Importance of “Favoring Many” In Democracy             Athenians established the first world’s democratic constitution in 510 BC. The new ruling method was advanced into its classical form by the changes that were brought about by Pericles in nearly half a century later after establishment. It was during Pericles’ ruling in Athens that the most significant achievements took place in Greece (Taylor, 2018). In contrast, the other countries continued with the different forms of leadership, such as hierarchical and monarchical. Democracy itself is a leadership technique where decision making is characterized by equality among all the members of the group. This leadership tool is beneficial as it helps in improving the participants’ character and also has good policies and laws. For instance, the Athenian citizenship gave full participation in each decision that was made in the state regardless of the class or wealth. The political life was limited to males of native parentage and excluded slaves, children, women, and alien residents. Still, this act of equality in the political arena led to the evolvement of the idea of universal egalitarianism (Taylor,…

Is This What Democracy Looks Like? The chapter is about how democracy was born in Greek from the Aristocratic rule that dwelt before. It shows how they won the change without engaging in the fight through building districts to greater unifying the citizens of Greek. It also the shadows behind democratic rules in the United States, mostly through the electoral process. The chapter digs the widening gaps between the whites and the blacks and the rich and the poor. To remain in power, the Republicans have tried as much as possible to make the blacks, and those coming from marginalized grounds have no touch in power in order not make to the demands of those elected. They have employed unbalanced voting power as manifested in the gerrymandering system, splitting of A&T Campus to reduce the influence of unity to voice as one. Descriptive Language The real and true democracy in the United States can be portrayed through voting rights. That is one person one vote, but that is not true, provoking Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to compare the Court’s resolution…

 International Relations             For the survival of the modern competitive world, international relations are considered as necessity aspects. This is because any country, which has isolated from the world finds it hard to survive in a competitive world. For decades, Syria has been suffering due to the isolation from other countries. Thus, leading to conflict between some western countries and Israel. However, this paper aims to discuss how Realism, Liberalism, and Radicalism theories of international relations view the current Syria War. According to Realism viewpoint, a principle driving force behind Syria’s competitive relations is considered to be the interest of people (Mingst 554). This is because, people want freedom in doing what they want, without being dictated or being taken advantage by other people. In Syria, people have rebelled against the government, since it dictates people, takes away their freedom and captivates an individual’s interest. The actions of people liberating themselves from a dictatorial government often support realists claim, which suggests that conflict can be resolved by war. Moreover, Liberalism theory assists in providing a valid explanation on Liberalism theory…

The Church of Scientology Collapse Religion is a field comprised of different beliefs, perceptions, among many other things.  One of the controversial debates that have happened in the world includes the Scientology discussion. Scientology refers to the set of religious beliefs as well as practices that were initialed started by Author Ron Hubbard. The core beliefs of this religious movement were based on religious perceptions that a human being is immortal as well as a spiritual being that lives in the physical body.  Hence, the church of Scientology was based on such beliefs. It involved a group of networked corporate entities as well as corporate organizations that were meant to advocate and push for Scientology.  Historically, it has been described as a cult or a religious movement whose intentions were unknown. With time, the church of Scientology started to drawn criticism and conflicting confrontations in society. Many people and organizations began to scrutinize the Church of Scientology.  In many cases and as a result of the various controversial situations that have been associated with the church of Scientology, many governments,…

President Trump and Protection of People with Pre-Existing Conditions Blog Chosen: https://www.newsweek.com/trump-state-union-obamacare-exisitng-conditions-1485804 #1:  Trump Accused by People with Pre-Existing Conditions of Lying About Protecting Them during State of the Union Address Statement with fallacy: “I’ve also made an ironclad pledge to American families: We will always protect patients with pre-existing conditions,” Fallacy: Equivocation (ambiguity) I believe that the fallacy used in this statement was equivocation (ambiguity). It is clear that President Trump was lying when he noted during the state of the union address that he cared about Americans with pre-existing conditions. Besides, there is no evidence that he has tried ever to help this group of American people. Remarkably, Trump has been on the forefront to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or “Obama care” since the time arrived in the White House (Palmer, 2020). Besides, the two bills in the Senate and failed that Trump supported did not include protection for children with pre-existing conditions. In this regard, this statement is meant to appeal to this group of people for support of his candidacy for president in the…

