Christopher Jencks is looking at the issue of how teachers bring equal opportunity into the classroom. He believes it can be interpreted in five different ways: democratic equality‚ moralistic justice‚ weak humane justice‚ strong humane justice and utilitarianism. (Jencks‚ 1988) These different types of equality question how a teacher’s attention should be allocated. Should Ms. Higgins focus more on the poorer students‚ due to their disadvantage? Or should she put more effort into helping the better
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WARREN PARK HIGH SCHOOL SEMINAR Examine the nature and extent of the opposition in 1789 to policies of Louis xvi. The nature and extend of opposition to the policies of Louis xvi’s policies can be described as radical and violent and it emanated from nearly all classes in France. In this case nature refers to the way in which the opposition was demonstrated and extent refers to how widespread the opposition was‚ thus it was essentiality from all classes in France. The resentment of Louis xvi ‘s policies
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The Federalist essay number ten‚ was one of many essays written by James Madison. Madison wrote these essays in order to try and lessen factions in popular governments. “By some common impulse of passion‚ or of interest‚ adverse to the rights of other citizens‚ or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community(Madison).” He claims that with a popular government‚ factions will be reduced but can never be fully abolished. A constitution can help build a republic‚ where most get a say in
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In the Federalist paper No. 51‚ James Madison argues that‚ “Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.” Madison wanted a system of government where the powers would be divided. He just did not want a majority to choose policy. For this reason he divided Congress into the House of Representatives and the Senate to help separate the power. Madison as well as his fellow Framers felt that the non-wealthy majority would tyrannize the wealthy minority if given political power. He feared that the majority
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Many people are often wondering what their government is up to. When the topics of politics and economics come up in conversation‚ most people always think about what the differences between democratic and republican values or how capitalism affects a society. Especially before elections‚ many people face numerous interviews and campaigns to support a candidate running for office or bill in the legislature. Other times the conversation drifts to the challenging questions to answer‚ often leaving
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The author of the Bill of Rights is President James Madison‚in despite of the fact that when he wrote the Bill of Rights in 1789 he wasn’t president yet.James Madison wrote the Bill of Rights in 1789 because he wanted better constitutional protection for individual liberties.James Madison thought that the passing of the Bill of Rights in the House was entirely unnecessary and referred to it as the "nauseous project of amendments."Also‚when James Madison rose to his feet on June 8‚1789 and put forward
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Like political parties‚ interest groups perform critical functions in a democratic system. In the process of attempting to influence politics and policy‚ interest groups 1.organize individuals with similar interests Just as parties organize the unorganized‚ interest groups provide the means for people with common interests to find each other‚ pool their resources‚ and engage in collective action . This function of interest groups points up the important distinction between interests andinterest
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The actual democratic states are the one which are also the welfare states. The states like Norway‚ Denmark and Finland are the welfare states. The people select the people who are going to lead the country and the people then work hard for the betterment of the people who select them. They work for the welfare of the people and take the leadership as a pure responsibility towards the state and towards the people as well. This article started a new debate in the corners of the country
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There were multiple challenges faced by democracy in Germany in the period 1918 to 1923‚ the most important of these being the ending of World War I. Along with the ending of World War I‚ other challenges faced by democracy in Germany included‚ the Treaty of Versailles‚ the German economy‚ the creation of the Constitution‚ opposition from the Right and opposition to the left. All range in importance but each played their part in challenging democracy in Germany in the period 1928 to 1923. The
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How useful is the term ‘early modern’ to describe the period c.1500-c.1789? In tackling this question it should first be asserted that these dates are commonly known to be the end of the Middles Ages (1500) and the beginning of the French Revolution (1789.) To determine whether this period characterises the term ‘early modern’‚ it must be more substantial than a set of dates‚ factors of a imperial‚ cultural‚ religious‚ political and economic nature must be investigated. This will discern if
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