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Latin America's Military Uses and Democratization

example, leadership style is important (14). Thus, that is a changeable factor as leadership can often be a surprise. In fact, l...

Democracy According to the Social Contract of Jean Jacques Rousseau

in embracing a direct democracy. It is not feasible, even in Rousseaus time and place. Rousseau writes: "In every real democracy, ...

Democracy and What It Means

that man has the right to do just about anything he pleases just as long as it does not infringe upon the well-being of another. ...

Democratization is Not Encouraged by Neoliberalism

has covered the globe in recent years as globalisation has increased throughout the world. Neoliberalism is the trend in the worl...

Plutocratic USA

than governments that are controlled by a single class, select group or single person, such as a monarch (Democracy, 2002). In lat...

Democracy and Latin America

arise in its place. Indeed, the respective governments were not about to allow such a perceived takeover without as much as an al...

Individualism and Democracy

In five pages contemporary democracy is discussed in terms of how it can be threatened by radical individualism. Three sources ar...

Government of Chile's Formation by Politics

parties were displaced from circles of power - the only time in the history of that country that it happened (Valenzuela, 2001)....

Democracy and Education by John Dewey

education, should be limited to the socialization process, rather, he thought that education formed the foundation for the process...

Merger of Democracy and Imperialism According to Pericles

Athens up as the shining example of democracy saying: "Let me say that our system of government does not copy the institution of o...

Correlation Between Education, Capitalism, and Democracy

point is that democracy is not the "be-all and end-all" for many nations and that far too many Americans have used the ideal of de...

International Organizations and Globalization

international trading policies and disputes. Negotiations, however, are conducted in closed sessions which leads to the criticism...

World of India

- not out of necessity but out of desire to remain stylish - is morally wrong when that money could be used to help feed starving ...

Concept and History of Political Development

In six pages political development is examined conceptually and in terms of its contemporary historical development and includes s...

Critical Analysis of the First Past Post Process

member of Parliament, he/she has to gain more votes than anyone else in their district(Past the post 2002). This simple sounding s...

Great Britain's Conservative Politics and Democracy from 1911 to the Early 1930s

voting public, there was created a greater sense of fairness, accomplishment and "political vision of liberty."3 However, too man...

Nineteenth Century American Racism and Alexis de Tocqueville

new "homes," black slaves suffered. Plantation overseers thought nothing about whipping slaves to make them work faster (they wer...

The Digital Divide - 6 Blogs

information and communication tools, such as the Internet, and those who cannot" that was given by The Digital Network; which is a...

Philosophical Critique of Iris Marion Young’s Concept of the Distinction Between Self-Development and Self-Determination

later. In each, she focuses on what she regards as the two most significant values that must be preserved if social justice is to...

Democracy in Europe

and perhaps within nations will act as springboards to the transfer of power to the centre in Europe" (Siedentop, 2001; p. 25), su...

Why Freedom of Speech is Vital to Democracy

apparel policy" ("Court cites landmark student free speech case in finding district unlawfully suspended students for protesting s...

A Comparison Between the British and French Governments

that of Britain. In France, there is the idea that the power is with the people, but in Britain there is a sense that one institut...

Forecasting for a Fast Food Outlet

and ice creams sold in the summer, this looks at the trends rather than just the past performance. Regression analysis takes th...

What Herodotus' The Histories Teaches Us About Government

chosen, and the people give over their will, that is good too (Herodotus 185). It suggests that others can have democracy, but the...

Improving America's Democratic Government

in society and in the courts. The failure to do so has allowed injustices and inequities that have persisted since the founding t...

THE POTENTIAL FOR A CHINESE DEMOCRACY

that the sheer size of the country created what Saich dubbed as a "system of vertical control," in other words, specialized bureau...

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi (Qaddafi), Dictator of Libya

region. However, this period of calm was fleeting because when the Turkish Empire wrested control from the Arabs, a prolonged per...

Athenian Imperialism and Democracy

the war with Persia Athens started to rebuild, but there was an interesting imperialistic view, perceiving all other Greek states ...

The Reforms of Cleisthenes and the Importance of the Trittyes

determined by birth were disposed of and ten trittyes (thirds) were created each called after called after local heroes (Leveque a...

Hesiod's Fable and Other Similar Works

Four political works in ancient history are examined. Athenian democracy is part of the inquiry but many issues pertinent to polit...