We like to think that belonging to a democracy means that each and every individual has an equal amount of control over the directions that its government takes. ... Interactive citizens directly influence public policy, therefore citizens must be interactive. ... Even if they tried, the government could not control these things. ... In order to correctly run a democracy, America would have to have control of institutions ranging from banks to media networks and from schools to large corporations. ... This makes it so that no elite monopolizes the government and its control. ...

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Some of the foreign policies that fit these wars are: the Kellog-Braind Act, Yalta Conference, Cold War Containment Policy, and the SALT Treaties. ... The Yalta Conference was composed of all of the Allies and the main territories that were under each of the "good guys" control. ... I see "The Cold War Containment Policy" as the powder keg that started the black cloud of secrecy known as, The Cold War. The policy was formed around George F. ... If the United States had never had become an over controlling superpower, as it is today, many lives would never had been lost and a lot of things wo...

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The National Policy The National Policy consisted of three main components, which were to create a national infrastructure for the country of Canada. ... MacDonald introduced the National Policy. ... The Intercontinental Railroad, known as the Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR), was a policy that should have been completed before the National Policy was introduced. ... He created an immigration policy to better the Canadian West. ... I believe that a democracy is the best form of government due to the fact that no one person is in control at one time. ...

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Wealth has been in the control of the few rich, and they created the people's want to advance their desire for more gains and profit. ... This view seems to describe what may be labeled as "Government Socialism" where the government, as the capitalist, controls the economy through the business organizations, and solely decides how much labor shall receive as their share. ... Both Parenti and Moore are critical of president Bush's administration particularly with regard the US International Anti - terrorism and Homeland Security Policies. ... The 9/11 bombing was a big blow to the pol...

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Policies were made by the government in order to minimize economic disparity in the United States after the Great Depression. ... "Most elected officials within the political elite are dependent upon wealthy families and corporate leaders for their initial financial support, and military leaders are appointed by civilians who win control of the executive branch. ... The pluralist model is based on four premises: it assumes equal access to the policy-making arena, fragmentations of the marketplace, a competitive process for the determining policies, and the neutrality of government (Walker...

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Public policy should be made publicly, not secretly, and regularly scheduled elections should be held. ... Private interests distort public policy making because, when making decisions, politicians must take account of campaign contributors. ... The President is extremely powerful in foreign policy making; so powerful that scholars now speak of the "Imperial Presidency," implying that the President runs foreign policy as an emperor. ... In the majority party (the party which controls Congress), the person who has served the longest has the most power. ... Bureaucracies violate the requiremento...

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Public policy should be made publicly, not secretly, and regularly scheduled elections should be held. ... The President is extremely powerful in foreign policy making; so powerful that scholars now speak of the "Imperial Presidency," implying that the President runs foreign policy as an emperor. ... In the majority party (the party which controls Congress), the person who has served the longest has the most power. ... Bureaucracies violate the requirement of a legitimate democracy that public policy must be made publicly, not secretly. ... Policy making may be considered democratic to an exte...

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Citizen Participation in American Politics Elections and Democracy Three Theories l Responsible party government » Elections should present a "real choice": - Political parties should stand for different policies, - The voters should choose between them, and - The winning party should carry out its mandate l Electoral reward and punishment » Voters simply make backward-looking judgments about how well incumbent officials have done » , Rewarding success with reelection and punishing failure l Electoral competition » Parties compete for votes by ...

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Thus the meaning of government in any society is organized power, the institution of command and control. ... Over the past two decades especially, major political events, such as the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the fall of numerous dictatorships around the world which were ideal policy line. ... Politics holds economy of certain country and to be profitable position among the trade with other countries, policy of government must be practical rather than searching for their ideology or philosophy in it. ... There was a big problem for Korean government, which was very possible that Bu...

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Citizens can choose between different baskets of policies every five years and maintain long-term control of their governance. ... There is no need to rely on the benevolence or nous of an authoritarian ruler to provide what we need and want as we vote for the party with the policies we most desire. Democracy is also supposed (in an ideal world) to be largely meritocratic and so one would hope the best people for the job would rise to the top while the general vote is supposed to represent the aggregate opinion of the people on the policies put forward. ... Misinformation could even happen in...

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It allows the potential for the elected officials to more closely mirror the population than the first-past-the-post system, producing policies that are in line with the "will of the majority." ... This is the definition of policy making partnerships known as iron triangles found in Japan. ... In the late 1980's, however, the LDP was rocked by scandals and in 1993 the party lost control of the government. ... Democracy is the ability of the people to control their own political destinies. ... It is dependent upon the people to regulate and control the people that hold power. ...

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While equality before the law and freedom of speech are praised ideals of democracy, the exclusion of the majority of actual inhabitants of Athens and an imperialistic foreign policy are faults of the system. ... Except for a few cases, Athenians voters did not elect politicians to represent them but directly decided on the laws and policy the city-state would adopt. With direct democracy, the voter is guaranteed that his interests will influence policy making. ... Another fault of Athenian democracy lies in its foreign policy. ... The idea that a democratic entity would exert control o...

