... themselves to build strong likeminded groups and help them see the benefits of greater collaboration and coordination. Because they convene, facilitate, and broker other organizations ,it is often difficult to define the outcome of their influence. The fact that intermediaries are often funded by different organizations than those they serve complicate their success . Opinion polls continue to reveal that many Americans ... ...

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"Democracy" is a difficult term to define. What one person defines as an "ideal case" another person refutes as not representative of democracy in the slightest bit. The term has been modified throughout history to fit the diverse forms of government that have titled themselves a democracy and has wavered significantly from its philosophical ideal. Democracy literally means "government by the people" and in Athens the demos were the poorer people. Prerequisites for Successful Implementation of Democracy: - In social aspects, there has to be an educated mass with strong sense of political consc...

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