... in a state of political and social turmoil. Almost nothing has remained constant in Egypt for the past three years; positions have changed, alliances have changed, and the Egyptian people's overall view of things has changed, not necessarily to the better. Nevertheless, the question of whether the army is fit to rule Egypt under a democratic state remains the issue three years after what has been described as ... . From that point onward, and after two years of severe hatred to the army, the people started reconsidering it as their savior. Sisi started avoiding the mistakes of his predece...

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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 to grow independently. Civil ... society and the government have different roles to fulfill and should remain distinct and independent. Civil society is a zone of freedom for individua...

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... wing violence, the split of the left wing, and Article 48 of the Weimar 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 ... ...

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... in 2010 also saw the creation of two new institutions aimed to battle against corruption, the Anti-Corruption Unit, in charge with overseeing police investigations and the Anti-Corruption Council, who's aim is to devise anti-corruption policies. Once again, these new institutions are highly flawed, as they do not really offer any new alternatives but rather complement two existing ... government organizations, the National Audit Authority (NAA) created in 2002 and the Ministry of National Assembly-Senate Relations and Inspection created in 1999 and mandated to investigate against corrup...

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... Ecclesia, was a seemingly limited franchise which bore similarity to modern day democracies where only free citizens of a minimum age, say eighteen and of sound mind can participate in the governance process especially elections. The assembly had four main functions: it made executive pronouncements (decrees, such as deciding to go to war or granting citizenship to a foreigner); it elected some officials; it ... this accountability to such a public court that helped Athenians in their philosophies on virtues and so forth. On the other side, the Athenian democracy did not really have res...

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... voiced many criticisms regarding the Constitution's design of government and claimed that the only way to assure liberty was by creating a small republic. James Madison, a Federalist and 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 t...

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... is already quite simple and it does not need to be made easier through internet voting, but he believes that "internet voting is the worst possible choice for democracy." In addition to voter apathy as one of the main problems of internet voting, Harrop touches upon the potential problems of internet voting such as coercion, identity theft, fraud and that voting should be ... it is inevitable that democracy will also evolve and play a different role rather than being diminished. Overall, for Harrop the implementation of internet voting will have an adverse impact on democracy as internet...

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... 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 should be relied on to reflect the views of the people more than the views of the people. Even when the popular vote, where the citizens of the ... nation directly express their preferences for candidates to hold presidential office, indicates one thing (the de...

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... 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) ... , and whether their institutions are inclusive and encourage public contestation. I can state that through use o...

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... . There are certain weaknesses in Indian democracy. Criminalisation of politics and corruption prevents free and fair elections. Further the First Past the Post System has been criticized as unrepresentative of the electorate. But these criticisms relate to challenges of operating democracy rather than the efficacy of the democratic system of India itself. It has also been suggested that Indian democracy has failed to prevent marginalization of ... peripheral communities such as the backward castes and tribes. On the contrary, the responsiveness brought in by democracy has enabled affirm...

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... seeks to push for radical reform by "laying the framework for a new world by building it here and now". The Occupy Movement is organized on the basis of a larger general assembly to form popular consensus, which is reserved for pivotal decision, which is composed of decentralized but connected smaller "working 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." ... organizations today and thr...

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... it is our strong concept of democracy and equality that deems war necessary, especially today. Our text explains: "A meaningful definition of democracy must include the following ideas: recognition of the dignity of every individual; equal protection under the law for every individual; opportunity for everyone to participate in public decisions; and decision making by majority rule, with one person having one vote" ( ... Politics in America 13). America not only represents its people as equal but also strives to spread equality and protection to other nations. Our country, by definition h...

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... groups is their ability to force candidates to support an issue they may not necessarily believe in, but by not supporting would result in not getting elected. "Groups that can convince candidates of their voting power become feared and respected. For example, the National Rifle Association, which opposes gun control laws, has convinced legislators that its members will vote ... particularly on legislation, lower-class citizens are increasingly feeling like they can't make a difference in politics. Many politicians claim to have the people's best interest at hand and they ultimately deci...

