Is the Electoral College a Democratic Institution? Ever since the Constitutional Convention of 1787 there has been constant debate as to whether or not our system of voting‚ the Electoral College‚ is a democratic institution. After all‚ how can an electoral system that grants the power of the presidency to the candidate who did not win the popular vote claim to be truly democratic. This debate over whether or not we should dispense of the Electoral College in favor of a system based on a purely
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“Discuss the key foreign and domestic issues from the 2012 Presidential campaign. Evaluate to what extent each party’s policies were consistent with democratic values.” The 57th quadrennial United States Presidential Election was held on the 6th of November 2012‚ with a fight out between the incumbent‚ President Barack Obama for the Democratic Party‚ and Mitt Romney as the Republican candidate. The election saw two candidates with largely different approaches to key foreign and domestic issues
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The normative claims of Brazil’s democratic ethos: Bourdieu’s habitus‚ critical theory‚ and social philosophy As exigências normativas do ethos democrático brasileiro: O habitus em Bourdieu‚ teoria crítica e filosofia social Nythamar de Oliveira* Abstract: This paper argues for an interdisciplinary interlocution between social theory and social philosophy in order to recast the problem of normativity in social practices‚ especially within Brazil’s democratic ethos. By resorting to insights from
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<b>The causes of tensions and conflicts generated in the old regime that contributed to the outbreak of revolution</b> <br>The composition of society was a major contributing factor to the tensions and conflicts generated under the old regime. Society was divided into Three Estates‚ the first Estate comprised of the clergy (1%)‚ the nobility‚ and rest of the population was classified as the Third Estate. Not only was the Third Estate heterogeneous‚ comprising of the bourgeoise (lawyers‚ doctors‚
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The Federalists and Antifederalists Debates during the 1780s and 1790s The American Government has come along way since the American Revolution. The Revolutionary War spawned from America’s determination to break free from the British Empire and its monarchy and develop a more democratic form of government. During the revolution‚ America was looking for a more decentralized form of power and ratified The Articles of Confederation‚ which divided the majority of the power between the states.
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responsibility if a decision is not made. Children may also not want to discuss problems with the parents for the fear of the punishment‚ and the children may also rebel against this method of parenting without regard for the consequences. A Democratic parenting style lets all the family members have a say about decisions made and all family members are seen as equal‚ the parents that follow this style have complete trust in their children and the actions or decisions made by the children. The
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In Pursuit of a Just and Democratic Society From the equality point of view‚ it has been observed that society remains opinionated towards the physical and mental disabled individuals. And as far as the education domain is concerned in the US‚ it is found that disabled persons find difficult to enroll or advance their studies with its true meaning. For example‚ “uneducable” students are denied for the admission often and in general‚ these students are lacking social and psychological skills‚ possessing
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Nepal Nepal‚ officially Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is a landlocked Himalayan country located in South Asia between tow boulders China and India. It has eight of the world’s 14 tallest mountains‚ including the top of the world‚ Mount Everest. The country seems a dot in the globe‚ however‚ an altitude is ranging 60 m. to 8848 m. above the sea level between 129 km. distance. Sixty-five percent people rely on agriculture. Nepali is an official language in the multi-linguistic‚ multi-religious
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health for the society. In short‚ “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure." Alexander Hamilton a Constitutional elite of the time‚ had the following to say‚ “Can a democratic assembly who annually revolve in the mass of the people be supposed steadily to pursue the public good? Nothing but a permanent body can check the imprudence of democracy.” With views similar to this one the founding fathers empowered the federal
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Democratic Values and Leadership By A New Generation‚ SIPA Commencement Address 2011 “DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND LEADERSHIP BY A NEW GENERATION” SIPA Commencement Address by H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan Columbia University‚ New York‚ May 14th 2011 Thank you‚ Dean Coatsworth‚ for your kind words of introduction. President Bollinger‚ distinguished faculty‚ proud parents‚ loving friends and‚ most importantly‚ the graduates of the class of 2011‚ good afternoon. I am honored to be a part of such a joyous
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