September 2013 What are the Unique Traits of Athenian Democracy? There are several traits that make Athenian democracy unique not only in the ancient world but also in the modern world as well. For the first time in recorded history‚ citizens had a say in what laws were to govern them . Democracy was an unknown and alien concept in the ancient world‚ and Athenians knew that their political process was different in and they were intensely proud of it. “Our form of government does not enter into
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In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich‚ because ther are more of them‚ and will of the majority is supreme” Aristotle Democracy is a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state‚ typically through elected representatives. Abraham Lincoln described democracy as: “The government of the people‚ by the people and for the people”. It means that in democratic form of government common man plays the pivotal role. The aristocracy‚ the land lords
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Introduction The following case study is based on a company named SEMCO. SEMCO is best known for its industrial democracy and innovative business management policies. The objective of this case study is to analyze the transformation of SEMCO`s autocratic style of management to a decentralized‚ participatory style. Let us study in brief. History of SEMCO SEMCO‚ A Brazilian manufacturing company‚ invented by the founder’s entrepreneur son‚ Ricardo Semler‚ turning it into one of the worlds most
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Par-Q Evaluation Par-Q testings is an important tool for a sports professional to evaluate the need to incorporate the use of a physician in a the long term physical fitness goals of a client. This method questions several important health facts to help determine if outside assistance would be necessary. For example‚ by asking if a person has a history of knee injuries or other orthopedic problems. By using these questions a sports professional would be able to evaluate the prospective client’s
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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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For some‚ pressure groups are a fundamental part of democracy. To others‚ pressure groups undermine the whole principle of democracy. Democracy is a system of government where decisions are arrived at by majoritarian principles with representatives elected at periodic elections where political equality and political freedom allow the voter an effective choice between competing candidates in a secret ballot. In the pluralist model of democracy‚ pressure groups play an essential role. Political parties
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To what extent does the problem of urbanization can be met by sustainable development? For the past decades the trend of urbanization has rapidly increased‚ especially in developing countries. Urbanization may be defined as a process in which people from rural areas are migrating to the city. The sudden increase of the population in cities has brought significant problems to their inhabitants‚ the environment and resources. These problems are providing housing with basic facilities and public
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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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liberty of person from detention and dependence. This concept will be further referred in the essay. To set such freedom‚ human kind has developed so many types of security systems. One of them is fingerprint recognition. It is referred as a method of verifying a person’s identity by matching his fingerprint with the one of him taken before as the sample. Most of us think that fingerprint recognition is way more secure‚ and accordingly freedom enhancing than using keys or passwords. But does that really
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brought together into a single document like other commonwealth countries such as France – it is not written or codified. Britain’s constitution is made up of common laws‚ Parliament acts‚ and customs and traditions. But Britain does have some important constitutional documents from the Act of Parliament such as the Magna Carta (1215): “which aimed to protect citizens against arbitrary power and guaranteed the right to a fair trial and trial by jury” (Barnett & Diamantides‚ 2007‚ p.33)‚ and Bill of Rights
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