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    The Political era of policing stemmed through the 1840s to the 1930s. This particular method relied highly of political gain. Police officers were used by Politicians as way to control neighborhoods. The advantages of the political era of policing allowed community interest to be main priority; therefore, community policing was said to be an effective tool. The disadvantages of the political era were politicians had immediate control over the departments and unfortunately recruitment was…

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    policies. I believe that the 22nd amendment is important to our democracy and it protects all citizens. This issue was a hot topic in the years following FDR’s presidency and at first the public was not in favor of the amendment as shown in Kathleen Weldon’s article, in it, she says “Pollsters started asking about an amendment in…

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    The French Revolution is ultimately due to a new age of thinking, called the Enlightenment. Kant spoke of the Enlightenment as a way of thinking and deciding for oneself and without the help of others. Most people do not think for themselves and let others actually think and decide for them; however, Kant stated that as a society it would be easiest to change people’s minds and allow for teach individual to think for themselves. Now this process is slow and one of the biggest barriers to this…

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    Zealand Labour Party, the German SPD, and the Sweden SAP. I found that Social Democrats place a strong emphasis on solidarity, freedom, justice, and equality. They want citizens to actively participate in government to ensure a successful and strong democracy. Tackling unemployment by creating good paying jobs, and ensuring decent living standards for all citizens, is a shared goal among this party. Social democrats, therefore, place a great emphasis on equality of educational…

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    acquired, is of crucial importance as it determines the overall way of life of a given group. Relations of power and politics are highly fluid, and can present themselves in a variety of divergent forms. A common form of political power relations is democracy. Democratic political rule involves a system of power relations vested in either elected individuals or the people themselves (Murrel, 2007). In contrast to democratic political rule is oligarchy. Oligarchic political rule is a type of…

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    by Congress however, Congress can override that veto if necessary. This is another way our government ensures us that it will not become too powerful. Without this it is possible that one of the branches of the government become too powerful and democracy is…

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    population participating in the political life (Brand, n.d.). This would be unacceptable in today’s democratic world, which is a world that value democracy as one of the most important aspects of society. Greek democracy, at least in the Classical times, has failed; and the modern system also presents some important pitfalls. However, as it is said, modern democracy still is the least worse system ever…

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    When discussing the topic of public service by American citizens, many people under the age of 30 are stating that this mandatory public service is unacceptable. On the contrary, a majority of Americans are in favor of a year of mandatory national service for 18-25 year olds. People are still growing and maturing at ages 18-25, so some believe that public service during that age is crucial. With that being said, if serving your community is like a job or unenjoyable to you, I wouldn’t suggest…

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    The Policy Making Process

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    There are several political issues in the America that need to be addressed and there are several ways that our government is taken action to resolve the majority of these issues. One way the government resolve these is making and adopting policies. The policy making process is very complexed system for several reasons. No one likes a policy that is ineffective and doesn’t achieve its original intent of fixing a problem. There is six steps in the policy making process, recognizing the…

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    E (Cole 83). It was a time of city-state, and expansion and innovation. While many culture have influence modern world today, Classical Greek have influenced the development of the Democracy, the Aqueducts, and Western though. To begin with, U.S.A, British, German politic are the evolution of Classical Greek democracy system. First of all the notion of citizen span back all the way to the classical Greek. While modern citizen are available to all who apply to country such as U.S.A, “there were…

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