He introduces neoclassical monumentalism as a commonality among the systems. ... Schivelbusch expresses that both the revolutionary states of Bolshevism and fascism as well as the reformist ones of the capitalist democracies, needed an architecture that would tower on behalf of, but also above, the people like a temple, inspiring trust, respect, and a quasi-religious sense of deeper meaning and community while at the same time showing the rest of the world who it was dealing with. ... The construction of neoclassical monuments were essential for the stimulation of the population into a renewed...

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"Machiavelli's most characteristic, central, and frequently involved concept is that of virtu, a term by no means regularly translatable by "virtue," and certainly not equivalent to virtue in the Christian sense. ... The laws, he says, "make men good"- that is compel them to serve the common good and refrain from barring their fellow citizens, as civil and political life demands. ...

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However, the above contribution by Plato has got a loophole in the sense that, in a stratified society, people have different ideologies and interests and this will make it difficult for his ideal aristocratic government to come to see its light fully fledged. ... He sees this form of government as better than democracy in the sense that power will be in the hands of the military who may happen to share the same virtues with the majority but he then came to realize its weakness by citing that the military by nature can possess the element of being power hungry, thereby oppressing the majority....

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Though these reforms did not make England a true democracy in any sense, they did incorporate democratic ideals, which would later be used to form the government of the United States (Lefebvre; Pious). ...

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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). This sense of nationalism resulted in the French losing their foothold within Cambodia during the Second World War and consequently led to the independence of Cambodia in 1953. The next two decades in some sense were represented by single man dominance in Cambodian politics with king Sihanouk, dictating everything and labeling his movement as, "Buddhist Socialism," (CIA Fact book...

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When the majority has a common interest, the individual should not have to worry whether their personal rights will be discriminated against, such as in the instances when the elites decides they are deaf to the rule of law. ...

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These two people belong to differing classes and there is no way the government can appease them, however a democratic system would bring into a sense of what the majority is looking for. ... Zhuang Junju goes on to proclaim that, "China will certainly keep its economy developing continuously, that the people will benefit from their common enrichment, and that the relations between humankind and nature will gradually be harmonized. ...

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This is a common sense solution that has come under attack by numerous Democrats, stating that this is merely a direct attack on minorities and the elderly who can not obtain a sufficient form of identification. ...

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Introduction The recent adoption of the anti-gay propaganda law and annexation of Crimea have put Russia back into the international spotlight. A possible explanation for its controversial policy decisions could be the fact that the country is characterized by an undemocratic political system. 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. Democracy is mostly seen by Western scholars as,...

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