2.2.1 UNIVERSALISM DISPOSITION OF DEMOCRACY Thomas Paine’s moral and political thought raises the question‚ "How can we become a more self-governing society?" According to Paine‚ self-governing individuals are necessary to have a self-governing society. By self-governing is meant the willingness of individuals to consciously choose and hold to principles or an ideal that apply in diverse situations. The common good and a democratic government are thus posited as broad criteria for making government
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Democracy vs. Communism Democratic and communist political systems are based on different ideological principles. Although superficially they seem to share the "power to the people" philosophy‚ in practice the two systems of government structure the economic and political fabric of society in markedly different ways. In the economic sphere‚ communism calls for the government to take control of all the capital and industry in the country in an effort to get rid of economic inequality. On
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DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE: NIGERIA’S DILEMMA Ilufoye Sarafa Ogundiya Department of Political Science Usmanu Danfodiyo University‚ Sokoto‚ Nigeria E-mail: oisarafa@yahoo.com‚ elegantlv@aol.co.uk Abstract Despite its enormous resources and huge potentialities‚ Nigeria remains grossly undeveloped. Consequently‚ political instability‚ abject poverty‚ acute youth unemployment‚ heightened crime rate‚ poor health prospects and widespread malnourishment have been the main features of Nigeria’s
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UID: 3035198791 Name: Ho Hei Man ( Cindy ) Tutor: Brian Wong (tutorial group 11) Umbrella revolution have been started for 35 days. Untill now‚ students and other citizens are staying in Mong Kok and Admiralty in order to put presseure on the government and demand for universal suffrage with three nominees selected by the citizens. However‚ some may say that the way we protest is wrong and illegal which is destroying the order in Hong Kong while what makes Hong Kong attractive is its order. Then
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matter if democracy is still expanding in Great Britain or anywhere else in the world? Democracy‚ a form of government by the people‚ expanded somewhat dramatically in Great Britain between 1830 and 1914. Examples of democratic expansion in Great Britain include the increase of male suffrage and the regulation of working conditions. This expansion wasn’t dramatic because women still couldn’t vote during that time period. The increase of male suffrage helped the expansion of democracy in Great
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A fear of democracy runs throughout liberalism The relationship between Liberalism and democracy can summed up by Winston Churchill’s famous remark‚ "...democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms..." A fear of democracy does runs throughout 19th centrury liberals due to many reasons‚ one of them being their fear of collective power. On the other hand by the 20th century Democracy became more accepted in liberalism and the fear of democracy no longer remained. Plato
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Political Research 43: 309–335‚ 2004 309 The structural context of recent transitions to democracy RENSKE DOORENSPLEET Leiden University‚ The Netherlands Abstract. In general‚ the literature on democratic transitions has focused on political processes and choices of actors in explaining regime change‚ thereby failing to investigate whether structural factors affect the recent rise in transitions to democracy. An analysis of the influence of these structural factors is however important‚ and it has
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Research Question: How did the Albanian government evolve from a Communism to a Democracy? Introduction Communism is a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common‚ actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state (4). In the communist system‚ all individuals are equal. No matter how much one works‚ everyone gets equal pay; therefore‚ this decreases personal motivation to work hard. The government also takes away all property
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preparing gd http://mbaforum.ascenteducation.com/corruption-is-the-price-we-pay-for-democracy-t381.html http://www.managementparadise.com/forums/hot-debates-big-fight/28739-corruption-price-we-pay-democracy.html http://www.careerride.com/GD-corruption-is-price-we-pay-for-democracy.aspx Autocracy democracy corruption i wud like to differ... as corruption is not exactly the price we pay for democracy.... in china there is communist govt.. but there is too corruption... in europe there
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Although there are many virtues to enjoy about democracy and democratic forms of government and political systems‚ this form of government has still many impending challenges yet to be accomplished. In that sense‚ I agree with Winston Churchill‚ on the grounds that “democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried” (Churchill). Looking at democracy through both its weaknesses and strengths in comparison to other forms of government makes it evident that it is the
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