Huntington, democracy has five different elements of criteria, firstly, in terms of elections, Huntington believes elections, open, free and far are the essence of democracy, the inescapable sine qua non (the third wave, p 10), secondly, a democratic country should chose their political leaders through democratic means and that they share their given power with other groups in society. ... Again, an essential political thinker: Joseph Schumpeter in 1942 believed that democracy "is an institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to deci...

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In CULTURES, RELIGIONS, AND POWER: PROCLAIMING CHRIST IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY, Phan explores the influences of immigration on cultures, religion, and world power. ... In his argument, Williams emphasizes: But the years after 2004, and particularly since the 2008 presidential election season, have played differently. ... (William 323) William conveys that after 2008, mass media has started to focus immigration issues on presidential debates with attentive interests in exposing cultural diversity issues between the immigrants and the natives. ...

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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. ... According to the Constitution of 1991 which is still in force, joint parliamentary and presidential elections should be held at the end of next year. ...

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CHRONOLOGY OF EU'S HISTORY(more at http://www.eurunion.org) 1952 Six countries - Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands - create the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) by pooling their coal and steel resources in a common market controlled by an independent supranational authority. 1958 The Rome Treaties set up the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), extending the common market for coal and steel to all economic sectors in the member countries. 1973 The United Kingdom, Ireland, and ...

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The last presidential election was held on May 13, 1999 and the next is scheduled for May, 2006. ... Italy has a diversified industry with roughly the same total per capita output as France and the UK (purchasing power parity of about $25,000). ...

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