vote in elections as it is all decided for them. 2. The Government will have absolute power. The government may not think in the best interests of the people. They may be more interested in building large lavish palaces for themselves than feeding their people. 3. The people may be oppressed by the regime as the government would be intent on keeping their power away from the citizens. Advantages 1. Stability of government - the government will stay the same. In times of political warfare and inner
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What problems did the country confront during the Marcos dictatorship? The 1973 Constitution basically changes the ‘presidential system’ of government into a ‘parliamentary system’ that puts the President into a purely symbolic statue. Therefore the president didn’t actually hold any power and wasn’t allowed to be in any political party. The president still existed but there would be a Prime Minister who was the head of the government and Commander-in-chief of the army; Marcos would take that
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Research Question: How did the Albanian government evolve from a Communism to a Democracy? Introduction Communism is a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common‚ actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state (4). In the communist system‚ all individuals are equal. No matter how much one works‚ everyone gets equal pay; therefore‚ this decreases personal motivation to work hard. The government also takes away all property rights
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iewThe novel 1984 is based on totalitarianism and dictatorship. Big Brother rules Oceania‚ where the people are forced to listen to him and follow his rules. There are surveillance cameras and microphones set-up everywhere so that Big Brother can keep an eye on everyone and know about everything that’s happening. There is no secret in this society‚ and one wrong move can get you killed with no one knowing‚ one day everything about you will be erased and you’ll eventually be forgotten. Children
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Sparta and Athens was totally different form of government. In Sparta we had a military system and in Athens a first form of democracy. The only things in common are that both cities were class-based society‚ but between them the classes were totally different. In fact in Sparta we had several class of population like: Sparta’s “Neighbors” or Periokoi. They were not Spartan citizens but they were free men‚ and were able to have autonomy domestic affairs‚ but were inferior to Spartans. Periokoi
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Democracy & Political Participation Series (b) Explain the main features of the UK’s democratic system. 10 25 5 (b) Explain three forms of democratic participation. 10 25 (a) What is meant by legitimacy? 5 (b) Explain three strengths of representative democracy. 10 (c) How democratic is the UK? 25 (a) Apart from voting in elections and referendums‚ describe two ways of participating in politics. 5 (b) Explain the arguments in favour of
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Not only did the governments censor potentially threatening information from the media‚ they also censored information on world events from the citizens of their nation‚ too. In the novel‚ Oceania was constantly at war; however‚ the enemy is inconsistent. At the beginning‚ Eurasia is the enemy‚ and have been the enemy of Oceania for a long period of time; however‚ the enemy changes to Eastasia later on in the story. It states‚ “The very word ‘war’ has become misleading. It would probably be accurate
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lawyer in Tennessee. Fiercely envious of his honor‚ he engaged in brawls‚ and in a duel killed a man who cast an inappropriate word on his wife Rachel (White house.gov) . As the 7th president he was referred to as King Andrew due to his dictatorship of his government. Andrew Jackson started life with major hardships‚ from the death of his father prior to his birth‚ to the loss of his two brothers and mother during the Revolutionary War. At the age of 13 he joined a militia group and was captured
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Communism. A form of a classless government. Created my Karl Marx in the 18th century communism has become one of the most controversial forms of government out there. It all started from a book called “The Communist Manifesto”‚ written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. In this book‚ they coveted to end free enterprise feeling that it was the social class framework that prompted to the abuse of workers. The workers that were abused would create class cognizance. At that point there would be a
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Is an unjust government better than no government at all? INTRO: I do not agree that an unjust government is better than no government at all. Is it really logical to give your allegiance to a country whose government violates principles of fairness? I would have to agree with St. Augustine’s famous quote‚ "an unjust law us no law at all‚" and therefore I think that an unjust government is no government at all. CONTENTIONS: a.) IF YOUR GOVERNMENT IS NOT LOYAL TO YOU THEN YOU DO NOT OWE
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