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... progress and retreat that punctuated interwar Japanese politics. The first focus of this essay will be on the official side to Japanese democracy – the elected legislature. Party politics had, after a two-decade struggle, finally become a weight in government, but not without compromise. The lower, elected house of the Diet was given less power than that of the House of Peers, to which membership was ... were subject to attacks from civilian right-wing extremists. Following the great Kanto earthquake of 1923, known radicals, such as Osugi Sakae were rounded up and executed, not only b...

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... In this sense a capitalist economy not only supports the values of a liberal democracy but it also helps to extend them on a global front. Although most of the world's leading nations have accepted that capitalism supports liberal democracy one in particular has offered a counter to this dyad. The article "The Myth of the Autocratic Revival: Why Liberal Democracy Will Prevail" by ... then strive for power which in an autocracy is unattainable. The authors draw strong comparisons between China and the USSR noting that it too was once an emerging industrial nation but, that eventually its...

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... right to make conscious decisions based on individuals" own free choice (5). The purpose of this concept is to include all members of society by treating them equally and to remove offensive language, but the cost of transforming our environment into a pleasant, forcefully courteous one is "thoughtcrime"(7). The requirement of equal treatment and language control severely restricts freedom of expression and ... acts as 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 t...

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... already reflected in Australia's labour markets and consequent policies, which demonstrate an undeniable reliance on the international trade market. As such, it would be justifiable to assert that Australia needs to be concerned with, not only its handling of domestic democratic issues, but also its handling of international democratic issues. In addition, 54% of our exports go ... be raised that this legislation is not made to benefit, but merely protect ethnic minority rights, a respondent would contend that, so long as protection is selective, it is discriminatory and hence not stric...

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... amount of wealth was not able to maintain its position, its political and social stability, and its general development. The reality is that it is not the country's fault, but the people who were in control of its wealth. This mismanagement of the country's wealth resulted in the decline of its political institutions, in economic inflation and in popular discontent. In addition, other reasons for ... the Venezuelan political problems are compounded by the elements that were critical to the origins and long term stability of the political system, namely, ... necessarily powerful and auto...

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... met. Again, from a Western perspective the state exists to protect and serve the people but not at the expense of the rights or liberties of any one citizen. Yet from a more collective perspective as might be found in 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...

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... are viewed as citizens who have the right to flourish their culture and also language in the private sphere. Overall, the Czech Republic scored on the comparative democratization scale in the middle compared to the two other countries. There are no major cases of violation of inclusion, but the problem of corruption is seen as the downfall of governmental accountability in this ... country therefore left behind Poland, the country that came first on the scale. Poland has ... some kind of a problem with corruption and political involvement in the jurisdiction or police forces, yet there...

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... necessary to have pluralism to allow every faction and group be allowed the opportunity to voice their opinion. Pluralism enhances the Madisonian view of government because the multi-party system creates distributed declarations and power throughout special interest groups, but the pluralist theory does not accommodate "We the People" in terms of all the people in the United States having equal influence because minority groups are constantly fighting ... against the will of the majority. Within every branch of the government coercion groups and factions representing ... ...

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... confinement on a court's sentence. The last, but not least 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 ... registration, voting, and participating in election campaigns more than anyone else. Consequently, as one of the potential solutions of these issues can be the modernization contributed by decentralizat...

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... best, or did outside interference from America corner the voters of Italy into having only one choice? This paper will examine how much influence the United States government, and the Truman Administration in particular, had in the overall outcome of the 1948 elections. The people of 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 ... Italy to vote down against communism far outweighed these monetary deeds, but nonetheless hammered home how ad...

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... is able to do, which has the right both of making and of executing the laws. The authority of a king is physical and controls the actions of men without subduing their will. But the majority possesses a power that is physical and moral at the same time, which acts upon the will as much as upon the actions and represses not only all contest, but all controversy."11 In short ... , Tocqueville regards the power of the majority as a major threat ... to liberty because it is the one that tailors itself to the generous structure of democratic systems ... ...

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... an authentic democratic movement, dedicated to powerful, at times radical, egalitarian ideals "but mainly for white men. Socially and intellectually, the Jacksonian movement represented not the insurgency of a specific class or region but a diverse, sometimes testy national coalition. Its origins stretch back to the democratic stirrings of the American Revolution, the Antifederalists of the 1780s and 1790s, and the Jeffersonian Democratic Republicans. More directly, it arose out of ... peculiar institution whose presence (they believed) would degrade the status of white free labor. It w...

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