... constitution. All displayed how the Weimar Republics' eventual failure was evident from the beginning. The Dolchstosselegende was a political impact of the Versailles Treaty, was an indication the Weimar Republic was doomed from the start. The Dolchstosselegende or 'stab in the back' legend was a belief that the German army had not been defeated in the field but had been "stabbed in the back" at home by socialists, pacifists, Jews and ... democratic politicians who became recognised as the November Criminals. This idea provided fertile propaganda for the anti-democratic right wing ...

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... implementing online voting has been widely discussed and debated as demonstrated in articles "Why Internet voting is bad for democracy" by Froma Harrop and "Internet Voting can Reform Democracy" by Nobuo Ikeda. These articles represent different views about the relationship between internet voting and democracy. The Internet continues to influence and evolve society and as a result political discussion on internet voting is necessary as ... to Ikeda are costs that make it "quite rational for a voter to abstain from voting." As Ikeda mostly highlights the convenience of internet voting, ...

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... incidents like Mohamed Mahmoud and Port Said incidents that all agitated the people against the army. The unpopularity of the army at that time was also triggered by their refusal to surrender power to a civilian government for almost two years. When the time of the first presidential elections in Egypt after the revolution finally came in may 2012, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi emerged victorious, in an election ... days of his presidency, Morsi issued a totalitarian constitutional declaration giving him unparalleled powers, such as the power to personally appoint the ...

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... receive as much power as their populations indicate (the democratic principle taking precedent over the federalist principle), the state government are empowered by the Electoral College, and the political beliefs 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 democracy ... in America, but assumes that the division of government by the federalist principle s...

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... both Singapore civil society and the foreign media have not been receptive to the government's messages. In a panel discussion with social activists organized by the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, social activists felt that the "Singapore government's tight grip over civil society is stifling its growth"" (Tan, 2014). The attempts by the Singapore government to control civil society by suppressing the people's freedom of expression have ... , was denied tenure at Nanyang Technological University, and when letters of demand were sent by the government to bloggers and on...

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... 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 in which all ... them in their election into office and thus ensure genuine and unbiased decisions. In each of the ten main meetings of the assembly, the question,"were the office holders carrying out their duties correctly?" was openly raised in the...

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... fully agricultural society, which meant that private property was banned and anyone living in cities or towns was immediately forced to move to the countryside and contribute to the country's agricultural production by partaking in the newly formed collective farms. Furthermore, during this time, unrealistic economic and production goals were set, with farmers being told to produce around ... 2001). Secondly, corruption in the political sense saw a major development when a deal was struck by the then-coalition government formed by the CPP and the FUNCINPEC party in which the ministries...

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... a fierce proponent of the Constitution, responded to their concerns in the Federalist Papers, reassuring the Anti-Federalists that the form of government laid down by the Constitution was not only the best, but the only way to preserve the rights of the people. It is evident that although the intention of both the Anti-Federalists and of Madison was to protect the rights of the people and although they ... a strong national government and worried that it would use its power unjustly. In response, the Federalists argued quite the contrary and advocated that a strong national government w...

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... accountability- a comparative democratization scale to measure the level of this democratization achieved in the countries being studied will be established. The case selection will be in the second and the case summary in the third sections explained, followed by a conclusion. In order to be able to place the three countries on the comparative democratization scale accordingly, the expectations of democratization have to be established. ... because there is very little criticism on its legislation for inclusion. The Freedomhouse only highlights the Varsovian Card as discriminating and t...

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... in nature. Traditional hierarchies of caste existed, with low rates of popular participation through secular interest groups based on class differentiation. High rates of illiteracy persisted and the challenge of post colonial reconstruction were obstacles to the operation of democracy. They were overcome by evolution of a new model of democratic politics. First, democratic debate in India has always been non ideological compared with ... system of India itself. It has also been suggested that Indian democracy has failed to prevent marginalization of peripheral communities such as the b...

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... censorship. Censorship, regardless of its intent and purpose, is in opposition to the theory of democracy and strictly violates the First Amendment. The Constitution has to be interpreted absolutely in order to preserve democracy in a completely untainted form. By definition, a modern democracy implies certain rights to the individual, including, but not limited to, freedom of speech, freedom of ... gender and all other differences. For this reason, the existence of political correctness is an enemy to societal growth and the progression of acceptance of minorities; moreover, it is an ene...

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... of democracy is subject to interpretation. Many societies around the world claim to function democratically, calling themselves democracies, often skewing the literal meaning behind the word, "rule by the many," by the people. In the United States of America, we define democracy as a government in which the people hold the supreme power through elections, the right to speak out, demonstrate, petition, or run for public office. We are free ... having one vote" (Politics in America 13). America not only represents its people as equal but also strives to spread equality and protection to o...

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... ". 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 states that enterprises ... system of checks and balances. These checks and balances ensure that one social group cannot establish dominion over another. For example, the democratic general assembly of the Occupy movement and egalitarian org...

