Democracy We live in a time when the call for freedom and democracy echoes across the world. Certain European, Asian, Latin American regimes and the republics of the former Soviet Union regime were able to claim that they had a new democratic order, something they could never before experience. ... Freedom of speech and expression is the life line of any democracy. ... Democracy rests upon the principle that government exists to serve the people. The government and it's people have certain responsibilities in order for democracy. ...

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Democracy in the United States is at risk and William Greider, author of "Who Will Tell the People?... 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 ahead. ... Political tension between these branches was encouraged in order to prevent America from developing an all powerful ruling class. Unfortunately, today there is little discrepancy between members of each branch in the eyes of many Americans. ... Why is it that the essential tenet of the const...

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People for the American Way is a non-profit organization that advocates the rights of the American citizen in terms of political democracy, as well as economic freedom. ... They argue it is the American way, and nobody should take it away from Americans (People for the American Way 65). ... People for the American Way headquarters are in Washington, D.C. ... Bellinzoni just to mention a few (People for the American Way (pfaf) 47) . ... The African American Religious Affairs promotes liberal activism as well as support African Americans religious congregations and their communities (People for ...

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Each day in America millions of lesbians and gays decide to come out of the closet, and plea for the same rights as their heterosexual counter parts. Currently in America there is an ongoing debate on whether gay and lesbian couples ought to receive the same legal rights and benefits as heterosexual married couples. ... This is considered representative democracy. Representative democracy is a political system in which decisions affecting a community are taken, not by its members as a whole, but by individuals who they have elected for this purpose (Milakovich & Gordon, 2013). With this new l...

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Through this education, different groups of people can learn to reconcile their different identities and create a true democracy, as the African Americans and European-white Americans struggled to do in the United States. ... The acceptance of the rights of the entire human race supports his ideas of having a true democracy. ... Identity allows individuals to become self conscious and through this they can find different ways to contribute to a democracy. ... He believes that democracy requires citizens that can criticize their leaders and their governments. ... "An American Negro would not...

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Freedom of worship and equal treatment of different religions was subsequently adapted in a number of Western democracies. ... Democracy and Nationalism The French Revolution replaced traditional aristocratic forms of government with a republic and more open electoral systems. ... The Revolution spread its core ideas of nationalism and democracy throughout the world. ... The 'Declaration of the Rights of Man' is a very important document in the history of man, along with other documents of world - wide importance, such as the English Magna Carta of the 13th century, and the Americ...

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It is possible for a country to be a democracy, score very well on the Freedom House surveys, be considered free, enjoy a long life expectancy and a high literacy rate, but still have a relatively low level of industrialization and purchasing power parities (PPP). ... Though India, Benin, and the Philippines are all rated as free and democratic and enjoy a high level of civil rights, they still have low PPP's ($2,248.00, $990.00, and $3,971.00 respectively) and low life expectancies (61 yrs, 53.8 yrs, and 69.3 yrs respectively) comparable to Burma/Myanmar ($1,027 and 56 yrs), Egypt ($3,...

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As I dove deeper and deeper into the politics, corporate power, and media manipulation that build this story's foundation, I could not help but notice it's accurate portrayal of the brightest, and darkest, aspects of American government. ... Pluralism and hyperpluralism may be two equally opposing issues in the book, but the final theme of democracy seems to ultimately instill a pleasant amount of hope into the reader. ... The truth discussed is that people are people, regardless of their political stance, and that in a democracy every last person has inalienable rights. ... As Th...

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They produce and publish a monthly magazine named "Iddeele" specializing in democracy, human rights, violence and peacemaking. Other activities related to the national and international promotion of human rights, peace, and democracy the IDL are involved in are support for local Human Rights Committees. ... These activities allow the Institute to provide services in order to support and answer to the actual demands and needs, diagnose problems and propose solutions in our specialties and areas of concern, and to promote peace, democracy and human rights to the international community. ......

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One advantage to having a codified constitution is that it establishes and protects our human rights, as the American constitution does with the bill of rights. ... A codified constitution allows for a liberal democracy by protecting our Human Rights making it more democratic and advantageous over an uncodified constitution. ... This improves the accountability therefore improving democracy. ... This can be seen as a violation of democracy in which many disagree with. ...

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Americans seem to have a fascination with this word. ... At the slightest notion of resistance to his iron-fisted rule, King George dissolved the legislative bodies of the colonies, lest the processes of representative democracy take root. ... Along with the political repression that Britain imposed on America, it also disabled the colonies economically by not allowing them to grow in wealth. King George cut off America from trade with the world, completely monopolizing all exchange with other nations. ... In order for America to ever become a wealthy nation, it became necessary to rid its...

