Deliberative democracy

Bridges, Amy and Kouser argues that progressives behaved as strategic politicians by supporting direct democracy when they were hindered at achieving their goals in the legislature and were confident that the voters who would be empowered by initiatives agreed with progressive policies. The American people value their initiatives—they have never permitted a state to repeal their initiative power. Long before the Amendment is eventually adopted, the people can enact state-level testing and…

The history of the lottery began some fifty plus years ago where before then it was banned in every state in America. After state governments decided it was partly their responsibility to protect citizens from the dangers of gambling, they found it to be their duty to govern the lottery. New Hampshire established the first state lottery in 1964, it then soon spread throughout the northeast. All the states between Maryland and Maine had a lottery, by 1978. Lotteries went west in the 1980s,…

Through the whole book Equality wants Individualism. Independence is very important you could not do anything without independence. For example, if you didn't have independence you could not use the word I. You would not even have a name, imagine a world where no one had independence. Everyone was the same no one had a name, a world where there was only we and they and no you. What would that be like? Could you imagine a world like this? A world like this would be so empty. Imagine a world…

Societies must have a reverence for history and change cannot be ushered in radically and swiftly, but rather slowly over time to preserve traditions and functional institutions. Burke is a critic of the French Revolution. Burke states, “A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors” (33). Men do not have the right to dismantle institutions that have been in place…

these countries. Who could disagree that the people of the Middle East deserve democracy? The question is, Was the middle east more peaceful before the americans invaded it? What are we willing to spend in soldiers lives? Is all the ruin and terror caused worth it in the end? Is the use of military force or covert action justified to promote democracy? Is America truly trying to help Iraq? Are Arabs prepared for democracy? Is it terrorism that has joined together the freedom of strangers and the…

Hamza Jeter 4/28/17 Professor Roxas Political Science Single Member District Vs Proportional Representation The two most popular and most used types of voting systems are single member districts and proportional representation. A single member district is a voting system with a predetermined constituency that elects a single individual to some place in office. A proportional representation is a voting system used to elect an assembly or group of people. The clear difference…

With all of these concepts and questions in mind, I would argue that diversity is a compelling, important and complex state interest. If the objective of social justice movements and professions is to dismantle the society, values, and systems that enacts and perpetuate disparities and marginalization among populations, diversity must remain of interest to the government, morally and constitutionally. The political and constitutional obligation to attain diversity allows governmental entities to…

net to ensure that every citizen lives as a human being, and not only has the right to a life. The existence of an authority restricts extreme liberty of private property rights, avoids any enforced domination to ensure our personal liberty and democracy. For these reasons, an utopian society should have a government. One of the primary objections is the high level of government spending on defense in terms of national security. In the analysis of the National Priority Projects, the military…

Even though censorship has occurred throughout history and is constantly, there has always been a similar reason for censoring others. Usually, censorship is used to not allow people to learn about other opinions than that of the ruling party. Governments or religious institutions are the most known parties that censor others because of books or other works that express views contrary to that of state or beliefs that seem threatening to their welfare (“Banned Books”). Some smaller authorities…

I happen to believe that lowering the voting age is not a very good idea. The reasoning behind my opinion is that children, who are not of the adult age of 18 yet, could be coerced by their parents to vote the way their parents want, instead of having their own educated opinion. The reason that the older generation has a higher voting percentage, according to the newspaper articles, is because the older generation has seen years of politics working or not working in their lifetime to…