Participatory democracy

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…

Even though the caste system was outlawed nearly fifty years ago, it still finds a role in today’s Indian society. Socially, caste is a thing of the past. It’s not acknowledged in casual situations, but that does not mean it has disappeared completely. Two factors major factors are still keeping the caste system relevant in society: human nature to associate with a group and the modern democratic system’s emphasis on group representation. As individuals, we find strength in numbers.…

New Zealanders are affected on a daily basis by the decisions the government makes. These decisions are made through a particular protocol that occurs within our parliamentary system (New Zealand Parliament 2014). This parliamentary system is embodied in constitutional law, and as a formal legal structure, it displays information in regards to the relationship between the three main branches of government. These three main branches are the judiciary (applies, sometimes makes law), the executive…

William Easterly argues in his book The Tyranny of Experts that the support of autocratic dictatorships does not promote economic or political development in a more efficient way than what allowing a democratic and free regime to flourish would promote. He presents the idea that development experts who try to implement policies through dictators in order to promote the economic well-being of nations fail to support the economic or political well-being of individuals due to four things that…

In the American democracy the Electoral College is provided to assist the nation to formally chose the president and vice president. The Electoral College has been around for long, which was first devised in 1789 by the framers of the Constitution; snice then it has undergone numerous changes but still does what it was originally created to do. This system is frowned upon by many citizens, for it undermines the value of Americans voices and their beliefs. “The Electoral College is an…

A few examples would be with juror 7- voted guilty because he had a baseball game to get to, and after a long while of arguing juror 8 decided that if no one else votes not guilty then he would vote guilty and that would be the concluding verdict. The first alliance is at the beginning after everyone but juror 8 voted guilty. Juror 9 steps in and gives him a chance to explain why he doesn't find the boy guilty. This juror didn't get offended or ignorant to what juror 8 had to say. As the day…