The Federalist is a series of papers written by three men in reference and support of the Constitution. The 10th paper‚ The Federalist 10‚ is specifically written by James Madison on the topic of factions throughout the states and throughout the government. He focuses specifically on the effects that factions have on the rest of society and our ways of living. Madison starts off The Federalist 10 by first addressing what his view off a faction is which is basically a group of people or citizens
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as a Representative Democracy. The Openstax American Government textbook describes a Democracy as a political system in which people govern themselves (pg. 8). This system can come in the form of a Representative Democracy or a Direct Democracy. Direct Democracies are ones in which the citizens themselves participate directly in making laws (pg. 14). This type of government occurred in Ancient Athens. The United States Government‚ on the other hand‚ comes in the Representative Democracy form. This
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produce effective (decisive) government‚ or representative government‚ but not both. New Zealand’s current electoral system is MMP or Mixed Member Proportional; this is the system which will be used to evaluate the question. A comparison of MMP and FPP or the First Past the Post system will also be included‚ since it is being debated as to which is better for New Zealand. MMP is an appropriately representative government which also creates a rather effective government at the same time. On the other
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Essay Title – Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of representative vs direct democracy Democracy is a word known to most persons today‚ in the Western world atleast‚ and almost always has positive connotations associated with it. Indeed from far left to far right‚ democracy has been proclaimed and embraced by political parties‚ indeed for a party to profess democracy is seen as necessary to its claim of legitimacy. The word democracy derives from the Greek prefix ’Demos ’ which could be seen
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The federalist were mainly where the person that supported the constitution and was ready to approve it. Imagine living in Florida where it’s a very hot state‚ with a beautiful beach and many people with unique diversity. The kids running around the park without a care in the world. When you get home from a long day at work and you sit down on your favorite coach waiting for the Golden State Warriors game to come on. You see your friend telling you the warriors might lose against the Washington
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deem representative as a the “claims to be representative” by different actors‚ rather than an achievement‚ or outcome through election. The traditional views of representation‚ focusing more on whether the elctoral mechanism can induce the responsiveness and accountability of the representatives‚ such a mandate-independence and delegate–trustee frame‚ assumed there was a fixed and knowable set of unterests for the represented‚ which would limit the discussion and innovation of representative. As
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also worked with the three main parties‚ the Social Democrats‚ the left-liberal Democrats‚ and the Centre Party‚ to form a constitution‚ which was approved on July 31‚ 1919. This constitution allowed him to rule by decree and use the military to restore law in any state that seemed to be under threat. He used this power about 136 times during his time in office to remove the government systems in the Saxony and Thuringia territories. Ebert was steering the Weimar Republic towards excellence; however
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Republicans and Federalists By 1817 the great American experiment was in full swing. America was developing into an effective democratic nation. However as the democracy continued to grow‚ two opposing political parties developed‚ the Jeffersonian Republicans and the Federalists. The Jeffersonian Republicans believed in strong state governments‚ a weak central government‚ and a strict interpretation of the Constitution. The Federalists saw it differently. They opted for a powerful central government with
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James tries to establish a boundary between his form of government and tyranny in two ways. First of all‚ he argues that no king can “be imagined to be so vnruly and tyrannous‚ but the common-wealth will be kept in better order […] by him‚ then it can be by his way-taking” (p. 79). Furthermore‚ not even a tyrannous or wicked king‚ who‚ according to James VI. was sent to the people as a punishment by God‚ shall be revolted against‚ as it is preferable to “live in a Common-wealth‚ where nothing is
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