Making Democracy Work

had dominance on. They are thought to be a challenge on the democracy of states but are also trusted by the citizens of these states because they make many decisions and policies that involve the citizens. The states to some extent trust them to make assured decisions like in conflict resolutions, allocation of resources and also formation of boundaries between the states and the markets. This shows that they hold an upper hand in making certain specific decision…

American democracy is rooted on the rights of people because that is what a democracy is, giving people rights and letting them have a say by allowing them to vote. America has become more of a democracy than it ever was because it has given people more rights and freedoms than before. It has allowed way more people to vote and it has created more civil rights for the people so that America can be the most diverse, accepting, and democratic it can be. The Enlightenment started the basis of…

hardship, and struggle in order to thrive. Many years of hard work lead to “prosperity and freedom” in Somalia. Somaliland has three regions called “British Somaliland Protectorate(today’s Somaliland), Italian Somaliland(rest of Somalia), and French Somaliland(now Djibouti)” (Kaplan, 2008). Northwestern district of Somalia acquired its independence in 1991. The political development in Somali has gradually enhanced or improved towards democracy, which is evident through the article called “The…

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…

she is sceptical of populism. Although highlighting many negative points of populism she suggests it reinvigorates democracy and is always inevitable. Like Canovan I am sceptical of populism, as she calls it the “shadow of democracy” but I go one further to believe populism does indeed have no place in a well-functioning democracy. Firstly, one must define a well-functioning democracy: this allows the demos to limit government power due to popular participation; the electorate giving authority…

John Adams, the second President of the United States once said, “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide”. In this quote, Adams explicitly acknowledges that democracies always eventually collapse. Adams included the words ‘murders’ and ‘suicide’ in his diction to imply that once a democracy collapses, it turns into extreme chaos. William Golding, the author of Lord of the Flies, shared a…

The United States of American was founded on July 4, 1776 by the hard-work of the founding fathers and other revolutionaries. The country was established under the idea of democracy. Democracy is a form of government in which the citizens are the root of power. There are forty-five presidents in history and each of them has contributed to the United States in many ways. John F. Kennedy was United States’ 35th president and was probably one of the most debatable presidents in history. A careful…

The Athenian democracy operated differently from today’s democracy, but not necessarily more effectively. Finley seems to argue that although the basis of democracy was a good idea, it had many flaws, and was a utopian system, designed for “perfect” people. It was not representative, as it is nowadays, but direct, meaning that all the male citizens over the age of 18 could participate on the decision making, as long as they had not lost their civil rights. However, people could very easily…

Tyranny, and Democracy. Oligarchy is defined as “a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution,” In ancient greece those in control were always chosen by being the richest and most powerful men of their city state. These men chosen were usually landowners. How rich…

cosmopolitan democracy. Both theories form nations and have specific guidelines for a nation to follow. Rousseau based his theories on the Spartans and Romans of ancient time. He studied the small nation-states and their developments, and found characteristics that made them prosperous. While, the theory of cosmopolitan democracy is a response from an ever changing global climate during the Cold War. With more and more states interacting and having direct influence; cosmopolitan democracy was…