Essays on Democracy Page 2

Democracy is a form of government that gives power to its people essentially through a systematic representation of their interests. As famously quoted by Abraham Lincoln, Democracy is “The government of the people, by the people, for the people”. Democracy particularly involves collective decision making representing different kinds of groups while giving voice to their…

Ever since the birth of modern democracy, many theorists and analysts have pointed out that while democracy is arguably the best political system in place, it is still far from perfect in achieving its goals, This is mainly because the idea behind democracy was for everyone to be able to have a conscientious say in…

Madison’s definition of a faction is a group of people who share common faculties who gather together under the influence of a common interest. These factions are inevitable mainly because of our human nature to form them based on individual opinions and as humans, we tend to seek others who share the same opinions as…

In my assignment I would be digging deep in Aristotle’s political philosophy of democracy and his religion as the world today is largely dependent on democracy as the best political practice but, is the world practicing democracy as prescribe by the author of democracy? Why is there so much misuse of power today by our…

As rightly said, we are all now connected by the internet like neurons in a giant brain. I voice my support in the favor of this statement. The digital revolution has produced the most diverse, participatory, and amplified communications medium humans have ever had: the Internet. Most of the people use internet widely, be it…

Isaac Asimov once said “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge…

The worst enemy of democracy is the lack of education in a society because it is a tool that is used to liberate the minds of the society and give them a better life. In this essay I shall firstly discuss the Purpose of a democratic education. I shall then describe the values (of its…

The Cold War was a “state of tension, hostility, competition and conflict” which characterised Soviet-Western and Soviet-American relations for much of the post-war period (Roberts, 1999: 2). For forty five years, the Cold War was the focal point of world politics, and not only affected American and Soviet institutions, but “the foreign policy and domestic…

In the United States of America, issues on income and wealth inequality, universal healthcare and free college tuition for all have all been the topic of conversation for quite some time. These issues just sit in the hands of the media or in the voices of some of the American people, without being given the…

There has been controversial topic discussed that has been going on in America for centuries: “What should democracy look like, and can we achieve it?” America was founded on the premise that everyone was able to be take part in a democratic society. This comes from enlightenment thinkers who put reason to government. They, like…