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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 Critiqued by Plato

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

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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)....

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...

Dictatorship, Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy According to Plato

is not clear how the lower classes are expected to live (1993). It is also noted that while Plato makes a case for communism for ...

Democracy and Media Globalization

of "players" in terms of owners and mega-merger conglomerates, such information becomes increasingly homogenized and increasingly ...

U.S. Constitution and Classical Liberalism

for all citizens of a nation. Then we have Adam Smith, a Scottish philosopher whose focus was on morals. He was, interestingly ...

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 ...

Practicality of Democracy Everywhere Assessed

It states, "Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representative...

Third World Countries and 'Democratic Fair Dealing'

economies was structural in nature (Onis). They believed that implementing a development strategy that relied on free market forc...

Washington Community's Importance According to James Sterling Young

that is often referred to with awe and reverence. The framers are still held high in esteem. In fact, they are called "framers" wi...

Separation Between Church and State

this section, well try to answer if a liberal democracy requires a strict separation of church and state. In theory, at least, a d...

Process of Decision Making and Industrial Democracy

create delay and confusion, hindering commercial decision making processes, which need to be decisive and rapid in order to respon...

Political Systems Comparison

coercion is prevalent (British Library, 2003). However, big business has become so big and capital has become so concentrated in f...

Democracy and the Importance of Speech

avoiding issues. The different speeches by the candidates can then be assessed. Often on the promises they make, but also on the a...

Self, Legitimacy, and Democracy in Habermas and Connolly

I. HABERMAS The social, political, economical and religious activities experienced in everyday life represent the very esse...

Criticism of the Individual Regarding Democracy

In five pages Ayn Rand and Alexis de Tocqueville's perspectives are applied to the problems of the individual as the result of dem...

The Aftermath of the First World War

themselves embroiled in a grinding war of attrition against a powerful coalition of opposing states (http://fas.org/man/dod-101/op...

The Exposition Speech of Booker T. Washington

The writer discusses the speech that Booker T. Washington made in 1895 at the Atlanta Exposition. The writer reveals that the spee...

Cuba and Democratic Government

In six pages the possibility of a democratic government in Cuba after the death of Premier Fidel Castro is examined in terms of U....

Religion According to Alexis de Tocqueville

replete with meaning, should be required (Smidt 176). That statement is rather strong but Tocqueville did not mean that the govern...

Democratic Process and Interest Groups

In seven pages this paper examines the process of democracy in a consideration of the benefits provided by special interest groups...

Democracy, Asian Style

In five pages this paper argues that Asia does indeed have its own style of democracy with the example of Singapore provided. Fiv...