Democracy Essays

Introduction Modernization is marked by democracy and liberalization. With the exception of a few countries like North Korea and other small leftist groups, most of the nations of the world have adopted and embraced democracy as its principal form of political governance and capitalism as its major economic system in …

Public behavior is regulated by compliance of Law. Law is created and legal authorities established for the purpose of maintaining an established social order. Social order includes public, all institutions and workplace order. Law is created and should be adhered to even at workplace so as to prevent misconduct or …

It is important to note that the cause of democracy, the provision of equal rights for all, and allowing the citizen to realize happiness and fulfillment, forms the very reasons that should declare any government or regime legitimate. A government that does not aim at ensuring that these values become …

             Democracy, a political system rooted on people empowerment through organized elections, is the mark of the United States’ growing influence and eminence in world politics.  This has replaced the “cross and sword” the old Western World used to build empires across continents, from Asia Pacific to the Cape of …

“I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” * Voltaire (18th Century French Philosopher) A fundamental aspect of humanity is the capability of complex communication and logic, something which has deemed us far superior to creatures …

     The author, Daniel Lazare, argues that our Founding Fathers’ system of checks and balances which were originally designed to protect our freedom against concentrations of power, do not serve us well today. Lazare argues that the gridlock built into the Founders’ design has to be uprooted because it hurts …

In 1943, just as World War II was reaching its most intense and violent period, the War Board asked writer E. B. White to write something about democracy which would be used to reassure Americans that the war was a necessary activity during that time. In response, White writes a …

Democracy is not a static entity. It is a constantly evolving concept. The uniqueness and diversity of America have allowed it to flourish. Democratic progress does not occur in a straight upward line, however. A study of the young American democracy shows that democracy, at its core, is an ongoing …

Michel Foucault’s Panopticism begins with a detailed description of the measures to be taken against a seventeenth century plague.  The government was meant to exercise absolute control over all citizens during such time, as spaces were to be partitioned and houses were to be closed off.  Stray animals were to …

Brief introduction             People around the world have witnessed the historical patterns of restoring and winning democracies. One of which was the fall of the Berlin Wall during the mid-1990’s when East Germany finally united with the West Germany. Moreover, the cold war between the US and the Soviet Union …