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    assumption is that democracy was created to promote civic engagement; throughout his writing he referenced quotes such as “Democracy cannot flourish where chief influences in selective subject matter of instruction are utilitarian ends narrowly conceived for the masses…” and “participating in democracy helps build participatory ethic and character.” Both theses quotes are used to persuade the reader that America has strayed from its foundation of active participation in democracy to our current selective

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    Democracy, Good or Bad?

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    "Democracy is the worst form of government except all others that have been tried‚" was said by Winston Churchill. This is an interesting statement that I partly agree with. Before agreeing or not‚ one must decide what exactly makes a "good" or "bad" government. The actual role of the government is very debatable‚ however in general all governments provide some degree of security‚ infrastructure‚ and organization of the State and is upheld by the social contract everyone signs metaphorically‚

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    government is: MONARCHY: a form of government with a monarch at the head. Monarch: a hereditary sovereign‚ as a king‚ queen‚ or emperor OLIGARCHY: a small group of people having control of a country‚ organization‚ or institution. DEMOCRACY: a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state‚ typically through elections. ------------------------------------------------- Oligarchy: These people could be distinguished by royalty‚ wealth‚ family

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    Athenian Democracy 2

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    Athenian democracy and American democracy. Now although many may in fact say that the American democracy is the best‚ many do not know that America government is a derivative from Athens very own government. The city-state of Athens and surrounding territory of Attica was the first government to have a true democracy. Although America did derive its government from Athens‚ Athens is not a representative democracy ‚ it is a direct democracy. The set up of Athenian democracy and American democracy are

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    In American‚ democracy was not for everyone. Democracy in America excluded many people‚ based on their skin color‚ their way of life‚ and gender. Throughout 1815-1840‚ there had been many exclusions of people from democracy in America. One of these exclusions were the Indians. The Indians had changed their way of life considerably‚ learning the way of life of white people‚ building schools and adopting a constitution based on the one of the United States. But in the “Appeal of the Cherokee Nation”

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    Free Press and Democracy

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    Lab # 1 Free Press and Democracy Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Democracy allows eligible citizens to participate equally and to have free access to information ideas and opinions‚ with this reasoning is inferred that de democracy needs free press in order to be function properly. The power of the press is associated to the fundamental principles of democracy that ’s to say the freedom of expression

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    Industrial democracy has its origins in the theories of Kurt Lewin who strongly advocated the idea that the management of change requires full participation from those affected by change (Sambureni 2001). Sambureni further defines industrial democracy as ‘a process in which employees either directly or indirectly through their representatives‚ share equal power over the decision-making process which management normally reserves to itself’. Industrial democracy is also defined as ‘an arrangement

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    individual freedom is an undecided case at this point. The United States must not ignore these ations’ importance making judicial decision or the stability of the country is at risk. Majority rule and minority rights is a basic foundation of democracy. A general concept of this foundation is that the popular vote will be the deciding party in most cases. Along with this concept the minority of the people will maintain certain basic human rights that will not be compromised by the popular

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    Americans have a long history of celebrating democracy‚ and America is seen as the pillar of democracy throughout the world. However‚ the United States of America is not actually a democracy. If America was a true democracy‚ the country would be vastly different and would not be the leader of the free world that it is today. A democracy is a system of government in which the popular vote reigns. Through the popular vote‚ a leader is elected‚ decisions about the country are made‚ and the future

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    Democracy vs. Absolutism

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    Democracy vs. Absolutism During the 1500’s there was a debate if the government should be Absolutism‚ or Democracy. There both really good ways to live but Democracy had a better limit. Democracy gave the people and the government freedom of speech‚ it limited the power of the government‚ and it protected them. Absolutism had a absolute monarch running the country. Democracy gave the people freedom of speech. Everyone deserves to speak their mind. Voltaire said “I may disapprove of what

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