Before Freedom Summer, national media paid little attention to the plight of black would-be voters in the Deep South and the perils faced by civil rights workers. ... Another benefit of Freedom Summer came in the form of long-term change, both for various radical movements and for women's rights. ... In addition to Savio came Casey Hayden and Mary King, who wrote a paper titled "Women in the Movement" describing how men in SNCC dominated decision-making processes, relegating women to secretarial duties. Yet "when later read at a Students for a Democratic Society meeting, it...

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It limited national government, had no tax power, little means to enforce it's decisions. ... Until 1869 women could not vote and only Wyoming granted them right to vote. Not all states wanted grant women the right to vote. ... Defenetly if there was no federal system not all states would grant women the right to vote. ... I have made a little survey , for the question :" What do you associate with the word "democracy"?" ...

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Despite the fact that many poor Whites were finally given the opportunity to partake in the political and economic opportunities that were previously available only to White male landowners, no rights whatsoever were given to women and Jacksonian policies were oppressive toward most minorities. ... Jackson and his followers showed little or no concern over the morality of slavery. ... Even though women and minorities were given virtually no personal liberties, looking at what Jackson called "the common man" (an everyday white man), Jacksonian Democrats provided a great deal of personal liber...

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The French Legislature is organized in such a way that finally, as the French maintain themselves in the 5th Republic, it has proven effective and is respected across France. The French Legislature has duties and responsibilities that it must uphold in order for it to be analyzed in terms of the qu...

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Additionally, there is a large number of grass roots support organizations that focus on microenterprise development, which I believe means the development of small businesses that produce and distribute goods and services and take in little or no capital. ... Other NGO efforts of protecting civil liberties include preserving elections in the Philippines and protecting women's rights in places like Cambodia and Bangladesh. ...

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Taft did not fear corporate political dominance and saw little need for innovative direct democracy. ... He was the only candidate that was pro women's suffrage. As his affinity for direct democracy grew, so did his support of voting rights for women, and after accepting the Progressive party nomination he declared himself a "flat-footed" supporter of women's suffrage. ... Wilson also had long been against a federal amendment calling for women's suffrage, and he refused to change his position in 1912, despite what he thought was a flip-flop issue on Roosevelt's pa...

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The people which need the government most and compose most of the state have little or no profound influence on the system. ... Women, slaves, metics, who were those of foreign birth, and those who had only one Athenian parent were not eligible for governmental activity of any kind. ... In regard to women, they only fulfilled domestic duties. ...

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Jacksonian democracy was created during antebellum America. The Jackson democrats attempted to aggrandize the puissance of lower classes poor while decreasing the influence of the rich and potent. Economically, they benefited from governing during a time of paramount advances in transportation, whic...

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The Jackson democrats attempted to amplify the strength of lower classes' poor, while decreasing the influence of the rich and powerful. Economically, they benefited from governing during a time of leading advances in transportation, which boosted commerce and helped the common man. Politically, the...

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Jacksonian democracy came about during a time of dramatic change in America. The Jackson democrats, whose influence spanned several decades in the early 19th century, attempted to strengthen the power of the poor lower classes while weakening the influence of the rich upper class. Economically, th...

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"The public has grown tired of seeing Congress accomplishes little except shovel dubious pork-barrel spending out the door and perform regulatory favors for contributors" (Coyne and Fund 21). ... As incumbents leave office, there are greater opportunities for women and minorities (Hibbing and Theiss-Morse 134). ... If term limits are instituted, there will be little incentive for elected officials to perform well in their last term (SYWK). ... If the term limit is enacted, they would no longer be able to wait in their little safe seats but would have to participate actively to create that op...

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"The public has grown tired of seeing Congress accomplishes little except shovel dubious pork-barrel spending out the door and perform regulatory favors for contributors" (Coyne and Fund 21). ... As incumbents leave office, there are greater opportunities for women and minorities (Hibbing and Theiss-Morse 134). ... If term limits are instituted, there will be little incentive for elected officials to perform well in their last term (SYWK). ... If the term limit is enacted, they would no longer be able to wait in their little safe seats but would have to participate actively to create that op...

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The difficulties that post-communist states had to face when they began the transition to democracy were innumerable, among the main ones, their problems included: there was little civil society in the countries- the democratisation process of post-communist Europe is sui generis, because it occurs in a situation which there is no civil society- (Mair, 1996,2). ...

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Even just isolating these tax and military problems as part the issues colonists were made to deal with there was essentially nothing they could do, the British legal system (referenced in the declaration of independence) was mock-enforced conveniently for the British agents so as they would receive little or no punishment leaving early Americans feeling as though justice has not been served but rather they were jerked off. ... Those three presidents being so closely involved with the new government helped choose the Congress members, so there was very little difference of opinion between the...

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The Influence of the Greeks on American Democracy "Tyranny is the rule of one man to the advantage of the ruler, oligarchy to the advantage of the rich, democracy to the advantage of the poor." -Aristotle Democracy: a form of government that makes political decisions directly exercised by the whole body of citizens, under procedures of majority rule. This type of democracy is know as a direct democracy, however the form of government that citizens exercise the same right not in person but through elected representatives is known as a representative democracy. Today in the United States of Amer...

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The primary goal of this theocracy is to boost a rapidly declining birth rate through the control of fertile women's bodies, and it does so through strict control of citizen's lives. ... In our system of democracy checks and balances comes in the form of three government branches, but in our body it is a little different. ...

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This was almost a total democracy except for the fact that women and slaves (over 50% of the population) were not considered citizens and were not allowed to vote. ... Jefferson borrowed a little from Rousseau as well when he said that all men should have the right to take up arms against the government if it did not respect these rights (Jefferson). ...

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This was very advanced for its era, especially the fact that voting included women suffrage as well as male suffrage. ... These rebellions were dangerous because the government had very little support form the ordinary Germans. ...

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In the months leading up to the recent 2012 presidential election, there was an issue that was all over the news because of the impact that it would have at the polls. That issue was Voter ID laws--laws that are put in place by states which would require voters to show some type of identification be...

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