Many thinkers of his era believed that the perfect society was a small republic where people were in contact with their government. ... For Madison, the problem of governing could be solved by having many smaller states as the governing political units. ... Smaller republics would quickly have to tackle factions, and they would go extremely powerful faster than the states could respond. ... To him, a small republic has a limited amount of land and territory with a small number of people within it. ... The complexities of a representative democracy are further seen in that Madison makes a poin...

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Another factor supporting this theory is that when a war takes place in a democratic nation, their leaders must accept blame for that loss, by the voters of that particular nation. In a democratic nation, voters have a large say in what takes place in their country. ... Israeli relations have evolved from an initial American policy of sympathy and support for the creation of a Jewish homeland in 1948 to an unusual partnership that links a small but militarily powerful Israel, dependent on the United States for its economic and military strength, with the U. ... While the Vietnam War was taking...

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The micro level refers to districts, towns, counties and other small areas. ... Although this was a rather small area of land compared to today, there were still distinct areas that supported certain political ideas and political parties. ... This type of representation is tied very closely to place and space and focuses mainly on small areas such as districts, towns and boroughs. ... They have been able to make changes necessary to make our government meet our needs and to make our nation a better place to live and participate in politics....

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When looking at the grand scheme of things, it is apparent that each individual's influence is far too small to truly make a difference. ... Unfortunately, such institutions have no place in a democracy. ... In order to organize, one person or small group will step forward thus creating an elite. ... We feel that we are leading the country, but in actuality we are nothing but small voices who feed opinions to the elites. ...

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This can been seen in interest groups ability to influence public officials who hold power to fulfill their wants rather than what the party as a whole wants or what the people want, the majority of interest group members being people with higher incomes and higher levels of education limiting the average citizens ability to influence decisions made, the small group of elites dominating congressional decisions, and the concerning dominance money has in American politics. ... Many politicians claim to have the people's best interest at hand and they ultimately decide what policies are pu...

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Since its formation in small scattered civilizations, through its manifestations in ancient Greece and Rome, all the way to the current faces of democratic society around the world today, the system has been refining its boundaries and the premises on which it was built. ... 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. ... In such an election, it is necessary for all adults to be able to vote for a representative to participate in a smaller and often more organized g...

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The Paideia Proposal places in perspective how the youth of our country are in fact our salvation later. ... The book points out how we might better our educational systems and provides additional reading which will allow our schools to place these programs in effect. ... The fact of the matter is there are only a small number and regretfully there will always be a relatively small number of great teachers. ...

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Over the years, many changes have taken place in American politics. ... Large contributors harm both non/small contributors and force out promising candidates who cannot afford to compete or who are disgusted by the corruption of electoral politics. ... When outrageous campaign contributions are made, the contributors at least have a small intention of getting a favor in return. ...

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Constitutionally, the structure of government as it is built by the Mexican Constitution is in place, but the behavioral execution of the laws manufactured by this government are simply not enforced to a degree expected of a consolidated democracy. ... The country devotes an estimated 9–12 percent of its GDP to bribes, that small and medium-sized businesses spend $43 billion annually to cut bureaucratic red tape, and that 10 percent of spending on public contracts goes to corruption. 10% is common percentage to charge taxes to the government, but Mexico's people spend their 10% wi...

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President, the necessary changes in Iraq for democratization to take place, citing specifically the prerequisites to democracy needed in the nation and the region, the steps needed to be taken in order to create said democracy, and the conditions necessary within and surrounding the nation for these changes to remain after the United States and/or other forces are gone from the region. ... The idea of the federal government having the most control would promote the idea of unity, and the smaller local governments should be given a certain degree of autonomy within their jurisdictions, to ma...

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In politics, there are two dominant political parties along with several smaller parties. ... There is a place on the ballot for write-ins, but the system is set up so that the constituents believe that their vote will not amount to anything if they do not vote along the two more dominant party lines. ... Since the power in our country is so concentrated, what stops our government from becoming a tyranny led by a small group? ...

