Democracy is a very important aspect of politics. ... It originally began in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries for the purpose of "political pluralism and religious and later political toleration" (Wiarda, 22). ... Liberal democracy is a political system which is based on the ideas that the power of the government should be limited and that the government should observe the rule of law and that the rights of the people are protected. ... Liberal democracy reflects a tolerance of ideological pluralism as it is a willingness to discuss alternatives there are specific bounda...

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Three of the most important political advisors of the renaissance were Patrarch, Machiavelli, and Richelieu. ... While Machiavelli was also a humanist, he was not a traditionalist and stepped outside the boundaries of convention and used contemporary history as his primary subject and source of information. ... The third major topic that they all disagreed on was political unity. ... For Patriarch political unity was a reward, not a goal, in his state. ...

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I was actually surprised with his depth of knowledge of politics; it was just not confined to Western Europe but also beyond the usual boundaries of most sociologist thought. ... Finally in Politics as a Vocation' Weber concludes that the specific instruments of politics is power', backed up by violence, an observation which compounds any understanding of a relationship between ethics and politics. Weber further argues that regardless of the needs for politics the essential means is violence. ... Clearly Weber illustrates that violence is the primary means of politics, thus creatin...

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Nevertheless, it should not be disregarded because it has a continuing validity in the study of international politics. Marxism claims that the politics of the world exist in a global capitalist economy. ... The status quo of world politics has become so "common-sense" that an alternative is almost inconceivable. ... He claims that freedom lies in radical democracy with the expansion of moral boundaries and the loss of the ethical and moral significance of the Westphalian State. ... Marxism, as a whole, should also have a greater influence in global politics because it attempts too dig un...

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The book looks at both political and philosophical questions concerning man's relationship to the rest of society. ... With this thought he attempts to outline a type of education and learning that will allow the natural man to live and function within the boundaries of a corrupt and immoral society. ...

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People not only started thinking for themselves, but also began to search for new ideas and answers; creativity was bound to break out of the boundaries of what was excepted. ... One of the reasons, which seems unlikely but is true, that the change in political thought occurred is because of the trauma experienced in the Black Death. But with the new ideas sprouting, political leaders started acting differently too. ... Even with his new thoughts, Machiavelli, "evinces his belief that the best hope of political permanence in an unstable world lies in a well-constituted republic." ... Nothi...

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Civilizations of the classical era experienced a proliferation of geographical and political growth due to a cultivated understanding of government and social structure. ... In contrast to Confucius and al-Farabi, Indian political advisor Kautilya adopted a more pessimistic view of human nature. ... He describes fortresses on the outside of the kingdom as well as in the center of 1410 villages, which is suggestive of anticipated attacks: "There shall be constructed in the extremities of the kingdom forts manned by boundary-guards whose duty shall be to guard the entrances into the kingdom...

• Word Count: 931
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate