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    Democracy‚ also known as democratic government‚ is essentially a government by the people. It is a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people‚ but sometimes exercised indirectly through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed during elections. Democracy differs from other types of government.For example‚ absolute monarchy‚ in which an individual holds all the power‚ or oligarchy‚ in which a few individuals hold all the power. There

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    Democracy in Pakistan Posted on January 24‚ 2012 by admin786| Leave a comment Anwar Syed We hear almost every day some commentators saying that democracy in Pakistan is in danger of being overthrown by hostile forces‚ and further that the democracy we do have is not the genuine article. These observations will bear scrutiny. It is not clear who the foes of democracy are and what they expect to gain from its demise. One explanation may be that the army chief and the DG ISI‚ who have traditionally

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    Athens Democracy The first person to define democracy was an Athenian leader called Cleisthenes. He called it Demokratia‚ which meant rule by people. In their democracy‚ only male citizens who were older than eighteen could participate. Demokratia gave a strong structure to the Athenian government‚ which served as a model for future governments in the world. The Demokratia had three main institutions. The first one is the Ekklesia‚ which is an assembly in which all qualified citizens could participate

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    In 1963‚ Mary Kay Ash founded Mary Kay Inc. in Dallas‚ Texas‚ USA‚ with the aim of helping women gain personal and economic success. Today‚ Mary Kay has become the world’s leading direct sales cosmetics brands‚ with annual sales exceeding US $3 billion. Mary Kay can be found in more than 35 countries and worldwide and it employs a sales force of more than 2.5 millionOne of the largest cosmetics companies in the United States‚ Mary Kay‚ Inc. specializes in the manufacture and direct sale of more than

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    government‚ people suffered from unjust laws. The Stamp Act‚ passed by Parliament‚ required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal product. People soon gathered to protest against this act. The Sons of Liberties is one of the rebellion groups. Following the Stamp

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    Democracy: Has it Always Been Focused on Equality? How does the society that gave us the democratic government of equality for all show such discrimination? Athenian government in ancient Greece was an incomplete democracy that has developed over time. The Treatment of women and foreigners in Euripides’ ancient Greek world is less civilized than in democratic societies existing today. In a society dominated by men‚ women had a severe bias put against them. Women had no control over their bodies

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    The demography of Rohingya in Rakhine State in the Future Theories of Democracy IPO 231 Date: 27 July‚ 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction The study on theories of democracy is interested but complicated to practice in political situation in Myanmar. Because there have been changed the dictatorship government to the democratic government in the past years‚ it political and Human Rights rose such

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    the word “college”‚ what comes to mind? For most of you‚ you probably immediately think of partying‚ drinking‚ and meeting new people. Those who choose to go to college will have the opportunity to experience the social life‚ but what you choose to study can control your future. In “How to Get a Real Education at College” by Scott Adams and “What Do You Do with a B.A. in History” by Ken Saxon‚ they agree that college is worth going to but they have different outlooks on what to do with that college

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    1. To what extent do young people in your society show an interest in their culture and traditions? Culture – the quality in a person or community that arises from concern over what is regarded as excellent in arts‚ manners‚ scholarly pursuits etc Tradition – the handing down of statements‚ beliefs‚ customs from generation to generation especially by word of mouth or by practice. What does it mean to be Singaporean? That is a question that has stumbled many of us in a country that has endured

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    Peer pressure is influence that a peer group‚ observers or individual exerts that encourages others to change their attitudes‚ values‚ or behaviors to conform the group norms. Social groups affected include membership groups‚ in which individuals are "formally" members (such as political parties and trade unions)‚ or socialcliques in which membership is not clearly defined. A person affected by peer pressure may or may not want to belong to these groups. They may also recognizedissociative groups with

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