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Political and Social History of Greece

in ancient Greece comes to us through their stories, their tragedies. "Greek tragedies dealt with universal themes that are still ...

Overview of Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

light of that, what would Tocqueville say about democracy in America today? Likely, he would say the same things but would be much...

Ancient Philosophers on Democracy

for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...

Democracy and Republic Differences

rule over another. We must recognize that those individuals that flocked to the Americas were not just the most destitute of Euro...

Social Life and Intellect in Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

and find neither peril nor advantage in the free interchange of their thoughts. If they meet by accident, they neither seek nor av...

Ancient Athens and Democracy

became the law of the land (Rempel). While such a system may seem chaotic, and perhaps even very close to...

Third World Countries and 'Democratic Fair Dealing'

economies was structural in nature (Onis). They believed that implementing a development strategy that relied on free market forc...

Washington Community's Importance According to James Sterling Young

that is often referred to with awe and reverence. The framers are still held high in esteem. In fact, they are called "framers" wi...

Democracy and Media Globalization

of "players" in terms of owners and mega-merger conglomerates, such information becomes increasingly homogenized and increasingly ...

Mass Democracy and Andrew Jackson

with Jackson, and this led to what became known as the "corrupt bargain" of 1824. Clay drummed up support in the House for Adams, ...

Practicality of Democracy Everywhere Assessed

It states, "Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representative...

Sociology Summary Five Articles

is truly public (Escobar, Gondicas & Vernay, 2010). To do so, everyone must participate in managing the affairs of the community....

Aspects of Terorism

that it is caused by having no means of expressing dissatisfaction. Democracy Provides an Environment for Terrorism There are ...

Process of Decision Making and Industrial Democracy

create delay and confusion, hindering commercial decision making processes, which need to be decisive and rapid in order to respon...

Comparing Huntingdon and Fukuyama in the Post 9/11 Environment

west to spread democracy and aid in economic modernization are making the situation worse as these are related to the differences ...

Principles of Democracy

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at the principles of representative democracy. Flaws inherent in the system are examine...

Democratic Governance and Maintaining Morality

This research paper/essay presents an argument that maintains that it is necessary to go beyond a perspective that focuses solely ...

Is the Future Predictable after the 2016 Presidential Election?

This paper attempts to answer three specific questions regarding the government's role in promoting cross-cultural understanding, ...

Compatibility of Capitalism and Democracy?

labor power (Wikipedia, 2005). Marx was concerned about what people did with their labor power, how they related to it (Wikipedia,...

French and British Political Development Contrasted

in the reign of Louis XIV. Referred to as pays detat, they had their own nobility, as well as unwritten constitutions that pertain...

Corrupt Officials in the World

The UN reported there was an inverted U-relationship between democracy and corruption in public officials. Numerous reports do not...

Muslim Majority States

This essay discusses the issue of democracy in a Muslim majority state. The report compares and contrasts two journal articles on ...

American and Greek Democracies - A Comparison

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at American and Greek democracies. The Republic of Plato is also presented in summary-f...

Democratic Historian Alexis de Tocqueville

some sense, by our lack of perspective. Most of us live in a democracy like fish who live only in water and are therefore blinded ...

'Computer Professionals and the Next Culture of Democracy' by Shuler

may be agents in the transformation of democracy, but democracy is not something that is inextricable with computer science (2001)...

A Review of The American Civil War The Last Capitalist Revolution

a moderate scheme of emancipation with compensation for the former owners" (Moore, 1993, 118)....

Nation States and Development, or Democracy

after close to half a century of communist rule, when communism fell in the Soviet Union, to be replaced by provisional government...

Iraq and Democracy Don't Mix

of the most devout of Islam nations, and so for the people, the notion of equality is ludicrous because a non-believer can never b...

Merger of Democracy and Imperialism According to Pericles

Athens up as the shining example of democracy saying: "Let me say that our system of government does not copy the institution of o...

Correlation Between Education, Capitalism, and Democracy

point is that democracy is not the "be-all and end-all" for many nations and that far too many Americans have used the ideal of de...