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Democracy and Education by John Dewey

educated people, saying they live in "ivory towers" and dont understand whats going on in the real world.) Dewey believes that the...

Race Matters by Cornel West and Democracy on Trial by Jean Bethke Elshtain

Tenured at the University of Chicago, Elshtain is a Spellman Professor of Philosophy and Political Ethics. Her views, consequentl...

Hans Herman Hoppe's Democracy the God That Failed

he illustrates how based on the Ricardian Law of Transformation, one can explain why there have been rising levels of crime, loss ...

Richard Sclove's Democracy and Technology

villagers is that before a new technology is adopted, there is an enormous democratic discussion as to its implications and introd...

Democracy in the Digital Age by Wilhelm

a divide now but that does not mean that the problem cannot be corrected. Wilhelm (2000) hints that the conversations which occu...

Big Business, Capitalism, and Democracy Theories of Linda Moran, Lepore and Cohen, and Russell Ackoff

to their superior. This panel manages to set policy for the organization. One can see where this would be advantageous and does ta...

Book Review of James Fallow's Breaking the News How the Media Undermine American Democracy

the press separating itself from its ability to act as a public forum for political issues. Fallow brings to our attention ...

Democracy by Robert Putnam

into wards to allow for citizen participation and government to maintain the facilities within their area. The idea being that cit...

Contrasting Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America and Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts what each author's intentions are in their respective works along with the sense o...

New Technolgies and the Democracy of Communication

In five pages modern communication and its effects on democratic society are examined. Five sources are cited in the bibliography...

Western Europe's Blend of Socialism, Capitalism, and Democracy

The many political faces of Western Europe are glimpsed in order to feature the argument that socialist systems can exist within a...

Factors That Shape Arabian Democracy

In seventeen pages the Arab world's political landscape is examined in terms of long time democratic existence with advantages and...

The Influence of Media on Democracy

This paper consists of two articles addressing the ways that communication technology and the media influences American citizens. ...

Rich Media, Poor Democracy by Robert McChesney

Those matters of legislation and financial interests which do touch on this topic, and cannot be censored directly, can therefore ...

Distribution of Wealth and Democracy

1929. While profits soar, wages have steadily decreased and workers systematically laid off. The United States is predicated u...

Alexis de Tocqueville, Robert Dahl, and Joseph Schumpeter on Democracy

In five pages similarities and simplicity are examined in a comparison of the concepts espoused by this trio of political philosop...

European Union and Democracy

In 5 pages democratizing the EU is examined in terms of its progress pertaining to public participation in the process, informatio...

U.S. Democracy Questions

In three pages this paper answers questions on James Madison's contributions to The Federalist Papers, tyranny, and the Madisonian...

The Balance Between Elitism and Democracy in America

In a paper that contains three pages the precarious balance between two extremes is discussed within the context of the Federalist...

Economic and Political Freedom and Modern Democracy

This paper provides an in-depth examination of the correlation between economic and political freedom and the modern democratic ch...

Democracy, Work, and Women

In a research paper consisting of eleven pages this paper contrasts and compares Afghanistan and Sweden in order to detect a relat...

Democracy Determinants in Countries

government: the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. One only needs to look at the Amendments of the Constit...

Colonial and Post Colonial American Democracy

In five pages this paper examines the US independence from Great Britain in a consideration of liberty's meaning and the cost of a...

The Nature of Democracy, Freedom, and Revolution by Herbert Aptheker

What these men recognized is that a large majority of humanity, particularly in that period, did not have the education to make s...

Democracy In America by Alexis de Tocqueville

The credence of de Tocqueville's observation, 'Two tendencies in fact result from equality; the one first leads men directly to in...

Post First World War Parliamentary Democracies

In five pages this paper examines how after the First World War shifting leadership in Russia, Italy, and Germany resulted in a ra...

Inequality Despite Law in a Democracy Paradox

In this paper consisting of eight pages a discussion of US inequality includes an examination of affirmative action and probes the...

Foundation of Democracy Upon Which the United States of America Was Built

In six pages this paper examines the democratic foundation upon which the US has been cemented. Eight sources are cited in the bi...

Democracy in Latin America and the Military's Role

In ten pages this research paper discusses the military's role in the democratization of Latin America in an overview of changes a...

Fascism to Democracy Transition in Italy

In eight pages this paper examines how Italy transformed from a fascist to a democratic system of government. Six sources are cit...