Locke's book, Two Treatises (published in 1690), stated that under the "social contract," the government's job was to protect "natural rights", which included "the right to life, liberty, and the ownership of property." Rousseau expanded on this idea with his book, The Social Contract, in 1762. ... To achieve this, supporters call for the reform of political, social, and economic institutions. ...
Thus, the ruling post-communists, the Romanian Social Democrats (PSD) of prime-minister and PSD party leader Adrian Nastase have to decide on how to continue the required political, social and economic transforma-tion process. Can they afford social unrest due to required reforms of the eco-nomic and social system just one year before local elections, which in turn would lead to the country's accession to the European Union on January 1, 2007? ... Does the Roma-nian population show any interest whatsoever in taking an active part in the fu-ture political, social and economic development o...
The implications of this movement have resulted in a global impact that crosses borders, oceans and continents, significantly affecting the social, political, and economic status of each country involved. ... Some characteristics of this revolutionary movement are the key role of social media, difference of results in monarchies and dictatorial political setups, and the containment of the dissent to the Muslim world. ... But what the Arab Spring hasn't done "at least not so far" is to bring about positive changes in the economies and social development in the nations whose politics i...
Political parties can be found in three different arenas: a label in the minds of the voters, as an organization that recruits and campaigns for candidates, and as a set of leaders who try to organize and control the legislative and executive branches of government. ... The number of government employees nearly increased eightfold by the start of the Civil war, with the additional need for bureaucracy was rising and the needs of the developing postal system, and other government organizations required staff to fill these positions, as well as the significantly higher man count eventually need...
Although a political transformation to a westernized style of democracy may never be fully accomplishable because of the differing culture and social norms, Iraqi citizens still must strive for their government to conquer these difficulties. ... Another problem Iraq faces is the behavior of terrorist groups or organizations such as the infamous Al-Qaeda. ...
Lipset and Rokkan's theory of absence of strong social cleavages, which in turn, non post-communist parties have no organisational basis for support. ... Also, because the Roman Catholic Church was so strong in Poland during the communist era, there were some social cleavages in existence. This made it easier for the non-communist parties in post-communist Poland to have an "organizational basis for it-(Mair 1996,2). ...
Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 DEMOCRATIC PEACE THEORY 2 3 DEMOCRATIZATION PROCESS 4 3.1 HOW TO SPREAD DEMOCRACY 4 3.2 SECURITY INTERESTS IN SEEING DEMOCRATIZATION SPREAD 5 3.3 DEMOCRATIZATION PROGRAMS 6 4 REASONS FOR NOT SPREADING DEMOCRACY 8 4.1 INTRODUCTION 8 4.2 POLITICAL ASPECTS 8 4.3 E...
