1. Evaluate the view that democracy is the only legitimate form of government A legitimate state can be defined as “A state in which its citizens have little or no significant resistance to the public policy and leadership of the state in question due to the rightful/legitimate exercise of power.” This Legitimacy of state is often a hard term to apply to any form of government in the modern political world due to the very differing cultures between the western and eastern world. However the
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internet has become so important in today’s society‚ people have been debating whether or not it should be monitored. No one likes being watched‚ but what if that monitoring prevented a murder or a terrorist attack? I believe that the state and federal government should be able to monitor the internet because it is a public place where people should have nothing to hide‚ the constitution has no provisions protecting internet privacy‚ and because monitoring the web can prevent crimes before they happen. When
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The American government is practically in our everyday lives‚ including our private lives. The government is basically everything we do. It is the way we work‚ the reason why we look for a career‚ the way we eat or drink to conclude‚ the way we live. Sometimes it is a problem for most citizens but some other times‚ it is the real reason why they live better and maintain everything they have. The government is the people; it is education‚ entertainment‚ peace but can be completely different
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that a government plays an important part in developing one country. Some people hold a position that a government should not only build roads‚ control the national military‚ and provide water for its citizens but also provide all other services. However‚ others stand a very different ground.One of the most important things that we‚ as thinking beings‚ can ask ourselves is "What is the role of government in the development of the society?" But to answer it‚ we must first define government in a manner
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War II many governments made the jump from a democracy or monarchy to a totalitarian society‚ with most modeling themselves after Nazi Germany. Argentina was no exception‚ becoming a model of Germany‚ even harboring exiles and Nazi generals after the war. In George Orwell’s 1984‚ the government is portrayed as totalitarian‚ ruling over its people with an iron fist. The book served as a warning‚ informing people of the dangers of communism and the abilities that it granted the government. These governments
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aristocrats‚ the former evident in the government in the Tang dynasty (617-907) and the ladder pronoun in the government of Heian Japan. Both are different in many different aspects‚ such as within government‚ government structure‚ law‚ economy‚ and society.<br><br>A bureaucrat can be defined by the following: an appointed government official with certain duties and responsibilities defined by disposition in the bureaucracy. A bureaucrat is more dependent on the government than an aristocrat because official
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The government is a very crucial part to our welfare as a society. They provide for their people and country. However‚ in Animal Farm‚ their government runs the lives of the animals. Napoleon‚ the president‚ cares not about the animals that live under his care‚ but only of himself. He‚ the leader of their pig-run government‚ not only manipulated‚ but abused the animals he once called comrades. The government fails to care for the animals health‚ abusing them and starving them. Instead of educating
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The ethics of doing business in countries with totalitarian governments has many pros and cons involved with it. But for this debate I will show the cons of doing business in a country with a totalitarian government with an example. The term totalitarian government can be defined as in political science a system of government and ideology in which all social‚ political‚ economic‚ intellectual‚ cultural‚ and spiritual activities are subordinated to the purposes of the rulers of a state. (http://encarta
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The fundamental aim of this essay will be that of discussing the question of‚ ‘is representative government democratic?’ This essay will take the following structure in order to provide an attempt at exploring why a representative government can be considered democratic. Firstly‚ the concept of democracy will be defined and discussed. Secondly‚ it will discuss representation in terms of its emergence as well as its necessity. Thirdly‚ a discussion will be given regarding that of representative democracy
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The three major types of government that existed in ancient Athens were oligarchy‚ democracy‚ and tyranny. Democracy is a government where the government was controlled by the people and is used a lot today. Oligarchy is like democracy but was ruled by only a few like the rich. Tyranny was very common in ancient Greece but now only a few countries still use this method where only one man is in charge‚ like a king. Ruled by the people. In the direct democracy‚ the government is controlled by the people
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