The Federalist No. 39 goes on to define the concept of a republic as a "government which derives all its power directly or indirectly from the great body of people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure, for a limited period, or during good behavior." ... This whole concept is depleted in No. 39 when Madison describes that it is "essential to such a government that it (delegation of powers) be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion, or a favored class of it-(Madison No.39). ...

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The Federalist No. 39 goes on to define the concept of a republic as a "government which derives all its power directly or indirectly from the great body of people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure, for a limited period, or during good behavior." ... This whole concept is depleted in No. 39 when Madison describes that it is "essential to such a government that it (delegation of powers) be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion, or a favored class of it-(Madison No.39). ...

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He believes that this form of democracy is the most effective in protecting the individual from the majority, and to stemming the thorny class issue. ... He was convinced that class struggle was assured and the only way to stem its spread was to ensure that there was a large federal government in power with small political units that governed their limited land areas. ... The other solution is to form a government where power is derived from the people. ... Madison notes the reality of the class struggle in his mention of conflicts and conflicts of interest. ...

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Like many political terms the word Democracy is derived from the Greeks words "demos and kratos." ... Representation Plato argued in his book The Republic, that government be placed in the hand class of philosophers, kings. ... So can any representative assembly truly claim to be a representative of the public if the interest that is represented is not proportionate to that of the entire citizenry in term gender social class or ethnicity? ...

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The concept of 'democracy' as used by Tocqueville in "Democracy in America", according to Stephen Holmes, is regarded bilaterally, and alternates from being a "social arrangement" – based on "social leveling", "the collapse of legally maintained class hierarchies" – to being a "political system"– constructed on the idea of "self-government" that produces "institutions guaranteeing that rulers remain responsible to electoral majorities" 6. The differentiation between these two types of what I woul...

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Socially and intellectually, the Jacksonian movement represented not the insurgency of a specific class or region but a diverse, sometimes testy national coalition. ... The Jacksonians' basic policy thrust, both in Washington and in the states, was to rid government of class biases and dismantle the top-down, credit-driven engines of the market revolution. ... The people's best weapons were equal rights and limited government "ensuring that the already wealthy and favored classes would not enrich themselves further by commandeering, enlarging, and then plundering public institut...

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Although it was designed to make the state a liberal parliamentary democracy in constitution, it was, however, not in the mainstream of German politics since it primarily represented the working class. ... Political authority is derived from the people. ... The middle classes were possibly the hardest hit because they were more likely to have savings wh...

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Article 35(1) of the Ghanaian constitution holds that "sovereignty resides in the people of Ghana from whom government derives all its power and authority through this constitution", this principle as evident in the constitution is upheld in Ghana, nonetheless ignorance has ameliorated its effect on the citizenry and so it is exceptionally and especially recognised during election periods after which the "elected" belittle and override the power of the electorate. ... Adding to the above, just as Held purported in 2006 that the ancient democratic city-state attempted to ena...

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For instance, Aids harrows far into the middle-class and aggressive minorities are craving their conception of the world in educational system, where Japanese electronics and Japanese cars triumphs and the saving banks are going bankrupt, where the war of the Gulf discloses an evident cynicism. ... As the meaning of politics have changed, thus derived terms of politics changed such as political theory, ideology and hegemony through the history. ...

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