Principles of Liberal Democracy   Remember that there is much more to liberal democracy than freedom of speech and freedom of religion. In addition to listing some fundamental freedoms, your worksheet should include at least eight different characteristics over and above fundamental freedoms. One example is done for you.   Characteristic or Basic Principle of Liberal Democracy Brief Description (in your own words) A Real or Theoretical Example of This Characteristic or Principle An Opposite or Non-Example of This Characteristic of Liberal Democracy Source of Information rule of law Rule of law means that all people in a society are subject to the same laws, regardless of their wealth, position in society, and so on. If a prime minister is found to be driving impaired, he or she would be charged and put on trial like any other person. A royal prince murders another person but is not charged because his father is the king. http://www. democracystuff.ca political participation Political Participation means that citizens have a say in government affairs. This can be through voting, rallies, petitions, jury duty, etc……

Direct Democracy in Switzerland   Direct democracy allows citizens to decide on the country’s policies directly. Most of the states adopt a representative type of democracy, unlike pure democracy. In Switzerland, citizens pass executive decisions and laws without necessarily having an intermediary representative. Switzerland is one of few nations in history to have practiced direct democracy. Any form of legislation drafted by the political class is subjected to the public for approval (Fossedal, 2018). After the political elites make legislation, institutions call the citizens to review the legislation and sign. If the signatures by the people exceed the required number, the legislation or proposed policy is passed as a law. The public participation in any bill in Switzerland grants more power to the citizens. In Switzerland, the instruments of direct democracy allow the citizens to participate in voting without registering as voters. Voting in Switzerland is conducted about four times in every financial year. The regular voting culture in Switzerland enables the citizens to decide on issues such as the construction of a new street, change of a certain policy,…

 Voting Theory Dear Congressman, I am writing to you regarding the upcoming general elections in the United States of America. It puzzles me that to date, the presidential election is still decided by a few electors rather than the popular vote. The Electoral College system is imperfect and has always been from the onset. On five different occasions in the history of a presidential election, a candidate has won the popular vote but lost the Electoral College vote, which begs the question is the United States of America the democratic country it claims to be. The Electoral College system was born of compromise. The creators of the system met in a convention in Philadelphia. The delegates could not agree between the congress picking the president and a populous democratic vote deciding the election. The delegates settled on the Electoral College system. The voting theory, which is also known as the choice theory, allows the people to decide their leaders. Voting will enable people with contradictory opinions to come together and choose between several options. In a democratic country, compromise goes…

support for taxing the rich Scheve, Kenneth, is a professor of Political Science at Stanford University with research interests in comparative political behavior, international and comparative political economy, and economic policymaking. His co-author, David Stasavage, is a Dean for the Social Sciences Julius Silver Professor, The Wilf Family Department of Politics, NYU. Considering the high academic profile of the authors, they draw unparalleled historical evidence to provide an in-depth account of progressive taxation. The authors indicate that taxing the rich is a fair approach to compensating for the state of unfairly privileging the affluent. They write, “Political support for taxing the rich is strongest when doing so ensures that the state treats citizens as equals” (4). In this perspective, they argue that taxing the rich is a strategy for a government to promote fairness and respect as entrenched in the concept of democracy. The authors center their debate on the politics of redistribution as the approach to combating income inequality. Scheve and co-author offer a compelling and appropriate analysis of the politics of the social class driven by political and…

Comparative Politics in Southeast Asia Comparison is a fundamental tool of analysis. It sharpens our power of desсrіption, and plays a central role in concept-formation by bringing into focus suggestive similarities and contrasts among cases. Comparison is routinely used in testing hypotheses, and it can contribute to the inductive discovery of new hypotheses and to theory building…The forms of comparison employed in the discipline of political science vary widely…At the same time, the label ‘comparative method’ has a standard meaning within the discipline and in the social sciences more widely. Adapted from: Collier, D. (1993). The comparative method. In A. W. Finifter (Ed.), Political Science: The State of the Discipline II. American Political Science Association. Singapore, when compared to almost any other democratic country, has two deeply puzzling features. · Puzzle #1: It frequently adopts policies that economists would call “economically efficient, but politically unpopular”. For example, Singapore has near-unilateral free trade, admits large numbers of immigrants. These are policies that could easily have cost politicians their jobs in many other democracies; yet they have stood the test of time…