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Democracy According to Socrates and Henry David Thoreau

pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...

Nineteenth Century Imperialistic Activity

counterrevolution against communism, which stemmed from it a radical rejection of liberal constitutional politics, the fascist mov...

EU and Democracy Increasing

are handed down from the parliament are compulsory on all member countries, therefore, it is important that the countries which ar...

Ancient Athens and Democracy

became the law of the land (Rempel). While such a system may seem chaotic, and perhaps even very close to...

Overview of Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

light of that, what would Tocqueville say about democracy in America today? Likely, he would say the same things but would be much...

Democracy and Republic Differences

rule over another. We must recognize that those individuals that flocked to the Americas were not just the most destitute of Euro...

Democracy Transition of Paraguay

affairs and national affairs of state. This was clearly outside of his parameters, but he was ambitious and stubborn and determine...

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...

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...

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...

Democracy and Media Globalization

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

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 ...

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 ...

Ancient Philosophers on Democracy

for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...

Russia and Oligarchs as a Possible Force for Democracy

manage Russias vast territory, the awkward administrative structure inherited from the failed USSR, and hundreds of divergent ethn...

Democracy, Bureaucracy, and Political Domination According to the Theories of Max Weber

influences we first need to consider aktuelles Verstehen and erkl?rendes Verstehen. The first of these is aktuelles Verstehen is o...

US' Diminishing Democracy

freedom was only for themselves. Anyone not agreeing with the religious tenets of the Puritans was ostracized from all Puritan co...

Democracy Threatened on September 11, 2001

Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It was not the only attack against American citizens and property since 1941...

U.S. Democracy and the Civil Rights Movement

In six pages this paper examines the impact on U.S. democracy registered by the civil rights movement that considers its significa...

Comparison Between John Locke and Plato

He saw the changing world and the things within it as mere shadows or reflections of a separate world of independently existing, e...

Internet Effects on the Contemporary World

In five pages this paper examines the contemporary social effects generated by the Internet with such issues as the law, data usag...

China and Concept of Democracy

In eight pages the interpretation of democracy by China is examined in terms of its political structural reflection and its influe...

Disguised Authoritarianism and 'Illiberal' Democracy

limited. The rule of the people is determined by what those ruling the people want them to want. Throughout the World Zakaria (19...

Ideologies of Machiavelli, Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle on Democratic Rule

of the United States. Without the philosophies of those that lived in the centuries prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence...

Political Structure of China

welcomed the variegated input received on every political issue. Indeed, democracy became a well-oiled machine that prospered for...

Process of Poetry

has to "face the men of the time" and "think about war," in order to "construct a new stage" (Of Modern Poetry...Stevens). What St...

International Organizations and Globalization

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

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...

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...

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 ...