a) What are the similarities and differences between the Greek concept of democracy and present day representative democracy? The Greece word ’demokratia’‚ which means ’governement by the people’‚ was first used by the Greece to show their political system. Back to the 5th century BC of the classical Greece period to the modern 21st century‚ over such a long period of time‚ threre are still some similarities bewteen the Athenian democracy and our present democracy. Like our modern voting districts
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There are different ways that MPs hold the government to account; there are debates‚ select committees and questions‚ however there are many reasons in which these methods can be seen as ineffective. Accountability is forcing the government and it’s ministers to justify their policies‚ for opposition parties’ accountability may imply alternatives to the proposals of the government. When debating MPs are able to express their views to influence policy in the debates on current events and actions
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In the beginning of the chapter‚ we are told what is power‚ in the political sense‚ and who has the authority to use it. There are two different understandings of democracy: direct democracy (the rule of many) and representative democracy. The US government uses representative democracy‚ everyone is given their own power‚ even if it’s as minimal as voting for a leader to represent you. The Framers of the Constitution believed a direct democracy would lead to people following the popular opinion
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best state‚ is but a necessary evil". This concept links nicely with the idea of democracy‚ which literally means "rule by people". Liberals have defended democracy on the grounds that people must have a way of protecting themselves against the government and its actions. This type of democracy is also referred to as protective democracy. Moreover‚ democracy opens an ability for people to choose. In a pure democracy‚ for instance‚ people would vote on every occasion and policy‚ hence the core liberal
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Did Hoover deserve the label of ‘The do nothing President’? As the American boom turned to bust President Hoover didn’t act upon the change but instead predicted that this negative change would not last the country would Boom once more. Unfortunately as the depression spread and began to affect everyone in the country he realised that his government would have to take charge. Hoover and his government are famously accused for having done nothing however this claim may not have been completely
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1What do I do now? I remember it as if it was yesterday; my first college application‚ something that I had been waiting for my whole life. I worked so hard in school and pushed myself in order to be able to get accepted into a University. Throughout my whole body I felt goose bumps‚ I do not know why I was feeling this way. Maybe it was because I was scared that I would not get accepted in any University‚ and that would mean everything I had been working for would go down the drain. I knew I had
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Peer Pressure 1 Adolescent Autonomy with Parents as a Predictor of Low Susceptibility to Peer Pressure Charlotte A. Geary Distinguished Majors Thesis University of Virginia Advisor: Joseph P. Allen Second Reader: E. Mavis Hetherington Running Head: PEER PRESSURE Peer Pressure 2 Abstract Theorists have proposed that adolescents who are independent from their parents become dependent on their peers and susceptible to peer pressure (Blos‚ 1979; Steinberg & Silverberg‚ 1986). This paper
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Judiciary and Civil Liberties Assignment 3: To what extent are judges politically neutral? In theory there should be no ’political’ role for judges‚ but in practice there is. Ministers and their departments can break the law‚ MPs can be charged with breaking laws about election expenses and civil servants can be charged with handing over secrets about their political ’bosses’. A member of the judiciary has to decide whether they will be charged and‚ if so‚ what they will be charged with‚ and also has to
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What is a Country to Do? In recent times‚ the throne of Scotland has been filled with very small men. These so-called sovereigns have abused their God given power to their own pitiful ends instead of using it the way it was meant to. They spend our taxes foolishly so that they can live in splendor‚ chase their enemies to the grave‚ and insure that the common man cannot rise against them. They live in fear of falling from power to the point where any who question them are imprisoned‚ killed
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In this chapter‚ “What To Do?”‚ Carl Hoffman visits a lot of places in India. In the starting of this chapter‚ he plans to visit Bihar. Bihar was the poorest state in India. Carl Hoffman decided to visit there after coming back Bangladesh. The man who was shocked when he saw that Carl Hoffman was talking bus to Patna‚ I was shocked to while reading it because I know the conditions of the bus while going to Patna was not good. I have never been on a bus in Patna‚ but I have heard a lot about it. The
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