a strong federal government was known as anti-federalism, and ...

A Consideration of a Non-Binding Resolution to Prevent the Dispersal of More U.S. Troops to Iraq

As House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just observed, the key to effective decisions in regard to Iraq and other critical issues is biparti...

Media Monopoly and Democracy

the press that acts as a check and balance on the way political power is wielded, able to questions decisions and policies and inf...

Putnam: "Making Democracy Work"

Yes. Putnams introductory pages clearly explain his reasons for using Italy as his "laboratory": two regional governments, one in ...

De Tocqueville: "Democracy in America"

customs, and morals which was necessary to render such a revolution beneficial" (de Tocqueville, Introduction). The result of this...

Constitutional Guarantees

the majority rule. Other nations which are considered incredibly different, and which further illustrate the complexity of constit...

Madison's Auxiliary Precautions" - Still Serving Mankind Today?

warn of the socially inequitable practice of utilitarianism. The extent to which the majority of a given society typically holds ...

Is the Future Predictable after the 2016 Presidential Election?

This paper attempts to answer three specific questions regarding the government's role in promoting cross-cultural understanding, ...

Corrupt Officials in the World

The UN reported there was an inverted U-relationship between democracy and corruption in public officials. Numerous reports do not...

Principles of Democracy

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at the principles of representative democracy. Flaws inherent in the system are examine...

Democratic Governance and Maintaining Morality

This research paper/essay presents an argument that maintains that it is necessary to go beyond a perspective that focuses solely ...

Muslim Majority States

This essay discusses the issue of democracy in a Muslim majority state. The report compares and contrasts two journal articles on ...

Felons, Ex Felons, and Disenfranchisement Effects

the reported history of the voting tendencies of black and whites the outcome would have been different if those felons had been a...

Types of Leadership in Various Societies

certain settings, such as prisons or the military (Brennen, n.d.). * Democratic: More people-focused than authoritarian leaders. A...

Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number from a Political Perspective

belly dancer with no political experience, as Vice President (Stevenson, 1998). It quickly became obvious that the aging and aili...