Therefore this shows that there is nothing like teaching an old dog, new tricks and human beings always act wild like animals in a state of nature where no general rules apply. ... This then shows the nature of his argument and position on the subject of democracy as he sees no good thing about it. ... He goes to rate tyranny as the firth, and argues that democracy naturally degenerates into tyranny and society becomes a total chaos in which there's no rule, no priorities and no laws. ... Nobody is able to remove a tyrant man from the power, as there's no law to be obeyed. ... He mad...

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This statement proves to be true when looking at several of there basic values, and principles. ... Thomas Hobbes writes that there are three different forms of common-wealth. ... The third reason is that with a Monarchy there is no problems with conflicting points of view that can arise from government with more than one. ... There are also some inconveniences that arise from a Monarchial form of government. ... That is where the community as a whole uses there power in the making of laws. ...

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It will also be able to prove that there are far more benefits from a smooth and fast and transition, rather then a country that seems slow and unwilling to move on to a more prosperous way of living. There is, it appears to be no single "democratic- constitution, (Robert. ... He believes that without these, no state can fully call themselves democratic'. ... 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 democratis...

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First, rights have been recognized in the Charter so that no religious group should ever have to fear that their religion will be subject to discrimination. ... President Roosevelt signed the "Executive Order No. 9102, establishing the War Relocation Authority-and " without a murmur of dissent," (Institute for Historical Review) Japanese-Canadians were shipped away to internment camps that resembled the Nazi-concentrations camps... " The 23 000 Japanese living on the West coast of Canada, three fourths of whom were Canadian Citizens, were also rounded up, they were not permitted back into B...

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Moreover, the relations to Hungary, which, after the introduction in 2001 of the so-called "Status-Act- regarding Hungarians living abroad, were temporarily subject to particular strain have, again, become more relaxed. ... The various disagreements between Romania and the EU, brought about last year by the signing of the treaty with the USA on the non-extradition of the US citizens to the Criminal Court of Justice on the Haag, without previous consultation of the EU and by further support of the USA in matters regarding the war in Iraq, were skillfully smoothened out by the Romanian Governmen...

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However, things were much different during the years of Canada's early confederation. ... He has repeatedly appointed seniors to the Chamber first, so that they will retire shortly, and then another partisan can enjoy the benefits of the position. ... However, there are some glaring hypocrisies with this premise. ... There is no reason why applicants for positions could not be publicly sought, and reviewed by an ombudsman. ... There is, however, no disputing the fact that the federal government hasn't budged in several areas, in an attempt to stay in the public eye. ...

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There were no representatives in the Greek system of government. ... 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. ... Many Roman political thinkers were fond of democracy. ... The people of France overthrew the king, then set forth the "Declaration of the Rights of Man," which changed Locke's right to life, liberty and property to the right to "liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression." ... There are various interpretations of this definition and conseque...

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However, in order to do so there are major political issues and concerns dealing with democracy, which need to be combatted. ... This period, though it brought economic development to the region, also caused a strong sense of nationalism among Cambodians, since they were forced to pay heavy taxes to the French regime (Franchini 1988). ... Furthermore, during this time, unrealistic economic and production goals were set, with farmers being told to produce around three tons of rice per hectare of land (Cambodia Tribunal Monitor). ... Furthermore, while Prime Minister Hun Sen is known to have bee...

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There are strong arguments by those supporting stronger ID laws for voting, as well as by opposition who believe more strict ID laws infringe on an American's right to vote. ... Voter identification laws were established to ensure that citizens register to vote as their own identity and not someone else. ... There has been no shortage of evidence that supports the existence of voter fraud at the election polls. This evidence goes back no further than the 2012 Presidential Election. ... In a 2011 New York Times editorial piece, it claims that "there is almost no voter fraud in Americ...

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In Athens there was an equilibrium reached between the centralizing and unifying ideals of individual and sate, and freedom and order. In Athens new democratic state there was cooperation between individual freedom and authority of the state unseen in the past forms of government. ... In modern standards, the Athenian democracy was still exclusive, but in a time-period when no group of citizens could be excluded from political rights was unknown. ... Within the Athenian democracy there was no separation of class, even the lowest and poorest citizen shared in freedom and power of the government...

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Without political reform, there can be no economic liberalization, nor democratization bringing stability to the region. ... Complicating Factors In Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen "in that order" undemocratic leaders were ousted and replaced by popularly elected bodies or, in the case of Yemen, a transitional government. ... Ever since the Arab Spring has begun, there has been a widespread loss of revenue due to a decrease in production and a reduction in exports. ... First, large amounts of the labor force in the Middle East have joined in the protests, and second, there has been...

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A transition can only on be called successful when no one can reverse the democratic imposed changes (Przeworski, 1991: 14). ... However, the cultural component provides no strong evidence for the absence of a democratic transition in Russia. ... He distinguishes five factors that were in all three countries of vital importance to make a transition possible: 1) a semi-autocratic regime, 2) an unpopular leader 3) a united opposition 4) that can mobilize supporters and 5) space for free press (McFaul, 2005). ... However, there is simply no space in this paper to include more conditions. ... Bes...

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Becuase there is no objective way of measuring the quality of a democracy, a variety of different indicators have been suggested, such as by David and Morlino (2005), who argue that both procedural indicators, such as the rule of law, participation, competition and accountability, and substantive dimensions, like freedom and equality, need to be analysed to measure democratic performance. ... For example, they advocate that membership in political parties is no less important, perhaps they do so because it reflects active participation in politics in between general elections, but this is some...

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Due to the power outage many factories were forced to cut down their production; seeing that power is the life-blood of production. ... Certainly, there are both pros and cons regarding those two different types of government structures.Within communist countries people are worried mostly about the independence in law which leads to corruption within the country. There are things called "Guan Xi" in China, or "connections, using the art of relationships – and its close companion, corruption – to secure everything from safe childbirth to a prestigious burial.... "...

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Garraty argues that Nazi and New Deal anti depression policies bear striking similarities, and because the systems were perceived to be so fundamentally different his comparison is expository of how people handled the crisis. ... " The fact that neoclassical buildings had been constructed in Washington, Paris, London and Geneva during the 1930s, just as they had in Berlin, Moscow, and Rome led them to acknowledge that there had been traditionally modern fascists and architecturally traditional liberals. ... Therefore neoclassicism could no longer be reduced to being a side effect of tot...

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