and Ecclesia named Archons. Their duties were to be governors of the council and assembly. “The council of Areopagus” was the Anthenian council. This council served as an important legal institution under the the Athenian democracy. This council existed long before democracy and its power and composition changed many times over the centuries. The Athens conducted an assembly it was the regular gathering of male Athenian citizens to listen to‚ discuss‚ and vote on decrees such as‚ finical and religious
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Report [ Role Of Media in Pakistan] Submitted By: Moazma Naseer •Kalsoom Katib •Sadaf Ejaz Faculty of Management Sciences International Islamic University‚ Islamabad Submitted To: Ms. Nazneen Role of media in Pakistan April 29‚ 2010 Table of Contents S. # P.# 01 History of Media in Pakistan…………………………………… 3 02 Media in Pakistan…………………………………………………. 6 03 Importance of Media In Pakistan…………………………………. 8 04 How did TV Channels Emerged in Pakistan………………………10 05 Western Media and need for local Media…………………………
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The Role of Youth in Indian Politics Ashima Madan On the roads of Indian democracy‚ we have travelled for about 63 years now and shall continue the journey for years to come in the same rickety ancient grubby vehicle of ours that has driven us for so long. The list of travellers is an assemblage of young dazzling men and women. The blatant contrast between them arouses debates. It makes us ponder over the role of youth in Indian politics. There have been certain qualities constantly
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The Influence of the Media in Politics‚ Campaigns and Elections - Yaho... http://voices.yahoo.com/the-influence-media-politics-campaigns-and-6... Voices Entertainment History Auto Business Creative Writing Politics Health Home Improvement Lifestyle News Sports Tech Travel Sign in Sign up Mail All Categories Opinion and Editorial The Influence of the Media in Politics‚ Campaigns and Elections Laura Lane‚ Yahoo! Contributor Network Nov 14‚ 2007 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites
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In this modern age of information technology media acts as a pillar of the state. Without a free press countries cannot compete internationally. Media has gained stature in Pakistan but regrettably our media has forgotten to impart essential message to the people instead of pandering to a few people. When we switch our television on to listen to the news‚ we find political debates and politician’s mudslinging each other. Every political party defends itself by blaming others. The continuous blame
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What exactly is meant by the term “democracy”? According to the rich and long history of democracy itself‚ it is doubtful that there is an appropriate and comprehensive definition of democracy exists. However‚ by studying the formation of democracy‚ there is a common agreement that the term “democracy” consists of the following characteristics: “regular free and fair elections‚ universal suffrage‚ and accountability of the state’s administrative organs to the elected representatives‚ and effective
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Athenian democracy was guided by the principle of isonomy. Isonomy basically means that everyone in Athens is equal before the law‚ and all citizens have equal participation in creating the law (Breaugh‚ 2011). Even though citizens are equal in the political sphere‚ they were not equal in other areas of the polis. The lower classes in Athenian democracy were equal in the sense that they had an equal to vote on the laws‚ and to have
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German people was seen following the American market crash of 1929 when unemployment imprisoned nearly 14% of the available workforce (196). With no noticeable intervention from the Weimar Republic‚ ordinary people were under the impression that democracy had failed the republic and they believed the current system should be removed (196). Capitalizing on the vulnerability of the German people‚ Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP) exploited the situation by leveraging popular
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But as we know‚ Athenian democracy came to a bitter end due to incompetent leadership and rampant political corruption. This second experiment into democracy is no different‚ if we do not take care of it‚ if we do not ward of political corruption‚ modern democracy might come to an end as well. There are several factors that we can observe today leading to a degradation of democratic values and
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Athenian democracy originated and formed from the three definitions of "Demos". First of all‚ Demos is the Greek word for "village"‚ but the Greeks also used this word to translate as "People" and "Assembly". Initially‚ Demos means "Village" because it refers to the first step of democracy. The Athenians had a voting district‚ it was referred to as the "deme" and administrated the Assembly List. In order to qualify for the Assembly list‚ 18 year old males would have to prove to a political official
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