On Democracy by Dahl – Notes (J301F) Chapter 1 Last half of 20th century: main alternatives to democracy disappeared Democracy did NOT win support of all people throughout world Democratic governments existed in less than ½ the countries of the world Challenges of different groups: Nondemocratic countries: TRANSITION to democracy New democracies: CONSOLIDATE (strengthen) democratic practices so they’ll withstand tests of time Old democracies: DEEPEN democracy & perfect it Despite 2‚500
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Portfolio Assessment in Social Studies What is a portfolio? A portfolio is a systematic collection of entries‚ over a period of time (e.g. from P4 GEP to P6 GEP). An entry is typically made up of 3 parts: (i) an artefact‚ (ii) a commentary‚ and (iii) a reflection. Please refer to the table below for more details. |Artefact |Commentary* |Reflection** | |Self-created:
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Establishing a stable democracy in Iraq is it possible? In order to create an established stable environment you have to consider what type of relationship is necessary to have between government and religion. Second‚ what are some preconditions that are vital for the transformation to democracy. Third should the Islamist parties have the right to introduce legislation and govern the country. As you are aware religion fuels a lot of the politics in the Arab world‚ for instance the Muslim Brotherhood
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So‚ the question asks are elections good for democracies? When I analyze this question‚ I immediately think about the word democracy and the type of democracy that is implemented within the U.S. The website “whatisdemocracy.net” describes democracy as the government by the people. The website also explains how people should be able to have their say in one way or another in everything that affects their lives. Which Is why democracy is either direct (by every member of a community having the possibility
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Disadvantages of Democracy Making the wrong choice In a democratic country‚ it is the common man who has the supreme right to choose their legislature and their prevailing authorities. As per a general study‚ not all the people are completely conscious of the political circumstances in their nation. The common masses may not be acquainted of the political matters in their society. This may lead to common man taking an erroneous selection during election. Authorities May Lose focus As the government
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Wilson vs. Rawlings If anyone turns on the television to a major league baseball game‚ it is easy to notice the players’ gloves. Many professional baseball players have two favorite brands of gloves. Some prefer a Wilson gloves and others prefer a Rawlings glove. Both gloves are made with tremendous quality‚ so basically it comes down to which glove the player would rather use. After using both gloves; I prefer to use a Wilson glove. Although many people think of Wilson and Rawlings gloves to be
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THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY Part One: The entire world is in transition. The developed parts of it‚ principally the nations of the so called “West”‚ have achieved multi-generational democracies‚ while most of the world’s population still lives under regimes that are thinly disguised vestiges of 8th century‚ pre-democratic autocracies. There is always a local transitional moment‚ that chaotic time period before the achievement of any democracy in a given place but after the demise of the predecessor
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War‚ whether it is small or large‚ often changes the world as a whole. The change may be economic or idealistic. It may simply make other countries not involved look at the warring nation or nations in a new light. The end of World War 1 brought about a new world. The winning countries tried to reshape the world with the Treaty of Versailles and The Fourteen Points. Under the Treaty of Versailles‚ Germany had to admit that it caused the war and pay heavy reparations. It also carved up sectors
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Is India a functional democracy? - Against As stated by late Winston Churchill‚ “Majority is not always right‚ it’s just powerful.” Since India’s independence in 1947‚ the country has seen successive populist governments‚ each coming to power with hollow promises of socioeconomic welfare. It was soon that the oppressed and poor population of the country discovered that they can vote themselves the largesse of public treasury given in the forms of subsidies‚ concessions‚ and other indirect freebies
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Week 3 : The Ancient Greece Democracy in Ancient Greece was the ideal way of governing‚ since all the citizens could take part to the political life. To this day‚ Athens represents the only example of a direct democracy. The Persians have always had a very different culture from the Greek culture‚ so we can call it almost the opposite. The Persians have tried to conquer the Greek islands many times‚ but every time the Greek countries (that used to fight each other) have found the power to unite
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