...“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.” Human history has consisted of ever-changing beliefs, philosophies, social orders and politics, all of which have played a role in shaping the modern world. Democracy, through its merits, is one of the most valuable progressions in political regimes to this day, promoting common welfare and equality, granting individual liberties, imposing a responsibility to the people, and allowing for peaceful and steady changes of government. The foundations of modern-day democracy can be found in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with the popularity of enlightenment ideals and the rise of an intellectual community that gave way to a growing criticism of absolute governments. All across Europe and even the Americas, dissatisfaction with the government grew as increased taxes and isolation from the ruling classes led to poverty, and ultimately revolts and disturbances targeted towards the absolute monarchies. In Switzerland and the Austrian Netherlands, urban radicals rejected the authority of Emperor Joseph II in Vienna. The American Revolution began with the colonial elite dissatisfaction with the government in London, while Britain and France had a succession of absolutist leaders who refused to share governing rights. The abuse and misuse of power by absolute monarchs inexorably led to the rise of modern democracy, as evident in the gradual decrease of monarchal power in...
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...people in the country to have an option on how to run the country they live in. The reason why I choose a constitutional monarchy gives the people the rights of a democracy but is also has a royal family that doesn’t change and is the face of that country. There are a couple of changes that I would make to improve the way it is set up. There has to be ground rules for the type of government to be really effective. This government structure must have either a bill of rights or a constitution on what powers each person in this government will have and how much power the monarch will have. This system would allow the monarch to serve as head of its government and the monarch will represent the country. When you have a constitutional monarch the king and queen they would be the ones who travel to different countries and help with the relationship with other countries. They will have a more effect on other counties because they have more power than a secretary of state would because they represent the country instead of representing a president of a country who was elected. The Monarch would save money on election because the king or queen would be the ones to represent the country for life or until they can do the job and their succors would be a person in their family to carry on their legacy. The constitutional monarch will have elected officials to run the day to day of the country this person would be a prime minster. The queen or the king would appoint these candidates that...
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...Monarchy vs. Democracy What would be your prefered society? One where you do not have to make many decisions, or one where you can help make all the decisions? One where you could speak out, for your community, or one where all the officials make all the decisions? Hard to decide, is it not? This debate has been talked about, and thrown around for a long time now. The two sides to this debate have been arguing for a long time now, with different points coming up all the time. Why do the people arguing for democracy, say that it is a better system, than a monarchy? First off, democracy makes sure that people retain some power, and know what is going on in their government. Secondly, democracy makes sure that not only one person, gets all the...
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...The French Revolution's end, while seemingly useless came out with some extremely positive results that has molded the society we live in today. Many of these changes occurred through the process of the revolution. France became controlled predominantly by the bourgeoisie and the middle class which turned them into a sort of modernized democracy than an absolute monarchy like before. An abundance of extremely important documents were also made around this time. The french revolution leads to a multitude of good and bad results, one of which being was the fact that feudalism died off from the french revolution, due to reforms and the war. The french revolution basically destroyed feudalism due to the fact that the monarch was taken out of...
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...Each king used this belief to justify tyrannical behavior. Leaning on this divine right, the Monarchs over central Europe inserted their authority into all matters (Regent University). Once they declared themselves the heads of church and state there were no longer any division of power or other forms of control that could at any point challenge the decisions or actions of the monarch, or any laws (Wilde, 2018). To compare, fascism of the 20th century was based on the idea that the state should be supreme to all other priorities such as individual liberties or democratic freedoms, much like absolutism that created a government that was above all (Hoffmann,1996). In further comparison, the fascist belief was that the state should be embodied by a single leader (1996). This leader would rule charismatically and would possess a vision meant to lead the nation into a "nation rebirth" similar to the Renaissance (1996). The fascist ideology additionally contended that there should only...
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...How To: Use Comparing Strategies DQ3: HELPING STUDENTS PRACTICE AND DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF NEW KNOWLEDGE Element 17 Examining Similarities and Differences Comparing is the process of identifying similarities and differences between ideas or things. A variety of strategies can be used when designing comparison activities. We will discuss sentence stems, Venn diagrams, double bubble diagrams and comparison matrices. Sentence Stem Comparisons This strategy can be used to have the students compare and contrast people, characters, places, events, concepts or processes. The comparisons can be general or specific. Marzano’s Becoming a Reflective Teacher, gives the following examples: General – House cats are similar to lions because ____________________. House cats are different than lions because _______________________. Specific – Sherlock Holmes and Gandalf are both characters who enjoy solving mysteries, but they are different because ____________________________. After a gym teacher has provided a series of critical-input experiences on baseball and fast pitch softball, he might assign a sentence stem assignment comparing and contrasting the two sports. A completed example can be found in Marzano’s A Handbook for the Art and Science of Teaching and looks something like this. Baseball and fast pitch softball are similar because they both… • Have 4 bases in a diamond shape • Have 9 defensive players. • Have the same ball/strike counts: 4 balls = walk & 3 strikes = out ...
