the worst form of government‚ except for all those other forms that have been tried” is a famous dictum quoted from Sir Winston Churchill‚ during his November 11‚ 1947 speech in the House of Commons. Churchill was known for his sharp and witty public persona- this statement was made when he lost in the 1945 elections despite winning the war. Overlooking the fact that this statement could have been made in his state of bitterness‚ democracy is actually better than other forms of government despite its
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Plato and Aristotle’s Forms of Government Throughout history‚ the idea of government has always been altered‚ discussed‚ and argued due to the many variation philosophers have created. Plato‚ a well- known philosopher is known for his book The Republic in which he discusses politics and the way society should run in order to achieve a just society. Plato was born into a aristocratic and dominant family. He lived from 428 B.C to 48 B.C. (Dale 22). Throughout his life‚ Plato never ceased to expand
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Federalist vs. Anti-Federalist Debate After Articles of Confederation it was seen necessary to repeal the Articles and create one that is perfect for everyone in the country‚ but it wasn’t that easy. Federalists claimed that we needed a strong central government to prevent rebellions such as Shay’s Rebellion that damaged the states while the Anti-Federalists feared that a strong central government could turn into a kingdom like U.K. which they have fought and damaged deeply‚ recently. In different
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It is a system of government where the executive branch presides supports from the legislative. There are various characteristics of a presidential system of government. One of them is that the president is both the head of state and the government and has a fixed term of office. The presidential system refers to the chief executive of a government‚ which has no prime minister. The presidential form of government concerns the elections process. In a presidential government‚ the president and
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the idea of drafting the new constitution‚ the Anti Federalists. The other is the Federalist‚ who supported the idea. The Anti-federalists argued that the new constitution would post a threat to its people freedom and liberty. They said that the constitution would give the central government too much power‚ and at the end may ends up like their mother land‚ England. But‚ the Federalists have a totally different view on this matter. The federalists argued that
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Representative bureaucracy is the concept that a bureaucracy should mirror the society that is serves. This mirrored representation can be by ethnic‚ racial‚ gender‚ or socioeconomic groups. The fundamental belief behind this principle is that a person of a specific constituent group will be an advocate for that group and will ensure that that group is properly served by the government. This advocacy can be passive or active; proponents of a representative bureaucracy state that this advocacy
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the Christian Church‚ democracy came to be understood as representative democracy. During the 18th century‚ the notion of a representative
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support of the majority in the legislature. Thus the Prime Minister and his cabinet can pass‚ amend or repeal any type of law with the support of subservient majority in the legislature. In this way‚ the executive and the legislative branches of the Government work in close harmony. The Executive not only runs the administration but also makes law. 2. Responsibility to the legislature: In this system‚ the executive is responsible and accountable to the legislature for all its acts of omission and commission
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European Union and Republicanism In this paper‚ I am going to look at the possible organization of the European Union through the prism of republicanism. Continuing the idea of my previous writing‚ I would like to make the public goods be the object of the present paper. However‚ the reason to place public goods in the center of this discussion seems obscure for me. Possibly‚ my perception is stipulates by the concept of the republic‚ especially what is main within this concept‚ that is namely
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Federalist No. 51 is an essay by James Madison‚ the fifty-first of the Federalist Papers. It was published on Wednesday‚ February 6‚ 1788 under the pseudonym Publius‚ the name under which all the Federalist Papers were published. One of the most famous of the Federalist Papers‚ No. 51 addresses means by which appropriate checks and balances can be created in government and also advocates a separation of powers within the national government. One of its most important ideas is the pithy and often
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