... 's clear differentiation of left wing and right wing views. Indian political discourse has focused on specific policy measures and client patron relationship between social groups and political parties. This reflects an underlying consensus amongst all political parties of a secular, democratic republic. Second, Rudolph and Rudolph have analysed the role that traditional caste and community grouping played ... in Indian democracy. These groups translated an external political system into the language of the masses. This brought democracy closer to the people in the absence of civil socie...

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... society, it is evident that society is evolving and in response democracy will evolve. The right to vote and exercising this right is fundamental in democracy. However, as highlighted in Harrop's aritcle "Why Internet voting is bad for democracy," a majority of citizens to not exercise ... this fundamental right. He states that citizens do not utilize their right to vote when voting is "already a cinch." He believes that ... will "reflect better the will of the general public." For the author, Internet voting in today's democracy will create higher levels of participation as this metho...

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... responsible for growing civil society in order to achieve an optimum "productive tension" such that the people benefit from civil society, whilst ensuring that the state remains effectively governed? In this essay, I shall explain why I believe that the government should not be responsible for growing civil society, but instead should be responsible for providing an environment that allows civil society ... society by suppressing the people's freedom of expression have been highlighted in many news reports, such as, when outspoken academic Cherian George, who has called for more pre...

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... make the American people leery of the government. Aside from these very important issues within our nation, Americans are still guaranteed basic freedoms and this guarantee is upheld and enforced ensuring we maintain a healthy democracy. In the discussion "Democracy in the Danger Panel" with Bill Moyers and his ... leaders to resolve our society's "social ills" when it is not solely up to the government - it is also up to the people. This trend also weighs heavily upon the stability of the economy. The fluctuating economy and the war overseas, lead us to believe that our nation's democra...

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... group interests. We have pluralism to make sure that people's viewpoints are represented via factional groups that then transmit that viewpoint to the representatives in Congress and Senators. This gives a notion of the significance attained by bureaucratic interest factions in that seldom is a critical component of legislation advanced by Congress unaccompanied by consent from the organizational agency ... that was involved with the execution. Brandeis University's well known professor, Peter Woll, states that, "[Madison's] view that the natural diversity of interests would prevent ...

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... groups". These independent working groups meet on a wide variety of social concerns and "confederate" to bring proposals on the issues back to the general assembly so that decisions are "made as democratically as possible by those affected." These structures are purely participatory, democratic and autonomous, as is workplace under anarchism. Daniel Guerin ... such democratization as well. Daniel Guerin's position of workplace organization is nearly a mirror of Occupy's form. Guerin writes of a "three-tier organization of the workplace" which was seen in the Spanish Revolution, consisti...

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Free speech was found to be indispensable and above all necessary to the society two hundred years ago, when the ten amendments comprising the Bill of Rights were adopted into the Constitution, the bases of which were the ideas and previous experiences of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. One hundred fifty years after this is recognized as a clearly valid initiative, certain individuals ... for all ethnicities, sexual orientations, lifestyles and religions; meanwhile, it strips society of its fundamental right to make conscious decisions based on individuals" own free choice (5). The purpose...

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The Republic of Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country in the world, and its democratic development was represented by chairmanship of the OSCE in 2010. During 24-year history of Kazakhstan's independence, there has been observed a fair ... in 2007, only 7.5% of candidates in local Maslikhats were young people under 30 years old, and only 1.5% of the elected deputies belonged to this age group. This rate is very low, considering the fact that young people in the age range of 16-29 constitute more than one-third of all the adult ... the side of state and political elites themselves, who are ...

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... government that came into power after the First World War. It is clear that this democratic government was destined to fail from the onset for several reasons. The Dolchstosselegende, failure to bring about fundamental socio-economic-judicial change, Ebert Groener Pact, right wing violence, the split of the ... socialists, pacifists, Jews and democratic politicians who became recognised as the November Criminals. This idea provided fertile propaganda for the anti-democratic right wing political parties. Historian John Wheeler-Bennet suggests the democracy was undermined at the start be...

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... , with great reluctance nevertheless, on the 11th of February 2011. After that, the country entered a transitional period where the supreme council of armed forces was to rule until the time that a democratic presidential election would be held, and it was this period that caused the first wave of change in the army's position. The army's image in front of the Egyptian people ... to personally appoint the secretary general. According to Freedom House Organization, " The November 22nd declaration violates the most basic principles of the rule of law and accountable democracy". This was fo...

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... the democratic process as a whole. Although a capitalist economy supports most of these values some like, political equality seem at first to be contradicted by capitalism. At the conclusion of this paper it will be clear, however, that a capitalist economy supports liberal democracy. Critics of the relationship between capitalism and liberal democracy consistently take aim at how capitalism undermines political equality ... the ability to afford to pay lobbyists to leverage their government for their own gain. In such a system wealth would even allow a successful capitalist to run for o...

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... with civil disturbances, insurgency, and terrorism. For instance, as a result of the violence in Colombia, during the mid-1980's there was this political atmosphere in which the government was losing control over the country's rampaging violence. It was perceived that even if the Guerrillas laid down their arms, violence by narcotics traffickers, death squads, and common criminals would continue to bring ... of Venezuela. Similarly to Colombia, the Venezuelan transition to democracy started with the signing of an agreement. In this case, it was the "Punto Fijo" agreement, signed in 1958...

