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Contemporary Russia and Democracy

In ten pages Russia's attempts to establish both democracy and a free market economy are evaluated in terms of the concepts discus...

Views on Slavery and its Justification or Lack of

In 5 pages various perspectives of slavery are examined in this comparative analysis of Twenty Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a...

Democracy of Ancient Greece

In this paper consisting of five pages the development of democracy in ancient Greece is considered in terms of the evolution of i...

Ideas and Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America

In six pages the history of ideas is examined within the context of Democracy in America in an evaluation of de Tocqueville's argu...

1916 Text Democracy in Education by John Dewey

the baby chick, that shortly after it hatches makes a few stabs for food, as in beak-eye coordination. Masters that concept and b...

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 --...

Athenian Democracy and its Influence

In eight pages this research paper discusses how Athenian democracy exerted a significant influence upon contemporary democracy. ...

Democracy as a Political Science Discipline

to be aware of the impacts ones actions have upon the rest of society. THE IDEA OF DEMOCRACY The emphasis placed upon material w...

Relationship Between Capitalism and Democracy

on to say that "Democracy and capitalism are like a lion and a bull pulling a sled together" (Wallace, 1996). It is a precarious c...

Citizenship, Democracy, and the Effects of Taxation

operations. The imposing of taxes on individuals may appear to be a limitation to personal freedoms and a quelling of efforts tow...

Forms of Athenian Government

Monarchy, Aristocracy and Democracy in Greece, 2002). He also claimed the authority of a monarch (Anonymous Monarchy, Aristocracy ...

Capitalism and Democracy

unleashed a joining together of the people so that new economic and political ideas could be shared in a way they had not been bef...

Comparing Democracies That Are Developed and Developing

In eight pages the U.S. and Indonesia are compared in a discussion of an older democracy with an emerging example of a developing ...

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...

American Individualism According to Emerson, Bellah and de'Tocqueville

This 5 page paper examines various types of American individualism by analyzing literary works. The pitfalls of individualism were...

Metaphysical Civilization And Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud

In fifteen pages this essay examines Freud's work in a basic overview and then offers a comparison between the society Freud was w...

Works and Beliefs of C. Wright Mills

In a paper consisting of 7 pages American sociologist C. Wright Mills is discussed in terms of his works and beliefs along with hi...

Iraq and Democracy Don't Mix

of the most devout of Islam nations, and so for the people, the notion of equality is ludicrous because a non-believer can never b...

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...

A Revies of Beyond the Convenant Chain, The Iroquois and Their Neighbors in Indian North America 1600-1800

the Longhouse: The Five Nations in Early American History" Richter contends that the "social crises provoked by the European inva...

Ideas from The Social Contract

of sorts, between the people and the legislators. General will, then is the majority desire for a certain way of life or course o...

McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom

Civil War. Battle Cry for Freedom McPhersons work covers, as mentioned, a great deal of subjects that directly involved the Ci...

The Boating Party Painting by Mary Cassatt

the opinion that Cassatt possessed "infinite talent" (Whitcomb 48). In 1893, Cassatt painted a work that signified that she had ...

Leisure and Work in 1900 to 1920 Urban US

This paper discusses early 20th century leisure and work as conceptualized in urban America in a consideration of Kathy Peiss' 'Le...

A Review of Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

A 6 page analysis of the societal message being presented in this work. Plot and characters are outlined and the emphasis that th...

'No Miracles' Argument and Scientific Realism

not in the business of representing aspects of the world, there is no way to argue for a plurality of moral truths, simply from th...

Laudan, Boyd, and Putnam on Scientific Realism

In four pages scientific realism is examined in the concepts of Laudan, Putnam, and Boyd. Two sources are cited in the bibliograp...

Bowling Alone Message and Data Assessment

In seven pages the text by Robert Putnam that evaluates America's diminishing attention to social capital maintenance is examined ...

Karl Polanyi and Robert D. Putnam

In eight pages this paper discusses the theories of Polanyi and Putnam in terms of the cultural influence exerted by economics and...

U.S. and Social Capitalism's Decline

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the decline in American social capitalism within the context of Bowling Alone by Robert Putn...