NOTA - Progress or Regress to Democracy

Some long standing societies have failed to become democratic, even with popular support for such a political system for many different reasons. One, tradition and change is hard. Some states have such a thick religious, cultural, etc. history that they do not know how to incorporate democracy with what their state has, needs and wants. Two, they do not want a democracy. They want to be different and try something new to become better or even equal to the presence that the United States used to play as the main actor of politics worldwide. They see the United States diminishing in ways that it does not wish to, so it does not go with the democracy route. Three, some leaders may find that fear works better than anything else. Isolating people

The United States is usually recognized as a liberal and ideal place to live by most people and countries because of their development of their single most powerful form of government, democracy. The very citizens of the United States believe that it is in their hands to influence all order and management of their beloved and praised country, however, the realism in this system has been blinded by their own people. The United States, though it may seem like a democracy because it emphasizes delegating popular sovereignty, is in no shape or form an absolute democracy where it gives the power to the people to make the decisions or influence law. The contribution of the people is in fact effective and needed, but it is not the citizens who

How democratic is the US? This is a question not many people ask themselves, most people living in the United States believe that they have a very democratic country since it is what they hear everyone says about it. Nonetheless, to those who have learned about United States of America the reality can be different, some might say there is nothing democratic at all about America. The questions to ask are “what is democracy? How democratic is the US? Do we meet the standards of democratic theory?

Personally, I believe we need a fraction of the progressive movement incorprated into our current government system. As a young American citizen, with my current knowledge regarding government, I am aware that change is something many people are uncomfortable with, whereas many others demand it as soon as it arrives. There will not be a movement that will satisy every American citizen, however, it is possible to reach an equalibrium which will move America one step forward in the long journey towards a foolproof system. Our Democracy is currently a successful program, although a progressive movement would also increase America's status. Focusing on creating a better quality of life for our citizens and improving many factors of our society

Many ancient regimes throughout the world teased with the idea of basic personal rights and elections , but not until the 6th century did this form of government become a legitimate way to exercise a country's control. The earliest traces of democracy can be seen in Ancient Greece, “the birthplace of democracy”, which can be attributed for democracy through their radical political ideas. Since then the idea of democracy has slowly grown, and in some countries decayed into another form of government. Without this evolution and radical thinking where would our country be today? Would we be living in a country that allows our leader to get away with murder? A communist government led by a corrupt leader or system? Democracy did

Democracy, by definition it is the practice of participation of the people in choosing their rulers, and the ability to influence what rulers do. The origins of the word Democracy are taken from the Greek word “dēmokratiā”, which “demos” meaning people and “kratos” meaning rule. Therefore getting the very definition of democracy, where political power ultimately comes from the people. As the United States has progressed onto new eras so has the way many Americans, Politicians, and even our government has changed. Changes such as that will start to question if we really are a Democracy. Events from racism in the 1920’s, women gaining voting rights, and even things as unfair Presidential results form many suspicions

Despite all these efforts made by the legislative power to make laws for establishing relationships of respect and integrity towards human beings regardless of their condition, and in those days and even these days do not respect fully the laws, and that even being created, people in this country have tried not going to respect them fools procedures, eg as allow voting who do not guess the kind of riddle, as to who is to rule in writing on the line without explain rigorously, being such an ambiguous statement that simply does rule out several potential voters thus avoiding fulfill their right as a citizen, and restricting the essential part of civil right "vote". Turning to bring the citizen rights

“Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” are the ideals the United States was founded on. This means that everyone has a right to live and go after what makes them happy. They are able to do this without fear of punishment, retaliation, or persecution. However, some countries throughout history, believed that this was not the correct way for their people to live. They felt that the government should have outright control over everything the people did. In light of this, such a country may be led by someone who is formally known as dictator. Americans that have been born and raised with the belief in freedom and choice find this way of thinking to be unprincipled and undeserved. The idea of freedom and choice is known as democracy; which is the way the United States government has been run since 1776. Both of these forms of government are in some ways very similar. For the most part, however, a dictatorship is very different from a democracy.