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Torture desecrates the essence of democracy by tearing away an individuals rights and subjecting them to cruel and unusual punishment. ... For example, many Americans believe that al Qaeda members in captivity that have thus remained silent and not provided interrogators with information should be administered truth serums so they can provide the U.S. with any information that could lead to the arrest of more al Qaeda members, and other terrorist fugitives still at large. ... If we as a democracy accept Torture as justifiable, we are retrograding to archaic times because our laws were carefu...

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American president Abraham Lincoln stated, "Let the people know the facts, and the country will be safe.... However, to limit the freedom of speech and to control the media is truly not stabilization, but an oppression that contradicts the principles of democracy and leads to more social problems. ... Yet, constraining independent journalism is undoubtedly not the adequate way to protect confidential information, since it contradicts with the principles of democracy. ... This is a fight for democracy....

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The US embargo has been reinforced in October of 1992 by the Cuban Democracy Act, which restrained the development of the Cuban economy's new driving forces there by hitting the flow of funds and goods by, the strict limitations of the transfers of foreign currencies and different families. ... Again the Embargo has been more systemized by the Cuban Liberty and Democracy Solidarity Act here in March of 1996, which is meant to harden the international sanctions against Cuba, there was a ban to import Cuban goods demanding that exporters gave proof that no Cuban sugar has been in their prod...

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His campaign is about who we are as Americans. His goal is to lead America to a time where it is not enough to protect our own rights under the law, but where it is a duty and an obligation for each of us as Americans to make sure every American is equal under the law. ... In Dean's point of view, the United States has a special role to play in world affairs as an historic inspiration to those around the world seeking democracy, freedom, and opportunity. Our own fight for independence, democracy, and basic human rights has allowed us to act as a moral force in world affairs and a guiding ...

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Ever since Edward Snowden's revelations of the National Security Agency, the American public and other countries have criticized the United States for collecting its citizen's data. The NSA has collected data from millions of American citizens. ... " (Donahue 14) This is exemplified by the recent hacking of the government which resulted in the information of every single governmental worker in America being exposed. ... The American public is being robbed of their rights. ... "Democracy building through promotion of Internet freedom is a stated aim of U.S. foreign policy, h...

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It will try to account for a number development efforts made within four decades from the country's decolonization in 1946 to its transition to democracy in 1986 and relate it to the modernization paradigm which was shaped by a number of historical events after the war. Such events were the rising into power of the United States of America and the success of its Marshall Plan or the European Recovery Program which was an effort to rebuild Europe from the ravages of war. It was a theory of development based upon the successes of the West and was prescribed to developing newly-decolonized n...

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Being Cuban American, I actually have tremendous interest in the area of human rights; particularly dealing with the Caribbean Island that has many issues dealing with human rights concerns and it's the country that my family drives from. ... Human Rights Watch was founded as a private American NGO in 1978, under the name Helsinki Watch, to monitor the former Soviet Union's compliance with the Helsinki Accords.4 Helsinki Watch methodology, "naming and shaming" would expose abusive governments through media and through exchanges with policymakers. For example, they were able to e...

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was the inspiration for many other human right declarations such as The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), The International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESR), and The American Convention on Human Right (ACHR). ... International declarations such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the American Convention on Human Rights have achieved a much greater respect for the rights of all humans. ... It became evident that to provide these necessities, the state required a democracy. ... A democracy...

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Thesis: The prior terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, and the Pentagon, have many Americans searching to understand the source of such intense hatred. ... Immediately, America must gain insight as to how terrorist groups can be minimized and at best nullified. ... However, in spite of being dominant militarily "America "has sustained an administration that has protected its independence. Now, that the war on terrorism has begun "Americans fear that there civil liberties may be restructured by means of National Security laws. ... The American government's objectiv...

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Many multinationals refuse to release to the American people even the list and addresses of the factories they use around the world to make the goods we purchase. ... In America, she is often a recent or undocumented immigrant. ... Even in North America, where the North American Free Trade Agreement is supposed to enforce a minimum standard for workers' rights, corporations concentrate in maquiladoras, "free trade zones" that were created by NAFTA, where the workers' rights provisions of the Agreement simply do not apply (Co-op America). Corporations have been fleeing countries w...

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This is said to add to democracy by protecting the rights of religious minorities. ... Some Americans believe that Muslim women are oppressed by their religion, forced to cover themselves completely, denied education and other basic rights. ...

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The agenda also included the "examination of the link between development, democracy and economic, social, cultural, civil, and political rights" (UNHCHR, 1996). ... Extensive poverty can be found everywhere in Latin America and Africa. ...

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