1. Common Causes of Revolution
They built on this idea and felt that the common people should have the power to directly govern themselves. ... Control of the nation had, in a sense, shifted from the elite to the working class. ... The Populist Party formed out of a Farmer's Alliance in order to gain the ability to directly elect Senators, to establish a one-term limit for Presidents, and to allow the common people more power over legislation through the use of initiative and referendum. ... The Jacksonian Democrats from 1824 to 1840 gained power through their efforts, allowing the common man to gain control of pol...
He notes that this is a beneficial relationship for both the church and the churchgoers, who seek a sense of independence from potentially tyrannical institutions, just as the found fathers sought to free themselves from England, but at the same time are looking for spiritual guidance. ... Tocqueville came from an aristocratic family, so he full well understood that a country run by a small percentage of the population would put the common good of the country in great peril, ridding the rest of the population of much of their political power, wealth, and general rights as citizens. ... He ma...
He introduces neoclassical monumentalism as a commonality among the systems. ... Schivelbusch expresses that both the revolutionary states of Bolshevism and fascism as well as the reformist ones of the capitalist democracies, needed an architecture that would tower on behalf of, but also above, the people like a temple, inspiring trust, respect, and a quasi-religious sense of deeper meaning and community while at the same time showing the rest of the world who it was dealing with. ... The construction of neoclassical monuments were essential for the stimulation of the population into a renewed...
This theme of, in a sense, being one of the rulers (participating in government) instead one of the ruled (as in a dictatorship) is the central concept that is supported and upheld by the other principals of democracy. ... Eventually though, as demonstrated by the Roman Empire, a civilization can grow too large for its entire people to gather in a common place or take part in the rhetoric. ... So if one were to witness a society where people have the right to form their own opinions publicly, the freedom of accurate representation and the phenomenon of many points of view coming together in...
"Machiavelli's most characteristic, central, and frequently involved concept is that of virtu, a term by no means regularly translatable by "virtue," and certainly not equivalent to virtue in the Christian sense. ... The laws, he says, "make men good"- that is compel them to serve the common good and refrain from barring their fellow citizens, as civil and political life demands. ...
Most Americans were not only democrats, but in the classical sense of believing in individual liberty, they were also liberals since they believed in equality, majority rule, with recognition of the rights of minorities, and government that is responsive and responsible to a broad electorate. ... John Locke said in his "Second Treatise of Civil Government" (1690), "all men were fundamentally equal in the sense that no man had jurisdiction over any other man. ... This is because in the United States, the Democratic Party was commonly referred to as the party of the "common man." ...
In this sense every cell gets its own "vote" to how additional resources are spent in the body. ... A common misconception is that certain body parts are given preferential treatment over others when it comes to distribution of vital supplies which is in fact false, and helps support this model. ... In fact, maybe this is something that we can learn from our bodies, maybe it is trying to tell us if we hope to evolve as a society and as a common people then our absolute freedom is one we must protect? ...
Just days after a federal court in Washington, DC found that Texas' redistricting maps were discriminatory, another three-judge panel in the nation's capitol found that it was unlawful to require voters to present photo ID's to election officials before they would be allowed to vote in the upcoming ...
This "grant of God" gave Adam (and hence men) the right to exercise "dominion," merely in the sense of economic power, over the earth and all irrational creatures. ... In Tocqueville, however, we perceive that a democracy is a term with a common core of meaning lying underneath all the varied interpretations which are often made. At the root of all definitions lies the notion of popular power, of a situation in which power, and maybe even authority, rests with the common people. ... We know that the will of the people' is synonymous with majority, but even within majoritie...
According to Thomas Paine, the author of Common Sense, each man has his natural rights including his innate right to liberty whereby no established institution or nation can alter, let alone counter. ... Foner illustrates how America took this so-called right, "Indeed, a sense of spatial openness, of the constant opportunity to pick up and move when the pursuit of happiness seemed to demand it, became in these years a central component of American freedom (50)."" ...
To the common Israelis it is about re-occupying the Holy land. ... His work resonates that of Barber in the sense that he also takes interest in exploring the ramifications of current trends on democracy. ... In this manner the public in the nations most affected by Jihad will look for a more amicable means ending the conflict as a result of more influence and a break from the feeling of worthlessness, helplessness, and anxiety while allowing the country to move in a democratic direction as a result of the common man having a vested interest, both economically and culturally. ...
However, the above contribution by Plato has got a loophole in the sense that, in a stratified society, people have different ideologies and interests and this will make it difficult for his ideal aristocratic government to come to see its light fully fledged. ... He sees this form of government as better than democracy in the sense that power will be in the hands of the military who may happen to share the same virtues with the majority but he then came to realize its weakness by citing that the military by nature can possess the element of being power hungry, thereby oppressing the majority....
After the seventeenth century crisis of order, Europeans gradually moved towards the idea of liberal democracy and capitalism, hoping to model their society with the ideals "liberty, equality, and fraternity." While Europeans have not been fully successful in reaching their envisioned ideals of l...
Representative democracy is the most common model of government in all developed countries. ... In Rousseau's society individuals through a pact can achieve a general willing and Rousseau in so doing creates a society based on a common sense in which there are no differences and injustices. ... "The problem is to find a form of association which will defend and protect with the whole common force the person and goods of each associate, and in which each, while uniting himself with all, may still obey himself alone, and remain as free as before. ...
However, participation in our government gives a sense of knowledge of who we are as individuals and as one nation. ... The large representation of individualism has surfaced to become a main opposition to political participation and has drawn many citizens away from the one common ground we all share with each other. ... We share no common religion, race, or culture, therefore; we are bound together by our government. ...
These people value security, personal freedom, self-interest, and common direction for society. ... In this topic with the restriction of media, it is very touchy in the sense that it is mainly based on values, which is then connected to people's fundamental rights. ...
The totalitarian rule, however, eliminated all forms of freedom in the 20th century but the advent of the English Invent Common Law restored the voice of the commoners (The Guardian, 2006). ... The presence of free speech brings about inclusiveness on the path of the citizen as the people develop a sense of belonging towards governance. This gives the citizens a sense of ownership in the country. ...
In many works of literature, there are multiple themes, both forthcoming and subtle. Often, these themes, by the end of the story, come together to create one central message. In "The Best Laid Plans," by Terry Fallis, political problems and personal identity crises are prominently featured as the m...
Democracy works best when there is a general sense of the individuals well being, relating closely to that of the well being of the community. ... The media provides amusement entertainment, distraction and information about the past and present, it helps to create a common culture and system of values and traditions and ways of looking at the world. ...
These two people belong to differing classes and there is no way the government can appease them, however a democratic system would bring into a sense of what the majority is looking for. ... Zhuang Junju goes on to proclaim that, "China will certainly keep its economy developing continuously, that the people will benefit from their common enrichment, and that the relations between humankind and nature will gradually be harmonized. ...