DEMOCRACY

On Wisconsin first Possible Breath of a Real Democracy Movement Where It's Needed Most - Quatrain by Stephen C. Rose Alright it is needed most everywhere but turn eyes to the huge disparities in the US and protest is inevitable.

Democracy Will Show That The Country Actually Likes Things 50/50. Scott Winship has echoed or originated a thought I have had as well. The country loves to be neither right nor left. 50/50 is just fine. Or is it?

The young feel disillusioned with the workings of democracy; where vested interests hold sway, ad nauseam. With better options available, why jump into the muddy waters, to set things right?

What is a democracy and how has it shaped the United States of America?

Democracy looks like anarchy in some countries trying to make a success of it. The wily leaders get elected, not the deserving!

I argue that Graham makes an unfair comparison between an ideal ruler and democracy by comparing the 'ideal' to the 'actual.'

In this article, the agonies of democracy in Africa were examined, particularly from the perspectives of its characteristics in African setting.

Is Canada still a democracy? We are superficially, but there are warning signs that apathy is threatening our heritage.

How the world witnesses Americans practicing their democracy now: a global and historical perspective.

This paper analyzes several places in America in which democracy is lacking. And answers the question: are we as free as we think we are?

An analysis of the intellectuals viewpoint of democracy in America in the Nineteenth century, its relation to democracy around the world, and its implications on the twentieth century.

In a republic or a democracy, the people have ultimate freedom to live and control their lives. Socialism, as actually played out, means a few hold resources and dole them out as they deem necessary to maintain their control-not for the good of all.

At no other time in the 200-year history of the United States has there been a greater opportunity for people to be involved in the evolution of democracy.

Even the Hamas was freely elected in within the Palestinian Authority, the West does not want it to govern the Palestinian people. American foreign policy has a history of paying lip service to democracy, but only when the results come out in its favor.

Is it possible for the United States to establish a form of Direct Democracy? Not according to Lyle Jones. Rousseau's vision of democracy is neither possible nor desirable.

Since 2003 American Rights at Work has informed the public about the struggles to win workplace democracy for nurses, cooks, computer programmers, retail cashiers, and a variety of workers who we all depend on every day.

Joseph Schumpeter's view was pretty much the same as Max Weber's. He felt that democracy can only offer the possibility of replacing one political leader or party with another.

To verify the claim that democracy is the manifestation of the popular will, one must examine the origins of democracies to discern whether they are truly polyarchial or are dependent on the support of the elite to succeed. Europe provides some examples.

It occurs to me that the cost of an Iraqi democracy will have a different "flavor" than that of the U.S.

Whether the Internet becomes a tool of democracy that will liberate and equalize consumers, or just another means for media conglomerates to control pop culture and public opinion rests largely upon whether access and content will be controlled publicly.

When President Bush speaks of wanting to bring democracy to Iraq (and the rest of the Middle East), just what does he have in mind? After all, there are many different governmental systems existing today, all of which are classified as democracies.