Democracy in America

The meaning of “America” or “Amerrique” in the Mayan language is “Land of the wind” or “Lands of strong winds”. In other words lands of natural power. Historian Phillip Cleason for more than 20 years was trying to prove that during the 20th century such aspects of political ideology like belief in freedom, self – government under law and equality, and of course ethnic diversity – America is usually called “melting pot”, were the dominant themes in discussion about American identity. He wanted…

Everyone’s opinions matter and no one should be discriminated against what they believe our government should become. A democracy has many unique characteristics as it allows the people to vote for what they want and if their voice is what the majority desires or believes in, then their opinion will become the future. My mom defines democracy as being a union amongst the people and government. She sees it as everyone getting along and having the opportunity to share their beliefs…

article What Democracy Is…And Is Not has the main goal of providing a common definition of democracy. They first begin by broadly defining democracy, then discussing the procedures of democracy followed by the two operative principles of democracy (1993, p. 50). Schmitter and Karl note that there are many types of democracy that each produce different effects that are contingent on a particular states socioeconomic conditions, state structures and policy practices (1993, p.50). Democracies…

During the 1820’s and 1830’s, America was experiencing many changes both as a country and politically. The revolution within America, with the election of Andrew Jackson in 1828, brought many changes in the government. Jackson and his supporters, the Jacksonian Democrats viewed themselves as the guardians of the United States Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty, and equality of economic opportunity. Although Jacksonian Democrats failed to perform as guardians of the…

Ever since America was founded, its population has always struggled with the balance between national and local politics. A national government was favored because of its ability to maintain cohesiveness among the whole population, while local, smaller governments were favored in order to limit the powers of the national government and to prevent the tyranny the colonists faced before fleeing from Britain. While some Americans argue that states’ rights hold more importance over the power of the…

Whilst these two speeches are written such a long time apart, they both address many of the same topics, including the military, current state of the democratic government, and the constant positive outlook on both America and Athens. Both speeches are similar and different in their own way, however the one almost consistent similarity is the positive outlook that both Pericles and Obama have on their empire/country The speeches although written so far apart from each other, are both so similar…

Our founders distrusted direct democracy, and prefered a representative form of government because direct democracy gives too much power to the majority; ensuring that the general will, will always prevail. Even The Articles of confederation, a form of government that favored general will over the federal government so much so the federal government had so little power, it couldn't even get the states to pay their war debts, was not a direct democracy. England was a representative government…

Why is There No Democracy in The Middle East? If you give a person a fish they eat for a day and if you teach them how to finish they will never go hungry. There is no democracy in the Middle East because America and the rest of the Western influencers are imposing democracy on the Middle East. If you get rid of a dictator, military leader, and other types of leadership, you cannot expect for democracy to rise up in one’s place. The only place where democracy was created as a first regime and…

Democracy is the building block of the United States government. But in the recent past elections, the percentage of registered voters who show up, have fallen to lows that rivaled the elections in WWII. If the voters don’t turn out, the foundation of the democracy falls to pieces. One way to fix this problem is to install a system where it is mandatory for the citizens of the nation to participate in voting, or compulsory voting. Several countries in the world currently have this system in…

history must encompass the beginning of the ideals and traditions upheld through the test of time. Jamestown, established in 1607, was the first American colony settled by the British. Their first settlement began to foster the ideals of racism and democracy, which have, as the definition of history requires, stood through the test of time. For these reasons, Jamestown was the start of U.S. history because it planted the seed of American tradition, which…