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    Greek democracy first arose in Athens‚ for a short period of time. In the following paragraphs‚ the rise of Greek democracy‚ as well as the background and reasoning behind how it rose and fell‚ will be discussed. First‚ Athens became a democracy‚ but it was not always a democracy. In the period between 800 and 500 BCE‚ Athens had aristocrats that had taken control of most of the good land‚ as well as gaining much of the political power in the city. People that were either poorer or middle class

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    Democracy and Media

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    DEEPENING DEMOCRACY SHEILA S. CORONEL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since the 17th century‚ the role of the press as Fourth Estate and as a forum for public discussion and debate has been recognized. Today‚ despite the mass media’s propensity for sleaze‚ sensationalism and superficiality‚ the notion of the media as watchdog‚ as guardian of the public interest‚ and as a conduit between governors and the governed remains deeply ingrained. The reality‚ however‚ is that the media in new and restored democracy do not

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    Banks of India and Bank

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    Centre for Management Technology Knowledge Park I Gr. Noida Acknowledgements If words are considered to be signs of gratitude then let these words Convey the very same My sincere gratitude to ICICI BANK for providing me with an opportunity to work with BANK and giving necessary directions on doing this project to the best of my abilities. I am highly indebted to Mr.Remay Verma‚ Branch Manager and Mr. Ravi Parmar (RM) company project guide‚ who has provided me with

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    Comparing Democracy

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    Comparing democracies There are four major factors that contributed to the new interest in comparing democracies that is the comparison of regimes‚ the ‘third wave’ of democratization‚ institutional engineering‚ and the last one is Neo-institutionalism. The first factor comes from the study of Powell (1982) and Lijphart (1984) that has characterize and compare democratic regimes as a whole. Lijphart has elaborated the distinction of the majoritarian and the consensus models of democracy to prove

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    Democracy‚ as defined by Polybius‚ was a “regime based on effective rule by the people.” In Polybius’ Histories‚ democracy was not based on each citizen having the ‘right to do whatever they wish or propose’ but true democracy relied on “reverence to the gods‚ succour of parents‚ respect to elders‚ obedience to laws‚ are traditional and habitual‚ in such communities” as well as decisions being decided by the majority. It has been agreed upon by most ancient historians that Rome was not a democracy

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    Ideal Democracy

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    Running Head: IDEAL DEMOCRACY The Ideal Democracy Victoria Jones Political Science 101 Professor O’Meara March 11‚ 2012 Outline A.) Introduction – Democracy Definition by Latin roots and suffixes a. Background- Articles about the common topic of Democracy and its different definitions. I. Dahl- Dahl’s view in political system. b. Thesis – Through observation from Dahl’s point of view‚ I will explain the meaning of the ideal democracy while considering how

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    Democracy In America

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    Democracy is a principle that the Founding Fathers of America used to make sure that people are given freedoms that they didn’t-do not use contractions have elsewhere. Over the years‚ democratic governments have become more numerous and follow the United States of America’s model. Therefore‚ this paper discusses how democracy is defined‚ its effect on freedom‚ the relevance of the American Dream‚ and the state of the United States of America 10(ten) years from now. Democracy is formally defined

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    Athenian Democracy

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    Greek‚ or Athenian democracy. These back to back occurrences contributed to the weakening of their city as a whole and as a result the eventual end of democracy. Though it seemed like there might be moments of democracy from time to time‚ these events were really the death knell. The most major were the Decelean War‚ the plague and death of Pericles‚ and the Macedonian take over. When Sparta turned its military attentions to Athens it was already weary from the Peloponnesian War. When a substantial

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    Road to Democracy essay notes 1989 sparked the change of ideas and dawned the opportunity to finally end apartheid. PW Botha was forced to step down as president by members of his own cabinet. FW de Klerk‚ who realized the urgency of the need for a different approach towards to monstrosity of apartheid‚ took Botha’s place. Many among the tens of thousands who gathered at the Grand Parade in Cape Town on February 11 1990 had probably never seen Nelson Mandela before. Some did not have a

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    THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY Part One: The entire world is in transition. The developed parts of it‚ principally the nations of the so called “West”‚ have achieved multi-generational democracies‚ while most of the world’s population still lives under regimes that are thinly disguised vestiges of 8th century‚ pre-democratic autocracies. There is always a local transitional moment‚ that chaotic time period before the achievement of any democracy in a given place but after the demise of the predecessor

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