The end of the Second World War was supposed to spark a "new world- of peace and freedom for all. Amidst the victory over Nazi Germany however, a new fear was born, coined by history as the "Cold War-. In Italy the people had won the right to vote in a "free- election and choose the type of government they deemed fit to effectively govern the nation. The ... de Gasperi was wrought with stress over how desperate Italy was in need of financial aid in the wake of the devastation brought on by the effects of the second world war. The United States used this angle as their "trump card- to pressure...

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... taxes to the French regime (Franchini 1988). This sense of nationalism resulted in the French losing their foothold within Cambodia during the Second World War and consequently led to the independence of Cambodia in 1953. The next two decades in some sense were represented by single man dominance ... a judicial reform has never been seen in the country's history and thus, the executive branch remain in complete control of the judiciary (World Justice Report 2012). This may seem somewhat contradicting due to the fact that according to the Cambodian constitution, judicial affairs are to be ...

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The Weimar Republic was a democratic 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 ... . The conservative elites owned and controlled media, industry, judicial system, police, army, religion and basically most aspects of German life. Histotian Michael Burleigh displayed how conservative elites believed "their world had collapsed" due to the creation of the republic. Because of ...

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Today, the meaning 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 ... . 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 democracy is unhealthy and dysfunctional. Certainly war affects the economy; nevertheless, it is our strong concept of democracy and equality that deems wa...

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... "global political phenomenon of 'democratization." That is, Democracy was hailed as the best form of government hence, an increasing process of democratization in many parts of the world especially in Africa; Army 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 ... north like the UK, USA, Germany, Canada and others; by and large have relatively high levels of economic development and prosperity. It is no surprise then, that the post- cold war era saw many states ...

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