Why do people protest? Give as many reasons as you can but make sure you are thinking about “reasons” in a general sense (i.e. excluding specific reasons for a certain social protest in a certain place). In your view‚ are social protests constructive or destructive to a nation’s politics and society? A protest is an expression or declaration whereby a person expresses a personal objection or disapproval of an act (Lehman & Phelps‚ 2005). It is a one-off incident and is a form of collective action
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their leaders. The free adult male citizens of Athens were directly involved not only in government matters but also in matters of justice‚ as there was no separation of powers in ancient Athens. <br> <br>Unlike the Athenian government the Spartans didn’t use tyranny or any form Athenian democracy. Sparta did not like the way tyranny worked so they produced a different form of government. The Spartans formed a very complex government mixing democracy and oligarchy‚ and this form of government was a
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What does the Athenian adultery law state? Why is adultery such a serious offense in Athenian law? In classical Athens there were certain offences in which homicide was justified and allowed. The act which is usually rendered in English as "adultery" was called moicheia (μοιχεία) in Greek. Catching a woman of your family committing adultery was one of those times. The reason that this speech exists is because there must have been some doubt as to whether the husband actually caught his wife in the
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My fellow Athenians‚ allow me to refresh your memory on the horrific events of the last thirty years. First‚ war with the Spartans‚ who razed our fields of grapes and olives‚ who killed anyone outside of our walls. Next a disease that crawled its way past our protective barrier and into our people. Relatives and friends laid dead in the streets‚ piled on top of each other‚ unburied because of the fear of the contagious plague. Another 30‚000 people no longer with us. After that we had a short period
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POLI 330 Socialism is when the state controls the means of production by manipulating prices of goods and wages of workers. Socialism also requires people to submit to the rule of law. In return for their compliance‚ citizens are provided with resources rationed by the government. In a socialist government you get pros like‚ free health care and other services provided. But with good comes bad‚ cons are high taxes‚ not as much incentive to work hard as in other systems. Excessive government regulation
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“The Restoration of the Athenian Empire” Our walls are crumbling and our fleet is minute. We here in Athens are unable to collect tribute from other city-states and are often in threat of being attacked. Our fleet is defenseless and weak. The Democratic fraction‚ propose that we spend our time and hard earned money on the rebuilding of our walls and fleet. That way Athens can dangerously collect tributes from other Greek city-states. The Democrats also would like to commence in hazardous military
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exclude women‚ children‚ and slaves. Cleisthenes who was a lawgiver in ancient Athens is credited to reforming Athens from an oligarchy (government by the few) to a democracy (government of the people). Historians refer to him as the “the father of Athenian democracy.” Under Athens democracy there was an assembly or ecclesia that would meet four times a month and they discussed issues such as deciding military and financial magistracies‚ organizing and maintain food supply‚ initiating legislation and
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Betty Huang Professor R. Trumbach HIS 1001 Outline: The Athenian Constitution I. Before Solon A. Loans were made on the security of the person and failure to repay by the due date would result in the borrowers and their family to be liable for seizure. Land was owned by few. B. Officials (aristocrats) were decided based on wealth and “basis of good birth” (family entitlement). 1. Types of Officials: a. The polemarch and the archon
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Council. (Acropolis). The Assembly was responsible for policy making. (Acropolis) The Council was responsible for administration and implementing the Assembly’s policies. Not everyone could participate in Athenian politics. Slaves‚ resident aliens‚ and women were excluded. The main architect of Athenian law was Solon. It is unknown when Solon was born. He died in 559 BC. (Plutarch). Solon allowed everyone to participate in court (Stockton 19). He created a code of laws based on justice‚ balance‚ and
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Poli 204 Discussion Paper #1 Lesson 7: How should future generations contend with the French-English divide? Has this divide changed over the past 20 years‚ if yes how so? As a part of Quebec’s youth and up and coming younger generation I have witnessed the conflicts between the French- English divide since I could remember and it is important that the needs of both sides are full filled or at least compensated for‚ future generations need to focus on other issues and need to
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