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    Cultural Democracy

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    Democracy in America: Individualism and Materialism. Volume 1 concentrates on the influence on democratic social state on laws and political mores. * Democracy in America * Impressed and optimistic Volume 2 concentrates on the influence of democratic social state on civil society and culture. * Democracy as such. * Apprehensive and gloomy. Volume II Part I: Chapter 1: On the Philosophic method of the Americans * “It is religion that gave birth to the Anglo-American

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    Whitman's Democracy

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    Whitman’s Democracy "I speak the pass-word primeval‚ I give the sign of democracy‚ By God! I will Accept nothing which all cannot have their counterpart of on the same terms." This is Whitman’s expression of the idea of democracy taken from "Song of Myself." In this all encompassing interpretation Whitman says that the freedom offered by democracy is for all not a chosen few. It included all people‚ not renouncing those of other races‚ creeds‚ or social standings. Examples

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    Crisis in Democracy

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    According to Hewitt (2011) “the European Union’s finest hour was when it stood as a beacon for democracy‚ the rule of law and a civil society and enticed the peoples of Eastern Europe to embrace freedom.” Despite such a rich tradition of democracy‚ the burning question which has been recurrently on the lips of renowned academics and political thinkers/actors is whether or not Britain is facing a crisis in democracy‚ with some responding to this question in the affirmative. It has therefore been argued by

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    Democracy or Dictatorship

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    Democracy or Dictatorship It is very unfortunate that after 63 years of creation of Pakistan added to the 200 years of struggle against foreign intruders‚ we are still debating over Democracy and Dictatorship is Pakistan. We were able to get an independent state but failed to give freedom‚ equality‚ tolerance‚ social justice and democracy to its people. Iqbal’s Pakistan was never achieved; we got Jinnah’s Pakistan but lost part of it in 1971. It’s up to us whether we blame it on failed democracy

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    socrates on democracy

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    Socrates on Democracy Socrates makes it very clear; he is not a fan of Democracy. He is openly objected to the type of democracy that Athens was running during his adult life. In contrast he was against all forms of government at the time. Socrates believes in the connection between virtue and knowledge. The masses‚ being uneducated‚ were therefore not virtuous and not fit to rule. Democracy is the rule of people‚ and as a group people are very indecisive so we end up trying to have everything

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    Democracy Dbq

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    Simon Wahba 12/12/12 Miss Weinstein Period 7 Democracy DBQ In the world many societies are switching to democracies from the demand from the people in that area. One of the first democracies ever was in Athens‚ Greece. Even though they were the first democracy ever assembled‚ questions arose as to how democratic they really were. Opinions vary‚ but although Athens became more democratic over time‚ because of a series of reforms‚ it still was still more un-democratic then

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    Pericles On Democracy

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    Although the people of Athens clearly knew and recognized that they lived in a democracy‚ Pericles goes out of his way to remind them of this as a means of praising and extolling the uniqueness of Athens and its system of government. It also supports the argument that Athens has a way of life that is superior to other poli within Greece‚ and its people must therefore fight for it and the values it upholds as a democracy. In fact‚ one way of looking at Pericles’ ancestor reference in the previous section

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    The Flaws of Democracy

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    Among the many forms of government in the world‚ democracy has gradually gained traction over the years as a generally effective and ideal method of governance‚ due to its widespread usage in the relatively well developed and influential western world. As a result of this‚ many of the fundamental flaws of democracy are easily ignored or glanced over‚ making democracy an ideal candidate for this essay. It is my belief that the two largest flaws of democracy are that of its exploitability‚ and its propensity

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    Grassroots Democracy

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    Engagement‚ empowerment‚ and participation – that’s what grassroots democracy is all about. It is the belief that democracy works best to the extent that power is vested in citizens and communities. It is the conviction that citizen participation should happen more often than election day‚ and that politicians and public officials should not be the only ones involved in governance. No one is born into the world with rights. Societies decide what rights it will give citizens and what powers it

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    venezuela and democracy

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    Venezuela is a country ruled by dictatorship hidden by democracy. Basically‚ the whole governmental system is controlled by Hugo Chavez and his own party. The problems that exist are foot shortage‚ privatization of recourses(such as oil) and economic issues. The voice of people can’t be heard. Many evidences tells that Venezuela is actually a dictatorship country‚ not a democracy country as it seems. President Hugo Chavez had control of the election in Venezuela. 2 The government was trying

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