Tag: Democracy

Procedural Democracy and Deliberative Democracy Over the past century, the rapid spread of ideas on democracy has improved knowledge of democracy as a system of governance steep in pluralism and a rich tradition clustered around a set of values addressing key positions such as public participation, decision-making, and the rights of citizens. According to Connolly…

Populist Democracy and Liberal Democracy Traditions        In the recent past, events within the global political landscape have been responsible for shaping democracy and the subsequent emergence of modern traditions of democracy. This new reality is largely responsible for the predominant perception of each of these versions of democracy as political systems with highly competitive multi-party…

Comparing and Contrasting Nation’s Government from Jefferson’s era Jackson’s era Jefferson’s era stretched from 1801 to 1809, while the Jackson era stretched from 1829 to 1837. Jefferson believed that the national government is a necessary evil to be instituted for the security, protection, and benefit of the community, nation, and people. He, therefore, paid a…

American has gone a long way in promoting democracy. The country has managed to shift from white male landowner voters during the Jefferson period to all white male voters in the Jackson period, the country managed to change the law to permit women and members of minority groups to vote. Today, every American citizen has…

Introduction Today’s world largely perceives democracy, which refers to the government of the people by the people and for the people, as the best political system. Distinct elements of democracy are equality and freedom. In simpler terms, democracy refers to the rule of the free people who govern themselves in their selfish interests. Notably, Plato…

An analysis on Sociological Inquiry             Carly Elizabeth Schall has argued in her sociological inquiry that there is a lack of development of social citizenship in EU that challenges the potential for EU to be a democratic polity. By comparison, Schall stresses on how U.S successfully forms a national citizenship identity in its federal system…

Why Does The Lack Of Supranational Citizenship Indicate Deficiency Of Democracy In EU? Carly Elizabeth Schall has argued in her sociological inquiry that there is a lack of development of social citizenship in EU that challenges the potential for EU to be a democratic polity. By comparison, Schall stresses on how U.S successfully forms a…

Democracy theory adopts popular involvement in decision making. This necessitates a parliamentary system representative surrounded by devices that will safeguard the election freedom, parliamentary debate freedom, and free discussion before the election. It necessitates the opposition tolerance and machinery that permit free expression of the minority groups and their participation in decision-making formation. The majority…

Compare and contrast the elements of American democracy with the critiques or support of democracy presented by ancient and classical political theorists.  How was the American Founding influenced by ancient/classical political theory when establishing our democratic republic?In light of America’s influence by ancient and classical political thinkers, should a Christian support or critique democracy as…

There are various differences between direct democracy and representative democracy. Direct democracy originated from Athens and it engages very person in making important legislative decisions. The laws in direct democracy are passed via people’s votes. Thus the government power originates from the people such that citizenry responsibilities are considerably higher in this kind of democracy.…