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Capitalist media systems have lead to increased concentration of corporate media ownership, a small number of firms dominate each of the major media sectors. This has based a threat on the "free" market place of ideas, because this "free" market was based on low barriers to entry, making it easier to start up new media channels. ... To the extent that globalisation does exist as an economic process, it is based to no small extent upon the rise of the global communication network. ...

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Although there would be abundant factions in a large nation, they would be feeble compared to those in small democracies. ... Every man, including those in power need to be supervised otherwise a government would not be essential in the first place. ... Madison observes, "In the extended republic of the United States, and among the great variety of interests, parties, and sects which it embraces, a coalition of a majority of the whole society could seldom take place on any other principles than those of justice and the general good - (Jacobson, 568). ...

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What is one community service project we could do that would make our community a better place to live? ... In short, a good citizen places our common good high on their list of personal values. Some contribute in small ways, others with grand gestures. ...

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And such a development is in the first place of importance for the whole population of Kazakhstan nowadays, which has been also recalled in the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, adopted on the 30th of August in 1995. ... And in the third rule there is an obvious emphasis that the right to elect and be elected, to participate in the all-nation referendum does not extend to the citizens judged incapable by a court as well as those held in places of confinement on a court's sentence. ... Without this broad, sustaining participation, democracy begins to wither and become the preser...

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Besides the serfs, there was a very small middle class in the towns. ... The Revolution was to be a new starting point that even purely democratic problems, like the land ownership, cannot be solved without the conquest of power by the proletariat; but this in turn places the socialist revolution on the agenda. ...

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In order to be able to place the three countries on the comparative democratization scale accordingly, the expectations of democratization have to be established. ... Turning our focus to the Czech Republic, a lot of evidence is pointing towards a trend of weakened governmental accountability in the last years as some major corruption scandals took place in 2013. ...

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This meant making it easy for small parties to gain representation in the Reichstag. ... The government of Germany encouraged the workers in the Ruhr to strike but they were supported by the German treasury, so this was costly and this led to many people becoming unemployed and many small businesses going bankrupt who then swore allegiance to parties like the Nazis. ...

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The constitution of Nigeria also holds that if no candidate succeeds in winning a majority of total votes and obtaining the two thirds threshold in the first round, a second round of voting will take place a week later, pitting off the two candidates in a run off. ... Other than the president, several small parties and minority groups in Nigeria are also represented in the legislature. ... (O'Neil (2010) Page 553) This justifies Dahl's theory about broadened participation combined with political competition, based on which different ethnic groups and small groups in Nigeria have a ch...

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As a young man, he traveled to many places, one of them during his mid-twenties, which was when he witnessed the revolution in China. ... In contrast, Malraux describes Katov from another character's point of view as a sly sparrow (15), while Kyo is small and supple as a Japanese cat (36). ... At the time that this particular revolution took place in China, Communism placed strict controls on the people, convinced them that working for the state was the only way to provide for their families, and said that only if they gave all to the "state" would things get better. ...

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This was not really viable and John Stuart Mill strongly disagrees stating "self government can only occur when the state is small enough for the whole state to assemble". ... Whether or not representative democracy promotes or restricts popular rule also depends on the political system in place. ...

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So the picture painted by this was one of division, and a small number of voters who didn't vote with their hearts. ... However, it was impossible for a Socialist revolution to take place- they were simple too disunited, split down the middle. ...

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These small factions we speak of, often had controlling ability which threatened. the welfare of the nation. ... Many thinkers thought it wise to place the power in the hands of the people, leading to the idea of a Representative Democracy. ...

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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). ... As Russia was a large country for centuries it was ruled by strong leaders who did not allow it to break up in to small separate independent regions. ...

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They again added that the Athenian democracy was the first known democracy that developed in a small size city-state which provided its citizens with a sense of active engagement in public affairs. ... Ghana must hold accountable and put in place some penal codes against public servants or officeholders as did the Athenians. ...

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