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    Carl Becker wrote about the ideal democracy in a government. The main purpose of the work is to make evident the nature of democracy. He compares it with other forms of government that depend on autocracy and the leadership of the few rather than the many. His concrete definition of democracy is “democratic government has always meant one in which the citizens‚ or a sufficient number of them to represent more or less effectively the common will‚ freely to act from time to time‚ and according to established

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    George W. Bush once said‚ “America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open‚ the path ahead should lead to a better life.” Reforms have been used throughout history to implement new regulations and make changes in order to improve the lives of those impacted. Before the Prison Reform Movement‚ the United States Prison system was overflowing. Anyone‚ who was jailed for any offense‚ big or small‚ was placed in the same prison. This means that a small child committing

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    Healthcare Reform This paper will relate my attitude towards other health professionals‚ based on my understanding that healthcare reform includes not only insuring more Americans but changing the way we deliver services and think about health. It will also identify the knowledge/insights that will be most useful in moving healthcare reform forward. Attitude towards Other Health Professionals It is not easy to describe one’s attitude towards other healthcare professionals because it is

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    DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN THE S ECURITY SECTOR Nicole Ball Center for International Policy‚ Washington‚ DC Center for International Development and Conflict Management‚ University of Maryland Prepared for: UNDP Workshop on “Learning from Experience for Afghanistan” 5 February 2002 INTRODUCTION That the subject of governance in the security sector is being addressed in the context of rebuilding Afghanistan is‚ I believe‚ a reflection of two important shifts in development thinking over the

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    Struggles in Implementing Agrarian Reform in the Philippines “Agrarian Reform: A Struggle for Social Justice” ABSTRACT The paper entitled “Agrarian Reform: A Struggle for Social Justice” aims to give the current status of agrarian reform in the Philippines. It also aims to provide the struggle of Filipinos for social justice in the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). This paper aims to explain why land reform is slow here in our country. This will

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    In this paper I will discuss how the United States needs a new immigration policy that is based less on wishful thinking and more on realism. Spending vast sums of money trying to enforce arbitrary numerical limits on immigration that bear no relationship to economic reality is a fool’s errand. We need flexible limits on immigration that rise and fall with U.S. labor demand‚ coupled with strict enforcement of tough wage and labor laws that protect all workers‚ regardless of where they were born.

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    ------------------------------------------------- Evaluate the role of law reform in achieving just outcomes for family members and society ------------------------------------------------- -Recognition of same-sex relationships ------------------------------------------------- Olivia Jane To achieve just outcomes‚ justice needs to be done and seen to be done. To do this the law must adapt to accommodate society’s changing needs and attitudes. This means that‚ over time‚ new laws must be

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    second-class citizens. In my paper‚ I will argue that being an unincorporated territory is not democratic on behalf of Puerto Rico. In my opinion‚ democracy means that the people have liberty and their basic rights. I also believe in a participatory democracy‚ where the citizens participate in the policies and laws that affect their daily lives. Therefore‚ in order for Puerto Rico to truly become democratic

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    However‚ there were still gross inequities for married women under the law. A married woman could not sell her property or own the wages she had earned. The lack of legal status for married women was an ongoing issue for the early women’s rights movement. If women could not enter into contracts‚ it was unlikely that they could ever win such a right as suffrage. The first major struggle for women’s rights after the Seneca Falls convention was petitioning for married women’s property rights. The fight

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    maintenance costs of a caretaker relative‚ an unemployed parent‚ and the name was changed to Aid to Families with Dependent Children. “Welfare rolls peaked in 1994‚ reaching more than 5 million cases---14.2 million individual recipients. Before welfare reform‚ one child in seven received AFDC” Today the welfare program has shifted‚ transformed‚ balloon into a multi-faceted organization that has made it easier for unwed mothers to gain assistance when they have children. The Problem of Welfare Recipients

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