" It is noticed in another New York Times article, Women in Saudi Arabia, that women are constantly viewed as inferior to men. It was seen at a medical lecture that all women were required to sit in rows behind men to listen to the lecture. ... The Principles of Comparative Politics textbook states, "While all democracies seem to perform quite well, some dictatorships perform poorly, whereas others appear to perform as well as the average democracy.... It is assumed in this intriguing New York Times article that kinship and who will reign as prince or after the kings passes way is th...

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Pure democracy, however, as the government of the state by which all the people in every detail, is not, as Rousseau says, a possible human institution. All governments are really mixed in character; and what we call a democracy is only a more or less democratic government. ... Humbly speaking, in default of natural sanctions, the laws of justice are ineffective among men" (Book II: VI). Of the law, which set up among men this reign of mutual justice, the General Will is the source. ... Rousseau sees clearly that it is impossible to place any limits upon the power of the State; when the peo...

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Pure democracy, however, as the government of the state by which all the people in every detail, is not, as Rousseau says, a possible human institution. All governments are really mixed in character; and what we call a democracy is only a more or less democratic government. ... Humbly speaking, in default of natural sanctions, the laws of justice are ineffective among men" (Book II: VI). Of the law, which set up among men this reign of mutual justice, the General Will is the source. ... Rousseau sees clearly that it is impossible to place any limits upon the power of the State; when the peo...

• Word Count: 7114
• Approx Pages: 28
• Grade Level: Undergraduate