No other democratic society in the world permits the privilege of personal freedoms to the degree of the United States of America. ... If the majority of Americans do not politically participate, then the legitimacy of our nations' claim to be a democracy remains unanswered. ... One essential characteristic of a legitimate democracy is that it allows people to freely make choices without government intervention. ... Though this apathy is the result of greater freedom in America than in other countries, it ultimately decreases citizens' incentive to express their opinions about issue...

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Jacksonian's were, to a great extent, the promoters of political democracy. ... In 1791, they began an idea referred to as the "New Democracy". ... The Jacksonian belief, "New Democracy", promoted suffrage for all white males, but no benefits of individual liberties were given to women or Native, African Americans. ... The rights of free African American were restricted because of the position Jackson held about slavery. ... Jacksonian Democrats were guardians of individual liberties because rights were not gained by groups such as Native Americans, African Americans, ...

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Federal system in the United States of America: its origins. ... Another important idea of democracy is the idea of equality and freedom. ... American political system has weak sides also. ... I have made a little survey , for the question :" What do you associate with the word "democracy"?" among the other associations people named America. ...

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The American Dream and the Panoptical Procedures That Deliver It Since the day the constitution was signed, it has functioned as a document that determines the actions of the American people. From this document has erupted an ideal of success, labeled by society as the "American Dream."" ... The constitution fashioned a nation of democracy, built "by the people and for the people."" ... Individuality has no place in the American dream. ... Moreover, the American dream of normalcy backfires, eliminating the individual hope for inclusion in exchange for the American dream of sterility. ...

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A Democracy made up of patriotic hard working citizens. ... The money of American citizens. ... It has eroded the central requirement of a democracy that those who are governed give not only their consent but their informed consent"(Ben Bagdikian, pg. 192). ... In chapter 3 of his book Rich Media, Poor Democracy, McChesney discusses the affects of commercialism. ... Similarly absent is commentary on dangers of this political one-sidedness to American democracy"(Ben Bagdikian pg. ...

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To the untrained eye of the average American citizen, it would appear so, but upon further dissection of our democratic political system, "the branches of our national government seem to be suffering a prolonged identity crisis". ... However, more and more polarizing views advanced by particular factions continue to steer politics and the American government toward group and personal interests rather than general welfare. ... It is true that Lincoln's message was originally intended to address the division of slave and slave-free states, but these words ring no less true when a...

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Thus, we find no sovereignty located in the American political system. ... American federalism answers these questions but on a case-by-case basis through intergovernmental politics and court decisions. ... Early in American history, local governments and the states had most of it. ... Most importantly, state constitutions open one or more of three doors to direct democracy through initiative, referendum and recall. ... (American Government , Page number 66) "Also, the constitution confers certain powers to both the Federal Government and State Governments. ...

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In the American Constitution there are stipulated powers of what the national government can do, anything that  is not specify in this clauses, can be handled by the states governments. ... Consequently, the  American Federalism is a system of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and the power of the states. ... Given this points, in my opinion, this type of system helps with the democracy of a nation, it fits with all of the principles of democracy, responsiveness, accountability, transparency and the rights of the people. ...

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Federalism The United States of America has been a prosperous and productive nation under federalism for the past 200 years. The federal system was designed by the Framers of the Constitution to ensure democracy and liberty throughout a sparsely populated and well-distributed nation. ... Due to its geographic size and distribution, a representative democracy was initiated. ...

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The United States of America has been a prosperous and productive nation under federalism for the past 200 years. The federal system was designed by the Framers of the Constitution to ensure democracy and liberty throughout a sparsely populated and well-distributed nation. ... Due to its geographic size and distribution, a representative democracy was initiated. ...

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On September 11, 2001 terrorists attacked the citizens of the United States of America. ... Pre 9/11 policy ensured some innocent Americans freedom, but because of policy change the American government can jail Americans indefinitely without a trial. ... Many Americans rationalized illicit policy by forming arguments that either commit fallacies or aren't well thought through. ... Other surreptitious motives are being implemented against the American people and it's not for our protection. ... Dilma Roussef a Brazilian official whom recently discovered she was under NSA surveillance,...

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This plan lead to the Madisonian Democracy, which focused on checks and balances, federalism, civil liberties, and civil rights. ... The ingredients which make up the Madisonian Democracy have grown and changed over time, holding true to their purpose: to balance government and the rights of the citizens. Checks and balances and the separation of powers are aspects of a Madisonian democracy whereby separate branches of government have limiting powers over each other so that no one branch will become supreme. ... Federalism is an ingredient of democracy in which the national government shar...

• Word Count: 1242
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The United States was free to British control after the American Revolution. ... As a consequence, the Constitution of the United States of America was born and came out with two opposing point of views, the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. ... They were basically elitists who opposed measures to democratize American politics. ... He said that a pure democracy would not be the perfect government, which was proven by experiences. ... Federalism becomes the evolving relationship between state governments and the federal government of United States of America in today society....

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James Madison, according to some, is a prime example of a leader who attempted to secure the American people's civil liberties. ... He felt the government that was created by the Constitution was well equipped to manage the effects of factions, unlike a direct democracy. Although there would be abundant factions in a large nation, they would be feeble compared to those in small democracies. ... He wanted to stray from the concept of one major group controlling the masses; however he also feared the contrary, a democracy, and the dictatorship of the majority that is possible. ... Bear...

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Many of the great minds politically active after the American Revolution realized this; thus arrived the birth of one of the greatest political documents of all time: The Constitution. ... It showed the basic ideas of democracy, and the Constitution was used in the expansion and enforcing of those ideas. ...

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American citizens had made commitment in the thirteenth article stating they were now being asked to abandon: "The Articles of Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state, and the union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration of any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a congress of the United States, and be afterward confirmed by the legislature of every state." ... The Federalist Papers discusses the editorials and persuasion pieces written by the Founding Fathers to create the democracy of the legislative, executive, and judi...

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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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The Anti-Federalist feared that with the adoption of a centralized national government the rights of individuals would diminish and the newly won powers of the 13 American States would be usurped. ... They believed as Montesquieu did that democracy could only succeed in a small nearly homogeneous republic. ... The Anti-federalist where working to create a system of government that was centered on the different and individual characters of each region of America. ... Under English rule the American Colonist had suffered under the yoke of a ruler who did not understand or care about their well ...

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Madison argued that this is what representative democracy stands for. ... Here in a condensed format he is telling the American people that the Federal Government will be made up of people from the states whom will have the best interests in mind of their people and their residing state. ... Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmounta...

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Democracy played a huge role in the creation of the modern state as more people wanted to be more involved in decisions or at least being able to vote on who represents their needs. ... The United Nations was established in 1945 to promote international co-operation between states, which is suppose to be a fair referee and intervene for states who don't have the firearm like countries such as the United States of America, United Kingdom and Russia. ...

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If properly controlled and regulated, this prior illegal substance could become one of America's most helpful medications. ... Currently, there are states in America that allow the use of medical marijuana, a number that has increased over the years. ... The majority of the citizens of America deem marijuana as an illegal substance which can only be used for getting "high". ... However, due to the democracy of the American government system, laws and regulations are always changing. ... Also, the American government spends millions of dollars each year in an attempt to quell this prob...

• Word Count: 2195
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It always has been, and continues to be, one of their maxims of policy to exclude all mankind from their American shores. " (Document F) Jay is pointing out that to make treaties with another country is to create a compromise which both sides cannot complain. ... It is a failure of a new nation, and by learning from those mistakes, our Founding Fathers were able to reconstruct a brand new representative democracy. ...

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