While examples of anarchism in action have existed, these failures raise questions on the validity of the organization of the system and what characteristics are needed for the success of an existing anarchist society. ... In order to suppress the emergence of hierarchy, anarchism must include a system of checks and balances. ... Similarly, Conlon covers the healthcare system as being purely voluntary, based upon the needs of the community, and without profit motivations, suppressing the chance of the corruption of today's privatized American system and not forcing an institution that the...

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Whichever way the situation is examined, it is always examined through the prism of a mind which has grown up and been socialised into thinking that their system of government is the best. ... Largely it would not be considered so due to the application of our 'democratic standard' to countries where such political systems do not apply. Representative democracy, bound up with a strong legal system of rights, is helpful in preventing excesses of the state in terms of offences committed against the citizen and maintaining legitimacy that way. ... If two states work on different politi...

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There aren't any actual definitions coined by Tocqueville for the 'key' terms he uses, so in "Democracy in America", we get more of a complex, yet focused, personified picture of America as a democratic system, or, as Ryan puts it, "a film rather than a photograph () a narrative of the movement that generated democracy". ... In the United States, Tocqueville notices this stable equation of liberty and equality that transcends the social towards the political into democracy - etymologically translated to 'the rule of the people' – and materia...

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"The ethical problem is that most people view the involvement of money in the system as inherently corrupt. ... We have a murky system where money changes hands and decisions are made. Because of the lack of transparency, people tend to believe that corruption exists and that no one in the political system is working for the good of the people" (Hesse). ... Another knowledge it seems necessary to have as a lobbyist for interest groups is the ability to give important policy information to members of congress (Lincoln). ... Significant inequalities also exist in terms of the sectors o...

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Furthermore, close ties between the business sector of the economy and the government make it extremely difficult to obtain any form of information about the business matters of senior officials and as a result, business tycoons within Cambodia have received a large number of government projects which have enriched them and thus made exact amount of wealth attained by those in power, difficult to fully grasp. ... It is important to remember the context regarding the loyal relationship that both the police and judicial systems of Cambodia have towards the ruling party, which consequently result...

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