Introduction: Inspired by the essay “Democratization or Diversion? The Effect of Community Colleges on Educational Attainment” written by the professor Cecilia Rouse, our group addresses an imperative question: does a student’s background and/or local community characteristics affect his/her test scores, possibly affecting a student’s chance of continuing into post-secondary education? In order to find the answer, our group collected the data that are related to students’ background, their community, and their test score as a measurement of their academic performance. After that, our group utilized the data and built a linear model to examine the factors’ impact upon the test score.

Every since the turn of the 19th century, democracy, the core value and principle of the United Nations, has grown strong in many parts of Europe, North America, Latin America, and East Asia. However, many parts of the world still lay under authoritarian rule, and the change to democracy involves violent demonstrations and protests, riots and even civil wars. These violent transitions towards democracy result in an unstable foundation for the emerging democracies, especially when the country not only has to face the challenge of keeping their new government in check, but also enforce safety measures with subsequent planning to prevent a relapse into chaos and violence. The best option seems to be achieving independence by all means possible.

Whereas voting is regarded as the rudiment of a democratic nation, turnout rates are constantly getting lower in the developed countries and higher in undeveloped ones. While reformers in United States who have diligently worked to increase turnout have been rewarded with little, the Indian government experiences record-breaking voter turnouts. This paper seeks to critically analyze each system’s laws and form of governance. By critiquing voter registration and voter ID laws, in addition to examining the development in voting technology, reforms that would not only better the United States, but also raise voter turnout are proposed.

Since the initiation of the Third Wave of Democracy, several countries have attempted to form a democratic system of governs. We take note that not all have succeeded. At the dawn of this era, democracy was being applied to countries with no prior history of a governing body that was place by the people for the people hence success of such a system could not be guaranteed because of the innumerous variables that existed in each country. People being the highlighted factor of variance, it may become easier to understand how countries such as Pakistan and Nigeria, both countries prior to the Wave had no local governing machinery. Pakistan further endured a partition from India which resulted in not only an instant religious and

The human tendencies to strive for success and to fear failure are both intensely motivating and immensely stifling. The French say “Too much choice kills the choice.” Researchers in behavior science call it choice paralysis. Every day, we are bombarded with a multiplicity of choices, whether it is deciding which cereal brand to purchase at the local grocery store, or deliberating which car to buy. The plethora of options is so daunting that the average supermarket in America carries a staggering 50,000 products, leading to more micro-optimizations, mental calculations, and ultimately an incessant fear that our suboptimal decisions will lead to some inexplicable failure due to incomplete information. This enigma raises profound and personal questions: is the value of success imperative in creating happiness, or does it create regret? Is too much success a reason people suffer from anxiety and depression, due to a fear of subsequent failure?

The belief is that the only true democracy existed in Ancient Greece in the system of city and state, where citizens had direct communication with each other and their public officials ran the government with very little impact and almost no corruption. While this is well known in the historical aspect, today we see countries that have a very successful government that operate on a mixture of types of government. However, the ideal democracy is a form an equal government that everyone should operate on, no matter rich, poor, educated or oblivious you are. Everyone shall have the right to vote and be allowed to give their opinion on decisions that are made, including protection under those laws provided by their constitution. There are some similarities in governments that contribute to a successful democracy such as those of Japan, Sweden, and Australia, which were discussed previously in the course. In this paper I will discuss Nigeria’s democracy issues, the standard democracies, ideal governments, and how mixing direct democracy with some of the various governments can ultimately lead to what we all want which is “Power to the People”.

There is a natural propensity to evaluate the Government of India with the British. But Indian Parliament and parliamentary institutions and procedures are not a copy of the Westminster system. There are fundamental differences between their system and Indian system. Democracy extends way beyond elections. However, the holding of transparent, credible and accountable elections is important for any democratic country and election observers make a significant contribution in this process. In this essay, I will be heading a team of British officials who will be observing the Parliamentary election process in India in May 2014. Being from Britain, we will witness a lot of similarities between the political systems of India, however there will also be some differences, like India being a federal republic and a parliamentary democracy at the same time while Britain practices constitutional monarchy. Furthermore, India has a president and a prime minister, whereas, although the head of state in Britain is in the form of a prime minister, it also has a symbolic royalty head in the form of a ruling monarch. Generally the elections in India has been quite peaceful, well-organized but quite unpredictable at the same time, especially with the growing influence of upcoming parties.