AMERICAN GOVT. WWW February 16, 2012 “Tocqueville and His Influences on Democracy in America” “A new political science is needed for a world altogether new,” Alexis Tocqueville famously proclaimed. His description of democracy in America as compared to the views of others could be described as the glass half empty. His writings show a passionate and tolerant concern for citizens to have equality than for freedom. He argued that the passion is a daily struggle for equality and that it has a greater hold than even the human heart can withstand.
The Constitution is an adequate democratic document, when the Constitution we have in place today is the subject of that sentence. By being adequate it is meant to serve its purpose, nothing more or less, in establishing a democratic form of government that is satisfactory to the people. The Constitution proves that statement true in the fact that we do not have citizens openly revolting in the street, calling out against it. However, in some streets there are voices starting to be heard, calling into question the democracy of the document. Some cause for concerns can be found in the first writing of the Constitution (the one that will soon be thoroughly discussed) and some lay in more recent Amendments.
In particular, judicial review, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and the right of association. Judicial review is extremely important in democracy, described as, “the most dynamic expression of the people’s rule, is also the most efficient means of teaching them how to rule.” A jury, while a political institution, will teach all men to respect the court’s decisions, and the concept of justice, and to take these two concepts away is to take away the love of independence. Tocqueville also says that a jury will teach all to think like judges, and this is the best way of thinking to prepare people for
Name: Khalat Khan Through a thorough investigation of different cultures, political systems, and governments, I have realized that a democracy is the most practical form of governance of a successful society. The fundamental humanitarian and political ideals that are the basis of a democracy allow individuals to reach their fullest individual potential, while maintaining a sense of community and responsibility to the state. I believe that every society needs a stable government to protect the rights and freedom of its citizens. Contracts are inherently the basis of every democratic society. In order for a democracy to function properly, each citizen must forfeit certain individual liberties in exchange for his or her guaranteed protection.
When the government prevents prices from adjusting naturally to supply and demand, efficiency is improved in the economy. ANSWER: F TYPE: T KEY1: D SECTION: 2 OBJECTIVE: 7 RANDOM: Y [cxviii]. A market economy cannot possibly produce a socially desirable outcome because individuals are motivated by their own selfish interests. ANSWER: F TYPE: T KEY1: D SECTION: 2 OBJECTIVE: 7 RANDOM: Y [cxix]. While the invisible hand cannot guarantee efficiency, it is better at guaranteeing equity.
In the Arab nations studied by the AAI, “U.S. interference in the affairs of Arab countries, and the lack of democracy in Arab countries are the other two problems that prominently were cited”. This failure to establish stronger relationships with struggling and former-struggling nations and failure to even establish a legitimate democracy prove that the costs of interventions in other nations’ struggles far outweigh the potential
Both FDR and Hoover because of their political differences handled the depression in a different way. President Hoover believed in a small government, and laissez faire to not get involved in businesses. He was sure that the depression would pass, is normal and will fix itself. Relief would be provided through the people and charities. Hoover’s economic philosophy was restrictive monetary policy and free market.
Entities such as the Group of Seven, or the G7, and the World Trade Organization, have created programs to lessen the gap between the wealthiest and poorest areas of the world. It has failed to progress the poorer nations of the world economically when “the leaders of the industrial world do make the rules, a power that is exercised in part to ensure the continuing wealth and power of the industrialized world.” (Marks, pg. 44) This hierarchical effect of the wealthy determining the economic fates of the poor has had little effectiveness in narrowing the gap between the haves and the have-nots. Instead, the developing countries are creating several treaties and alliances such as the North American Treaty Organization exclude entrance by the under-developed nations. This further expands the reign and monopoly of the western world by excluding influence from the economic weak.
There are endless economic policies that the politicians agree on which fail the libertarian test of both the axiom of non-aggression and basic economics. Many of the politicians and politically active people of the left and right are economically ignorant. They do not consider each and every policy's long term effects on not just one groups of people but all the people. One of the well accepted economic policies of both the right and left is the minimum wage. The minimum wage is a form of coercion in which it forced employers to hire at an arbitrary price that otherwise wouldn't be used if not for the government's intervention.
Although the position against immigration has valid points with the economic issue, the issue itself only exists because of a lack of reform. It has been shown that these illegal immigrants have just as much right to pursue opporutunities that america has always prided itself on having for those with their circumstances. After all how can a country employ such a large number of people only to simultaniously condem them and try drive them after the contribution that they have