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US' Diminishing Democracy

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

Jeffersonian Democracy's Legacy and the U.S. Bill of Rights

In twenty pages this paper examines Thomas Jefferson's approach to democracy in a discussion of the intent and purpose of the Bill...

U.S. Democracy's Character

In four pages this paper examines the identity, character, and theory rooted in U.S. Democracy with references also made to the Am...

US Democracy's Shortcomings

world. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle alike all mused on the principles of democratic rule. Even Machiavelli, the Sixteenth Cent...

International Politics and Issues of Importance

ensure that it survives and operates properly.4 A stable democracy has two sides: "the constitutional aspect, which provides the r...

Administrative State and Democracy

in the issue of democracy and the administrative state. Both of these issues rely on the people of this country and both of these...

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...

A Civic Project

in membership in many different kinds of social and civil organizations over the last two generations (Putnam, 1995). The decline ...

Democracy in Arabic Countries

continent, and once again we will not rest until victory is Americas and freedom is secure" (Kyodo World News Service). His point...

Democracy and the U.S.

fault was seen to be a personal failing, rather than a condemnation of the US system of government. When terrorists attacke...

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 ...

Book Reviews on the U.S. and Democracy

In six pages various principles of democracy are examined within the context of the texts The Politics of Democracy by Pendleton H...

A Consideration of Athenian Democracy

In five pages this paper considers whether Athenian democracy reflects the democracy concept including a case study from the perio...

Impracticality of Direct Democracy

in fifth century Athens, actually led the nation (190). Some might argue that the leadership was based on age and gender and so al...

Democracy

(The U.S. Department of States Bureau of International Information Programs). Or, as Abraham Lincoln is famous for noting, a democ...

A.H.M. Jones' Athenian Democracy

In four pages this text is reviewed and comparisons are made between Athenian and American democracies....

Democracy and Education

In four pages democracy and its demands are examined in terms of social ideals and education's role....

Contemporary Law v. Pre 1700 Law

of settling a dispute. In fact, during King Henry IIs reign (1133-1189), "no other legal means was recognized for the settlement ...

Democracy and Public Administration

in fact, last summer when the governor of New Jersey appointed a "friend" to the position of state homeland security. The "friend"...

Democracy In Singapore And Indonesia

There are certain commonalities among all forms or systems of democracy that include the separation of powers, a constitution, law...

Class Roles, Political Changes, and Their Impacts Upon Socialism, Monarchies, and Democracies

people and it is the people who decide the issues through elections. Theoretically, democracies should be formed for a long term b...

Plutocratic USA

than governments that are controlled by a single class, select group or single person, such as a monarch (Democracy, 2002). In lat...

The Future of Freedom in America

to the basis on which the country is fed monetarily. Yes, it is a rich country and poorer nations might think, it must be nice to ...

U.S. Democracy From 1877 through 1975

In five pages U.S. democracy is examined in terms of its gradual progression that are reflected in presidential inaugural speech d...

Democracy and the U.S.

This paper consists of seven pages in which democracy is first defined and then considered within the context of the U.S. Seven s...

2 Books on the Constitution of the United States Reviewed

The books Democracy Under Pressure by Cummings and Wise and Burkhart, Krislov, and Lee's The Clash of Issues are examined in six p...

Establishment Clause, the 1st Amendment, and School Prayer

The reasons that have been purported in favor of re instituting school prayer are numerous. One of the primary arguments for schoo...

Contemporary Japanese Imperialism

In seven pages this paper considers the U.S. Matthew C. Perry arrival in Japan and the late 19th century emphasis upon imperialism...

U.S. Government System and John Locke

of God, nor can they deny the rights of individuals to their separate and distinct beliefs. Locke also argued that man sho...

US System of Democracy

In five pages this paper examines democracy as it is represented in the US system in terms of its characteristics and the Constitu...