According to this reality and the stated requisites for democracy, the Arab Spring revolutions lacked the basis for democracy in the first place. ... In Tunisia, a small group of violent Islamist extremists, Salafists, has emerged as a pressing and dangerous issue. Salafists are ultra-conservative Sunni's that are spread between three broad groups; small political movements that have formed in recent months; non-violent Salafis; and violent Salafists and jihadists who, though small in number, have had a major impact in terms of violent attacks in an attempt to destabilize the Tunisian g...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Moreover, there is increasing evidence that in countries where there is high economic growth, like in Russia and China, authoritarian regimes are still in place. ... Small broadcasters and newspapers proved to be essential to spread news and mobilize protestors. ...

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It has many meanings and has turned up in surprising places--the Spain of General Franco, the Greece of the colonels, the Pakistan of the generals, the Eastern Europe of the commissars--usually prefaced by some qualifying adjective such as "guided," "basic," "organic," "popular," or the like, which serves to dilute, deflect, or even to reverse the meaning of the word. ... Their civilization was broken down into small city-states (never more than 10,000 citizens), and all the men voted on all issues of government. ...

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That issue was Voter ID laws--laws that are put in place by states which would require voters to show some type of identification before being allowed to cast their votes. The debate about whether or not these laws should be put in place became a heated one in this year's election. ... In 2011 alone, at least 34 of the 50 states proposed some type of legislature requiring voters to show identification. 14 of these states already had some type of legislature in place, and wanted to make the policies stricter, in most cases requiring a form of identification with a photo of the voter, or an...

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Introduction Having experienced a recent economic boom prior to the 2008 global financial crisis and a flourishing tourism industry, Cambodia lies at the forefront of becoming a rising star within the Southeast Asian region. However, in order to do so there are major political issues and concerns d...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau while all being similar in many ways, also differentiate amongst themselves as well. This statement proves to be true when looking at several of there basic values, and principles. One of these basic principles is the belief that all the powers ...

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The island is like the Garden of Eden before the boys arrive because it is peaceful and pure, just like how before God created man, the Garden of Eden was also a place of tranquility and untouched beauty. Upon the arrival of humankind in both places though, they become much less like paradise and ultimately carry out the same fate. ...

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Prior to Deng Xiaoping the place where you lived, and the possessions you owned were not yours, but property of the state, which is still the official policy today, however in much looser interpretation. ...

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Democracy can be best understood if it is split into small units or characteristics. ... In scrutiny of his aristocratic government, one would come to the point of saying that it was a reasonable ideal proposition because for equality and fairness to take place in a stratified society, there is a need for people who understands the life of different classes, thus making it possible to try to serve the interests of different classes without discrimination. ...

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Romania - a Special Case - Corruption, Deficiencies of the Party System, Authoritarianism - Not quite two years before local elections, one and a half years before parliamen-tary elections and two years before presidential elections, Romania seems to be standing at a crossroads. Thus, the ruling post-communists, the Romanian Social Democrats (PSD) of prime-minister and PSD party leader Adrian Nastase have to decide on how to continue the required political, social and economic transforma-tion process. Can they afford social unrest due to required reforms of the eco-nomic and social sys...

• Word Count: 6376
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate