Is Marxism anti-democratic? In order to answer this question the parameters of the discussion must first be set‚ with key terms in the title defined. Marxism I define to be ‘an economic and socio-political worldview and method of socio-economic enquiry which focuses upon a materialist interpretation of history‚ a dialectical view of social change and an analysis and critique of capitalism. ‘ Democracy‚ I define to be an ‘egalitarian form of government in which sovereignty is vested in the people
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‘On Perpetual Peace’‚ however‚ only in the early 1980s and with the writings of Michael Doyle was the idea consolidated. According to Doyle and other advocates of the democratic peace theory‚ liberal democratic states have been able to maintain peaceful relations amongst themselves‚ but are prone to wage war against non-democratic regimes. In order to prove this theory‚ vast databases have been constructed of historical dyadic relationships between states as well as detailed breakdowns of incidents
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are: * Bureaucratic system of personnel * Democratic system of personnel BUREAUCRATIC SYSTEM OF PERSONNEL “A personnel system where a body of public servants are organized in a hierarchical system which stands outside the sphere of public control.” DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM OF PERSONNEL “A personnel system where no one man has any more intrinsic right to official station than other.” COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN BUREAUCRATIC AND DEMOCRATIC Feature 1 Bureaucratic System: The main
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Does the EU suffer from a democratic deficit? If so‚ can it be solved by conferring greater powers on the European parliament? ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- The ‘standard version’ of the democratic deficit formulated by Weiler‚ consisting of the increased role of the executive Commission in matters of legislation‚ the weakness of the European Parliament (hereafter the EP)‚ the lack of ‘European’ elections‚ EU distance to
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probably the first one to abuse this power. He did it to the Congolese in what is now called Democratic Republic of the Congo. King Leopold of Belgian ordered Henry Stanley to go search around Africa to find rich‚ resource abundant land. He found a vast region of land in the middle-west part of Africa. Lord Stanley made treaties with the natives that gave King Leopold personal title of Belgian Congo. ("Congo‚ Democratic Republic of the." Paragraph 2) Soon the Belgian Congo would fall into depression as the
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advocates for democratic socialism claim that it is designed to help the economy and will not interfere with capitalism. Capitalism is defined as an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit‚ rather than by the state. As democratic socialism is based on regulation of the market by the government‚ it is impossible for it to coexist with capitalism. Democratic socialism is defined as a political ideology advocating a democratic political
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in this 3 day/night expedition at the Blue Mountains for a group of year 11 students. The appropriate style of leadership is the democratic style. A group of year 11 students are too young and inexperienced for a laissez-faire style of leadership‚ too inexperienced for a strategic non-intervention‚ yet too old for an autocratic style leadership. A democratic style of leadership relies on participation of the whole group. The leader may call for a vote among the group and the majority wins
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Democratic values are the fundamental beliefs that founded the United States and represent the core of America. Throughout history‚ many reform movements sought to expand these strong values that represent the unity among Americans through “life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness.” The magnification of these principles can be especially seen through the time period of 1825-1850‚ where much change was beginning to occur. While all of these reforms sought to expand the democratic ideals‚ only certain
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Explain the term democratic overload? Federalism and the separation of powers mean that there are numerous elections at different levels of government and for different offices as well as primaries and direct democracy. Americans vote ‘for the president to the local dog catcher’ in 80‚000 units of government‚ leading to ‘permanent’ campaigns and ‘bed-sheet ballots’‚ leading to a sense of ‘democratic overload’ due to more than 100‚000 elections taking place annually which may lead to voter fatigue
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Democratic socialists do not want to create an all-powerful government bureaucracy. But we do not want big corporate bureaucracies to control our society either. Rather‚ we believe that social and economic decisions should be made by those whom they most affect. Today‚ corporate executives who answer only to themselves and a few wealthy stockholders make basic economic decisions affecting millions of people. Resources are used to make money for capitalists rather than to meet human needs. We believe
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