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    Exporting Democracy

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    Exporting Democracy Democracy is a system of government based on the idea that citizens should play an influential role in the actions and decisions it makes for its people. This is usually done through elections to assign public officials who represent their views on political issues. These ideas and values of democracy have proved to be an extremely important aspect of American life. While the United States had found it successful to operate its government based on these rules and ideas‚ other

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    Dahl on Democracy

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    12: What Underlying Conditions Favour Democracy? Page 145-165 We face two questions: How can we account for the establishment of democratic institutions in so many countries in so many parts of the world‚ and how can we explain its failure? A full answer is impossible; two interrelated sets of factors are undoubtedly of crucial importance. FAILURE OF THE ALTERNATIVES During the 20th century‚ the main alternatives lost out in competition with democracy. The monarchy‚ open oligarchy‚ hereditary

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    Progressive case study

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    CEO said‚ “We are not in the business of auto insurance. We’re in the business of reducing the human trauma and economic costs of automobile accidents—in effective and profitable way.” He had a vision for Progressive‚ and thanks to his innovative and efficient way of thinking he has grown progressive from being a small insurance company from Ohio owned by his father‚ to the number three player in the insurance industry‚ raking in more than 15 billion in revenue. They achieved this competitive advantage

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    Weaknesses of modern democracy Political science 202 01/01/2013 “Democracy is the worst form of government‚ except for all those others that have been tried from time to time.” These are the words used by Sir Winston Churchill while he was expressing his resolve with democracy. Democracy is the dominant form of government in the world with the exception of a few countries. In Sir Winston’s statement‚ the phrase‚ “except all those others that have been tried from time to

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    Democracy Then and Now

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    Democracy Then and Now By Nicole Johnson Drawing the political parallels between the Athenians and American democracy couldn’t be more complexed. One of the contemporary definitions of democracy todays is as follows. “Government by the people‚ exercised either directly or through elected representatives; Rule by the majority” Interestingly enough the Athenians were closer to a true democracy more so than America has ever been. America has always labeled as this great democracy

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    Demerits of Democracy More emphasis on quantity than on quality: Majority party holds the reins of government. Inefficient & corrupt‚ who have neither intelligence nor vision‚ get themselves elected. Rule of the incompetent Democracies are run amateurs. In it‚ every citizen is allowed to take part‚ whereas everybody is not fit for it. Locke calls it the act of running administration by the ignorant. He says that history records the fact that a few are intelligent. Universal adult

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    Progressive Case Study

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    Progressive Case Study Progressive Auto Insurance company is among many other competing firms in the industry. Some of the others include State Farm‚ Allstate‚ and GEICO. They are currently the third biggest private auto insurance industry. From the time they came into existence they have strived for being the most innovative company in the market and shared the values of “fair‚ fast‚ best.” Beginning in 1957 Progressive mainly dealt with standard drivers but soon after they developed a strategy

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    Media and Democracy

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    undermine or enhance democracy in Britain? Democracy means ‘rule by the people’ and for this to function properly‚ it requires an informed public. Media provides this information to the public and therefore‚ the very definition of media suggests it is a democratic device; The media includes all organizations such as television‚ radio and newspapers‚ which provide news and information for the public. media informs and empowers all members of society‚ therefore enhancing democracy. However‚ there are

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    elections and democracy

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    QUESTION 1; 1. Do you think elections can be a good measure of democracy? Discuss this statement in relation to elections recently held in African countries you are familiar with. INTRODUCTION The year 2011 experienced serious levels of political activities in Africa such as political upheavals‚ middle-east uprisings and elections in many countries. Most Islamic nations rose against their long-ruling leaders‚ hence saw the ousted of Egyptian Hosni Mubarak and the killing of Muamar

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    Soil of Democracy

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    There are several different types of governments in this world. The United States run on a democracy. To have a successful democracy there needs to be a strong civil society‚ widespread education‚ active citizen participation‚ a social consensus and a favorable economy. The three most important of these five are having a favorable economy‚ widespread education and a strong civil society. The economy is an important factor of a government. Since the U.S has a government‚ like Abe Lincoln said

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