Comparing democracies There are four major factors that contributed to the new interest in comparing democracies that is the comparison of regimes‚ the ‘third wave’ of democratization‚ institutional engineering‚ and the last one is Neo-institutionalism. The first factor comes from the study of Powell (1982) and Lijphart (1984) that has characterize and compare democratic regimes as a whole. Lijphart has elaborated the distinction of the majoritarian and the consensus models of democracy to
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Known as the "Gettysburg Address‚ it’s Abraham Lincoln’s most well-known speeches he had ever quoted. The reason this speech was so important was because it was given right after the war that ended slavery. The speech was at a cemetery where the soldiers who fought in the war and
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Outline strategies to address climate change by either Government‚ pressure groups or individuals. In the UK the government nationwide has created the clime change act of 2008‚ the UK was the first country in the world to set a legally binding climate reduction‚ and the target is to reduce emissions by 80% by 2050. The targets are created at a 4 yearly interval which are; 22% in 2008 to 2012‚ 28% in 2013 to 2017 and 34% in 2018 to 2022. These reductions are the targeted to be the percentage below
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God‚ who‚ while dealing with us in anger for our sins‚ hath nevertheless‚ remembered mercy” (Sandler‚ 62). During the Battle of Gettysburg‚ he said he had no fears of losing because he knew God would take care of everything. During his Gettysburg Address‚ he realized that our nation was one nation under God. Before he left Springfield to go to Washington‚ D.C.‚ he gave a speech. He said‚ “Without the assistance of that Devine Being…I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail (Fleming‚ 72)
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Abraham Lincoln‚ in the Gettysburg Address‚ uses his rhetorical skillsets to help dedicate the land to the fallen soldiers‚ as he uses multiple literary devices. He refers to the colloquial of the founding fathers to this nation and the authors of the Declaration of Independance. He aspires the remaining soldiers‚ and the local people of Gettysburg to continue to fight for a reason‚ equality and liberty‚ the foundation of the United States‚ as he assures that the fallen will not be in vain. Lincoln
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issue that were addressed by FDR including some of the major problems like bank runs‚ unemployment‚ and even political policies. Overall he talks about the economy of the country and how it has been affected by the Great Depression. He begins his address by referring back to the problem and how it is affecting the society. He starts by talking about how the Great Depression has destroyed the value of banks‚ mortgages‚ loans‚ and credit. He describes the situation and how the value of money has decreased
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After the reading of the ’’Gettysburg Address’’‚ the famous Abraham Lincoln gave a truthful meaning full speech. In Lincoln speech he said that they were now engaged into a civil war and what he meant by saying this he means with American they were having a war with America. When they were in war they were testing if the nation can last a long time together or if it will break apart this is why they were having this war to see if this could happen or if it will be just an abort. The North wanted
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of devotion” should be highly esteemed for the sacrifice they made. Lincoln establishes his ideas through the usage of rhetorical devices such as‚ an appeal to ethos‚ parallelism‚ and juxtaposition. Lincoln never uses the words “I‚” or “you‚” to address his audience‚ but instead uses “we‚” “our‚” and “us‚” to establish ethos and connect with the audience -- the North and the South. He repeats these words through out the entire speech‚ using similar diction to tie the whole piece together. The phrase
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Explanatory Summary on Obama’s Second Inaugural Speech In “Obama’s Second Inaugural Speech”‚ from The New York Times on January 21‚ 2013‚ President Barack Obama gives out the speech for persuading the Congress‚ especially the republicans‚ and Americans to vote for him for becoming the next president in the election. In the speech‚ President Obama persuades that people should all get together in order to move forward‚ retaining the liberty and equality for everyone. This is a persuasive speech because
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Cameron Analysis Essay #1 AP Language and Composition December 8‚ 2008 George Washington resigned from office in 1796. For the occasion‚ he wrote a farewell address directed to the citizens of the United States. He was certainly aware that his audience would include other politicians as well as dignitaries and officials from foreign nations. Washington feels that the citizens need his closing remarks before he steps out of office. He is informing the citizens of how he feels about his
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