Democracy Is Not Capable of Empire There are reasons why many of history’s greatest empires have tended to be either oligarchic or monarchial in nature. In observing the development of two of the ancient world’s most prominent models of representative government‚ the Athenian democracy and the Roman Republic‚ it can be concluded that when coupled with the political‚ economic‚ and social changes that come with expansion‚ the complications inherent with systems with democratic design prove incapable
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There are basically two types of government‚ Democracy and Dictatorship. Democracy is a majority ruled government. The origin democracy government formed in 400 B.C. in Athens. There are three kinds: Direct democracy where people directly vote in decision; indirect democracy where people elect representative to make decisions‚ such as our Congress; and Elite democracy where the rich make decision. A dictatorship is government ruled by the few over the many. There are different kinds‚ such as Communism
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were also strong nationalists. While Jacksonians strived to preserve the unifying principles that the Constitution contained‚ they failed to fully represent complete equality in their ways. Andrew Jackson represented a symbol of the new age of democracy and the "age of the common man." Even though inequalities were still very apparent‚ followers of Jackson‚ such as George Henry Evans‚ ignored the fact that not everyone was treated equal and wrote things like "The Working Man’s Declaration of Independence
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believe that instead of a majority rule‚ groups of minorities should work together . They also think that precisely because there is a lack of group-based participation‚ democracy is at a decline. A negative version of pluralist theory comes in the form of another one of the three contemporary theory’s of government democracy‚ known as Hyper pluralism. In this theory‚ these interest groups are so powerful that they over rule the government‚ because their influence are so strong the take from
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Jacksonian democrats viewed themselves as the guardians of the Constitution‚ political democracy‚ individual liberty‚ and equality of economic opportunity." In light of the documents and your knowledge of the 1820s and 1830s‚ to what extent do you agree with the Jacksonians’ view of themselves? Jacksonian democrats viewed themselves as the guardians of the Constitution‚ political democracy‚ individual liberty‚ and equality of economic opportunity." In light of the documents and your knowledge
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then arises is. ‘Can a single leader solely represent the needs of a modern state?’. Democracy is an efficient podium for fair representation of opinions in a modern state. Democracy is a form of government that is not attached to any pre-given political or ideological ends‚ but allows ends to be chosen by the majority vote of free citizens. Although today‚ the theoretical to realistic translation of democracy is questionable‚ it at least firmly opinionated leaders‚ have to place their proposals
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Communism Vs Democracy Democracy and communism are the two main governing systems ever to be set into motion. Effects of both of these systems can be observed in many countries worldwide. Democracy is the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives‚ whereas communism is a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership which means that all means of production such as land and natural resources are owned by the entire community. Of course
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DEMOCRACY IN COLONIAL AMERICA Colonial America was democratic. Documents‚ agreements and other representative actions are a proof of the establishment of a democracy in the colonies. England was not democratic‚ and the colonies purpose was to separate themselves as much as possible from the Crown and their undemocratic flu. They had freedom of press and religion and were getting accustomed to doing things their way. Documents such as the Maryland’s Act of Toleration‚ the Fundamental Orders
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Democracy in Ancient Greece Eddie Witten The Greeks were very advanced for their time. They realized that they need a new form of government and they were able to invent the first democratic government in the world. The democracy that the Greeks came up with was based on two important factors. The first one was the population growth in Athens grew at a very fast rate. The second was the advocating of political‚ economic‚ and legal equality for all which some male citizens remembered from the
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