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Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

change to the ethnic and cultural make-up of the United States. He also didnt foresee the growth of major cities, or the changes t...

'Live and Let Live' and Stephen Carter's Etiquette of Democracy

social theorists for over a century. Perhaps one of the best approaches to addressing the concept of democracy, though, came not ...

Iraq and Democracy

a lot. Lives were lost in the struggle. Some do not think it was worth it. In understanding democracy and the process of democra...

Democracy for the Few by Michael Parenti

In five pages the political process and its implications are examined in a critique of the text by Michael Parenti. There are no ...

What's Wrong with Democracy (Book Review)

geared for someone who already knows much about Athens. That said, this will appeal to those with much knowledge about the roots o...

Rising Inequality/Threat to Democracy

on the non-working poor" and that adults should be able to support themselves (Burtless 547). However, this position overlooks the...

The Best Government is Not Always a Democracy

nature of man and provide a justification for the creation of government. For Hobbes, "human law and order made sense out of the s...

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...

Democracy and Mexico

if it failed; 2. a high level of economic development; 3. a favorable international political environment, with outside assistance...

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...

Democracy and The Role of the Citizen

2006). Hudson (2006) acknowledges that he used to support the idea of removing barriers to increase voter turnout, but notes that...

The Threat to Democracy from Police Brutality

in this case reduced the problem to "four empirical questions" that, when answered, might shed light upon the issue, the two most ...

Varying Countries' Democracy Prerequisites

Great Britain is a nation that perhaps clearly fits within this sort of category relating to democracy. We further note that in...

Effective Democracy Developed by Ordinary Americans

so the development of the three branches of government and the distribution of power reduces the chances of too much control falli...

Mancur Olsen's Dictatorship, Democracy and Development

try to find a theory that would incorporate both and work well in a system of government. Olsen (1993) recognizes that "The star...

"The End of Democracy?"

into the Constitution, thus making it impossible to legislate against virtually anything-"doctor-assisted suicide? Or drug use? Or...

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...

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 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...

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...

Comparing Race Matters by Cornel West with Democracy on Trial by Jean Bethke Elshtain

scholarly texts of this type. Both Elshtain and West have much to say and are never shy about saying it. A debate between these ...

Comparative Analysis of Volumes I and II of Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

of the lower classes in civilized countries. This, then, is one of the central themes to Volume one, which is the nature of equali...

Democracy Italian Style by Joseph LaPalombara

reality? This question calls for an opinion and the student researching this topic should definitely offer personal insight on ...

Q and A Format on Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy by Moore

revolutions each culminating in democracy, fascism and communism respectively (413-414). Winners are those who gain power and the ...

Sowing the Seeds of Democracy in China by Merle Goldman

up information that is broad and generalized and thus perhaps unbiased, her intention is to inform the reader that she believes Ch...

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...

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...