in liberal democracy”. At first we have to know about liberal democracy and media. Democratic government was initiated in the Greek city states of Athens in the fifth century BC. The word ‘democracy’ is derived from two Greek words‚ demos (meaning ‘people’) and kratos (meaning ‘power’). The term literally means ‘government by the people’. Initially‚ major decisions were taken by meeting at which all free male attended. But now this system has been changed. Liberal democracy is a form of
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Representative democracy means the selection of government officials by a vote of the people in periodic elections open to competition in which candidates and voters can freely express themselves (quote). In other words‚ this is like the United States currently is. When elections are held‚ candidates run for election and voters vote to determine what candidate is the best for the job. The elected official will then represent the people in which he serves and vote on issues that are presented.
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Stupid for Democracy? The principle of the Salon article‚ “Are Americans too stupid for Democracy?”‚ is that American citizens aren’t stupid‚ just uneducated on political issues to form a democracy. The problem lies not on the voter‚ but on the question itself. Since the United States was founded it has always been a constitutional republic. The word democracy isn’t even mentioned once in the Constitution or Declaration of Independence. The founding fathers did not have in anyway a democracy in mind
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era and has been for decades. The big question “Is the United States a democracy‚ a republic or something else?” According to the article On Democracy in Our Republic by an unknown author‚ there is a logically reinforced thesis that the United States is a republic and not a democracy. Supporting his claim he reminds American’s that their nation was founded on the principles of liberty and limited government; not on a democracy. He points to the daily reminders such as Liberty Coins‚ The Statue of
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white middle and lower classes started to vote in larger numbers. As a result of Jacksonian Democracy‚ the amount of votes jumped from 350‚000 to 2.4 million in 1840. This was by far the biggest advantage of Jacksonian Democracy because nothing is better in government than a much involved group of citizens who know what their voting for and have strong opinions. Another advantage to Jacksonian Democracy was the fact that he started a revolution in politics. There was no
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Central Historical Question Democracy is a government where people control what happens. An example of an excellent democracy could be The United States of America. Anybody over the age of eighteen can vote‚ if you take a test you can become a citizen‚ and everybody is considered equal. Ancient Athens had a very interesting version of democracy in the early 300 B.C. to the mid 400 B.C. eras. Athens had a tyrant that controlled the city‚ the citizens who voted for laws to keep the government calm
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culture there were various political systems in use depending on the city or Poleis. Today we shall take a look at the following systems monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ tyranny‚ oligarchy‚ and democracy‚ there were some others but these will be our focus. Interestingly enough while we think of ancient Athens as being a democracy it wasn’t always so‚ it eventually evolved into a democratic nation‚ but between the 8th to 6th century‚ Athens was ruled by aristocracy and according to The Athenian Aristocracy (n
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responses depending on the environment that one has grown up in; and what his ideal world would be. I agree with Laura when she says that everything depends on the people‚ and what language they understand. Personally‚ I prefer a democracy for a number of reasons. In a democracy‚ everyone is their own master. 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
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Indonesian Moslem speak: The Real Democracy is not Kafir The general terms of democracy today‚ mostly stated that every people in a country are involves in the decision-making. Another provocative meaning of it is “the rule of the people”. People become so eager to enter government’s area because they concern about the decision affecting their life‚ and they cannot merely trust someone who not knowing them well. It then forming motion of no confidence between people and their leader and finally
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The Jeffersonian Democracy was a movement in the first decade of the nineteenth century led by Thomas Jefferson‚ and they felt that the people made the best choices in choosing a leader with the greatest abilities (Dictionary.com‚ n.d.). Thomas Jefferson‚ a democratic- republican‚ took a different political stance than his Federalist counterparts. He felt that it was ideal to deal with the citizens directly‚ which quickly made him popular. The Jefferson democratic-republicans created newspapers
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