Weimar Republic

The Republic is Plato’s magnum opus and has become essential to political philosophy. For the greater part of Plato’s Republic, it is goal of Plato, using Socrates as his mouthpiece, to analyze justice by looking at the complex aspects of the just city in reference to the aspects of an individual’s psuché or soul. This is commonly known as the city-soul analogy. The analogy is used in order to define the nature of justice but also serve as justification. The Republic claims are built on the…

this time, the idea of unanimous voting to elect people for government positions became popular. This was a popular system that is quite present in society today. Only those deemed “active citizens” could vote. Annual taxpaying citizen of the French Republic were considered active citizens. Although the constitution of 1791 lasted a short time, it established the ideals of lessening the monarch’s power, unanimous voting, and having equally represented bodies of government…

History of Brazil’s Government After gaining independence on September 7th, 1822, Brazil became a Federal Republic (University of Oregon, 1995). When under Portugese rule, Brazil’s capital was Salvador, but after gaining independence from its king, son of a Portugese monarch, Brazil’s capital went inland to Brasilia (Gale Sites) (Pimlott, 1988). Today, a female president governs Brazil, her name is Dilma Rousseff. Economy Brazil has an extended amount of exports due natural features in the north…

become a republic nation rather than being ruled by Britain monarchy. First of all what is the actual meaning of a republic, according to the oxford dictionaries a republic means “a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch” (Oxford dictionaries). So republic is an independent country chosen by the people and this is called referendum. So should Australia become a republic not a…

known as the Gilded Age, the system of governance in the United States could most aptly be described as a democratic republic. Under a democratic republic, ordinary citizens elect representatives to support their interests in government. But is that still the case? Recently, a number of academics have made the argument that the United States is no longer necessarily a democratic republic, but is more similar to a plutocracy, or a government structure in which the wealthiest citizens control key…

Big Republic Essay During 1787, when the Constitution was written, framers sought to create a government in which power was limited so that the people’s liberty would not be threatened. As a result of many debates and discussions, many framers believed that a republican government would abate the threat of tyranny and would grant power to the people instead of a democratic government. A democracy (democratic government) is a form of government in which the power of the majority rules. A…

DBQ - Democracy in Colonial America Essay Democracy in colonial America is a work in progress due to democratic and undemocratic features. Because England (the mother country) was so far away. This has made it incredibly difficult to be democratic. If they were in England it would be easier to be a democratic state. A democratic feature is Regular, free, and fair election because electing a person for office is fair. This evidence was found in document 3:The Fundamental order in…

After undergoing Chavismo for twelve years, the truth is unveiling itself and the faults and errors of Hugo Chávez are understood. Infusions of chas funneleed intno social programs, the signs of decay are all evidnet eventhough Venezuela had underwent the largest oil boom in its history. During Chavismo, The policies and idiologies of Hugo Chávez (Oxford Dictionary, n.d.), the number of homocides had reached an unimaginable extent. Reports indicate that during an average weekend there are more…

The recent reports that the United States of America has been overthrown and, in its place, a benevolent dictator by the name of Christobal instated as Supreme Leader are false. The New? People’s? United States of America has no benevolent dictator, we the people have adopted democratic confederalism. We believe in self-government, autonomy, and independence; equality regardless of gender, religion, and ethnicity. Our revolution began from the bottom, contrary to the belief that a revolution…

The French Revolution was a political movement that spurred an incredible number of changes such as equality before the law, a stable economy, no unjust imprisonment and a government where the people have a say. After the revolution had succeeded, the new Directory held power in France. However, many French citizens felt like they were back at square one, with power abusing oligarchs, inequality, and an unstable economy. This changed, however, when Napoleon Bonaparte decided to take the reins…