Democracy is a form of government in which power ultimately comes from the people governed, whether through direct voting or through elected representatives. A democracy can range from a liberal direct democracy to an illiberal totalitarian democracy ....
Democracy is one of the most important subjects in the social sciences. From the work of de Tocqueville in the early nineteenth century through the work of the best contemporary scholars, democracy has been studied closely and debated widely...
Democracy Democracy is difficult to define, not only because it is vague, like so many political terms, but more importantly, because what one person would regard as a paradigm case another would deny was a democracy at all. The word has acquired a...
Democracy poses problems for science and technology because it leads to potential conflicts between two strong sets of ethical values. Democracy prizes the ethics of inclusiveness and political equality. Within a democratic system all citizens have an...
Democracy Democracy originated in ancient Greece. The Greek words demo kratia mean rule or power ( kratia ) of the common people ( demos ). For the Greeks, to live in a democracy was to live in a political community ( polis , or city-state )...
In political theory, Democracy describes a small number of related forms of government and also a political philosophy. A common feature of democracy as currently understood and practiced is competitive elections. Competitive elections are usually seen...
DEMOCRACY It's time for change in our country Saturday, May 26, 2001 This is regarding Judy Rousseau's May 13 letter ("We the people must say, 'enough' "). In this country of pure democracy and economic plenty, when will we the people...
JOAN DIDION'S new novel shares its title with a novel by Henry Adams, published in 1880, and shares also with that book the attitude that democracy is not an especially good thing. Neither Adams nor Miss Didion means by questioning the value of democracy...
A Syrian court sentenced four pro-democracy campaigners, including one of Syria's most respected writers, to prison terms Sunday as part of President's Bashar Assad's latest crack down on dissent."We are not criminals, we are patriotic people," said writer Michel Kilo from behind bars after Judge...
Nepal celebrated Democracy Day and the first anniversary Tuesday of a successful revolt that wrested power from King Gyanendra in April 2006. The government declared the day a public holiday and people took to the streets and gathered in rallies across the...
Examines the moral responsibilities American citizens have to embrace and/or defend those freedoms which are guaranteed by the Constitution. Focuses on the ideas of free speech and non-violent resistance.
