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Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright chairs the Pew Centers ongoing series of worldwide public opinion surveys. O...

in some sense, by our lack of perspective. Most of us live in a democracy like fish who live only in water and are therefore blind...

of 19th century philosophers. Alexis de Tocqueville recognized that democracy, though touted as a distinct government defined by ...

some sense, by our lack of perspective. Most of us live in a democracy like fish who live only in water and are therefore blinded ...

Lewis and Clark expedition would be on American soil right up to the point it crossed the Rocky Mountains (Fritz, 2001)....

labor power (Wikipedia, 2005). Marx was concerned about what people did with their labor power, how they related to it (Wikipedia,...

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

claimed that this form of democracy has outlived its usefulness. The question is, has it? If in fact there is something that can b...

were able, through circumstances, to identify themselves with the people. This isnt too far from the campaign run by Bill Clinton ...

In Europe, however, greater religiosity tended to be linked to internationalism, European integration, and support for foreign aid...

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 ...

as being possible to do. Hobbes distinguishes between a right and a law. A right, according to Hobbes, "consisteth in libe...

a democracy. Plato contended that it would be impossible within a democracy to have the kind of harmony and societal unit...

catalyst and to some extent the cold war would prod Japan to its ultimate height. Still, turning outside of the general traditions...

dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depe...

a system of checks and balances. It is designed to meet the needs of as many people as possible (Montgomer, 2003). It seeks to avo...

"aggregate" was benefiting in this period, however, others were flailing desperately in the ever-deepening economic waters just tr...

this section, well try to answer if a liberal democracy requires a strict separation of church and state. In theory, at least, a d...

avoiding issues. The different speeches by the candidates can then be assessed. Often on the promises they make, but also on the a...

that is often referred to with awe and reverence. The framers are still held high in esteem. In fact, they are called "framers" wi...

create delay and confusion, hindering commercial decision making processes, which need to be decisive and rapid in order to respon...

coercion is prevalent (British Library, 2003). However, big business has become so big and capital has become so concentrated in f...

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

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

and if they were not happy with the political leaders they could do something about it. This all sounds incredibly powerful and...

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

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

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

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

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