Today in the United States of America we have a representative democracy in which we appoint "representatives" through election. ... Although in the United States today we accept democracy as a form of life it had its early beginnings in the city-states of Ancient Greece. The form of government known as democracy had its early roots in Ancient Greece but its influence has a direct connection with the type of government we have today in the United States. ... A tyranny is known as one man who seizes absolute power of the city-states. ... (McGlew, 5) The citizens of Athens devised a plan to over...

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Since the Declaration many of the states adopted their own "constitutions", other maintained reliance on their colonial charters. ... But the gaps needed to be addressed and were backburnered until shortly before 1787 when it was decided that a more comprehensive form of national government needed to be formalized on paper, which after much delegation and compromise (between plans proposed by Virginia and New Jersey) was manifested as the "Constitution of the United States of America" later that year, and signed September 17th, 1787. ... To lead the new government George Washington who previ...

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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. The first one is that liberal states stay in a peaceful relationship (Sa-rensen, 1993: 93). ... For that reason and for the fact that almost all democracies are liberal states and almost all liberal states are democracies (Lynn-Jones, 1998), in this assignment the terms liberal state/country and democratic sta...

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In Morocco, Algeria and Jordan, heads of state have stayed in power but responded to social pressures through a variety of measures, including parliamentary elections, reshuffling the cabinet, changing the constitution or lifting decades-long states of emergency. ...

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Considering that the states introducing these laws (except one) have all been Republican-dominated, combined with the fact that the actual occurrence of voter fraud in the United States is almost non-existent, there has been a question of the real intention of enacting such legislature. ... The United States has a history of restricting the rights of certain groups to vote. Our nation's Constitution specified how the president was to be elected, but left who was allowed to vote up to the states. ... Even after the passage of the 15th amendment in 1870, which stated that the right to vot...

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Though these reforms did not make England a true democracy in any sense, they did incorporate democratic ideals, which would later be used to form the government of the United States (Lefebvre; Pious). ... Before the end of the 19th century, almost all of the Western European monarchies had adopted a constitution limiting the power of the Royal Family and giving some power to the people. ... With the growing success of democracy in the United States and in other countries throughout the world, democracy became more and more popular. ... The model nation for these principals became the United...

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After the fall of the Iron Curtain and the collapse of the Soviet-Union, many former Soviet satellite states changed into a democratic regime. ... He distinguishes five factors that were in all three countries of vital importance to make a transition possible: 1) a semi-autocratic regime, 2) an unpopular leader 3) a united opposition 4) that can mobilize supporters and 5) space for free press (McFaul, 2005). ... Third, it is very important that the political opposition is united and speaks with one voice. In his analyses, McFaul argues that because the opposition in those three countries was u...

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Therefore, the individual's liberty and security must be formally recognized and protected, usually within a written constitution, so that the liberties and securities of the individual may not be infringed upon by the will of majority. ... This paper will argue that the concept of majority rule can be reconciled with respect to individual rights for the following reasons: how the Charter of Rights and Freedoms within the Constitution Act protects individual rights from majority rule, and how citizen participation can ensure preserving the protection of individual rights from majority ru...

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Canada has repeatedly been named the best, or among the best places to live on earth by the United Nations. ... Indeed, under section 91 of the Constitution Act of 1867, the federal government had the broad power to make laws for what it felt was the "peace, order, and good government,"" of Canada. ...

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Introduction Having experienced a recent economic boom prior to the 2008 global financial crisis and a flourishing tourism industry, Cambodia lies at the forefront of becoming a rising star within the Southeast Asian region. However, in order to do so there are major political issues and concerns dealing with democracy, which need to be combatted. This paper will aim to analyze the challenges that Cambodia has faced on its road towards democracy by giving a brief historical insight before focusing more specifically on issues dealing with corruption, civil liberties and political freedom, as w...

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