America's Democracy The United States of America is a republic, or representative democracy. Democracy, a word that comes to us from Greek, literally means the people rule (Romance, July 8). This broad definition leaves unanswered a few important details such as who are the people, how shall they rule, and what should they rule on (July 8). Defining the answers to those questions means defining a model for a democratic system. William E. Hudson defines four such models in his book American Democracy in Peril: the Protective, Developmental, Pluralist, and Participatory models of democracy (Hudson, 8-19). Of these models, perhaps Participatory comes closest to an ideal, pure democracy of rule by the people (16-19). In practice, however, establishing a stable ideal democracy is not entirely feasible. In a country the size of the United States, it quickly becomes unwieldy if not impossible to have direct rule by the people. To overcome this, the compromise of the representative system allows the people to choose who will rule on a regular basis. The political culture that defines American politics shows that despite this compromise, America is still very much a democratic society. The very history of the country, a major contributor to the evolution of its political culture, shows a legacy of democracy that reaches from the Declaration of Independence through over two hundred years to today’s society. The formation of the country as a reaction to the tyrannical rule of a monarchy marks the first unique feature of America’s democratic political culture. It was this reactionary mindset that greatly affected many of the decisions over how to set up the new governmental system. A fear of simply creating a new, but just as tyrannic... ... middle of paper ... ...religions of the citizens, the immigrant melting-pot nature of the country, and the market-driven economy in which an equality of opportunity and old fashioned American elbow grease is all one needs to succeed. America certainly is not a perfect democracy, in any sense of the word. However, the particular brand of democracy practiced in America has shown itself over a course of more than two hundred years to be both resilient and flexible. American democracy may not be perfect, but democratic it surely is. Works Cited Hudson, William E. American Democracy in Peril: Eight Challenges to America’s Future – Fourth Edition. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2004. Landy, Marc and Sidney M. Milkis. American Government: Balancing Democracy and Rights. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2004. Romance, Joseph. Political Science 6 class lectures. Drew University, Summer 2004.
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America’s form of representative democracy came as a result of the transgressions Britain committed against their colonies. Several hundred years of salutary neglect served well for those living an ocean away from their motherland. Realizing the prosperity that colonies had obtained through a semi-free market society, the King of England and the parliament began enacting many taxes and acts. Taking away the colonies freedom was unsettling amongst the colonists and eventually led to a revolution. This revolution secured freedom from Britain as well as founded a new nation with the first ever constitution. Although the process to achieve democracy in America was a long, laborious road the freedom, prosperity and equality of opportunity shared by those amongst the states could not be denied.
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Democracy in the United States became prominent in the early to mid 19th century. Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the United States, was inaugurated in 1829 and was best known as the person who mainstreamed democracy in America. Because he came from a humble background, he was the “genuine common man.” (Foner, pg. 303) He claimed he recognized the needs of the people and spoke on behalf of the majority [farmers, laborers]. However, critics of Jackson and democracy called him “King Andrew I” because of his apparent abuse of presidential power [vetoing]. These critics believed he favored the majority so much that it violated the U.S. constitution, and they stated he was straying too far away from the plan originally set for the United States. Because of the extreme shift of power to the majority, the limiting of rights of the few [merchants, industrialists] and the abuse of power under Jackson’s democracy, the foundational documents set in the constitution was violated, and the work of the preceding presidents were all but lost.
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You can waste a lot of time on home remedies that don't work. All the while the bed bug population will continue to grow. For instance, heat and freezing temperatures kill bed bugs, but placing items in the freezer or in black bags in the sun may not reach the target temperatures long enough to do any good. Rather than wasting time fighting the bugs on your own, call for professional help. Even with pest control treatments, it may take some time multiple treatments to get rid of the
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Engel argues that two pros are evident in fair trade, good pay with community benefits and worker safety and protection are guaranteed. And that through purchasing of fair trade products, people who created them are ensured a living wage that’s much higher than what they would typically earn (Engel, H). Fair trade organizations also claim to allow participants to invest in their communities to support things like education and medical care. Alongside these benefits, workers can reap healthy benefits of rigorously set standards for safe working conditions. Discrimination of gender, religion, or culture is also prohibited in fair trade businesses providing equal possibilities for all workers. Managers of fair trade businesses are also required to protect children providing education opportunities and protection from
What if there was a way to consume and use everyday products while knowing the people who put the hard work into growing and harvesting them are being treated as fairly as possible? Fortunately, there is a way for the consumer to have full confidence in this while purchasing their products. What the buyer should look out for is if the product is marked “Fair Trade” or not. Fair Trade is a type of business in which it is established that the producer is paid a fair price for the goods they provide. Whereas some producers get ripped off and paid only a small portion of what they should be, Fair Trade ensures that this does not happen and gives the producers the full benefit of their work. Some may ask, “is it really worth it to invest in something that will only put a label on a product?” The answer is yes. In this day and age, every humane person should have the decency to pay a little bit extra to warrant the fair treatment of the producers. Fair Trade is quite a simple social movement to operate with rules that can be easily enforced and the range of products is large yielding it to have its strengths and weaknesses, as does every operation of this scale.
The stem cell research controversy is one of the major headlines in bioscience and has been discussed and debated numerous times throughout the last decade or so.