Democracy has become the most widespread political form of government during the past decade‚ after the fall of all its alternatives. During the second part of the 20th century‚ the 3 main enemies of democracy‚ namely communism‚ fascism and Nazism‚ lost most of their power and influence. However‚ democracy is still only to be found in less than half of this world’s countries. China with a fifth of the total population "had never experienced a democratic government" and Russia still doesn’t have a
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Simon Wahba 12/12/12 Miss Weinstein Period 7 Democracy DBQ In the world many societies are switching to democracies from the demand from the people in that area. One of the first democracies ever was in Athens‚ Greece. Even though they were the first democracy ever assembled‚ questions arose as to how democratic they really were. Opinions vary‚ but although Athens became more democratic over time‚ because of a series of reforms‚ it still was still more un-democratic then
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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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schooling started at the age of seven. All Athenians valued education. Even though schools have tuition fees‚ many poor people paid the money (McAllister). Students from ages seven to fourteen learned three main subjects. They learned grammar‚ which consisted of reading‚ writing and math. Music was an important subject to the Athenians and so was gymnastics (Dunkle). Reading and writing that was taught was useful for trade and business (Dunkle). Athenians
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regarded as pessimism‚ but he considered to be realism. Generally people want to maintain a positive self-concept of themselves which causes them to agree with the overly idealistic views of human nature‚ such as that presented by Gandhi. The Athenians held the belief that the three motives for human nature are security‚ honor‚ and self-interest‚ and these cause people to be inherently violent. When there is a breakdown of law and order‚ a state of unprecedented lawlessness occurs and during the
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The Athenian Government. Good morning‚ ladies and gentlemen and chairperson. Before I begin‚ I would like to point out some imperfections in the previous speaker’s case. She mentioned that........ (insert first rebuttal point) Also‚ she made the allegation that..... (insert second rebuttal point). Our first speaker praised our wondrous military. I will be continuing my team’s argument that Athens is far superior to Sparta by examining the mindset of the Athenian government. To prove/support my belief
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Thus‚ the Presidential system follows a track to democracy by giving the people the change to have a right in saying and choosing what they find best for their nation. However‚ in a parliamentary system the ideas are different. Its track to democracy is attempted when the people are included in the parliament and the power of implementing policies is not just restricted to one person. Also‚ the systems have in common the fact that they depend on legislature‚ which helps the systems to execute and
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confederacy of the Athenians‚ or the elite Spartan military. The combat supremacy of Athens and Sparta was not the only factor. Athens was a mighty empire and wished to expand its control. The Spartans feared Athenian power‚ and they entered hostilities with Athens under the pretext of freeing the Panhellenic people. In a display of strength‚ Athens decided to take Melos. Melos was a mostly neutral city-state‚ but the Athenians believed
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What is Democracy? Though there is no exact definition of a democracy‚ it does “refer to a regime whereby political power is widely spread‚” (68 Gerner‚ Ferdinand‚ and Lawson) and involves equality when it comes to politics. In a democracy‚ the people run the government. This system is thought to have four key elements: a system in which the government is chosen or replaced through free and fair elections‚ active participation of the people in politics and civic life‚ protection of the human
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In 480 and the years prior the Athenians and Spartans‚ banned together to defeat the Persian Army. The Spartans stand at Thermopylae‚ allowed the Athenians time to prepare‚ and ultimately allowed the victory. With both of these great city-states located so close together in Hellas‚ there differences would ultimately lead to dissension. Throughout the course of this paper‚ I hope to explain the reasoning behind the dissension between Sparta and Athens‚ made war between these former allies inevitable
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