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    governments become too powerful and abuse their own people. To stop this problem we need the right type of government‚ therefore a democracy would be the best choice. Democracy is a government for the people‚ by the people‚ of the people. Democracy is the most sufficient type of government. Popular sovereignty and equality are the best core democratic values that support democracy. A core democratic value is the fundamental beliefs and constitutional principles of our society‚ which units all Americans

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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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    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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    Nelson Mieles Police Role Description in the Media CJA/333 Policing Theory & Practices Instructor – Patrick S. Montes‚ MSCJ University of Phoenix May 18‚ 2010 Week One Crime Fighter Men and women who fight against crime‚ not only in uniform of the police force they work for but also as civilians who want to keep their neighborhood free of crime‚ are considered Crime Fighters. This title is not limited to just men and women‚ it may also be a title for the piece of equipment that the police

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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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    bags‚ and (as in the image) burned bodies out in the open. The media gave people a reason to be against the war by showing these images‚ but it did not give people a reason to support the war. Little to no purpose was given for the battles as they were reported night after night on TV news programs. The media intentionally gave off the impression that the war should not be fought and that it should stop. Throughout the war the media contradicted the view of the war officials‚ who viewed the war in

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    Does the media portray/promote hate toward Muslims? “The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent‚ and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” (Malcom X). Media‚ something that is profoundly used in the 21st century‚ and is an outlet to reach billions across the world. Media has the power to paint a picture in the mind to those who are aware and watching. The information about Islam and Muslims

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    INTRODUCTION: Our life will remain incomplete without the media. The radio‚ television‚ newspaper and internet are some forms through which we get information. Just like other fields‚ a vast development is seen in media fields also. The common people believe the news given by the media. So‚ the media should be very careful before giving any news to the public. They have to cover important happenings‚ in all the fields‚ around the world. There is no use in creating emotional feelings among public

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    Media as the Cause of The Family in Flux The family – the fundamental yet significant unit of society‚ is in jeopardy. Decades ago‚ the prediction that the state of matrimony could one day be an aberration would be condemned as a piece of unreliable augury. What do we see today‚ when the demographic change of society around the globe has highlighted that the glorious era of marital domesticity is in its last days. These startling shifts in the evolution of mankind is in stark contrast if today’s

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    by media. The mass media is increasingly occupying the central stage in our lives. The mass media has an iron grip on the imagination as well as thinking faculties of the society. The programmes and features served by the mass media which instruct people not only what they should eat‚ drink and wear and groom them but also at times misguide them to commit heinous crimes. Mass media acts as an effective catalyst of change in society. Mass media which is also called the sword-arm of democracy‚ commands

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