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    weaknesses of democracy

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    Weaknesses of modern democracy Political science 202 01/01/2013 “Democracy is the worst form of government‚ except for all those others that have been tried from time to time.” These are the words used by Sir Winston Churchill while he was expressing his resolve with democracy. Democracy is the dominant form of government in the world with the exception of a few countries. In Sir Winston’s statement‚ the phrase‚ “except all those others that have been tried from time to

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    Education and Democracy

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    Jiaxin Yin 31 May 2012 Education and Democracy This paper discusses how the United States and China achieve democracy through education by analyzing what kind of education benefits a democratic society. Problem-posing education‚ which emphasizes communication and consciousness‚ seems can benefit a democratic society but cannot profit the oppressors; Paulo Freire believes that banking education prevails for it can benefit the oppressors and a democratic society in terms of equity. No Children Left

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    Capitalism and Democracy

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    American Capitalism and American Democracy have always gone hand in hand for the entire history of the United States since its founding‚ and many say one cannot exist without the other. Many people today commonly associate Capitalism with Democracy when asked about the United States in general. Capitalism is based on profits for the few while democracy is based on rights for many. Commonly capitalism is known as an economic system in which all or most of the means of production are privately owned

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    Demerits of Democracy

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    Demerits of Democracy More emphasis on quantity than on quality: Majority party holds the reins of government. Inefficient & corrupt‚ who have neither intelligence nor vision‚ get themselves elected. Rule of the incompetent Democracies are run amateurs. In it‚ every citizen is allowed to take part‚ whereas everybody is not fit for it. Locke calls it the act of running administration by the ignorant. He says that history records the fact that a few are intelligent. Universal adult

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    Media and Democracy

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    undermine or enhance democracy in Britain? Democracy means ‘rule by the people’ and for this to function properly‚ it requires an informed public. Media provides this information to the public and therefore‚ the very definition of media suggests it is a democratic device; The media includes all organizations such as television‚ radio and newspapers‚ which provide news and information for the public. media informs and empowers all members of society‚ therefore enhancing democracy. However‚ there are

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    elections and democracy

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    QUESTION 1; 1. Do you think elections can be a good measure of democracy? Discuss this statement in relation to elections recently held in African countries you are familiar with. INTRODUCTION The year 2011 experienced serious levels of political activities in Africa such as political upheavals‚ middle-east uprisings and elections in many countries. Most Islamic nations rose against their long-ruling leaders‚ hence saw the ousted of Egyptian Hosni Mubarak and the killing of Muamar

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    Definition of Democracy

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    Definition of democracy Democracy is a term referring to a form of government whereby all citizens are equally eligible in the creation‚ development and proposal of laws. It is a principle of freedom meant to improve the citizen lives and the cities. It is when the people in a nation are the main source of political power either directly or through elected representatives. Democracy encompasses economic‚ cultural and social conditions which enable freedom and equality in the practice of political

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    Soil of Democracy

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    There are several different types of governments in this world. The United States run on a democracy. To have a successful democracy there needs to be a strong civil society‚ widespread education‚ active citizen participation‚ a social consensus and a favorable economy. The three most important of these five are having a favorable economy‚ widespread education and a strong civil society. The economy is an important factor of a government. Since the U.S has a government‚ like Abe Lincoln said

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    Democracy in Nigeria

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    CAN NIGERIA ’S NASCENT DEMOCRACY SURVIVE? BY Emmanuel 0. Ojo (Ph.D) Department of Political Science University of Ilorin‚ Nigeria P. F. Adebayo (Ph.D) Lebanese Emigration Research Center‚ Notre Dame University‚ Lebanon ABSTRACT By May 2009‚ Nigeria ’s nascent democracy should have been a decade. Thus‚ the thrust of this paper is an in depth analysis of the possibility of sustaining democratic values beyond any sudden reversal. The. paper however‚ takes a cursory look at the daunting challenges

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    Democracy in Nepal

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    (Acharya‚ ). For over 200 years‚ Nepal existed as a feudal monarchy that was well insulated from penetration by foreign democratic trends. A brief flirtation with democracy in 1959 culminated in a constitution that created the panchayat system of government‚ which shunned political parties in favor of royal paternalism. In 1990‚ a pro-democracy movement revived long-dormant political parties with the goal of creating a constitutional monarchy (Khadka‚ 1993 p. 45). Constitutional monarchy was modeled after

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