Essays Tagged: "democratic system"

Direct democracy -vs- representitive democracy. Contains the ideas of Rousseau

ically, Direct Democracy is the superior form of political rule. Due to problems with in the direct democratic system, its use as a practical form of government is not even thinkable. Therefore, in or ...

(4 pages) 185 1 4.8 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Democracy and constitutionalism

the answer to the perfect system. Traditionally speaking, North America has always tried to remain democratic in ruling. The democratic system, unlike it's alternatives, encourages equality and liber ... le want is the ability to make their own decisions and go about life with the freedom to do so.In a democratic society, people are able to voice their opinions to government and ultimately play an imp ...

(7 pages) 118 1 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

How did Hitler become chancellor in 1930-1933 This essay is about how Hitler and the Nazi party came to be in power in Germany.

set up a dictatorship. In this essay I will explain how this came about.Ever since Germany became a democratic republic the German people have never been able to accept the democratic system as they h ... as they hated democracy, because they believed that it was an American ideal, they also opposed the democratic leaders as they felt that they had been 'stabbed in the back' by them, as they were respo ...

(8 pages) 160 2 3.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Minorities in Canada.

elves as objects of collective discrimination. Although they live in Canada and are governed by the democratic system, equal rights remain an ideal rather than a reality for these people. In Canada, " ...

(7 pages) 93 1 3.2 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Republican Unfairness (problems with the Electoral College).

ause the United States is a republic. Maine and Nebraska are, however, different. They work under a democratic system, rather than the republican system most states use. (national issues.com - Elector ... m, in which the majority winner from each state wins all of that state's electoral votes, to a more democratic system in which the votes in a state are divided among the candidates. Otherwise, the sys ...

(3 pages) 103 1 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

India-- Foreign Direct Investment Opportunities: Marketing to India

India: OverviewPolitical StablilityIndia's well-established democratic system--the largest in the world--has provided its people with an unusual degree of polit ...

(5 pages) 647 1 3.7 Jun/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

The Importance of a Jury in our Democratic System.

The Importance of a Jury in our Democratic SystemAs Americans, we are given the right to a jury trial, one of the most important fre ...

(2 pages) 54 0 0.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Capital punishment.

a's death penalty discuss began in earnest. Armed with the right to free speech afforded by the new democratic system and also as the philosophies of the European explanation, some Americans began to ...

(4 pages) 43 0 0.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Andrew Jackson and the Jacksonian Period.

is, the Jacksonian era has been described as the ?Age of the Common Man?. According to this view, a democratic, egalitarian culture emerged. This cultural emergence had a dramatic and wide ranging imp ... ristocratic or elitist, or even non-middle class. These changes promoted social mobility and a more democratic system with Andrew Jackson as leader and James K. Polk as a fitting example.In the eyes o ...

(5 pages) 124 1 3.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Fall of Communism in Russia.

munism in RussiaThe Reasons for the fall of Socialism/Communism and the Troublesof Starting the New Democratic System in the Russian Federation "Let'snot talk about Communism. Communism was just an id ... st regime was so ingrain in every aspectof Soviet life that the Russian people were left with littledemocratic tradition. Russia faces the seemingly impracticable task ofeconomic liberalization and de ...

(11 pages) 150 0 4.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Why Presidentialism is Undesirable in a Newly Founded Democracy: Brazil's Struggle to Liberalize

an regime to a presidential democracy was a slow andfaltered attempt. From the early suggestions of democratic development, there were bothadministrations that contributed to democratic growth, as wel ... dministrations that opposed thisliberalization. This led to an instability in the Brazilian form of democratic government, theireconomy, and their political parties. The people's reactions to these in ...

(12 pages) 51 0 3.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

The French Revolution only led to government instability, large numbers of deaths, and essentially a return to the status quo.

w countrymen.The French Revolution was started with one idea in mind; depose the king and put a new democratic government into power. This seemed like a simple task to the leaders of the revolution an ... hat once the king and his supporting aristocracy was taken care of, it would be easy to establish a democratic system of government. It was on this point that they were very wrong. The French had to g ...

(3 pages) 41 0 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > The French Revolution

Liberal Democracy

Socrates and Plato. We acknowledge that Plato had no high opinions regarding the much valued Athens democratic systems (the political systems that Socrates was put to death under), however, Socrates a ... him." (Plato Republic, Page 296, para 557a). These are Socrates' assumptions of the foundations of democratic states.The democratic system was seldom used anywhere after Athens, until the late 18th c ...

(6 pages) 142 1 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Lord of the flies (Wiliam Golding)essay.

all the boys meets together in chapter 2, there is at first an agreement to order the island with a democratic system, and this is first represented by the 'conch', which is in effect the symbol for d ... owards the island and were gone following Jack."(p.49)Most of the boys don't play their part in the democratic society as "They're off bathing, or eating, or playing."(p. ) Ralph makes meetings and ev ...

(15 pages) 107 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Impious Socrates

unds on which to charge an inquiring mind, because religion is not open to questioning. In theory a democratic political system, like that of Athens, should allow subjects to challenge ideas, however ...

(6 pages) 81 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

German Concentrationcamps: a girl talks

I, when Germany fell into a depression, and the desperation among the people grew because their new democratic system did not seem to work. During this time, Hitler was gaining more power, giving the ...

(7 pages) 32 1 3.7 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

Argentina

armed clashes in the streets and police killings. There were moments of such chaos that the entire democratic system seemed in danger of collapse. It brought with it a run on the banks solved by a fr ...

(5 pages) 65 1 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

The Fall of Communism in Russia

The Reasons for the fall of Socialism/Communism and the Troublesof Starting the New Democratic System in the Russian Federation "Let'snot talk about Communism. Communism was just an id ... st regime was so ingrain in every aspectof Soviet life that the Russian people were left with littledemocratic tradition. Russia faces the seemingly impracticable task ofeconomic liberalization and de ... tions and the supply of staple goods in this newform of administration makes the prospect of a full democratic switchseemingly impossible.To fully understand the scope of the transference of governing ...

(11 pages) 121 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

"There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down" (David Ricardo)

arian political systems offer a way of keeping profits up by keeping wages down and inversely, in a democratic system wages will have a tendency to rise and thus, profits will decline.When looking at ... fits will decline.When looking at David Ricardo's quote within the context of both totalitarian and democratic political systems, two assumptions have been made. Firstly, wages are lower in totalitari ...

(8 pages) 102 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Aroused Problems in a Post Apartheid South Africa

pped the apartheid, after that, the time period is known as the post apartheid. Mandela and his new democratic system brought much cheers and applause. Unfortunately, many problems aroused soon after, ...

(1 pages) 46 0 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism