intro Democracy is viewed to be an ideal form of political system and government. Several countries these days have adopted this. Democracy signifies supreme power that lies in the body of the citizens electing leaders that will represent them. This can also be defined as political system and orientation including individuals standing by the government or by the individuals they have elected to represent them. Democracy entails numerous advantages but this is also tied to some disadvantages. Advantages
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REPRESENTATIVE AND BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACIES INTRODUCTION: The debate on which form of democracy‚ representative versus parliamentary‚ can best manage a global energy crisis is a matter of much concern. The study addresses the following question: which form of democracy‚ U.S. representative versus British parliamentary can best manage a global oil crisis between 2009-2011? The question is important to address because understanding which form of democracy‚ U.S. representative
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To what extent was Germany a parliamentary democracy in the years 1900-1914? A parliamentary democracy is the power in Germany being shared amongst everybody. The positions are democratically elected by the population of the country. The way Germany was run is based upon the Constitution the power lies between the Reichstag‚ the chancellor and the Kaiser. Germany was a parliamentary democracy based on the constitution that Germany was run by. The Bundesrat being part of the constitution consisted
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Democracy - the best government system Democracy- the best way to govern. The term ‘democracy’‚ like many other political terms‚ was first discovered in Ancient Greece. It consists of two short words: ‘demos’ which means either ‘a citizen in a particular city-state’ or ‘the lower orders’‚ and ‘kratos’ which means either ‘rule’ or ‘power’ - but these two are not of the same meaning. The original meaning of democracy is the rule by the poor or by the rabble. Aristotle had a clear argument stating
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Direct democracy is a type of democracy that allows the people of a sovereign state to vote for leaders and legislation without representation. This form of democracy is based on a direct participation from all citizens of this country to decide the path of their nation through elections. One strength of direct democracy is that it gives the voters of the nation a greater sense of efficacy‚ the ability of a citizen to both understand and influence political events. However‚ direct democracy does
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A parliamentary system is a system of government in which the ministers of the executive branch are drawn from the legislature and are accountable to that body‚ such that the executive and legislative branches are intertwined. In such a system‚ the head of government is both de facto chief executive and chief legislator.[citation needed] Parliamentary systems are characterized by "not having" clear-cut separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches‚ leading to a different set
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Mercy killing known also as Euthanasia sounds some thing like “Asia”‚ but it relates to most painful and enigmatic question for the terminally ill patients‚ be it cancer‚ AIDS‚ accidental or traumatic coma‚ and innumerable incurable diseases‚ waiting for the end to come but the end is not so easy but quite painful: What is the meaning of Euthanasia? It is an ancient Greek word literally to mean “Good Death”. The children‚ old women and men afflicted with cancer diseases undergo enormous excruciating
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of representative democracy? Representative democracy is where the public people vote for and elect a person (called an MP‚ Member or Parliament) to portray and voice the opinions of the area the MP was elected in. They will take the views of their constituency on board when speaking in the House of Commons. A country which uses this is the United Kingdom. One of the advantages of representative democracy is that even with over 60 million people in the
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THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY Page 1 Representative democracy is what we have in this country. We are seen by many other countries as one of the most well run countries in the world. Our system seems to run very well and there are many advantages of using the system we do. The principal is that the people are represented through their MP who is able to put the views of the constituent to parliament. On the other hand most politicians want to be successful. and this
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To what Extent was Germany a parliamentary democracy in the years 1900-14? In the period 1900-1914‚ Germany’s political landscape witnessed extraordinary changes in which typical features associated with a parliamentary democracy- such as significant and influential pressure group activity and universal suffrage- were present. It can however be argued that this period also represented a time in which the German Reichstag did not truly represent the population due to old and corrupt voting system
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