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    Democracy As a Universal Value In his article‚ Democracy as a Universal Value‚ Amartya Sen asserts that democracy is a universal value. In order to develop his argument Sen needs to state his definition of democracy and define what he means by universal value. In the course of Sen’s argument he gives his view of the relationship between democracy and the economy. He then defends his view of democracy as a universal value against a main argument that deals with cultural differences between regions

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    Liberalism vs. Democracy Liberalism‚ formed in the latter part of the 18th Century from opposition to existing political monarchies in Europe‚ was based on rights of individuals and the responsibility of government to protect those rights. Liberalism has an ambivalent relationship with democracy‚ as liberals are against collective power‚ but support political equality. In the nineteenth century liberals were often opposed to democracy as they saw it as a threat to individual rights - the people

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    Democracy is a system of government where people rule. Democracy allows the people to rule themselves‚ giving them ultimate power. By supporting democracy we support important American values including religious freedom‚ worker rights‚ as well as creating a more organized‚ united nation. We have established several organizations to both support and advocate democracy‚ one of which is the Bureau of Democracy‚ Human Rights‚ and Labor (DRL). With the people’s opinion and such organizations‚ American

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    Is Democracy worthy of being called a strong government? Out of 192 countries 123 of them are a Democracy. Many people think that it is a strong government because the United States uses it‚ also other governments can work but overall Democracy is just the best one to use. Democracy is often used to mean a society‚ in which everyone is treated equally. Democracy is a strong form of government because it allows freedom‚ gives people the right to vote‚ and people can voice out their issues. Democracy

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    Future of democracy in Pakistan Outline 1)What is democracy 2) Democracy and Pakistan – Present‚ Past and Future 3) Importance of democracy 4)Threats to democracy 1. Weak political institutions 2. Influence of Military 3. Economic difficulties 4. Social Norms 5. Illiteracy – lack of political of awareness 6. Unemployment and poverty 7. Image of political leadership 8. Power politics 9. Foreign interference 10. Unbridled media 11. Feudalism and racism 12. Grievances of small provinces 13. Relation

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    a tyrant. According to Socrates a tyranny degenerates from a democracy when a popular charismatic leader gets power and naturally does not want to give it up so he takes all

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    Democracy and Human Rights Democracy and human rights are clearly different notions; “they are distinct enough for them to be viewed as discreet and differentiated political concepts.”  Whereas democracy aims to empower “the people” collectively‚ human rights aims to empower individuals.  Similarly‚ human rights is directly associated with the how of ruling‚ and not just the who‚ which may be the case in an electoral democracy‚ though not in a substantive democracy.  Thus‚ “democracies” exist that

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    USA- the defender of democracy? We’ve all heard about USA and their power and the influence that they have in the world. They often have a tendency to be in every part of the world and rule over different parts of the world‚ sometimes without sympathizing with the country that is being ran over. Although we all have different opinions about USA and how much power they really should have in the world‚ we all can agree that USA is the country that can influence the rest of the world (both negative

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    Fernand Braudel‚ a modern French historian‚ sees three intertwined but distinguishable strands of history. They are: material life‚ economic life‚ and capitalism. Material life‚ he says‚ sets “the limits of the possible”. Material life means the routines of daily work‚ the everyday tasks that we perform so that we can sustain ourselves. It covers the means by which we travel to work‚ the efforts we perform there‚ the products we make in use‚ etc. Without including knowing how material life has

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    Studying Substantive Democracy Author(s): Lawrence R. Jacobs and Robert Y. Shapiro Source: PS: Political Science and Politics‚ Vol. 27‚ No. 1 (Mar.‚ 1994)‚ pp. 9-17 Published by: American Political Science Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/420450 . Accessed: 16/07/2013 10:32 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that

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