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Democracy and the U.S.

fault was seen to be a personal failing, rather than a condemnation of the US system of government. When terrorists attacke...

1916 Text Democracy in Education by John Dewey

the baby chick, that shortly after it hatches makes a few stabs for food, as in beak-eye coordination. Masters that concept and b...

Pre 1914 Democratic Transition

particular that stood out as more detrimental than the next; rather, as each one occurred -- often on the heels of one previous --...

Ideas and Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America

In six pages the history of ideas is examined within the context of Democracy in America in an evaluation of de Tocqueville's argu...

Views on Slavery and its Justification or Lack of

In 5 pages various perspectives of slavery are examined in this comparative analysis of Twenty Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a...

Differing View of Democracy

that country is assuredly America" (de Tocqueville). de Tocqueville discusses universal suffrage, which he says "had been adopted...

International Politics and Issues of Importance

ensure that it survives and operates properly.4 A stable democracy has two sides: "the constitutional aspect, which provides the r...

Capitalism and Democracy

unleashed a joining together of the people so that new economic and political ideas could be shared in a way they had not been bef...

Democracy as a Political Science Discipline

to be aware of the impacts ones actions have upon the rest of society. THE IDEA OF DEMOCRACY The emphasis placed upon material w...

Relationship Between Capitalism and Democracy

on to say that "Democracy and capitalism are like a lion and a bull pulling a sled together" (Wallace, 1996). It is a precarious c...

Comparing Democracies That Are Developed and Developing

In eight pages the U.S. and Indonesia are compared in a discussion of an older democracy with an emerging example of a developing ...

Citizenship, Democracy, and the Effects of Taxation

operations. The imposing of taxes on individuals may appear to be a limitation to personal freedoms and a quelling of efforts tow...

Brazil, 'Social Democracy,' and Discrimination

its very least, and revisionist history at the most. The dynamics of "social mythology" We might say that social mythology is a w...

America and Democracy

restless even though prosperous is bold. His work is again just as relevant today as it was at the time it was written. In fact, R...

Contemporary Russia and Democracy

In ten pages Russia's attempts to establish both democracy and a free market economy are evaluated in terms of the concepts discus...

Democracy and Religion's Contribution

democracy is as fearlessly new today as when it was first proposed. "If it does not have to be reinvented, it certainly has to be ...

Democracy Meanings According to Plato and Alexis de Tocqueville

In five pages this paper examines Plato and de Tocqueville's views regarding democracy in a contrast and comparison of what democr...

Democracy Views of C.L.R. James and Alexis de Tocqueville

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares the democracy perspectives of Cyril Lionel Robert James and Alexis de Tocqueville...

Democracy of Ancient Greece

In this paper consisting of five pages the development of democracy in ancient Greece is considered in terms of the evolution of i...

Democracy in Uganda vs Bolivia

as well. These will be 1. competition 2. political party representation 3. accountability Each index will be evaluated on a sc...

A Civic Project

in membership in many different kinds of social and civil organizations over the last two generations (Putnam, 1995). The decline ...

Transitions in Democracy

to produce was shaped primarily after the ideologies of John Locke but that system also diverged from Lockean ideology to one exte...

Athenian Justification for Empire

of his reforms (King, 2005). Three of his reforms are of special importance: " the ban on loans made on the security of the person...

U.S. Democracy's Character

In four pages this paper examines the identity, character, and theory rooted in U.S. Democracy with references also made to the Am...

Socrates' Trial and a Juror's Fictitious Report

In five pages this paper explores an Athenian juror's perspective of Socrates with 'Spirulinus' presenting his trial observations ...

Democratic Government and Aristotle

In a paper consisting of eight pages writings such as Politics by Aristotle are used to examine the Athenian Constitution and its ...

An Examination of the Literary Criticism Launched Against Athenian Politics

This ten page paper explores the criticism Greek writers and philosophers such as Euripedes, Socrates, and Aeschylus had for the A...

Thucydides and the Assembly of Athens

This 5 page paper is written as if it were a speech given by Thucydides to teh Athenian Asembly suggesting the action that should ...

'Just' Guilty Verdict for Socrates in Plato's Apology?

This paper consists of four pages and evaluates the guilty verdict Socrates received in terms of whether or not it represented the...

'Noble Myth' or 'Myth of Metals' in The Republic by Plato

In three pages this paper discusses how the Athenians made class distinctions in a consideration of Socrates' noble myth depicted ...