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. ... Can they afford social unrest due to required reforms of the eco-nomic and social system just one year before local elections, which in turn would lead to the country's accession to the European Union on January 1, 2007? ... Debates in Parliament should be concluded after the summer recess and the citi...

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The westernized view of political success or democracy is still in reach but Iraqi citizens must overcome a number of problems before it can be effectively achieved. ... These groups are causing constant chaos, which makes it harder difficult for political parties to attempt to rebuild any infrastructure that remains after the ruling of Sadam Hussein. ... To the best of their knowledge, their knowledge, their next leader will be as corrupt as those who came before him. ... After gaining independence there was a period of time where citizens were unhappy with the US government. ... The primary ...

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The history of American government starts several year before there was even an American government with a series of events mainly between the British colonies and Great Britain developing into problems that would cause a change of power to the colonists themselves. ... Of course if arguments were finished after one side makes a bold declaration on a piece of paper that would be quite a different history but the war waged on until 1783. ... But the gaps needed to be addressed and were backburnered until shortly before 1787 when it was decided that a more comprehensive form of national govern...

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Changing from being ruled by monarchs, to imperialists, with a short lapse of democracy before the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) came to power, and ongoing from the 1970s a blend of socialism and capitalism introduced by Deng Xiaoping. ... During the 19th century China finally saw fall towards the West through unfair trade impositions and regulations, and after World War II the Chinese Communist Party took control of the China that is known today. Shortly after World War II there was a power struggle between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Kuomintang (KMT), the nationalist party, s...

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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. ... After all, we're not savages. ... After Jack, Roger is second to give in and show brutality that he finds satisfaction in. ... Along with the lost battle to stay good, or the rise of evil, comes the fall of Simon, who, as stated before, represents goodness and Christ. ...

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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 first state law requiring voters to show identification at the polls came soon after in 2003, in the state of Alabama. ... Most of these states seemed to be in a rush to enact voter ID laws before the 2012 election in which the democratic candidate, Barack Obama, the first person of color to hold office as president, could possibly be re-elected. ... Even after the passage of the 15th amendment in 1870, which state...

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After the trend of democracy was started by the Greeks and carried on by the Romans, it has been seen in many later governmental systems throughout history. ... Political thinkers and philosophers such as Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Rousseau inspired the people by building off of American ideas and insisting that freedom comes only after the legislative, judicial and executive branches of the government are separated. ... Before the end of the 19th century, almost all of the Western European monarchies had adopted a constitution limiting the power of the Royal Family and giving some power to...

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After the fall of the Iron Curtain and the collapse of the Soviet-Union, many former Soviet satellite states changed into a democratic regime. Also for Russia there was good hope that the country would finally embrace democracy after 70 years of communism. ... However, after almost 14 years, the hope of democracy in Russia has flown. ... McFaul (2005) did research to the democratic transitions in Georgia, Ukraine and former Yugoslavia after the year 2000. ... In the case of Ukraine, the opposition knew to mobilize the population, after news reports leaked out that the results of the presidenti...

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How successful have the post-communist states been in establishing a stable democracy? Regime Change This essay will study the success rate of the establishment of a stable democracy in post-communist states. It will give a short introduction on democracy, what classifies as democracy, and the different paths taken to democracy, also stating the different problems that post-communist countries had to face when hey began the process of democratisation. In addition to this it will state the collapse of communism and why thee countries have chosen a democratic' government rather than an ...

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To answer this, I have selected three countries in East Asia who are close to China in geographical terms and also very similar to China before the Foreign Direct Investment swarmed into China in the 1990s; India, the Philippines, and Vietnam. ...

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This paper will aim to analyze the challenges that Cambodia has faced on its road towards democracy by giving a brief historical insight before focusing more specifically on issues dealing with corruption, civil liberties and political freedom, as well as the lack of rule of law within Cambodian society. History Before being able to focus on the problems Cambodia has faced on its road to establishing a democratic government, one must shed light on Cambodia's rich history. ...

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In Libya, such a change only occurred after months of armed conflict between regime supporters and opponents, and ended in the killing of the country's leader during the fight. ... The jumbled view that political reform and openness will immediately result `n a better economic life could lead to disillusion for the pools of youth suffering from a hangover effect after the revolutions. ...

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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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Propaganda among other sorts of techniques are used in three ostensibly opposed forms of governance to achieve similar goals. Bernays equated what propaganda is to a democratic society to what force is to a dictatorship. Wolfgang Schivelbusch's Three New Deals and John Garraty's New Deal, National S...

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