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    governments and a great example is the United States of America. Ancient Greek democracy had a deep influence on the design of political institutions in the United States. Many ideas from Ancient Greece pertaining to how they set up their

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    Three Paradoxes of Democracy 1. Consent vs. effectiveness 2. Conflict vs. Consensus 3. Representation vs. Governability What’s effective may not be what is popular -economic policies are a good example – hyperinflation and other painful unpopular reforms -even in established democracies you are thinking about getting elected not long term policies Examples: • Free trade – job loss • Terrorism – loss of personal liberties • Deficit spending – people like low taxes but also like government

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    In his autobiography “The Nazi Dictatorship”‚ he discusses Goebbels efforts in regards to propaganda and his success at depicting Hitler as Germanys hero. The message that was being conveyed to the people of Germany was that the nation found their identity‚ their ‘incarnation’‚ which was

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    In the story “The Hunger Games” Dystopian literature is portrayed as dictatorship within the government and it is seen as the antagonist in the story. Suzanne Collins exaggerated the government and how it was ran. Suzanne made the story written by a teenager who was independent and did not believe in what President Snow was doing to the country. She says “So I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever read my thoughts.” This is said by

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    Compare and contrast monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ tyranny‚ oligarchy‚ and democracy as forms of government in Ancient Greek city-states Introduction Ancient Greek city-states had five forms of government; monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ tyranny‚ oligarchy‚ and democracy. This essay will give a brief comparison of these five forms of government. Monarchy The government where A single hereditary ruler‚ or in Spartans case double ruler holds all the government power in the country‚ empire‚ or kingdom. The Monarch

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    strengths of Representative democracy? Representative democracy is a form of democracy which emerged in the 17th century that implements the majority of citizens in a state are represented by a minority of office holders‚ in the UK we have Representative Democracy through Parliament. Citizens are represented by Members of Parliament who are elected through their constituencies. Representative democracy is considered a more effective form of government than direct democracy because of the following

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    mistakenly believe that the Constitution is based off of the Ancient Greek’s idea of democracy‚ in which people voted themselves on issues pertaining to their government (Samons 1). While the founding fathers did use a kind of democracy‚ it was a representative rather than pure democracy. The American government does‚ however‚ use direct democracy in certain states‚ for better or worse. The theory behind direct democracy seems to fit what the American people want exactly. The people have a direct say

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    Athens Democracy The first person to define democracy was an Athenian leader called Cleisthenes. He called it Demokratia‚ which meant rule by people. In their democracy‚ only male citizens who were older than eighteen could participate. Demokratia gave a strong structure to the Athenian government‚ which served as a model for future governments in the world. The Demokratia had three main institutions. The first one is the Ekklesia‚ which is an assembly in which all qualified citizens could participate

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    When I read Animal Farm‚ I realized that it’s not the type of book that I would typically read although I do like historical novels. Animal Farm portrays dictatorship in Soviet Russia. In that way‚ Animal Farm is a great learning resource. I would have preferred it if the novel’s characters were human beings instead of animals. Also‚ I found it a bit challenging for me to read old English and having to stop and look for words meanings. Additionally‚ I thought that the writing style of Animal Farm

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    The Development of Democracy After the election in 1824‚ the Republican Party began to separate because of industrialization in New England‚ the spread of cotton in the south and westward expansion. The Republicans who were suspicious of having a federal government that was too powerful and wanted more power in the state became Democrats. Republicans that wanted the Federal government to encourage a strong economy became Whigs. Politicians had to start trying to gain the vote of the common man

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