... that turnabout derived from the racial exclusiveness of the Jacksonians' democratic vision. The Jacksonian mainstream, so insistent on the equality of white men, took racism for granted. To be sure, there were key radical exceptions "people like Frances Wright and Robert Dale Owen "who were drawn to the Democracy's cause. North and South, the democratic reforms ... the slavery issue was but a smokescreen thrown up by disgruntled elitists looking to regain the initiative from the real people's cause. Through the 1830s and 1840s, the mainstream Jacksonian leadership, correctly confident th...

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... 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 persons within Australia must then affect the democratic process as a whole. Thus, a causal relationship is ... relationships are especially important with these specific countries. In this sense, Australia's active multicultural policies are clearly beneficial to such a cause. Clearly, its foregoing alternati...

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... , scientific, anthropological, social interests" (Mathi, 2008). Civil society groups fulfill an important function as they work voluntarily to bring about positive social changes and provide better services to the people. According to the book Civil Society and Government, "productive tension " exists between civil society and government. When the government institutes too many rules and regulations over civil society, civil society ... 2013). An example of how civil society can be effective in making the government re-think or clarify its policy is the protest led by civil society aga...

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