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...Comparison of Political Parties The United States lives in a republic government, which is molded around a democracy. Within a democracy, there is a constitution which allows the citizens freedoms and rights. Within a democracy, the people have the choice in who represents them for an allotted time period. During this time those elected to office, make decisions on behalf of those who they represent. The purpose of this paper is to discuss three quotes given that are provided by three political parties, this paper will identify which party those quotes derived from. Next this paper will discuss the differences between conservatism, classical liberalism, and socialism. Unlike a democracy, conservatism, classical liberalism, and socialism have three different outlooks on the operation of how the government should operate. The first quote is; “We believe in the power and opportunity of America’s free-market economy. We believe in the importance of sensible business regulations that promote confidence in our economy among consumers, entrepreneurs and businesses alike” (CCRCC, 2012). The quote comes from the national Republican Party. The second quote; “our way we need to modernize and reform our economy for the long term, to deliver fairness at home, more competitiveness abroad, and strong regional growth” this quote comes from President Barrack Obama, which is related to the Democratic Party (Whitehouse, 2012). The third quote is; “Individuals should be free to make choices for...
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...institute institutions of democracy. The main reason is the fact that all of Thailand’s post monarch history is scarred with various scenarios of coups d’e´tat against the previous military regime. The occurrence of coups d’e´tat is a really common event that Thai elite have come to accept it as the general order of life. Since 1932 when the monarchy was overthrown as a result of the people’s revolution, there have been a total of 19 coups in Thailand, 14 of which occurred after the Second World War. Questions have been asked regarding where this spirit originates from. Some scholars have suggested that religion and particularly the majority Buddhism has a great role to play it. In this paper, I shall be looking at the intricacies of this issue and come up with a possible solution to the question; is Buddhism to blame? To begin with, the history of the politics and coups of Thailand is important to understand. The first coup d’e´tat occurred in 1932 and was a peaceful one which was conducted by the elite who were dissatisfied about the ruling principles of the monarchy then. However, in their search for democracy, the military remained loyal to the monarchy and has time and again overthrown the democratic government only to reinstate the monarchy. Even during the Japanese occupation of Thailand during the Second World War, the monarch was kept safe and shortly after the war, the elected Prime Minister was overthrown by the military to be replaced by the monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej...
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...UK. The major parties are Labour Party, the Liberal Democrat Party, and Conservative Party. The prime ministers are the most powerful heads of government of any contemporary democracy. They are also responsible for many governmental decisions. Similar to the Italy, even though the head of state is the president, the head of government is still prime minister. They are named by the Queen, and also have weekly meeting with the Queen. They are selected by the people, as the Mrs. Blair said in the movie, “you are a man that’s just been elected by the nation.” Prime Ministers play a very important role in the British government. Like the United States, the United Kingdom uses the single-member system based on plurality. Each of the 646 constituencies elected one Member of Parliament, and that member need to get more votes than any other candidate, but not the majority. The voters in UK select all 646bmembers of the House of Commons during the general election. UK campaigns are short affairs, usually lasting less than a month. Compare to US, UK voters focus more on differences between parties rather than on differences between candidates. However, according to the movie, the Queen does not have the right to interfere the election. The Queen and the prime minister in UK is similar to Japan. Although monarch is head of state and nation, the prime minister is expected to provide national leadership. As we saw in the movie, the...
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...the Ottoman Empire, the traditional royal families in the Gulf States fell under British control, which sought to secure the route to India and pledged to protect the Gulf region from external aggression in return. Moreover, Britain’s imperial policy empowered the royal families’ authorities and gave them a recognized ruling identity. The arrival of Western oil companies, seeking concessions in the 1930s, further consolidated the authority of the ruling families (Cleveland and Bunton, 2009). This essay will focus on the impacts of oil-abundance on the Gulf states, which more precisely explain the resilience of incumbent regimes. The concept of ‘rentier state’ accounts for the continued survival of absolute monarchies such that democracy is forgone in favour of an authoritarian regime. The main argument of this essay is, however, that a combination of rentierism; and traditional Islamic culture, which are further reinforced by rentierism, elucidate the survival of absolute monarchies in the Gulf in a more accurate fashion. . The Islamic traditional cultures, such as consultation, consensual relationship, and value of stability have also led to the continuance of monarchical system alongside with rentierism. Case for rentierism will then be countered by modernization...
