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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...

Liberal Democracy of Japan

the Japanese people would like to believe they have the power to enact such significant change, they are actually incapable of doi...

Democracy and the Internet

an active part in the democratic process. And it certainly will not assure that the results of an election, campaign, or ideologi...

Choosing System of Education and American Politics

its foundation in free speech and a multiplicity of opinions and options for learning. In other words, the best educational syste...

The Complete Colonial Gentleman Cultural Legitimacy in Plantation America by Michal Rozbicki

In eight pages this paper discusses how the ideals of democracy could be expressed by the genteel planters in Virginia as depicted...

Public Policy and Direct Democracy

Political power is realized by representative processes that actually allow for careful prioritization of issues (Clark 434). The...

France and Democracy

In five pages democracy in France is examined in terms of the failure of the 1848 attempt and the success of the Third Republic al...

Political and Economic Philosophical Trends

In six pages this paper examines China, France, Great Britain, and Russia in an overview of each country's trends regarding indivi...

Economic Success, Developing Countries, and Authoritarian v. Democratic Governments

for decades. The institutions of authoritarian governments most often do not have the stability nor did the cohesiveness as part o...

Athenian Democracy and the Lessons It Taught

In seven pages this paper discusses Athenian democracy in terms of concept, the 'Constitution' of Aristotle, the criticisms of Pla...

Analysis of Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

In five pages this important educational text is analyzed with the emphasis being liberal democracy. There are no other sources l...

The Formation of a Democracy in East Timor

and waged 20 years worth of guerilla resistance to Indonesian rule. In gaining independence, not all East Timorese residents were...

'Dream' Speech of Martin Luther King Jr.

In five pages this paper examines the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 in terms of its m...

Civil Society and Democracy

the people. The educational or integrative aspect of civil society then allows for organizations to be carefully examined in the ...

Politics and Society in Argentina During the Thirties and Forties

increasingly corrupt, set the stage for the Army revolt that occurred in September, 1930 (Alexander 3). A predecessor of the 1943 ...

Cultural Diffusion from the Ancient World

it was as a democracy that Athens "won and lost an empire...built the Parthenon" and produced "Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and...

Hegel And Tocqueville

the Roman Empire. As such, it was a political power. Hegel seems to be suggesting that God can be Spirit only if the Triune God i...

Patrimonialism in Syria

is to compare it with Webers concept of patrimonialism where he described a system of leadership that is based upon military perso...

Democracy in the United States

Is it possible to have a true democracy in these conditions? The outlook is not promising. In a speech at the University of Calif...

Habermas on Nations, States and a European Constitution

the "state on the modern conception is a legally defined term which refers ... to a state power that possesses both internal and e...

The Mass Media and Democracy

notion that others are superior to them, and that politicians know what they are doing. Then, the general public does not care abo...

Big Media and the End of Democracy

of indoctrination and brainwashing in place. Radio, newspapers, movies, and all other forms of media were carefully monitored by t...

French and British Political Development Contrasted

in the reign of Louis XIV. Referred to as pays detat, they had their own nobility, as well as unwritten constitutions that pertain...

Manufacturing and Democracy in the US and Japan

parties is hampering Japans progress towards a true democracy" (Anonymous, 1996, p. 12). While some areas have noted considerably...

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,...

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...

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 ...

Russia; Why Market Reforms Have Worked But Democracy Has Not?

the way that Russia has adapted in changed there is an underlying pattern which can indicate the reasons for the market reform suc...

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...