Democracy Index

Government and Rights People are born with natural rights and have the right to exercise them no matter what type of government they abide by. In 1790, Edmund Burke wrote the essay, Reflections on the Revolution in France in response to the French Revolution. That same month, Mary Wollstonecraft responded to Burke with her Vindication of the Rights of Man, challenging his work. Burke and Wollstonecraft present a unique and persuasive argument in regards to the role of government and its…

impact from not voting is this – Politicians only care about individuals who vote, and if only certain groups are voting those are the groups politicians will attempt to make happy by legislating favorably towards them. The goal of a representative democracy is to have the opinions of all people echoed through their representatives. However, when…

Research of “Censorship: Should Language be censored?” Censorship in America is an ongoing debate in today’s society. Many argue there is too much taking place, while others argue we don’t do enough to control it. In this essay we will examine censorship from four different perspectives. Has censorship gone too far, or have we let it go too far already, is the question? We as Americans love our freedom. When we are restricted, only then do we feel violated. But as a society do we not need…

Slightly More Equal “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” These are some of the famous words written by Thomas Jefferson for the Declaration of Independence. This quote embodies one of the principals our nation was founded on. Some argue that this has changed with the Supreme Court ruling of Buckley v. Valeo and the conformation in Citizens United v. FEC, that political spending should not be restricted because it is form of free speech.…

there would be no violence and everyone would be happy with what they have, regardless of how little that may be. There must be some form of government to establish right from wrong and hold people accountable for their actions. Representative Democracy is different from other government systems because our power is vested in our people in a country where "all men were created equal." In other countries, your success is based mostly upon which family you are born into. If you are not born into a…

The demographics of political participation in the U.S. In the United states of America, the culture which has developed is based and focused upon the individual. The so called “Cult of the Individual” permeates nearly every facet of the American society, including the political system. within the American political system each American Citizen has the ability to express their individual opinion by participation in the democratic process, through various forms of political participation. The…

that the American Revolution cannot be classified as a revolution. A revolution is defined a forcible overthrow of a government in favor of a new system while also acquiring new social habits. Through the transference from a monarch society to a democracy and transformation to…

1. An activist is a person who is striving to bring political or social change. Famous activist Martin Luther King Jr. was a social activist who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States to bring justice for African Americans. 2. To annex means to add to a document or to something. When the United States annexed Alaska would be an annex. 3. The central government is the government that only has power over an individual state. The executive position of a central government is the…

Big Brother isn’t watching you Demonstrations, riots and similar things are normal nowadays. When whether a school, hospital or something is forced to close demonstrations will appear and so does riots at particular subjects. In the summer in 2011 a man was shot and killed by the police in London. The incident did create very violent riots because people thought it was very corrupt action by the police. Russell Brand is a comedian and an author he has commented on the riots in comment on the…

Societies today are built on a form of social power. This power is typically handled in the form of government, but not all governments acquire power in legitimate ways. According to prominent sociologist Max Weber, there are only three legitimate avenues to social power: traditional, charismatic, and rational-legal. Traditional authority—or the ‘eternal yesterday’ as Weber puts it—is a dominant power which relies on tradition or custom. With this way of ruling, power is not challenged because…