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    Democracy is said to be one of the best forms of government. People choose democracy mainly to remove corruption‚ hunger and poverty. Poverty is regarded as one of the worst affecting social evils. Population‚ Corruption‚ Economy and Illiteracy are the main factors which directly or indirectly lead to poverty. Population is one of the major factors which lead to poverty. The excessive population increases poverty. The increasing population decreases the per-capita income of families. For example

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    Democracy: The Best of the Worst Democracy is without a doubt a fairly successful system of governance. Although dozens of systems have been tried over the ages‚ the world has been continuously edging towards increasingly democratic models‚ at least in baby steps when not in great leaps and bounds. And yet Winston Churchill - both the product and professional beneficiary of a modestly democratic system - suggested that he considered it to be paradoxically "the worst form of government except all

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    Absolutism is the principle or exercise of complete or unrestricted power in government. It refers to any political role player that has complete control. This means that they were under the control of a single leader. 1 We see this in the European states in the 17th century‚ where states were ruled by absolute monarchs. This meant the king ruled with absolute power‚ with no restrictions or resistance shown against him. This royal authority has been passed down from generation to generation.

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    they need to embrace a more diverse form of government. Several of the governments formed during this period includes absolutism‚ nationalism‚ socialism‚ communism‚ totalitarianism‚ Islamism‚ and republicanism. Through the analyzation of the development of each government one will see a pattern of both commonalities and distinctions. The first form of government called absolutism‚ often defined as a form of government in which an individual obtains absolute power without having any legal or electoral

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    Flies author‚ William Goulding‚ represents his feelings about human nature and civilization through his characters. Jack and Ralph are used to portray democracy vs. dictatorship. Ralph tries to establish a democracy while Jack tries to establish a dictatorship. In Lord of the Flies‚ a democracy is more ideal than dictatorship because a democracy is a collaborative community‚ where citizens can choose their own leader: “Yes! Vote for chief” (Goulding 22). Most of the kids chose Ralph so he became

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    25.03.2012 Essay Topic #2 - Using documents 1.1-1.6 and your wider knowledge‚ evaluate the assumptions underlying Soviet and US polices at the end of the Second World War. Ali vs. Frazier – Communism vs. Democracy The phrase “when one door closes‚ another door opens” applies to most cases throughout the history of our existence. World War II was no exception. With a world free of Nazi stronghold and the “Axis of Evil”‚ a lot of changes were being made. Before World War II there were six great

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    Prospects For Democracy “A democracy is nothing more than mob rule‚ where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” “Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember‚ democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes‚ exhausts‚ and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.” It is the year 2010. Democracy has become so successful that countries who ’ve enjoyed it are trying to share

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    There are two different understandings of democracy: direct democracy (the rule of many) and representative democracy. The US government uses representative democracy‚ everyone is given their own power‚ even if it’s as minimal as voting for a leader to represent you. The Framers of the Constitution believed a direct democracy would lead to people following the popular opinion instead of the common good for the nation. Despite being run on a democracy‚ people have separate views of how the government

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    to reform their Government to improve human society. Which resulted in what historians called enlightened absolutism. The new ways of thinking had several effects on both the Monarchical Absolutism and those under its rule. For example‚ sweeping reforms happened in Prussia‚ Russia and Austria changing the quality of life for the people for the better. However‚ even Enlighted Absolutism has its limits as we with the persecution of the Jewish people. In Prussia Frederick II acquired the province

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    Economic systems meet the needs of their people by determining what to produce‚ how to produce it‚ and who will buy it. Capitalism gives the people the freedom to make their own choices in what to do produce and so forth. On the other hand‚ a communist economy guarantees certain necessities for the people‚ such as jobs‚ food‚ clothing‚ and shelter‚ but the people have little/no choice in what kind. Though these two economic systems are run differently‚ the government in each will step to fill in

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