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different races. Mazzini explained in his essays that mankind was in progress and that individuals and societies as a whole had rights and duties. He proned the fact that Christianity was “out of date” and that Democracy was the solution. By this, we understand that he considers Democracy as a religion in which God was speaking through the people instead of priests and cardinals. His establishes a syllogism in order to simplify his views to the reader: God wants what’s best for his People. The people

Fill in the following id-chart to gather the basic information about it Name of the country : Australia Population : 22 300 000 people in 2010 Area : 7 617 930 km² Official language : English Political Regime : Federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy Political leader in 2010 : Monarch : Elizabeth II ; Governor-General : Quentin Bryce ; Prime Minister : Kevin Rudd Economic status : GDP (Gross Domestic Product) = $800 billion ; HDI (Human Development Index) = 0

which was the beginning of European Union. The main development in Europe depended on a supranational foundation to ''make war unthinkable and materially impossible'' (with ECSC ''European Coal and Steel Community'') and the idea of reinforcing democracy in Europe. This idea was enunciated in Robert Schuman' speech and others European leaders like Jean Monnet, Paul-Henri Spaak or Alcide de Gasperi in the Europe declaration. These words came true with the creation of ECSC in the treaty of Paris in

tolerance, the Prime Minister declared an end to “passive tolerance” of divided communities, and says that members of all faiths must integrate into wider society and accept core values. To be British is to believe in freedom of speech and religion, democracy and equal rights regardless of race, sex or sexuality, he will say. Proclaiming a doctrine of “muscular liberalism”, he said that everyone, from ministers to ordinary voters, should actively confront those who hold extremist views. He warned that

cette optique, l’assaillant a toujours tort. La guerre n’est donc jamais une situation optimale d’un point de vue éthique. Le seul cas d’exception est une guerre qui serait le résultat d’un accord arrangé à l’avance 4 HELD, David. Models of Democracy, 3e éd., Stanford, Stanford University Press, 2006, p. 61 4 entre les opposants, ce qui est bien entendu ridicule ou du moins improbable. Donc, nous voyons que l’acceptation du principe de souveraineté des États limite grandement le champ

thinker today denies that democracy is the only legitimate system for governing a society, there is very little agreement about the source of that legitimacy. Is the value of democracy instrumental or instrinsic ? Is it procedural or substantive ? does the value of democracy lie in the negative feature of avoiding tyranny and the monopolization of power, or is it associated with democracy’s positive capacity for promoting personal self‐realization ? Does the value of democracy reside in its power to

CENTLIVRES Pierre, « Le portrait introuvable : la Suisse des expositions nationales», Ethnologie française, Vol.32, 2002/2, p.312. 5 KRIESE Hanspeter et Alexander H. Trechsel, The Politics of Switzerland. Continuity and Change in a Consensus Democracy, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008, p.11. Seminaire d'introduction à la sociologie politique 1 Caillat Benjamin Avril 2014 La reproduction de cet Etat en tant qu'île m'amène à traiter d'un second aspect caractéristique du

"the old sister of Catholic Church", it's very difficult to understand the weight of Church in still very Catholic country in social and over all political field as in Spain, Italy and Poland for instance. Today, we have a new Poland, but access to democracy does not mean the transition to consumer society wild, even if the temples which are the Western supermarkets french, English, German, even if the large European shops have emerged on the Polish soil and sometimes inspire many afternoons in the Polish

governance. Obstacle to sustainable development, corruption may also aggravate the economic disparities and develop organized crime. In fact, if corruption goes unchecked, no democracy could flourish (fleurir), no freedom and no justice will prevail. But we do know as economic student that good institutions, freedom, democracy are linked to growth and the poverty fight. This is why it's important for societies to avoid it. In recent years, we can notice growing efforts at the international

départ de cinq années de progression quasi-exponentielle du volume de production littéraire. A cette production, la Banque Mondiale va apporter une contribution substantielle : un comité consultatif est créé dès 1993 (année de parution de « Making democracy work », qui présente les résultats de la recherche fondatrice de Putnam en Italie –d’ailleurs, Putnam fait partie de ce comité), un programme de recherche (Social Capital Initiative) est lancé en 1996, et un site Internet dédié au capital social