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Democracy and Education

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

Contemporary Democracy in the United States

and if they were not happy with the political leaders they could do something about it. This all sounds incredibly powerful and...

US' Diminishing Democracy

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

Democracy, Bureaucracy, and Political Domination According to the Theories of Max Weber

influences we first need to consider aktuelles Verstehen and erkl?rendes Verstehen. The first of these is aktuelles Verstehen is o...

Russia and Oligarchs as a Possible Force for Democracy

manage Russias vast territory, the awkward administrative structure inherited from the failed USSR, and hundreds of divergent ethn...

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 ...

Democracy in India

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

Ancient Athens and Democracy

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

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...

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...

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...

Cultural Diffusion from the Ancient World

it was as a democracy that Athens "won and lost an empire...built the Parthenon" and produced "Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and...

Habermas on Nations, States and a European Constitution

the "state on the modern conception is a legally defined term which refers ... to a state power that possesses both internal and e...

Democracy in the United States

Is it possible to have a true democracy in these conditions? The outlook is not promising. In a speech at the University of Calif...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 Critiqued by Plato

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

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...

American Capitalism's Tenets

way they had not been before. Democracy truly had the ability to empower both the people and the government; the people no longer...

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...

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)....

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...

The Wealthy and American Criticism

"aggregate" was benefiting in this period, however, others were flailing desperately in the ever-deepening economic waters just tr...

Netherlands and Consociational Democracy

claimed that this form of democracy has outlived its usefulness. The question is, has it? If in fact there is something that can b...

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 ...

Middle East, Democracy, and Islam

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