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... 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. This is ... a popular target for critics that start by pointing to the economic inequality that a capitalist economy produces. The article "Economics against Democracy" by Manuel Couret Branco argues that a capita...

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... one implies that citizens of the Republic have the equal right to serve in a public office and that the requirements for candidates for public offices shall be conditioned only by the character of the office duties and shall be established by law. Furthermore, the legal issues of the people's right to participate to governance can be supported by the Article 3, where is emphasized that the people shall be the only source of state ... power. Nevertheless, there is still a low activity of people in electoral system and its relevant institutions, which is, first of all, caused by low awaren...

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... has in who gets elected strongly effects what position those running for Congress hold. As a result, observers of American society have become increasingly concerned with a decline in community involvement by citizens (Hays). By allowing interest groups to trump the average Americans voice, particularly on legislation, lower-class citizens are increasingly feeling like they can't make a difference in politics. Many politicians claim to have ... front against "outsiders" who attempt to invade their turf and alter established policies that have been worked out by years of private negotiat...

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... branch. Every organization stands for an independent component, and has administrative plans that diverge from different portions of the bureaucracy. The plans of the organizational agencies usually coincide within reach to the plans of private factions within their components. Federalist No. 10 by James Madison explains, "A zeal for different opinions concerning religion, concerning government, and many other points, as well of speculation as of practice ... speech of groups granted in our constitution. Rational political choice is exercised by individuals, but individuals are not pol...

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... "5 is concentrated and sovereignty, in the Hobbesian sense, is most definitely present, Tocqueville saw the American sovereign as being the majority. And although the majority is, not wrongly presumed, composed of peaceful citizens wanting the good of their country, by being omnipotent – assuming the role of the sovereign, the absolute power -, defences against it are nonexistent, so the majority in a democracy feels like it ... should not surprise us. As Melvin Richter notices, there were three ways in which Tocqueville delineated liberty as a concept: " first, in terms of the benefi...

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... of polyarchy is also very idealistic. On the other hand, the executive system of China is entirely contrary to the one in Nigeria. The executive body of China is known as the State council. The premier of the State Council is nominated by the president, reviewed by the NPC, and appointed and removed by the president. Other members of the State Council are nominated by the premier, reviewed by the NPC or its Standing Committee, and appointed and ... removed by the president. (O'Neil (2010) page 303) Hence, public participation and ... ...

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... Italians would be shipped off to work in Russia, far away from there beloved homeland and culture. The United States played on this fear by urging Eastern European refugees to tell stories, over the radio, of living life behind the iron curtain. The radio broadcasts didn't end with only unknown refugees pleading for a democratic Italy, but with powerful messages ... these monetary deeds, but nonetheless hammered home how adamant United States citizens wanted a "free- and democratic Italy. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) also stepped up their efforts, as the elections grew nearer by...

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... accept or reject such cultural variables. In addition, these collective attitudes contribute to the shaping of the government policies that regulate the welfare of all migrants and potential migrants. Consequently, if one considers that the fundamentals of democracy involve the "government of a country by its people" (Hutchinsons, 1994:308), it becomes clear that multiculturalism's influence on ... 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 pol...

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... removal, while backing cheap land prices and settlers' preemption rights. Around these policies, Jacksonian leaders built a democratic ideology aimed primarily at voters who felt injured by or cut off from the market revolution. Updating the more democratic pieces of the republican legacy, they posited that no republic could long survive without a citizenry of economically independent men. Unfortunately, they claimed, that state of republican independence ... Fort Sumter, but it had died many years earlier. There was a grim, ironic justice to the Jacksonians' fate. Having tapped into th...

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... of Colombia's political culture reinforced its highly centralized and elitist governmental system. The elite managed to retain control over the political system by designating representatives of the middle class, labor class, and the peasantry. Furthermore, the Guerrilla insurgency has been only the most visible dimension of a far deeper problem confronting the Colombian political system: the progressive erosion of the regime's legitimacy as a result of its failure to institutionalize mechanisms of ... only a formalistic and ritualistic democratic tradition, as Roldos himself had concer...

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... some Asian countries, the state is still the protector and server of the people, but the people at large rather than the individual. A concept of the 'greater good' is far more present in somewhere like the policies of China than in those of the UK. Largely this can be explained by the ideological basis of the Chinese state where the aim of Communism (the original basis for the People's Republic of ... wary of demonising any non-democratic regime as illegitimate simply because it is different from our own. It is a natural reaction of one bombarded by the extolled virtues of democracy...

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... was embarking on a path towards political modernization and a model of relatively liberal democracy. Indeed, the previous decade had seen the nation's masses call for a 'constitutional government' and, by the beginning of the 1920's, elected politicians had come in from the peripheries to wield considerable, actual power. Rapid industrialization developed both a moneyed bourgeoisie and an urban ... headway during the 1920's, was the failure of its official outlet. It appears that the Diet's lower house was little other than a constitutional nicety, its wings easily clipped by the...

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