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Democracy According to Socrates and Henry David Thoreau

pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...

Economic Success, Developing Countries, and Authoritarian v. Democratic Governments

for decades. The institutions of authoritarian governments most often do not have the stability nor did the cohesiveness as part o...

France and Democracy

In five pages democracy in France is examined in terms of the failure of the 1848 attempt and the success of the Third Republic al...

Analysis of Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

In five pages this important educational text is analyzed with the emphasis being liberal democracy. There are no other sources l...

The Formation of a Democracy in East Timor

and waged 20 years worth of guerilla resistance to Indonesian rule. In gaining independence, not all East Timorese residents were...

Political and Economic Philosophical Trends

In six pages this paper examines China, France, Great Britain, and Russia in an overview of each country's trends regarding indivi...

Choosing System of Education and American Politics

its foundation in free speech and a multiplicity of opinions and options for learning. In other words, the best educational syste...

The Complete Colonial Gentleman Cultural Legitimacy in Plantation America by Michal Rozbicki

In eight pages this paper discusses how the ideals of democracy could be expressed by the genteel planters in Virginia as depicted...

Public Policy and Direct Democracy

Political power is realized by representative processes that actually allow for careful prioritization of issues (Clark 434). The...

Athenian Democracy and the Lessons It Taught

In seven pages this paper discusses Athenian democracy in terms of concept, the 'Constitution' of Aristotle, the criticisms of Pla...

Advantages of Democratic Opposition Tolerant Electoral Process

In seven pages a democratic opposition tolerant electoral process is examined in terms of its advantages and includes a discussion...

Comparative Analysis of Democracy Featured in Reflections of the French Revolution by Edmund Burke, Discourse on Origins of Inequality by Jean Jacques Rousseau, and Rights of Man by Thomas Paine

could be held as a slave, recognizing the fact that for people living in democratic societies to have freedom of religion is of ut...

Philosophies and Democracy

In five pages the statement 'Democracy is not a mechanical device, it is, rather, a living organism that can only flourish in cert...

Works and Beliefs of C. Wright Mills

In a paper consisting of 7 pages American sociologist C. Wright Mills is discussed in terms of his works and beliefs along with hi...

Democratic Spanish King Juan Carlos

In eleven pages this research paper examines how Francisco Franco's dictatorial form of government was replaced in Spain by King J...

Democracy Supporter John Locke

In six pages this paper discusses how Locke's political philosophies may be regarded as advocacy for democracy in a consideration ...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Social and Political Theory

In 9 pages this paper discusses Achebe's novel as it relates to African social and political theory considered in The Dual Mandate...

Individual Citizen and the Golden Age of Athens

In six pages this paper discusses Athenian democracy in an assessment of the system with evidence offered by writers Thucydides an...

The Transformation of Governments into Democracies

4 pages and 5 sources used. This paper provides an overview of the factors that result in the change of a government to a democra...

Human Nature and Democracy

In five pages this research paper considers how democracy is the type of government that most adequately suits human nature in a d...

Democracy in Russia

The present status of democracy in Russia is considered in nine pages. Nine sources are cited in the bibliography....

Thomas Jefferson's Concepts

In fifteen pages this paper examines Jefferson's concepts as they relate to the church and state separation and democracy. Ten so...

Metaphysical Civilization And Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud

In fifteen pages this essay examines Freud's work in a basic overview and then offers a comparison between the society Freud was w...

Freedom According to Smith, Mill, and de Tocqueville, Mill

In a paper consisting of 8 pages these 3 theorists and their concepts of freedom are contrasted and compared with de Tocqueville's...

Industrial Society and Democracy

In seven pages the argument that for the agrarian society that existed prior to the Industrial Revolution, democracy was a logical...

Fascism and Individualism

see the connections and/or positive aspects of the other. During the Cold War, it is unlikely that the citizens of the State of Ge...

'Dream' Speech of Martin Luther King Jr.

In five pages this paper examines the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 in terms of its m...

Civil Society and Democracy

the people. The educational or integrative aspect of civil society then allows for organizations to be carefully examined in the ...

Politics and Society in Argentina During the Thirties and Forties

increasingly corrupt, set the stage for the Army revolt that occurred in September, 1930 (Alexander 3). A predecessor of the 1943 ...

Totalitarianism Indictment in Animal Farm by George Orwell

a committed socialist. And yet, Orwell might have been the only one who considered himself to be a socialist. However, because of...