Democracy

Technische Universität Dresden Course: Latin American Political Development Instructor: Silvia Inclán Summer 2009 Mexico: The old one-party dominant regime becomes a democracy – Political and Social Trends towards Democracy in view of the Presidential Elections of 2000 04.09.2009 Josephine Wragge 2nd Semester International Relations Matrikel.No: 3521502 E-mail: JosiW@gmx.de Table of Contents 1. Introduction – perceptions of the PRI defeat in 2000…………………………………………….3 2. The hegemony of

social actors and citizens. The story of Chile is particular in the sense that opposing ideologies have used similar tactics and methods to push for political goals, both during the implementation of the military government and the transition into democracy. Feminist movements and women groups in Chili can be broadly characterized by their nonpartisanship to political leaders and parties. Though the causes being advocated and fought for can be considered political, such as socioeconomic factors, equality

Democracy and Ethics In first it seems necessary to define these two concepts of democracy and ethic. The term democracy comes from the Greek demos meaning people and Kratos the power authority. Democracy is the political system, in which power is owned and controlled by the people ( it is the principle of sovereignty) without which there is any distinction from to the birth wealth skill ( it is the principle of equality). Ethics comes from the Greek Ethicos, moral and Ethos, moeurs.Ethique it

Jennyfer Pierre Gr:001 Democracy : a winning ticket or Pandora’s box? Democracy is synonymous of the popular sovereignty; but this conception wasn’t invented overnight, it took us a lot of steps to get where we are today. We went by many uprisings, writings from philosopher like Hobbes, Voltaire, or Montsquieu, glorious epidodes of peace and truce, as some horrible slaughter also (WWII

Democracy was born in Athens, Greece, during the sixth century BC. The actual word is a translation of the Greek “Demos Cratos” which means “the government of the people, by the people for the people" according to the words of Abraham Lincoln. Therefore, the people who exercise the power are the same people who enjoy freedom, such as freedom of movement, religion or thought. Nowadays, most countries over the world operate with Democracy. Furthermore, we can see an increase of democratic countries

démocratisation en Afrique: analyse institutionnelle et stratégique, Montréal, Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2005, p. 43-69. Elisabeth Jean Wood, « Apartheid, Conservative Modernization and Mobilization », in Elisabeth Jean Wood, Forging Democracy From Below: Insurgent Transitions In South Africa and El Salvador, Cambridge University Press, 2000, p. 111142. Samuel Decalo, «The Face of Dictatorship in Africa», in S. Decalo, Psychoses of Power, Boulder, Westview Press, 1989. p. 1-29. René

acteurs en partant du présupposé de leur rationalité. Bien que son modèle soit simplifié et idéal-typique, il ne fait qu’expliquer et tenter de prédire, et non pas donner des indications normatives sur ce que devrait être la démocratie. Dans Ideal Democracy, Dahl commence par décrire les différents points qui selon lui sont nécessaires pour définir la démocratie. Il nous prévient cependant d’emblée que la démocratie qu’il décrit est idéal-typique, qu’il s’agit d’un modèle parfait mais abstrait, sans

between governments, political systems, and regimes? What is the purpose of classifying systems of government? On what basis have, and should, regimes be classified? What are the major regimes of the modern world? Has western liberal democracy triumphed worldwide? Government: refers to the institutional process through which collective and usually binding decisions are made; its various institutions constitute the subject matter of this book. Government can therefore be taken to include

Tocqueville examined the democracy in America in comparison to that of France with an eye towards the historical development of each country. His interest in the democracy in America was led by the notion of equality of rights among equality of conditions. In my opinion, it is difficult to compare such different histories: the French Revolution and that of the United States of America. The difference, in respect to de Tocqueville’s thinking, is that the USA was a country born with democracy as its system of

government rests on the supreme authority of the people. 1.3 Popular sovereignty and direct democracy Direct democracy means that the people directly decides all issues, instead of delegating decisions to representative bodies like national legislatures; while popular sovereignty means that the ultimate political authority is deposited in the people. It follows that popular sovereignty and direct democracy are closely related, but they are not exactly the same. Crudely simplified we may say that