Western European and America are the rich countries because they did the stealing. ... In 1976 the first election was held and Americans voted on "Tweetle Dumb." ... Democracy will wither away after generation of socialism. ... The "Procedure" is Direct Democracy (Workers Democracy), discussion and debate, where the majority rules and everyone has say. ... Direct Democracy in the work place and in the Soviet everyone has say. ...

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One characteristic of the political system is the position between democracy and totalitarianism. ... Political systems that are influenced by individualism lean towards free market economies and democracy. ... The government decides things without the knowledge of the population, even though they claim it to be a democracy. ... American government is intolerant with corruption acts, and when it is discovered the fines are too high. ...

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benefits and threats of globalisation Introduction There are processes in the international order--driven by revolutions in communication and information technology--that exhibit seemingly inexorable globalising tendencies while, at the same time, there are a range of actions, adopted by states and non state actors alike, that attempt to resist these often ill defined phenomena captured by the all embracing notion of 'globalisation'. For example, the long term tendency towards freer trade, electronic commerce and the seemingly uncontrollable power of deregulated capital markets do...

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Introduction The USSR was around for 69 years. During which time it's citizens went through tremendous heartaches. Millions died as a result of political purges, horrible labor systems, and state-created famines (U.S., 1998). The USSR had a command economy, which means all aspects of ...

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Such a body created for purposes of government, also called body corporate, a group of people combined into or acting as one body,"" (American Heritage Dictionary 2000). ... The history of the development of American corporatism must be understood. ... However the primary intention, that government should take responsibility for making certain the flow of material goods to the people was quickly welcomed by the American people, which continues today whether the like to admit it or not. ...

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However, it was realized during the early 1990's that the transition to market economies and democracies was laborious thus causing declines in production and inflation in the region. ... Even though the desire of the Chinese citizens to end the Communist regime and establish a democracy resulted in the government returning to its conservative roots, the revolution was a wake up call to the west to act against the oppressive acts of the Chinese regime. ... Countries in Africa and Latin America chose to end many of their planned socialism projects and focused on private enterprises. ...

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It will predominantly focus on the second chapter, Economics and Dominant Class, as it is here that Miliband most clearly outlines his gripes with capitalist Western democracies in terms of inequality, its cause (in what he saw as the unfair distribution of power and money), and the dominant class's mechanisms of maintaining their position at the top as part of a 'self-perpetuating oligarchy'. ... Describing Britain to be the 'most obvious example' of this inequality, seeing as the richest '1% of the population owned 42% of personal wealth, 5% owned 75% and 10%...

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• Grade Level: Graduate