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The peoples involved were not looking to affect a narrow set of policy reforms; indeed, what was at stake was a hyper-radical shift from the long-held communist ideology to a western blueprint for governmental and economic policy development. ... Welsh, "Central and Eastern European countries had reached a level that was considered conducive to the emergence of pluralistic policies" (19). ... Due to their longtime adherence to communist policies, these nations faced great difficulty in making the transition to a pluralist system as well as a market economy. ... Put simply, the n...

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A representative democracy is one which "Exercises (power) through deputies periodically elected by themselves, the ultimate controlling power. ... The most popular policies are put into action. ... The American people would not have any say in the policies enforced by the government. ... If a representative wants to stand any chance of being re-elected they will stick to the policies and promises that got them voted in. ... Then in order to be re-elected, the candidate will do his/her best to live up to his/her policies. ...

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However, despite the belief that the majoritatian policy always prevails, Tyranny of the Minority , 2009, by Bishin, otherwise rejects it. ... This is based on the idea that aside from the majoritarian policy that often takes the candidates attention, certain minority groups have different preferences that they represent and feel strongly about. ... It took them a century until their interest and rights were fully fulfilled, which leads us to question the subconstituency policy that should have been at work during this time. Did the subconstituency policy fail at progressing through this issue...

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When they began to exercise control over every aspect of French life, it was clear France was heading down a very different path. ... Education was placed under central control. ... They could not control the increasingly volatile situation. ... Essentially, what the Bolsheviks wanted was as much opposed to the real desires of the people, as had been the policies of the provisional government. ... Lenin, the father of communism, believed it the job of his party to exercise control of society. ...

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With the introduction of the American public to a subsequent economic depression during the Panic of 1819, much of the public's fear and suspicions blamed the bank, an institution not under popular control, for the depression because it had called in its loans on short notice. ... The democrats believed the bank was a monopoly that allowed great economic rights to only a select, privileged group, and the matter should be resolved by popular control. ... Indeed the new economic policies fueled the start of a new party consisting of upper class New Englanders strictly against the policies o...

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A third factor of this theory is that democracies are more susceptible to viewing countries with similar governing styles and policies as peaceful, as oppose to as a threat. ... According to the Policy Almanac, "U. ... 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. ... The founder of North Korea, Kim II Sung created the policy of juche, which means "s...

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People are in direct contact and control of political action. ... Each individual has equal say regarding political action and public policy. ... In representative democracy, citizens do not make decisions on policies. ... In participatory democracy, the citizens determine public policy while, in representative democracy, representatives decide on public policy for the citizens. ...

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He controlled the army and all the officials. Through his special position on the Holy Synod, he controlled even religious affairs. ... The influence of these groups, as well as internal problems and foreign policy were all causes of the revolution. ... Getting along with one another was not easy for these groups, and especially so under Russia's policy of forced assimilation. Although Nicholas (II) had full control of Russia, his libral parties had the task of solving the peasent problems that were constantly erupting. ...

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The primary goal of this theocracy is to boost a rapidly declining birth rate through the control of fertile women's bodies, and it does so through strict control of citizen's lives. ... Her trip to the washroom is virtually the only thing she has control of, with the exception of her thoughts and memories of life before Gilead. ... If the government cannot control or maintain the environment of its state it can cause weakness and subject the government to a number of risks, such as revolution or takeover by a foreign invader. ... The individuals who designed Gilead would argue that ...

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He believed that decentralized democracy had to be replaced with a party system that was made up of organizations concerned with national policy that would be able to carry out proposals and policy during the course of an election. ... This strategy gave Wilson control of the Democratic Party but it was unable "to strengthen the Democratic party organization or its commitment to progressive principles"(79). Franklin Delano Roosevelt's policies differed from Wilson's in which he did not believe in working through existing "partisan channels." ...

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One of the most important provincial powers is the control of forests and resources such as uranium or oil that are found in the province. ... A federal system gives there groups significant control over how they are governed.... The prime minister and cabinet direct the intent and effect of government policies.... Public bills are bills that relate to matters of public policy....

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The Alliance is controlling the decisions of the members fairly. ... "By 2012, the EU office had worked to achieve child friendly EU policy, programs and legislation for 20 years. ... Close relationships with the key policy makers is also necessary, which requires them to be fully transparent. ...

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Over the next several decades, state housing policies were abolished and adjusted as National and Labour parties took and lost government. ... Rents were set on a cost-recovery basis, which allowed families to be distributed state houses beyond the reach of the poor, while strengthened existing rent controls to benefit the poor. ... It wsnt until the 1990's that National made their mark on housing in New Zealand with a housing policy reform that fundamentally altered the states role in the housing market. ... There were many criticisms of the reforms National introduced to state housing, ...

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