French Fifth Republic

The American and Italian Government The world is full of many governments that have different types of structure. The Italian and the United States structure covenidarilly have the same fundamental. Even with that they run their government uniquely. The United States and the Italian Legislature and individual rights are similar but do differ from each other. The citizens of the United States religion does not affect the government or the citizen rights. In the United States they have a the…

Democracy wasn’t created overnight. It was made from years of wisdom and experience. Eventually the American colonists decided to refuse the British King in the American Revolution, but the colonists didn’t just do that out of the blue. They were influenced by the Age of Enlightenment and the men who induced it, the philosophes. Europeans no longer lived in the middle ages. Ocean voyages and the printing press brought them to a new way of life which was never thought possible before. The…

In today’s society, we are told that we live in a democracy; a political system governed by the rule of the majority. A more accurate definition from the Oxford Dictionary is, “A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives”. With monetarily driven corruption and lobbying by the private sector influencing the policies that govern our society, it is difficult to consider our economic structure as such. Our…

In Plato’s Republic, the Principle of Specialization is proposed. Despite being one of the most repulsive features of the narrative, this principle is the foundation of the community Socrates and his peers create (Republic 370c). This principle states that “productivity is increased . . . [when an individual] does the one thing for which he [or she] is naturally suited, and does it at the opportune moment” (Republic 370c). I think that individuals should be well rounded and refrain from…

Introduction Venezuela is a constitutional republic that allows the people to vote for the president, and politicians into office. If the people of Venezuela see something that is wrong in the government, then they can protest, or vote out the politicians in office. Cuba is the complete opposite. Cuba is a communist country and the government is ran as a dictatorship. There are no elections, or different politicians which allow the same people to stay in power throughout the years. Venezuela’s…

Sudarshan Ashok Professor. Edward Kannyo Comparative Politics The Republic of Peru follows a Presidential system of politics wherein the elected President is both the Head of the State and the Head of the Government. Unlike other neighboring South American countries, Peru is unique in having the position of Prime Minister who is appointed by the President. The current system of politics is largely influenced by the former President Alberto Fujimori who made major amendments to the constitution…

1) Brazil political analysis: Internal context: Brazil is a Federal Public made of 26 states, one Federal District (Brasilia) and 5560 municipalities. Brazil is a representative democracy, with a President who acts simultaneously as Head of State and of the Federal Government. All legislative and executive bodies, at Federal, State and municipal levels, are elected with four-year mandates. The federal legislative body is the National Congress, consisting of the Federal Senate and of the House of…

The Purpose of Government and if It Fails Machiavelli thinks that the most important feature of the government is to provide prosperity and stability, while Locke thinks it is the preservation of the property and the property rights, which go beyond the protection of the physical properties. Both men start from the same assumption that the government is able to provide its people with a possibility of coexistence and mutual respect for the future. Both men agree that, although coming from…

exercised over this whole continent and that therefore we must either give up our liberties and submit to an arbitrary one, or frame a constitution on the plan of confederation” (Storing 138), and in Brutus I, Montesquieu was sited writing “in a large republic, the public good is sacrificed to a thousand views….in a small one, the interest of the public is easier perceived better understood” (Storing, 113). The Anti-Federalists believed that, due to different climates and cultural factors,…

Before the United States was the constitutional democracy, or republic it is today, it was an odd combination of pure democracy with several branches of government blended together. In order to create a strong government, two rivaling parties emerged: The Federalists and Antifederalists. Those who believed in Federalism believed in ratifying the Constitution while those who believed in Anti-Federalism opposed the ratification of the Constitution. James Madison ever so eloquently wrote Federalist…