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    Democracy in shamble is that people tend to get exactly the government that they deserve.For example‚ in many modern-day democracies‚ the people claim that they want their government to operate under a balanced budget‚ when in fact this is the farthest thing from the truth. What the people really want‚ as they repeatedly demonstrate from their voting‚ is decreased taxes and increased government spending -- particularly when it comes to government projects which directly benefit themselves. Professional

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    India is the largest functioning democracy in the world. It got freedom during the most sensitive period of world history. Two global wars were fought to make the world safe for democracy. In fact‚ the second global war accelerated the process of freedom from bondage. Though the armed clash was over yet tension was mounting up due to new ideological rivalry between East and West led by the then Soviet Union and the United States of America. The newly founded United Nations grew amidst the

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    towards restoring democracy. Literature review of 1980s led to this thinking that two democratic countries do not go to war with each other. The policy

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    Expediency and the Future of Democracy in Pakistan” organized by the Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS)‚ at its office premises in Islamabad‚ issues and challenges related to current democratic governance and prospects of a democratic Pakistan were discussed in detail. Mr. Ahmed Bilal Mahoob‚ executive director‚ Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency(PILDAT) opened the discussion with an overly optimistic note and observed: “Democracy in Pakistan has never been

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    the birth of Liberal Democracy? The Netherlands can use the work of Hugo Grotius‚ Justus Lipsius and Dirk Van Coornhert to support the claim that they are the birth of Liberal Democracy. However‚ one must also look at the influence Ancient Greece had on the birth of Liberal Democracy‚ as many of the leaders and theologians helped to create Liberal Democracy. One of the key figures that support the idea that the Netherlands can claim to be the birth of Liberal Democracy is Hugo Grotius. Grotius

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    Democracy and Communism have many differences and similarities. Democracy is a government by the people. Also‚ when the supreme power is exercised directly by the people. The  people can also elect agents under an electoral college to make the decision of the final vote. Unlike democracy‚ communism has the government make the decisions of the leaders.Examples of Democracy is being shown by the United States of America‚ France‚ Ancient Greece‚ and the United Kingdom. On the economic side of things

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    Carl Becker wrote about the ideal democracy in a government. The main purpose of the work is to make evident the nature of democracy. He compares it with other forms of government that depend on autocracy and the leadership of the few rather than the many. His concrete definition of democracy is “democratic government has always meant one in which the citizens‚ or a sufficient number of them to represent more or less effectively the common will‚ freely to act from time to time‚ and according to established

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    Programme of the European Commission "Too many people expect wonders from democracy‚ when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it." Walter Winchell BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ACTIVE DEMOCRACY What Is Democracy? [pic] Democracy comes from the Greek word‚ "demos‚" meaning people. In democracies‚ it is the people who hold sovereign power over legislator and government. Democracy is a form of government in which power is held by people under a free electoral system

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    written by Weale A‚ in 2007 in his book known as the “In Democracy”. The article that is of review is taken from chapter 1 and the articles title is “The Theoretical Challenges of Democracy”. The main theme of this article is the “global resurgence of democracy”. In 1989‚ the Berlin Wall was destroyed and which brought communism to an end in the Central and Eastern Europe. This Berlin Wall was considered as one of the major challenges of democracy but it now comes to an end. For example‚ the failure

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    DEL PODER POPULAR PARA LA EDUCACIÓN U.E. INSTITUTO ANDES MODERN AND ANCIENT DEMOCRACY Authors: Acevedo R‚ Sofia Rancel M‚ Isabella M Teacher: Miss Andrea de Paramo Caracas‚ May‚ 2013 According to Thucydides (c.406/455-c.399 BCE)‚ Pericles the ancient Athenian leader was chosen to give a speech in the funerals of the firsts who had fallen in the Peloponnesian war; he decided to state the values of democracy in this occasion. According to Karpiel‚ F; Krull‚ K (2012) Athens was one of the

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