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Democracy and Religion's Contribution

democracy is as fearlessly new today as when it was first proposed. "If it does not have to be reinvented, it certainly has to be ...

Democracy Meanings According to Plato and Alexis de Tocqueville

In five pages this paper examines Plato and de Tocqueville's views regarding democracy in a contrast and comparison of what democr...

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 in Uganda vs Bolivia

as well. These will be 1. competition 2. political party representation 3. accountability Each index will be evaluated on a sc...

Transitions in Democracy

to produce was shaped primarily after the ideologies of John Locke but that system also diverged from Lockean ideology to one exte...

Third World Countries - Religion And Democracy

(Monster Essays, 2007). Democracies in certain Third World countries is often described as procedural democracy (Monster Essays,...

A Civic Project

in membership in many different kinds of social and civil organizations over the last two generations (Putnam, 1995). The decline ...

International Politics and Issues of Importance

ensure that it survives and operates properly.4 A stable democracy has two sides: "the constitutional aspect, which provides the r...

Size of Society and Democracy

seeking it have been unable to achieve it on their own. This is high praise and noble purpose for a structure that Madison called...

South Korea Democracy Development

in history by the Western Enlightenment where one writers and philosopher after another philosophized on such concepts. Democrati...

Are Democratic Priniciples Universally Applicable?

by the Western Enlightenment where one writers and philosopher after another philosophized on such concepts. Democratic principle...

Deliberative Democracy

in the interest of society and that the democratic process insured that would be the case was held by many of the early figures in...

US Democracy's Shortcomings

world. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle alike all mused on the principles of democratic rule. Even Machiavelli, the Sixteenth Cent...

Democracy's Metaphoric Representation in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In five pages this paper examines how democracy is metaphorically depicted in the actions of Achilles and Agamemnon in 'The Iliad'...

Jeffersonian Democracy's Legacy and the U.S. Bill of Rights

In twenty pages this paper examines Thomas Jefferson's approach to democracy in a discussion of the intent and purpose of the Bill...

Communism's and Social Democracy's Fate

form constitutional governments that, in turn, formed nations. This great upheaval brought about large economic entities based in ...

Democracy's Bane, Capitalism

as a perfectly legal act, but because the State was made up of "neighobours," who in private conversations with him said they supp...

Neoliberal Age and Social Democracy's Fate

The student may want to state that the roots of democratic socialism and communism were foreshadowed as early as 1789 when France ...

U.S. Democracy's Character

In four pages this paper examines the identity, character, and theory rooted in U.S. Democracy with references also made to the Am...

Democracy's Role in Judicial Review

In seven pages this report discusses the relationship between democracy and judicial review in a consideration of the administrati...

Democracy's Inferiority According to Plato

motives of ambition -- it has no name in common use that I know of; let us call it timarchy or timocracy -- and then go on to ol...

World History Questions

In twenty four pages several questions pertaining to world history are answered and include Catal Huyuk and Jericho Neolithic citi...

Oedipus's Athenian Traits

In five pages this paper examines how Oedipus exemplifies the Athenian male ideal. There are no other sources cited....

Women in Athens During the Fifth Century

dilemma for his children, Orestes and Electra, who have to choose between not avenging their father and murdering their mother (18...

Democratic Government and Aristotle

In a paper consisting of eight pages writings such as Politics by Aristotle are used to examine the Athenian Constitution and its ...

'Noble Myth' or 'Myth of Metals' in The Republic by Plato

In three pages this paper discusses how the Athenians made class distinctions in a consideration of Socrates' noble myth depicted ...

'Just' Guilty Verdict for Socrates in Plato's Apology?

This paper consists of four pages and evaluates the guilty verdict Socrates received in terms of whether or not it represented the...

An Examination of the Literary Criticism Launched Against Athenian Politics

This ten page paper explores the criticism Greek writers and philosophers such as Euripedes, Socrates, and Aeschylus had for the A...

Thucydides and the Assembly of Athens

This 5 page paper is written as if it were a speech given by Thucydides to teh Athenian Asembly suggesting the action that should ...