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...as separately for ultimate achievement of the goal, which in a democracy would be to help people realise their will, express that will and help the people to formulate the ideas as to what is right for society and be part of what would then become ideally, a true and well functioning democracy. The concept as stated above can be compared with the functioning of any team, be it a multi-national corporation or of a football team, where the former needs people to work on ideas for new products, need an accounts department to check on the cash flows and revenues, a marketing team to market the product well enough to the people through advertisements or for the latter where the defenders ensure that goals do not go in against their team, the midfield ensures possession of the ball and creativity to pass the ball to the strikers of the team and the strikers of the team ensure that the passes delivered to them is by the midfield, to score the ultimate goal that the team seeks. What we see through this example is that, all of the functions, although different in character, all of the different functions are performed co-operatively for the achievement of one and the same goal. Democracy is not at all different to the above stated examples, for it too, functions on the same ideology, of having three separate organs, which have three separate functions that should ideally work co-operatively for the functioning of a democracy....
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...In this essay I will discuss the different kinds of democracy and its advantages and disadvantages regarding to a quotation of Englands prime minister (1940) Winston Churchill: ‘Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.’ (from a House of Commons speech on Nov. 11, 1947). The essay argues that Churchill is right in saying that democracy has a lot of weak aspects but is still the best solution to rule a community- compared to its alternatives. Starting with the definition of democracy itself I will explain its different kinds followed by the main existing alternatives. In addition to that, democracy’s pro and con’s will be discussed ending with a conclusion. ‘It is not the State that orders us; but it is we who order the State!’ (Hitler, 1935). This statement, taken out of a speech of the German dictator from the 1930’s Adolf Hitler, ironically explains the term democracy very well. Demos means translated the people and kratos rule; the people rule the state (Hague and Harrop, 2010). Talking about this form of government we distinct between the direct, Classical version and the indirect, representative democracy (Hague and Harrop, 2010). Classical democracy, based in Ancient Greece, is the ‘only pure or ideal system of popular participation’ as most decisions were made directly by the people (Heywood, 2007:76). Nevertheless, the high level of political participation also brought major disadvantages as...
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...This is the idea of elected officials saying the ideas of “The people”. Democracy- This is the type of government where the people say what to do in the government. This could be representative or direct. Representative is when elected officials are elected to represent the people. Direct is when all citizens able to vote gather and vote. Constitution- This is a document of a set of rules to establish what you can and cannot do. This is government issued and must be followed by all. Religious Freedom- This is the concept of not having to follow a specific religion. This is what the colonists worked for in the new lands. Legislature- Legislature is a group of people that come together to create laws. Each of the colony had a legislature. Town Meeting- This is a big meeting of the voters in each town. They usually...
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...Doctor K., Hello. You said, “I am reminded of the Founders fear of democracy whenever I consider the Progressive era. One question I consider is should the people have this much power? Does it create an unfavorable lack of stability? I generally answer no, overall, to these questions. I also think we tend to see more stability through the Arizona Constitution than we might in others, like perhaps California's. But in a representative democracy, I think such questions are important to consider.” In reply to: 1. One question I consider is should the people have this much power? Democracy is founded on faith in people. It is based in the dignity and worth of human beings and a shared humanity. It assumes that the basic objective of social...
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...sheer violence of the revolution was something that stood out to me. The French Revolutionary war was certainly violent, especially compared to our own American Revolution in 1775. It is quite possible that the French were encouraged by the American Revolution. They saw the colonies join together in revolt against an overseas king, so why could they not revolt in their own country, against their own monarch for their own rights. In the time leading up to the French Revolution, France was wealthy and extremely powerful. Through my perspective there were a few causes of the historic event of the French Revolution. Let us take a look at some of them. One causes I believe is the rise of the cost of food prior to the revolution. Right before the revolution there had been a few years of bad harvest for the French people. This in turn caused the price of food and other goods to rise. This also caused a rise in unemployment in a lot of cities. It could be said that another cause was that the people of the lower classes were becoming bitter and resentful of the high taxes that the monarch had unfairly...
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