Which therefore means diminutive coalitions, which can give minority parties excessive influence compared with their support. ... Finally there is also no government mandate, which means it is feasible for a party to win the most seats, not only with a minority of the votes but also with fewer votes that one of its rivals. ... Although the PR system has its benefits of giving a truer reflection of the vote, its undesirable side effects, include an increase in inefficiency, instability, and more difficulty for the government to pass legislation as there needs to be many compromises made among...

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Pluralist interest group system with free-for-all competition among groups vs coordinated and 'corporatist' interest group systems aimed at compromise and concertation On the federal-unitary level the distinctions include: 1. ... In consensus democracies minorities are better represented and there is more of a sense that every vote counts. In a majoritarian country that adopts a first-past-the-post (FPTP) system, citizens may feel less inclined to vote as minorities could feel powerless to influence an outcome that so greatly rewards the biggest parties, and which results in a gov...

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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...

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Two of these important evolvements include democracy and capitalism which are used widely in numerous countries both developed and developing throughout the wold. ... Nowadays under this system, the people in charge of producing and distributing goods are owned by a small minority of people called the capitalist class. ...

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These essential liberties include the freedom of speech, conscience and religion, the press, and assembly and association, embodied in the First Amendment to the U.S. ... Critics of Majoritarian Democracy claim that it threatens the Minorities. ... The Structure category includes more fundamental and enduring factors (such as the U.S. economy, American society, the constitutional rules, the political culture, and the international system) that influence government and politics. ... These include public opinion, political parties, interest groups, the mass media, and elections." ... "The Govern...

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The struggle for the right to vote was a strenuous one for minorities, women, immigrants, and even low-income whites. ... The Voting Rights Act of 1965 helped to solidify the voting rights of all Americans, and gave the Department of Justice the power to sue states that limited the voting rights of minorities. ... It is clear that Voter ID laws have a disproportionate effect on certain groups, including young people, senior citizens, minorities, and the low-income--all groups who tend to vote Democrat. ... These citizens are more often low-income, elderly or from minority communities. ... Som...

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Most Americans are not only liberals, in the classical sense of believing in individual liberty, but are also democrats since they believe in equality, majority rule, with recognition of the rights of minorities, and government that is responsive and responsible to a broad electorate. Democracy also includes freedom of speech, press, and assembly; freedom to form opposition political parties and to run for office; commitment to individual dignity and to equal opportunities for people to develop their full potential. ...

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These include those who are unable to vote on Election Day, military overseas, others with scheduling conflicts, people with disabilities, people residing in remote communities. ... This technological age includes advanced computer technologies that make available to assist with mobility, hearing, and visual impairments as well as learning disabilities. ... There are several ways to reduce the risk to this problem of accessibilities which includes 1) online voting should not be considered the only channel for voting. ... Although, if proposed, should include a clause that provides a provision...

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These include individual rights common to most liberal democracies, such as equality before law, freedom of speech and expression, and peaceful assembly, freedom to practice religion, and the right to constitutional remedies for the protection of civil rights by means of writs such as habeas corpus. ... In 1928, the Nehru Commission composing of representatives of Indian political parties proposed constitutional reforms for India that apart from calling for dominion status for India and elections under universal suffrage, would guarantee rights deemed fundamental, representation ...

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The separation of each branch includes their individual responsibilities, and their method of being elected as well as the terms they serve and the length of those terms. ... Both authors then continued to explain how Majorities often threaten the rights of minorities. ...

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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. Democracy also includes freedom of speech, press, and assembly; freedom to form opposition political parties and to run for office, commitment to individual dignity and to equal opportunities for people to develop their full potential. ...

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Some issues apparent in all of these countries include economic problems, the role of Islam in the political system, security concerns, and a lack of experience with democracy. ... They are a tiny minority within a tiny minority. ...

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Democracy means that the minority has to subordinate to the will of the majority, the change of power takes place peacefully, and the opposition is not only has a right to express public disagreement with government policy, but also has to operate strictly within the law (Ibid). ... This includes the wealthy and highly skilled citizens and, above all, the layers of entrepreneurs (Glassman, 1995). ...

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For instance, Aids harrows far into the middle-class and aggressive minorities are craving their conception of the world in educational system, where Japanese electronics and Japanese cars triumphs and the saving banks are going bankrupt, where the war of the Gulf discloses an evident cynicism. ... Governments have to deal with international conflict, which includes economy and military action and nation problem such as health, education and welfare. ...

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The heated debate of democracy includes the differing views concerning the definition of democracy, controversy over the suitable form of democracy since there are different forms, lack of relevant cases where total democracy was implemented and there are questions on who sets down the agreed levels and standards of democracy as the yardstick which takes precedence over other forms of regimes. ...

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