the world are democracies. Knowing what is a democracy is really important‚ especially for those who live in a democracy. It allows you to understand what is the rule that the government plays in the society and know what are your rights and duties under a democratic administration. This essay will seek to define Democracy‚ the meaning of the word‚ the system and the history‚ and describe two of the most famous democracies: Direct democracy and Representative democracy. Democracy is a form of
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Democracy is said to be one of the best forms of government. People choose democracy mainly to remove corruption‚ hunger and poverty. Poverty is regarded as one of the worst affecting social evils. Population‚ Corruption‚ Economy and Illiteracy are the main factors which directly or indirectly lead to poverty. Population is one of the major factors which lead to poverty. The excessive population increases poverty. The increasing population decreases the per-capita income of families. For example
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Introduction: When we talk about democracy we automatically draw up the fundamental belief that each individual has a value. Compared to dictatorships‚ oligarchies‚ monarchies and aristocracies‚ in which the people have little or no say in who is elected and how the government is run‚ a democracy is often said to be the most challenging form of government‚ as input from those representing citizens determines the direction of the country. The basic definition of democracy in its purest form comes from
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Etymologically‚ democracy comes from two Greek words‚ demos and cratein. Demos means society while cratein means authority. There are many terminological definitions of democracy‚ one of it is definition is by Henry B. Mayo stating that democracy is a political system showing the public policy determined by representatives audited effectively by the society by having periodic elections based on principles of political similarities in a situation where there is freedom to choose. This means that
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A journey of a thousand mile begins with a single. The right single step to start this presentation is by definigng what relgiigon is. The right signle step to commence this preentaiton sit od efinwe what religion si. Thus‚ religion is a fiatih to a transcendental‚ toa biegger power that hold control in one’s life. Let’s carry forwared with the composition of religions in Idnoens.a 87 % of Indoensian‚ are Muslims makgin Indonesia ther largest Muslim-populated country of earth. Nonehteless‚ Indonesia
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Great Influences The novel Great Expectations‚ by Charles Dickens‚ is a story about a young boy‚ Pip‚ who is shown growing many ways throughout the novel. When the story first begins‚ Pip lives with his eldest sister (he is an orphan) and her husband‚ Joe. They are quite poor and live on the marshes. When he is asked to come play at the large house of Miss Havisham‚ he meets Estella‚ Miss Havisham’s haughty‚ beautiful‚ and cruel daughter‚ whom he falls in love with almost immediately‚ and who is
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EGERTON UNIVERSITY JAMES AKOYO ABISAI REG. NO. AM17/0251/12 TERM PAPER TOPIC: DEMOCRATIZATION IN AFRICA SUBMITTED TO: DR.OSAMBA 23RD NOVEMBER 2012 DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA Professor Ben O. Nwabueze ’s book‚ Democratization (Nwabueze 1993)‚ is the best place to begin for a wide-ranging and textured examination of democratization in African societies. "Democratization is not only a concept‚ nor is it synonymous with multi-partyism‚" Nwabueze writes‚ "it is also concerned with certain
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How Democratic Is the American Constitution? From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search How Democratic is the American Constitution? (2001‚ ISBN 0-300-09218-0‚ among others) is a book by political scientist Robert A. Dahl that discusses seven "undemocratic" elements of the United States Constitution. The book defines "democratic" as alignment with the principle of one person‚ one vote‚ also known as majority rule. The author praises the Framers of the Constitution as
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Democracy: The Best of the Worst Democracy is without a doubt a fairly successful system of governance. Although dozens of systems have been tried over the ages‚ the world has been continuously edging towards increasingly democratic models‚ at least in baby steps when not in great leaps and bounds. And yet Winston Churchill - both the product and professional beneficiary of a modestly democratic system - suggested that he considered it to be paradoxically "the worst form of government except all
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or Peter the Great‚ as he gave himself that name‚ one thinks of Russia and the many Tsars that ruled this interesting part of the world. To learn of Peter the Great is to explore his life during 1682 . Peter was responsible for bringing Russia out of darkness and into a more civilized country in hopes that Russia‚ the Motherland‚ would gain the respect of the rest of the European theatre and become a great power. To do this required many changes and reforms which Peter the Great was responsible
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