Category: Democracy

Introduction In the 21st century democracy plays a key role in societies, however, there are still societies where democracy is not present. Moreover, countries where democracy is not established, are the countries where society lives between fences and walls. Walled democracies Countries such as China and Russia are perfect examples of societies that live in…

Democracy has become a keyword in international debates about politics in various parts of the world. Lack of democracy is widely viewed as the root of the issues that plague some societies. Inherent in the concept of democracy is the certainty that people should be allowed to participate in making decisions about how they are…

The development and expanded commonness of social media all around the world has given individuals a stage to take an interest all the more effectively in democracy. This had made social media platforms an integral asset of articulation for a democracy. Social media has become an expansion of our lives. Everybody has a nearness via…

Abstract E-word of mouth has become a global phenomenon, solving problems online users are concerned. It can make a change for transnational issues. Some critics insist that online wisdom cannot replace the existing establishments even in a democratic state. According to Scholte (2012), there has been a paradigm change to global democracy because globalization is…

We all live in the United States a country a freedom, a country of democracy, living in a democracy has many good and many bad factors although other systems are less desirable it is important to know democracies flaws. Starting out with whats good with democracy and explaining what a democracy is. Living in a…

The source discusses the view that UK democracy is in crisis, and argues that, in some aspects, there does seem to be evidence to suggest that the UK is experiencing something of a participation crisis, due to a decrease in public confidence and a lower voter turnout in the past few decades. On the other…

Totalitarianism is a form of government that exercises complete political, economic, social, cultural, and spiritual control over its subjects. A charismatic leader, or dictator, who controls the one allowable political party, usually heads it. This form of rule requires complete subordination of the individual to advance the interests of the state. People are made dependent…

The United States is a very unique country, isn’t it? A country conceived from a war for their values, their liberty. With this liberty, they have established their own unique system of government, none that anyone has ever seen before. A democracy! A representative democracy to specify; a republic. And with this new form of…

The main arguments of John Mearsheimer relied on the development, nature and fate of liberal hegemonic order. He is a well-known offensive realist and his central argument relied mainly on the long-standing intention of creating the world in the American image through liberal thoughts and institutional arrangements. The concept of liberal democracy started with two…

Outline the central functions of political parties in liberal democracies. What factors help to explain the reduction in political party members? A political party is defined as a group of people who are organized to gain and exercise political power. Political parties emerged in their modern form in the United States and Europe in the…