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cruel autocrats; guarantees citizens certain fundamental rights that non-democratic systems are unable to grant; insures citizens ...
democracy is as fearlessly new today as when it was first proposed. "If it does not have to be reinvented, it certainly has to be ...
In five pages this paper examines Plato and de Tocqueville's views regarding democracy in a contrast and comparison of what democr...
In seven pages democracy is defined along with differences noted between such types as representative and direct with a student su...
In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares the democracy perspectives of Cyril Lionel Robert James and Alexis de Tocqueville...
In ten pages Russia's attempts to establish both democracy and a free market economy are evaluated in terms of the concepts discus...
restless even though prosperous is bold. His work is again just as relevant today as it was at the time it was written. In fact, R...
electoral college. The merit of the system can be questioned in todays environment of instant communications, but it was quite ef...
citizens." The term "direct representation" is somewhat of an oxymoron as many have come to look at democracy as either a direct d...
stable world, one with less aggression between countries and the more democracies there are in the world, the more peaceful the wo...
that country is assuredly America" (de Tocqueville). de Tocqueville discusses universal suffrage, which he says "had been adopted...
in history by the Western Enlightenment where one writers and philosopher after another philosophized on such concepts. Democrati...
differences that exist between these two governmental styles and the autocratic government style. Fortunately, there are ...
on to say that "Democracy and capitalism are like a lion and a bull pulling a sled together" (Wallace, 1996). It is a precarious c...
seeking it have been unable to achieve it on their own. This is high praise and noble purpose for a structure that Madison called...
its very least, and revisionist history at the most. The dynamics of "social mythology" We might say that social mythology is a w...
particular that stood out as more detrimental than the next; rather, as each one occurred -- often on the heels of one previous --...
as well. These will be 1. competition 2. political party representation 3. accountability Each index will be evaluated on a sc...
to produce was shaped primarily after the ideologies of John Locke but that system also diverged from Lockean ideology to one exte...
operations. The imposing of taxes on individuals may appear to be a limitation to personal freedoms and a quelling of efforts tow...
Monarchy, Aristocracy and Democracy in Greece, 2002). He also claimed the authority of a monarch (Anonymous Monarchy, Aristocracy ...
to be aware of the impacts ones actions have upon the rest of society. THE IDEA OF DEMOCRACY The emphasis placed upon material w...
same name to refer to the worldview of Native American and other indigenous peoples throughout the world who have "understood and ...
In three pages this paper answers questions on James Madison's contributions to The Federalist Papers, tyranny, and the Madisonian...
In three pages this essay discusses how America's intention of introducing the world to democracy infringes upon people's rights t...
In fourteen pages this research paper discusses how the process of American democracy is being profoundly influenced by the Intern...
the past is staging a comeback, and its presence is not comforting" (Jackson 50). This slow but steady fascist reawakening has be...
otherwise availing and equitable pursuit of modern society, others support its continued presence and believe capitalism is meant ...
parties is hampering Japans progress towards a true democracy" (Anonymous, 1996, p. 12). While some areas have noted considerably...
of 19th century philosophers. Alexis de Tocqueville recognized that democracy, though touted as a distinct government defined by ...