Democracy

There are currently in December 2010, 26 democratic and 24 republican governors. Post election, in 2011 there will be 29 republican, 20 democrat and 1 independent governor.

faltu struggle

Poland had a struggle between its government and its citizens.

please use this site as a reference

The Pnyx was important because the Athenians went there to do voting by a secret ballot and a show of hands

I don't know where you get the idea that Republicans want to end democracy. I suppose that depends upon your definition of Democracy. It would help if your question were more specific.

As President Obama said, "Elections have consequences." He challenged to GOP to go out and win - and they did: the Presidency and both Houses - but still not as powerfully as the Democrats in 2008. It is a Republic in full swing.

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my answer is: NATO [ europe ],SEATO [asia] n OAS [ Latin America]

the importance is to show the officials authority

Rome was never a democracy. During the period of the Roman Republic (which came after the 244-year the period of the monarchy and was followers by the 506-year period of rule by emperors) three popular assemblies elected the officer of state and voted on bills. However, Roman politics was dominated by the patrician aristocracy which controlled the (unelected) senate, which was the most powerful political body of the Republic. The candidates for election to public office were members of the elites (patricians or wealthy men). The rich entrepreneurial class (the equites, "equestrians") also had a powerful political influence. Thus, despite these democratic aspects, the Roman Republic is usually described as an oligarchy. Patrician dominance of Roman politics was one of the key factors which led to the series of civil wars which tore Rome apart and led to the fall of the Republic. One strand of these conflicts was the rift between the populares, politicians who championed the cause of the poor and wanted reforms which would help them, and the optimates, politicians which favoured the interests of the aristocracy and resisted these reforms. In the end the people turned against the aristocracy. The Republic was replaced by the absolute rule of emperors who controlled the state and elections were abolished.

Good Question. Very simply; the answer to how one gets power is by getting voted into office. It is passed on when you get voted out of office and someone else replaces you.

A more complex answer is needed. We say in our democracy that, "all politics is local." That means that in order to be elected one has to know or be aware of the issues that go right down to the neighborhood level. And there are lots of ways you can acquire this knowledge and let people know you wish to serve in government.

One way, not being too factious, is to own a large, mobile barbecue pit and volunteer to cook for the neighborhood association or other local group. (now note here that you don't spend your own money on food that is grilled or smoked on the pit; just volunteer to purchase the right food and provide the grill.)

When you cook, everybody loves you. It is a good way to know your constituents.

Power in a democracy comes through other methods as well. And there are many levels of political strata in the United States (States, cities, towns, counties, etc.) But, even the President of the United States has to know people who know people in the neighborhoods.

bcuz it gave people the power to change (or amend) laws they didn't like or they thought were unfair

Nikita Khrushchev was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union until they forced him into retirement. Contrary to what Fox News may claim, he was never an American politician.

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The US could only become a monarchy if the Constitution is completely overthrown and done away with.

I think you have it backwards, but that the United States democracy is based on the philosophy of Locke so the constitution agreed with Locke.

i had this question too.....go to this website......it answered my question usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/democracy/dmpaper4.htm

Oligarchy under AKP government.

A democratic society is one where the citizens are treated equally regardless of culture, religion, race, creed and other human rights. The citizens have the ability to elect their government officials and to hold them accountable for their actions.

No. There was no democracy in any nation during the Medieval Period. At most there were some countries with wealthy electorates.

The colleges of veterinary medicine are the sole arbitrators of who can become a veterinarian within the United States; depending upon the training and education they provide, society will get a certain blend of veterinarians working in the various aspects of the profession.

However, if you are asking if the school a veterinarian graduates from impacts whether or not clients will see that veterinarian, the answer is generally no - all colleges of veterinary medicine are held to a high standard for training, so a veterinarian from Cornell is generally equivalent to a veterinarian from Mississippi State is generally equivalent to a veterinarian from Texas A&M. Quite honestly, most clients probably don't know where their veterinarian was trained at.

City-states went through stages - monarchy-oligarchy-tyranny, which benefited ruling classes. All had severe disadvantages for the mass of the population, so Cleisthenes in Athens in 507 BCE introduced a limited form of democracy where all property owners - large and small - could vote in assembly on the running of the city-state.

Athens had a direct democracy. All citizens in Athens could participate directly in the government. It is called direct democracy because each person's decision directly affects the out-come of a vote. Women, however, were excluded from this process.

Democracy is not necessarily the BEST form of government, however human experience over many thousands of years has proved that a democratic system is : Stable, Effective and Fair.

Please do NOT confuse democracy and capitalism.

First of all, we should note that only Athens and a few other city-states were ever democracies. The vast majority of Ancient Greece was ruled by monarchies or oligarchies and not by elections. However, the fundamental distinction between Ancient Athenian democracy and US democracy is that the Ancient Athenians had a direct democracy in which all persons entitled to vote would vote on all issues and the US has an indirect democracy in which all persons entitled to vote will vote for representatives who will then vote on all issues.

The primary reasons that Athens was able to implement direct democracy was that the area of the city was small and the number of voters was low. Only ethnic Athenian males who owned property were allowed to vote. This was less than 10% of the population of Athens. There were also limits on who could be the leaders of the state, restricting that to several noble families. This made it possible for everyone to have a say in almost all affairs. Conversely, the United States had 3.9 million people at independence with over 1 million voters, spread across thousands of square kilometers. It took weeks to ride a horse from one end of the country to the other; such a system of direct democracy was unfeasible. Additionally, most of the writers of the US Constitution believed that the voice of the people had to be countered by human rights and stern judgment. This led to numerous positions, like Senators, the President, and the Supreme Court being appointed by other elected officials (state legislatures, the Electoral College, and the President and Senate respectively) in order to allow this kind of sterner judgment to prevail.

Yes he is a Republcan