Christian democracy

people gained political power. These changes unified france bringing together the different social classes. From the revolution arose France’s first republic. Although it did not last too long, this new government set the stage for modern french democracy, therefore, having a significant and long lasting effect. While it drastically impacted france, the revolution also affected surrounding countries. Countries such as Austria, Spain, and Holland created governments with some type of…

Commandments. The foundation of Canadian Law is derived from a modern view of the Ten Commandments with a negative consequentialist foundation. Mosaic Law adheres to the Ten Commandments, which is a religious text still used and recognized in Christian, Islam,…

The novel Lord Of The Flies by William Golding was the first book we looked at as a class. We talked about how the book was allegorical novel and discussed Golding’s interpretation of society through his characters and major conflict. This book was the most helpful to answering our essential questions about individuals and society. Society is made up of many individuals and each person has a role in it. Usually, a leader is put in charge to guide the other individuals of society. Ralph in Lord…

Civil Disobedience “That government is best which governs least”, (Jacobus 305) is the opening line of Henry David Thoreau famous writing called Civil Obedience. Thoreau wrote about how a good government should not have control or power over its people. But what he really believed in was that there shouldn’t be a government because people have the ability to self-regulate and be independent on their own. Letting the government have too much power turns it into a machine, as Thoreau called it,…

1. In your opinion, please discuss the “pros and cons” of the Missouri Non-Partisan Court Plan. (Please include the advantages and/or disadvantages of partisan judicial elections and whether, in your opinion, is a better system for choosing state judges. When talking about a state judge selection, the best way to elect a judge is by the Missouri Non-Partisan Court Plan. But there are many pros and cons to each side of this choice! The main pro to the Missouri Non-partisan Court Plan is…

According to J.R. Mallory’s paper, “Cabinet Government in Canada,” the federal cabinet of Canada roots from the British governmental system. In many ways, Canada has kept British traditions, but as it developed, the governmental systems grew more different. In this paper, Mallory discusses how the Canadian federal cabinet compares to the British system, how it came to be and the role of the cabinet in Canada. Because Canada’s governmental system somewhat stems from Britain’s, there are many…

Once every four years, many of the standard television advertisements are replaced with something much worse: political campaign ads. There are many different types of campaign ads. Among them are characters ads, which serve to establish the good character of a candidate, bandwagon ads, which serve to convince the public that a candidate is best choice because many other people are voting for them, and evidence ads, that use facts to convince the public that a candidate is the best choice for…

The Censors: Argentina in the 1940s From 1940 to 1949, Argentinians suffered through the tail end of the Infamous Decade, a revolution, the start of the Peronist years, and a war. Censorship and propaganda were rampant, and it affected the country's citizens greatly. Vice president Ramón Castillo took leadership of the Argentine government in the dawn of 1940. President Roberto Ortiz still technically ruled, but due to his poor health, Castillo managed everything behind the scenes (Finan).…

According to Norman Ornstein in “What’s Wrong with Washington? Tribalism” there have been many dysfunctional periods throughout history in politics and congress. Ornstein feels we are currently at the most dysfunctional point in history, despite his previous claim in 2011 saying the congress in that time period was the worst. However, he admits we may be in the top five worst rather than the worst. According to Ornstein political function or dysfunction is determined not just by the president…

Politics is a part of human nature, an unavoidable part. Even though this is a common characteristic among all human beings, how politics are ran differs among each population. This population could be an entire country or that of a small county in Wisconsin, I attended a Waukesha County Town Hall meeting. I learned a lot from this meeting, but what this meeting specifically taught me about American politics was that there is a severe lack of diversity in those who represent us and also those…