Christian democracy

I have long been disillusioned by racialized institutions and institutions that inherently cater to white supremacy, such as public schooling, for some time. Disillusionment is tiresome and painful, like when the fourth wall is broken, all the wonder is lost. When wonder is lost and pain takes its place, the greatest challenge is to not be desensitized. So, I research the state of race relations often, I try to learn about the victims of racism, and, mostly, I try to discuss racism with people…

Samantha Schmitz Introduction Ancient Rome is known to be a powerful and well put together civilization that was somewhat meeting the common good. The reason that Ancient Rome was a successful city was because they had a republic. A republic is a democracy where the people of Rome get to choose their leaders. The city had a huge population with a strong government. They had the five meanings of government, which were providing public services, protect rights, promote rule of law, prepare for a…

Greece) has impacted Politics, Language, modern day religion. Politics and Government. The Government, laws, and political philosophies that is found in the United States derive and find its origins in the Greco-Roman world. The first, major democracy in the history of the world was Athens, Greece (even though there is a possibility it wasn’t the first…

Essay Question: Why might ethnic diversity pose a challenge to democracy? How might this challenge be overcome so as to produce a stable and sustainable democracy? Support your answer with evidence from two countries. Word Count: 1083 words Democracy is where a state is controlled by a representative government that is voted for by the adult population every few years or so. Ethnic diversity is the “…co-existence of diverse cultures, where culture includes racial, religious or cultural groups”…

Textbook definitions of democracy usually go something like this, “In a democracy the people have the power”. In the United States, that is not the case, in fact that is far from the case. One cannot say that the American government is a democracy in a true democracy every government official would be elected and in America that is not the case. In my opinion a government that calls themselves a democracy should let the people vote on every government position with even the slightest bit of…

Introduction “More delicate than the historians’ are the map-makers’ colors (Bishop 1).” Gerrymandering is when a district’s boundaries are redrawn to benefit particular political parties’ agendas (Ingraham 1). Gerrymandering promotes the statistical concept of Simpson’s paradox. Simpson’s paradox describes the phenomenon of having a higher percentage of votes; however not having more votes numerically (Simpson’s 1). Gerrymandering is similar because it also gives the possibility of winning the…

The Federalist is around 85 articles and papers written by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. (1) The papers initially had no author in New York daily papers in 1787 and 1788 to urge ratification of the U.S. Constitution. With the Constitution requiring endorsement from nine of thirteen expresses, the press was immersed with letters about the questionable record. (2) Commended statesmen Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay said something with a progression of expositions under the…

The consequence of all revolutions was the abolition of traditional social hierarchy and the establishment of democracy and republicanism. Giving birth to ethic, principle and political values which govern today’s society and form the basis of many universal governments. Evidently, the studies of the American, French and Russian revolutionary situations are also the…

He wanted the government to be a democracy, in which every civilian would have a say in the government. Also, he said that another purpose of government is to provide security for the people. Paine thought, if all people acted morally, government would not be necessary. However, since people…

In 1775, the thirteen British colonies on the east coast of North America did something very bold. They began to fight for their independence. Fighting went on for eight more years until the Americans and British signed the Treaty of Paris in 1783. The American Revolution caused the Americans to reassess the politics, society, and economy in their young country. Americans didn’t want a government that resembled the British monarchial rule at all, but they would soon find out that they would need…