1. Evaluate the view that democracy is the only legitimate form of government A legitimate state can be defined as “A state in which its citizens have little or no significant resistance to the public policy and leadership of the state in question due to the rightful/legitimate exercise of power.” This Legitimacy of state is often a hard term to apply to any form of government in the modern political world due to the very differing cultures between the western and eastern world. However the
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Leslie Vitosh Mr. Kurpgeweit Civics 8th Hour 19 December 2017 (#1) Only two forms of government have been used in the United States since its birth in 1776. Unlike the U.S. many different countries around the world have used several forms of government throughout their existence. Our first government was created when the settlers realized that they needed a way to regulate their actions. (Magruder’s American Government‚ 5) In 1781 the first government’s goal was to create a more perfect union
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India has a federal form of government‚ and hence a federal finance system. The essence of federal form of government is that the Centre and the State Governments should be independent of each other in their respective‚ constitutionally demarcated spheres of Action. Once the fundamentals of the government are spelt out‚ it becomes equally important that each of the government should be provided with sources of raising adequate revenues to discharge the functions entrusted to it. For the successful
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A Representative democracy is define as The form of government that rests on the principle of the people being represented by individuals they elect;it is government that holds the belief that elected officials represent the people. Countries that have representative democracies include the United Kingdom‚ Canada‚ and Australia. A Representative Democracy is the only type of governance that provides the order of having a hierarchy with the satisfaction of the people having control. Representative
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of a national government (The Articles of Confederation)‚ the leaders of the United States set to make a stronger‚ centralized government‚ with dual sovereignty between the national government and the states. The rules of this governing body would be laid out in a document called the Constitution. Although most leaders supported the constitution they did not agree on many aspects of it. Out of the disagreement two groups emerged‚ the Federalist and the Anti-Federalist. The Federalist supported all
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did not contain a Bill of Rights. In the Constitutional Convention‚ the Federalists argued that the Bill of Rights was not necessary. Opposingly‚ the Anti-Federalists argued that the central government had too much power and that our Constitution needed a Bill of Rights that would explicitly state the rights of the citizens. In order to settle disputes between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists that claimed the government had an imbalance of power‚ the Bill of Rights was created. Containing the
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e The Representative Poem Ashley Stringer-Franco ENG/ 306 Poetry and Society Catherine Canino February 4‚ 2013 The Representative Poem The nineteenth century is known as the Victorian Era and it is famous for its improvement of information‚ growth of an empire and enlargement of the economy. The era had a vibrant spirit of events. During this era Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote the well-known poem “Ulyssses” and it represented how he felt at the time. This poem reveals the determined spirit
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The federalist was known as pro nationalist with a strong national government support‚ where the national and state would have a certain power‚ but neither would have a supreme authority over the other. They also support the constitution which they abide too with a personal liberty protection. The anti-federalist also called the State right s advocates agree with a strong State rights‚ pro limited national government by limiting the power of the National Government. These two school of thought had
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Federalist and Antifederalist had different ideas and beliefs of the nation’s government. Antifederalist believed in more power for the states and did not agree with a strong central government. They preferred the Articles of Confederation. Antifederalist did not want to ratify the Constitution due the fact there was no bill of rights and there was too much power in the national Constitution and not the States. On the other hand‚ Federalist believed in a more centralized national government. Federalist
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The Federalist Era The Federalist Era was a time in our history from 1789 to 1800 when the federal government would confront civil rebellions‚ threats of recession‚ international intrigues‚ and foreign wars. During this time‚ there were many economic‚ social‚ and political problems‚ as well as conflicts and events that later influenced and impacted future events in U.S history. The economic problem of our national debt‚ the social problem of the division of the country about slavery‚ and the
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