Direct democracy

similarities in quality of democracy and degree of civil society activity; their histories are comparable and their futures seem parallel. In order to present a strong argument, I must first define the terms my paper is predicated on, since they have evolved through time and place. Primarily, I will show that the strong association between civil society and democracy is widely accepted and was first made apparent by Alexis De Tocqueville. He made clear that “democracy is strengthened, not…

On Churchill 's view of Democracy Dallas Gibb (104057793) University of Windsor Comparative Politics (45-130) November 26 2014 Winston Churchill had said once that “democracy is the worst form of government except all others that have been tried” meaning that democracy is the best form of government. Within a democracy, one can expect economic freedoms to pursue profits and better themselves through the free market, where as in authoritarian regimes, there is usually an absence…

He believes a direct democracy “can admit of no cure for the mischiefs of faction” as there are no checks against the majority and it would be easy to enact malevolent policies. In the republic, he argues, there is a cure for preventing dishonorable politics and proposes republican…

Burma’s (Myanmar) military government and helped establish the National League for Democracy (NLD). Despite being Burman by birth, Suu Kyi was educated overseas and until the late 1980’s lived in the UK with her husband and children. However on a return visit to Burma, Suu Kyi observed police terror, political turmoil and calls for democratic reform in the country. These were emphasized by the massacre of pro-democracy protesters by the government. Motivated by the corruption of Burma’s military…

With money replacing time and membership in the interest groups, the levels of democracy are slowly diminishing. Given that such groups are established to act as voices for the minority or sidelined groups, their influence over national politics is on a slowing verge (Jones, 2009). Thus, such entities end up representing interests that…

for communist styles of government. However, cultural movements towards communist path have been more successful in China. Two of the events that took place in China, 1949 Revolution and 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, show the effect of people’s direct action to alter the form of government. While both Tiananmen Square protests and Revolution of 1949 occurred by the people’s will for their own ideal type of government,…

benefiting is Corporate America at the cost of healthcare for the civilians. This incident embodies the illustrator’s belief that liberalism is rejected in democracies when affluent corporations become stakeholders in government politics, as they sway government decisions so that they may maximize profits. This institutional flaw in democracies is fortified further by the nature of man, which, apparent by the author’s portrayal of politicians holding money bags, is inherently evil and easily…

this country has the possibility to uphold a legitimate democracy. However, the recent events are raising concern within the population, and the question begins to form is our political system slipping? While Canada has been ranked consistently in the top 10 democracies in the world, we as Canadian citizens still have many unresolved issues that have not been addressed. Throughout this paper the strengths and weakness of Canadian democracy will be discussed. The first issue of discussion will be…

representation, because the winner takes all. Except, in the 2016 American presidential election, the majority winner did not win; Trump lost the popular vote to Clinton by over 2.8 million votes. Therefore, the Trump phenomenon is not the end of democracy as we know it, or even the end of the world. The Trump phenomenon is best understood as an “anti-establishment” threat to the sovereign people and a failure of American institutions. American institutions that exist to prevent tyranny, like…

education, and the willingness to restructure the government so as to be a system in which individuals are directly effecting the government, a call for direct democracy on smaller levels as opposed to the current republican system. This is what makes the concept unlikely, the membership and power is too massive for the frame work of direct democracy to reconcile and appreciate, fully, all views of political order where power is concentrated in few positions that are dependent on influence,…