Governments range throughout the world‚ whether a country may have a democracy‚ oligarchy‚ monarchy or a dictatorship depends on the head of state and the citizens themselves. Two well-known forms of governments‚ that are both found more often than others‚ are a democracy and a dictatorship. These forms of governments hold their strengths and weaknesses‚ and differ when it comes to power distribution. Whether which governmental system is better depends on the eyes of the person. A democracy can
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candidate to choose from. Or perhaps your ballot lists four candidates‚ but they are all from the Liberal party. Dictatorships are one party political systems that are ruled by one leader or an elite group of people under the principle of authoritarianism. Some feel that dictatorships are the most effective form of government because decisions are made quickly and extreme nationalism benefits the military and economy. These individuals value order‚ nationalism‚ and authority. However‚ these systems often
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their elected representatives. Dictatorship is a form of government in where there’s a centralization of power. All power rests in the hands of one person. The people have no say in what goes on. There aren’t very many similarities between the two; but‚ both are forms of political control. Democracy and dictatorship both involve a central figure of authority. An example‚ Obama and Mussolini are both central authoritative figures. Both a democracy and a dictatorship hold some form of elections and
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Dictatorship‚ Democracy‚ and Development Mancur Olson STOR ® The American Political Science Review‚ Vol. 87‚ No.3 (Sep.‚ 1993)‚567-576. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-0554%28199309%2987%3A3%3C567%3ADDAD%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H The American Political Science Review is currently published by American Political Science Association. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’ s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://uk.jstor.org/aboutlterms.html
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I choose democracy as a more efficient type of government over dictatorship for these three simple reasons right her equal rights for all people‚ political freedom‚ and freedom of choice. I know you as a reader notice how every reason has the word freedom in it. This is because with a dictatorship there is no freedom‚ which show the ovbious reason why democracy is suprior. Democracy is a system of government in which political authority is held by the people. Democracies typically feature constitutional
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in the governing process. It is a government which is based on the consent of the people‚ while a dictatorial government is a government by one man or a group of persons who acquire power either through force or by force and consent both. In a dictatorship‚ power is exercised in an arbitrary manner.In a democratic government‚ people elect their representatives and every person enjoys equal political rights; in a dictatorial form of government the head of the state is not elected. In a democracy
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Democracy vs. Dictatorship. From the beginnings of the times‚ from ancient civilizations dated as back as 2000 B.C.E.‚ the world had been based upon political systems and philosophies of governments. A country’s philosophy of government determines the economic system and the amount of rights that people have within that country’s borders. As people can see‚ in the article written by Severine Deneulin “Democracy and human development”‚ she explains the complexities of the relationship between
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action is essential. In a multitude of minds‚ much unprofitable discussion may takes place. On the other hand‚ in dictatorship the government is ruled by an individual or a small group of people. "One bad general"‚ said Napoleon "is better than two good ones". It helps in coping with emergencies for prompt and effective action. The dictatorship certainly has its merits. The power resides with dictator. It is safer
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out against in attempt to save the American society. George Orwell spoke out against it in 1949 by warning people in his novel 1984 that the spread of Communism would affect the country negatively. In this book‚ he portrays how a totalitarian dictatorship corrupts and has the power over citizens through technology‚ psychological manipulation and mind control‚ physical control‚ and the alteration of facts about history. Big Brother‚ the head of the Inner Party in 1984‚ uses technology to control
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They have the ability to practise the religion they please‚ preach the religion they want to preach‚ have the right to free speech‚ and more importantly have the right to vote‚ and choose their representatives to government. A good argument for dictatorship would be that people would do as they please‚ would not be an asset to society and not contribute to society. They would not send their kids to school‚ nor would they pay taxes. My answer to that would be‚ these kind of incidents happen if the
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