Word Count: 308‚ excluding in-text citations POL1004F: Introduction to Politics‚ Tutorial Group #11 25 April 2014 Third Wave of Democracy Third World democracies are declining and an influential authoritarian state like North Korea shows no sign of democratization. Therefore‚ Liberal and democratic stagnation could signal the end of the third wave of democracy‚ unless reserve wave prevention policies are implemented. A wave of democratization is a period of time where countries move from
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Winston Churchill’s Quote on Democracy "Many forms of government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all wise. Indeed‚ it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government‚ except for all the others that have been tried from time to time." - Winston Churchill‚ 1947. This quote represents the views of Winston Churchill‚ the former Prime Minister of Great Britain‚ not only on democracy‚ but on government as a whole
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Chapter 1 Democracy in the Contemporary World Democracy in Chile During the early 1970s‚ Chile had a democratically elected government under President Salvador Allende. The government was liberal towards the workers and the poor people of Chile. Various welfare policies were adopted by the government for emancipating the poor such as milk for the children‚ distribution of land to landless farmers‚ and restricting the entry of foreign companies. Military Coup of 1973 A military coup led
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While democracy in the Asia and Pacific has been growing rapidly‚ maturity of its democracy is still being questioned. Maturity of democracy is determined by high quality of democracy through where three main areas are in place including law enforcement‚ economic development and consolidated democratic institutions. The problem with third wave of democracy (Huntington‚ 1991) is that the change of political system from authoritarian to democracy does not automatically follow with the change in
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Unit: Foundations of US Democracy This Unit Activity will help you meet these educational goals: Inquiry Skills—You will develop questions and plan investigations; analyze societal issues‚ trends‚ and events; develop explanations and make persuasive arguments in support of your conclusions; and communicate your conclusions. 21st Century Skills—You will use critical-thinking and problem-solving skills‚ assess and validate information‚ and independently raise questions and pursue leads. Introduction
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ancient Greece. This city-state‚ named after the goddess Athena‚ was famous for its innovations in architecture‚ arts‚ and government. The city-state of Athens is very famous for its unique system of government that was the first of its kind‚ direct democracy. This system allowed for the citizens of the city of Athens to decide what was to be done in their city‚ without the necessity of representatives to do what they thought the people wanted. The revolutionary system was developed so that everyone had
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Plato’s initial criticism was shared by many in modern times. Churchill is reported to have said that democracy is the least bad system of all the other bad systems of government. He also joked about the voter’s ability to make a correct judgment when he said that a two minute conversation with a voter is the best argument against democracy. The famous satirist H.L Mancken quipped that it is hard to assume that collective wisdom will flow from individual ignorance. Adlia Stevenson who ran against
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pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed‚ it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.) This is only part of the speech this was a debate in the House of Lords to pass the Parliament Act of 1911. He questioned the House of Lords questioning him as a democratically participant of the state of the speech that he gave. He dared the House of Lords and Senators who questioned his nobility and his right of questioning
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At the outset of Alexis de Tocqueville’s work‚ Democracy in America‚ the theorist asserts‚ regarding the spread of equality‚ that‚ “The gradual development of equality of conditions is therefore a providential fact‚ and it has the principal characteristics of one: it is universal‚ it is enduring‚ each day it escapes human power; all events‚ like all men‚ serve its developments‚” (Democracy‚ Book‚ 6). Tocqueville uses the term ‘equality of conditions’ to describe socially formal equal footing among
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as promised in the Constitution. (Doc A) The Democratic support of these basic rights was reflected in the countless actions taken during Andrew Jackson’s presidency. By implementing the spoils system‚ opposing the nullification crisis‚ and vetoing the bank‚ for the most part Jacksonian Democrats guarded American laws and liberties. Initially‚ Jacksonian Democrats did not guard political and individual democracy. While abolitionists were trying to do away with slavery‚ Jackson enforced the Gag
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