The American Revolution A History In this concisely drawn book that covers the colonial period from 1763 to 1790, the author attempts to explain the bases of the American Revolution. ... In this book, the author offers his own interpretation of the importance of the Revolution. ... For me, I like how this book was well written and how easy it is to read and short enough to understand. ... The book is more like a bibliography of the American Revolution, this period is very complicated and important and this book answers some questions not covered in history books from school or other hug...

• Word Count: 700
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In his book, "The Struggle for Democracy", Edward Greenberg said that "Democracy is increasingly regarded as the best form of government because a majority of the public has input in what is best for society. ... In his book, "Democracy for the Few", he said, "real democracy is pure illusion. ... In his book, "Stupid white men and other sorry excuses for the state of the nation", Moore claimed that Al Gore could have been elected President, and not Bush, if the ex-felon black Americans were allowed to vote. ... In his book, he stresses that "a nation's greatness is measured by its freedom...

• Word Count: 1419
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In his book emerges the need of bringing back equality and justice in the society, and to achieve this goal the author gives a specific project in order to establish a fairer state. One of the main point in this book, which is really modern and to some extent anticipates the Marxist doctrine, is that Rousseau thinks that is not human beings to be corrupted but the society itself which consequently affects the human behavior (Held:2006, 44). ... While for liberalists the state has the only purpose of ensuring the fundamental rights, that cannot be restricted or denied, for Rousseau as his book ...

• Word Count: 2282
• Approx Pages: 9
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Plato believed in Classical Conservation, that justice in our society has a "natural order" of things and in his book, The Republic, he goes into detail about how just like human organs, society has a harmony where all individuals play a key role and perform to their abilities. ... In Robert Nozick's book titled, Anarchy, State and Utopia, he states that, "individuals have rights, and there are things no person or group may do to them without violating their rights" (2). ...

• Word Count: 821
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The wording is different then in Locke's book but the ideas and principles remain the same. ... Locke was basically putting his life on the line when he wrote his book because it was written at a tumultuous time in European history when monarchy was prevalent. ...

• Word Count: 863
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Furthermore, another theme in this book is the loss of personal integrity, as demonstrated by the sex scandal of Eric Cameron, the dissonance Angus creates in the Liberal caucus, and Bradley Stanton's accusations towards Daniel. ... Finally, the theme that is central to the book is that even the most carefully laid out political plans can go awry. ... This book proves if nothing else, that even the best laid plans can go wrong, provided the right people are there to make it happen....

• Word Count: 1540
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Cleavages can be formally defined in a number of ways, to Stein Rokkan and Seymour Lipset (from the text book Representative Government in Modern Europe, pg. 235)for something to be a called a cleavage it must include three traits. ... A consensus democracy according to the book Patterns of Democracy by Arend Lijphart is one that includes ten specific qualities, these are: Executive power-sharing with broad coalition cabinets, a balance of power between the executive and legislative bodies, a multiparty system, proportional representation, corporatism of interest groups, decentralized and fede...

• Word Count: 1097
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Representation Plato argued in his book The Republic, that government be placed in the hand class of philosophers, kings. ... In addition to this, there is the issue of participation and was highlighted by A.Heywood in his book (political theory 2nd edition) that representation has reduced participation to a meaningless ritual: casting a vote every few years for politicians who can only be replaced by electing by another set of self-serving politicians". ...

• Word Count: 1556
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In Locke's' book "Two Treatises of Government" he argued that when a government is unfit to rule the citizens of its country the masses should overthrow it. ... In Hobbes book "Leviathan" he argued that humans are not rational and could not properly make decisions for themselves, therefore concluding that man is bad in nature. ...

• Word Count: 1226
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Democracy has its foundations built on the minds of its subjects. Therefore it has one fatal flaw that also gives it the power to be successful: Its decisions are made by the populace. Thus Democracy has weaknesses in enabling the reforms for emancipation and women's rights. However the strengths De...

• Word Count: 635
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In Julie Fishers book, NGOs and the Political Development of the Third World Sector, there are variations as to what constitutes a civil society and to some degree what role a civil society can play. ...

• Word Count: 452
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In Book III of The Histories, Herodotus (484-425 BC) gives an account of a group of noblemen who after throwing the false king must choose the type of government or leadership in which to rule the kingdom. ...

• Word Count: 642
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"Narrative of William Wells Brown, A Fugitive Slave," (1847) is a fascinating and emotional account of the horrors of American slavery. The first and most interesting point worth examining in William Wells Brown's narrative is how the title of his book is written. When one first reads the added, "...

• Word Count: 541
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Joshua 1:8 - "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shall meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shall make thy way prosperous, and then thou shall have good success." ...

• Word Count: 606
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According to Dalton, in the book A Good Citizen he states that civic duty citizenship is decreasing among the young, but the patterns of the engaged citizenship are increasing; because the youth observes that involvement in communities, private political organizations have more power and are more effective than voting for government. ... For example, in the book The Good Citizen when Tocqueville toured America he noticed that many Americans were getting involved and engaged with politics in many different ways. ...

• Word Count: 1433
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In John Kingdon's book, Congressmen's Voting Decisions, he uses a political method to explain how the influence's from constituents, colleagues, interest groups, and executive branch staff, sometimes lead and influence a certain congressional member to vote the way they do. ...

• Word Count: 855
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Democracy in the United States is at risk and William Greider, author of "Who Will Tell the People?" would likely agree. In his book, Greider stated, "American Democracy is in trouble, more trouble than most people realize," and it's true that major challenges to democratic system of government lie ...

• Word Count: 756
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Historians argue if the American Revolution was democratic in nature. Recent work suggests that the people who fought in it hoped that it would be, and many of the state constitutions that emerged in the aftermath of the conflict, especially in Pennsylvania, reflected highly democratic tendencies fo...

• Word Count: 660
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Gøsta Esping-Andersen proposed three models of welfare states in his well–known book the Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism. ... Esping Andersen at the start of his book very clearly explains the framework of what classifies a state as which model. ...

• Word Count: 2045
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Lately technology has become one of the important aspects of life, especially the Internet. It also has many effects in political involvement throughout the nation. Some say Internet and technology impacted the society in negative way, but on the other hand quite a people agreed that it has positive...

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How does Rousseau conceive the relationship between democracy and freedom? What are the main merits of and problems with his approach? Although the Social Contract promises freedom to the members of the state this freedom does not automatically include democracy. Democracy is suggested as a possi...

• Word Count: 1313
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The advent of progressivism and positive government was a radical departure from the American political tradition. It was a movement to overcome the natural law traditions that were founded by the forefathers and progress beyond the political principles that were established. Progressives believed t...

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The book Islam and the Challenges of Democracy, by Khaled Abou El Fadl argues whether or not Islam is compatible with democracy. First, he argues that the Qur'an asserts a certain set of values that can help govern a legislative government but not an entire legislative program. He further adds that ...

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Machiavelli's Discourses Throughout his discourses, Machiavelli gives a political and philosophical interpretation of the first ten books of Livy's History. Using such examples as ancient Athens, Sparta, and Rome he attempts to determine what made certain city-states survive into immense republic...

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The book scrutinizes human behaviour in its most natural and un-conditioned shape and proves to be one big allegory. ... The book travels alongside the boys into their descent into savagery and reveals underlying conflicts of human behaviour that are covered by civilization. ...

• Word Count: 3388
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate