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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The benefits and Problems with Democracy In the famous words of Sir Winston Churchill‚ “No one 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.” As a staunch supporter of democracy‚ Churchill is admitting that although there may be a variety of flaws in a democratic government‚ it is still a far more suitable choice of governing as opposed to alternate forms
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Direct democracy is a type of democracy that allows the people of a sovereign state to vote for leaders and legislation without representation. This form of democracy is based on a direct participation from all citizens of this country to decide the path of their nation through elections. One strength of direct democracy is that it gives the voters of the nation a greater sense of efficacy‚ the ability of a citizen to both understand and influence political events. However‚ direct democracy does
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Why Democracy Matter Democracy matter in many different ways influence human to chase their freedom and liberty‚some countries didn’t have democracy is mean they can’t aspire democracy?No.citizen who want democracy still contend with military forces get their wants. On June 5.1989 TiananMan Square in Beijing‚The tank were poised to attack student who sparked a powerful pro-democracy movement in China‚Fired on civilians estimates of the
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This directly correlates to Marc Lynch’s theory of regime security which asserts that the primary concern for Arab leaders is their surv “contends that the primary concern of Arab leaders in this hostile environment is not the interests of their states‚ but rather their own survival in power against both internal and external threats.”(Lynch‚ 315). Prior to the 2011 uprisings‚ which engulfed the Middle East‚ Libya and Saudi Arabia are evidently similar states on a number of grounds. Both Saudi
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DBQ Jacksonian Democracy Andrew Jackson became a ranked representative figure to a great extent by his praise from the common men‚ the contempt he received from the Whigs‚ and his personal viewpoints on social and political matters. During Jackson’s time in office (1829-1837) he lead the nation at a very critical period and made many reforms in law to strengthen the nation. From 1816-1826‚ Americans were starting to obey the law of the land. In Document B‚ Flint reflected on this particular
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Greek democracy was in some way unfair. There were many both fair and unfair things about Ancient Greece. One unfair thing was that only males who were citizens were allowed to vote‚ no women‚ no men who weren’t citizens. That was unfair. Mainly men had power over everything and to me that was unfair. One fair thing is that all men were treated equally in some way. Just because you were “poor” or not extremely rich didn’t mean that you could not have a job. Slaves were used. Peasants were used. The
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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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suffering from democratic meltdowns instead of democratic revolutions (Kurlantzick‚ 2011). This paper will argue that the United States is damaging the process of democracy by trying to impose the very system that they preach. It will achieve this by analyzing its relations with Iraq‚ Somalia and Cuba to prove that the spread of democracy is both detrimental and counter productive for these countries and the surrounding geographic areas. The first example of the USA trying to impose on another country
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Exam #1 Julia Tucker Number One In a democracy‚ the citizens have the absolute right and expectation to expect that the police will listen to them and make laws according to them. Law enforcement officers gain their power and authority from the community. It is extremely important that law enforcement attend to the community’s needs as much as possible. There are five principles that law enforcement officers are expected to follow and maintain. Balanced enforcement of
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