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... that the populations of each state and district be recorded and factored into representation in the House is so that the public could be accurately reflected in the federalist body. This stipulation makes perfect sense, and provides perfect results, but only when implemented correctly. An accurate reflection ... of citizens of Illinois are undermined in the name of states' rights (the federalist principle taking precedent over the democratic principle). This dichotomy between the population in a state and representation in the Electoral College not only proves ineffective in supporting ...

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... this essay, I would like to compare these two countries on the basis of Dahl's concept of participation and contestation with reference to two other institutions-the executive branch and the electoral system of both countries, in order to discuss the practicality of his concept of polyarchy " in comparing political regimes. My initial thought after reading Dahl was ... the all people's party representing the eastern Igbo, and the alliance for democracy of the western Yoruba.(O'Neil (2010) Page 553) This justifies Dahl's theory about broadened participation combined with political competi...

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... 1930's, the New Deal was established to supplement democracy and to promote the formation of interest groups. Policies were made by the government in order to minimize economic disparity in the United States after the Great Depression. Over the course of eighty years this resulted in a dramatic ... corruption exists and that no one in the political system is working for the good of the people" (Hesse). With so much campaign contributions coming from interest groups, legislators are forced to vote for legislation that favors the interest groups giving the most ... in the United States a...

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... were impossible to implement, recent governments have endeavoured in a variety of ways to remedy this mischief. This is best exemplified by the policies recommended and implemented through the National Agenda for a Multicultural Australia (OMA, 1989). The purpose of this policy review was to rectify the existing problems that have arisen through multiculturalism, by regulating the following ... as such, is not equitably accountable or applicable to all citizens. Although a counter argument can be raised that this legislation is not made to benefit, but merely protect ethnic minority righ...

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... social involvement, compromising liberty in the process. The authority of the majority, thus, is the threat we should be concentrating on in answering this question, for it is the one most specific to modern democracies that Tocqueville analyzes in "Democracy in America", and as we ... apos;democracy' and 'liberty' and attention to how they are connected is necessary for the sake of an accurate use of the concepts in this particular context. The concept of 'democracy' as used by Tocqueville in "Democracy in America", according to Stephen Holmes, is regarded ... ramenés vers ...

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... Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 and the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991. (McFaul, 2002) This was followed by a very significant phase in the progression of democratization, when most of the countries that were part of the Soviet Union started ... 's responsibilities like the executive, legislature and judicial branches. Vertical without horizontal accountability only creates disaffection with the government or the regime. Therefore, this essay will only concentrate on horizontal accountability as we assume vertical accountability as a natural indicator of the scope ...

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... further details in regard to which form of republican government would best accomplish their common objective. The Anti-Federalists believed that a small republic was essential in order to ensure that the ruler be close to the people so that the people would be able to impede the ruler if necessary. In response, Madison pointed out the danger of the government being in ... has indeed assured that the common people are heard. The Federalists and the Anti-Federalists both faced the same struggle, to create a government that was not so weak that it would collapse from internal disagreement...

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... Italy voted for democratic ideals in these "free- elections, but did they have a choice, or did United States intervention alter the outcome of this election so much that a "free- election could possibly not have taken place? The "red flag- went up for the United States in 1946 when it ... concerning the hiring practices of local police. The communist government in Czechoslovakia dismissed the cabinet members and took control of power as a result. This dire situation was replayed as a warning to the Italian people as demonstration of what could happen in Italy in the event of a communist ...

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... more and cheaper land and for relief from creditors, speculators, and bankers (above all, the hated Second Bank of the United States). It has confounded some scholars that so much of this ferment eventually coalesced behind Andrew Jackson "a one-time land speculator, opponent of debtor relief, and fervent wartime nationalist. By the 1820s, however, Jackson's personal business ... provide more for everyone. Government encouragement "in the form of tariffs, internal improvements, a strong national bank, and aid to a wide range of benevolent institutions "was essential to that growth. Powe...

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... vote for the party with the policies we most desire. Democracy is also supposed (in an ideal world) to be largely meritocratic and so one would hope the best people for the job would rise to the top while the general vote is supposed to represent the aggregate opinion ... entrenched in our Western society during the gradual development of our society through gradual industrialisation and the age of empire which was based on strong property and personal rights. In this case both systems of government, one being a one-party state and one democratic, seek to provide for their citizens ......

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... for assistance, as Cambodia had been suffering from constant threat of invasion from both the Vietnamese and the Thai people. As a result, Cambodia was established under the French protectorate and became part of the so-called French Indochina region. This period, though it brought economic development to the region, also caused a strong sense of nationalism among Cambodians, since they were forced to pay ... attained by those in power, difficult to fully grasp. Although some may have though that of the Anti-corruption law passed in 2010 as a breakthrough in Cambodia's fight for transpa...

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... the fact that the military had no obligation or accountability to it. The Meiji Constitution dictated that the military answer only to the emperor, and so any issue concerning military action was out of the hands of the lower house. Finally, the role of the emperor himself as the ultimate source of Japanese authority meant that any action on the part ... from the fact that the authors of the Meiji Constitution had laid down the foundations of a modern state which 'was inevitably absolutist, counter-revolutionary, and imperialistic'.7 This was not, however, where the political shortco...

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... Generals traded their military fatigues for suits to contest elections as politicians in an unprecedented era of democracy. The word democracy was coined from the Greek words demos, "the people," and kratia, "to rule." In theory, this was rule by the people for the people as opposed to rule by one (autocracy) or a few (oligarchy), a form of direct democracy ... ten main meetings of the assembly, the question,"were the office holders carrying out their duties correctly?" was openly raised in the agenda. This was done by the assembly to scrutinize the elected officials before, during and ...

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