The Greek system of government was perhaps closer to a true democracy or rule by the people than any other in history. ... There were no representatives in the Greek system of government. ... After the trend of democracy was started by the Greeks and carried on by the Romans, it has been seen in many later governmental systems throughout history. ... In 1215 AD, the Magna Carta opened the door to a more democratic system in England. ... Supporters of this theory say that citizens would be less apathetic towards government if they were given more chances to participate; apathy is not inheren...

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The examples mentioned at the beginning show that Russia has only slid down further in to an authoritarian political system. ... With the limited space, this paper will focus on one particular theory: the factors of political scientist Michael McFaul. ... Because of its communist background, the theory of McFaul could offer a possible explanation why Russia did not change into a proper democracy so far. ... The theory of McFaul could be a possible explanation. ... The political system under president Putin from 2000 onwards has been labelled as a managed democracy (Kozina, 2009). ...

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The liberal democratic peace theory claims that liberated countries never go to war against each other (Sa-rensen, 1993: 93). ... Therefore, this work will concentrate on the democracy of the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) and on the authoritarians leaderships of China and the Middle East. 2 Democratic Peace Theory The democratic peace theory can be defined by it's two main characteristics. ... By coming back to the democratic peace theory, Kant argued that these common morals and understandings of how to legitimate power results in transparency between the liberal stat...

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Executive branch being head by the president, legislative by the senate and house of representatives, and judicial by the court system. ... Politics took a more or less stable two party system initially comprised of the Jacksonian democratic party of the day and on the other side of the fence was the Whig party essentially opposite of Jackson. Different parties, especially in the two party system usually take opposing views on many issues, although in order to not alienate voters each side must straddle certain issues in the case of the Jacksonian Democrats and the Whig party the two issues ...

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Due to the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the communist system, which had dominated Central and Eastern Europe for over forty years came to an end. ... In reference to john Stuart Mill, he believes that democracy protects the freedom of self-determination better than any alternative political system that has ever been devised. ... Lipset and Rokkan's theory of absence of strong social cleavages, which in turn, non post-communist parties have no organisational basis for support. ... Although Poland had once experienced democratic rule, it was still to face four decades of authorit...

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"Any form of government, including republican or popular government, which does not fulfill the requirements of civil and political life is either a tyranny or a corrupt republic- that is, the two worst calamities that can befall a people" Essentially, tyranny under this theory involves the absence of the rule of law. ...

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Throughout the novel "Lord Of the Flies," author William Golding incorporates characters, objects, and events which represent concepts or ideas pertaining to the flaws of mankind. These things are known as allegories, because they are symbols that stand for the truths about human life. Golding uses allegory as a literary device to advance the story's significance beyond just an adventure fable. The book scrutinizes human behaviour in its most natural and un-conditioned shape and proves to be one big allegory. The story is composed of several different allegories including elements linked ...

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He then proposed oligarchy as the third form and this is the system of government that establishes a division between the rich and the poor. ... However, Plato can be criticized for his above argument because democracy gives people to equally participate in political affairs since it promotes universal suffrage which will make them able to chose someone they trust and surrender some of their rights to him or her as stipulated by the social contract theory by an ancient philosopher Locke. ...

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In the months leading up to the recent 2012 presidential election, there was an issue that was all over the news because of the impact that it would have at the polls. That issue was Voter ID laws--laws that are put in place by states which would require voters to show some type of identification be...

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