Democracy
Political Concept
Is the EU President a good choice?...and I doubt that anyone even heard of Herman van Rompuy. So it's hard to talk about democracy here but maybe it is a good thing that not too many people were involved. Luke, Pleszew, Poland I'm amazed by the number of British... In this article: European Union, Europe, Baroness Ashton, United Kingdom, Tony Blair, Democracy, London, and Belgium |
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thestar.com | November 09, 2009
Merkel lauds Gorbachev in Berlin
...there," Kross said. Merkel also welcomed Poland's 1980s pro-democracy leader, Lech Walesa, to the former crossing Monday, saying that his Solidarity movement provided "incredible encouragement" to East Germans. The leaders were joined...
In this article: Angela Merkel, Mikhail Gorbachev, Berlin, and French fries
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Forbes.com News | November 04, 2009
America The Indispensable
...and America's international role. Mostly non-violent revolutions and democracy movements did transform Poland, Hungary, Romania, the Baltic States and others from Moscow's suzerainties to independent countries. East and West Germany reunified...
In this article: United States, Arnold Toynbee, Washington, Western Europe, Moscow, Soviet Union, Iraq, and China
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Huffington Post | November 03, 2009
Carl Pope: Playing by Polish Rule
...fortitude, but it can be done. But restoring democracy to the Senate must be a higher priority for at least 51 of them than retaining their own personal Polish-rule veto over legislation that they don't like. It was the notion that every...
In this article: Poland and James Inhofe
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | November 03, 2009
Nostalgia for communism on rise
...approval, and in Slovakia a 1 per cent rise. ''East Germans are the success story in terms of accepting democracy,'' said Andrew Kohut, the president of the Pew Research Centre in Washington. ''The real problem child is Ukraine''. The...
In this article: Communism, Respondent, Capitalism, Washington, Lithuania, Hungary, Ukraine, and Madeleine Albright
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AP Online | 4 days ago
Czechs celebrate fall of communism 20 years ago
...said during his recent visit to Prague. "As I travel through Eastern Europe - as I travel to Ukraine and Georgia and other places, you are the model for democracy that they look to," he said. A survey by the Pew Global Attitudes Project...
In this article: Vaclav Havel, Communism, Prague, Barack Obama, Poland, Czech Senate, and Eastern Europe
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Sunday Mirror | November 09, 2009
Berlin Wall 'day of celebration'
Ms Merkel crossed the bridge with prominent former East Germans. She was joined there by Mr Gorbachev and Poland's pro-democracy leader, Lech Walesa. Ms Merkel, who grew up in East Germany, thanked Mr Gorbachev for making change...
In this article: Angela Merkel, Mikhail Gorbachev, Europe, Lutheran, Communism, Wolfgang Huber, Horst Koehler, and Lech Walesa
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Daily Mail | November 09, 2009
Twenty years on, European leaders celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall
...that East Germany was lifting travel restrictions. The Chancellor was joined by a group of prominent former East Germans as well as Poland's pro-democracy leader, Lech Walesa. Today she thanked Mr Gorbachev for making change possible,...
In this article: Berlin, Brandenburg Gate, Angela Merkel, Mikhail Gorbachev, Hilary Clinton, Lech Walesa, Gordon Brown, and Europe
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Democracy is a system of government in which either the actual governing is carried out by the people governed (direct democracy), or the power to do so is granted by them (as in representative democracy). The term is derived from the Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía), "popular government", which was coined from (dêmos), "people" and κράτος (krátos), meaning "power" in the middle of the fifth-fourth century BC to denote the political systems then existing in some Greek city-states, notably Athens following a popular uprising in 508 BC.
In political theory, democracy describes a small number of related forms of government and also a political philosophy. Even though there is no specific, universally accepted definition of 'democracy', there are two principles that any definition of democracy includes, equality and freedom. These principles are reflected by all citizens being equal before the law, and having equal access to power. Additionally, all citizens are able to enjoy legitimized freedoms and liberties, which are usually protected by a constitution.
There are several varieties of democracy, some of which provide better representation and more freedoms for their citizens than others. However, if any democracy is not carefully legislated to avoid an uneven distribution of political power with balances, such as the separation of powers, then a branch of the system of rule could accumulate power and become harmful to the democracy itself.
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