officials representing a group of people‚ as opposed to direct democracy.[1] All modern Western-style democracies are types of representative democracies; for example‚ the United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and Poland is a parliamentary republic. It is an element of both the parliamentary system or presidential system of government and is typically used in a lower chamber such as the House of Commons (UK) or Bundestag (Germany)‚ and is generally curtailed by constitutional constraints
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Welcome to the democratic republic of the Congo (DRC). Where the land is rich with minerals of all types. Located in the Continent of Africa. The country has many exports goods and services. The people of the Congolese‚ Live to about the age of 54. The DRC official language is French but the natives also speak Lingula‚ Kingwana‚ and Tshiuba. A brief background on the Democratic of the Congo is or was establish as in Official Belgian Colony in 1908. The republic of the Congo gain its independence
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In the 1600’s‚ the Dutch Republic was one of the world’s strongest and prosperous nations founded upon their superior navy. Making the most of their convenient geographical location‚ the Netherlands had control of many important trade routes‚ particularly in the North Sea. However‚ this period of peace and economic prosperity who come to and end and the Netherlands would start to decline. The security‚ unity‚ and prosperity of the Dutch Republic was challenged by hostile foreign nations‚ economic
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Straits of Taiwan has loosened gradually‚ to Taiwanese‚ the unification policy stressed by both the KMT regime and the Chinese government still poses a grave danger of a forced and forcible merger with China. On August 31‚ 1993‚ the People’s Republic of China issued a document titled‚ "The Taiwan Question and the Reunification of China." Circulating in seven languages‚ this diplomatic white paper manifested its intent and ambition of annexing Taiwan through its distortion of history‚ misconstruction
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On November‚ 9 of 1918‚ they announce on the radio the beginning of a new government. that government was the weimar. The Weimar was a good thing for some and brought many successes for Germany. Still‚ along with the many successes they also had failures. in 1923‚ they couldn’t pay the reparations. So they ended up having to print more money to pay them. This caused hyperinflation. Their money became so useless people made fire with the stacks of money. The same year‚ a man named Gustav Stresemann
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The Dominican Republic is a place where many go on vacation to see the country’s culture‚ history‚ and scenery. Many native Spanish speakers know it has La República Dominicana. The national language is Spanish; however‚ English is also spoken. As of 2012‚ the census population was 10.24 million (Nations of the World 532). It took a while for the country to reach this number since it was not inhabited until 1492. This was when Christopher Columbus was sent on a journey to Hispaniola. When he heard
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geopolitical scale‚ the Dominican Republic has maintained a state of equilibrium for more than two decades. The Dominican Republic’s Power ranking is second tier within its own region‚ fourth level in relation to the world‚ and is unlikely to change over the next decade. The recession caused major damage to the Dominican economy‚ allowing unemployment rates to skyrocket. Just recently‚ the country began to come out of the recession at a relatively quick pace. The Dominican Republic is heavily dependent on
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Spartacist uprising 1919 Spartacist was really just an early name for ’Communists’. At the end of WWI when the Kaiser was overthrown and left Germany Nov. 1918‚ moderate socialists took over and formed a government. The Spartacist (led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht) wanted a violent Communist revolution and a wiping out of Capitalism but were rejected. In Dec. 1918 the Congress of workmen and soldiers councils rejected radical Communism and Luxemburg/ Liebnecht. In Jan. 1919 Luxemburg/
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This distinction the Madison makes between a democracy and a republic is that he sees democracy as a dangerous thing‚ but he sees a republic as a way to prevent danger from occurring. Madison describes a democracy as "a society consisting of a small number of citizens‚ who assemble and administer the government in person." Madison continues to say that these societies "have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention." When Madison talks about democracy‚ he meant a more direct democracy where
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"Would Be Savior or Destroyer of the Republic?" The traditional dates for the Roman Republic are 509 to 27 B.C. The latter part of this period from 133 to 27 B.C. is known as the late Republic. It is also known as the Roman Revolution. The result of this revolution was the emergence of the Roman Empire and the catalyst has traditionally been linked to a single Roman citizen called Tiberius Gracchus. The wake of his brief political career left Rome much different than it had been. Like a crack in
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