The Roman Republic: Oligarchy Or Democracy

The votes were conducted in subgroups, the vote of each subgroup was determined by the majority of group votes. In (Doc B) it is stated that “ The most fundamental of all rights to the people was, however, the fact that they, and they alone could legislate.” Meaning. The people were able to have their input and make new laws. The right of the people to pass legislation is the strongest reason why the Roman Republic was set as a

However the fascist system was short lived because of how inefficient each dictator used their system. Prime example is Hitler he was able to establish a strong dictatorship however he was not able to prepare his country to fight against the rest of the world due to his misuse of propaganda. Although showing much promise fascism is not a form of government that can be used to govern a country due to the fact that in all cases of its use it was short lived. The rise of Fascism shows that the power of people’s identity can be manipulated easily by influencing the people. This then allows one to show the people who everyone else is in a new light, or the way that the dictator sees fit.

In this essay I discuss the views on democracy of two influential philosophers: Kwasi Wiredu and Plato, one of whom believes in an improved form of democracy while

In an attempt to change the Articles of Confederation, the Convention created the executive branch to unite the country with a single leader. Even though the delegates wanted to consider the wishes of the citizens, they did not trust that they would make an educated decision. As a result, they formed the Electoral College. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors who indirectly elect the president and vice president. Each states’ entitlement of electors is equal to the sum number of their senators and representatives.

The presence of constitution is also important to while comparing Direct Democracy and liberal Democracy structure. Constitution defines the principles and rules governing any political system. Constitution is Sometimes present in Direct Democracy. Another similarity between the two are that the citizens have the power of voting .

Consent is not always risen from a direct act, it could be indirect and many philosophers have tried to get around this whole concept of indirect consent. A classic example of indirect consent, could be nationwide elections. By taking part in the elections, you are indirectly consenting to the authority of the state, because if you intend to become obligated by voting then you are allowing the state to enforce laws that should be obeyed, even though you may not always agree with them. If we do not like the laws implemented upon us, we can protest them, but this disqualifies the whole concept of a democratic state, because a state that is democratic would administer certain laws and its citizens would be obligated to obey them. What about a

The democratic political thought did not impact ancient Athenian women due to the aspect that their status in society opposed the general ideology of being a participant in the ‘polis’. Pritchard (2015) examines that the democratic notion revolutionizes political thought (p. 140), but excludes women from the participation in the citizenship (p. 144). Ancient Greek philosophers moreover evidence this extensively low status in their works on inferiority of ancient women: O’Pry (2012) examines certain observations of Greek philosopher Aristotle (c. 340 BC) as according to him ancient women were “utterly useless and caused more confusion than the enemy” (p. 8). Additionally females would bring several disadvantages to the dominant male society and therefore, hinder the revolutionary aspect of politics due to their ‘incapabilities’ (p. 8). The roles of female and male in the citizenships were therefore considered inherent hence self-evident in the ancient society.

Democracy is a system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its government officials. Rober Dahl argues that an ideal democracy is consisted of two factors: political participation and political contestation (Dahl, 1991) . Political participation demonstrates that all the citizens who are eligible to vote have to have a right to vote to reflect their political requests to the real politics. The election have to be a transparent and accountable one. Also, after the election, power have to be given to the successful candidates.

These ideals were meant to provide every one who is entitled to vote, the proper time, amount of information and opportunity to cast a meaningful vote. As a true democracy is very difficult to achieve, Dahl presents the idea of a polyarchy consisting of 7 criteria which are more obtainable. These include elected officials, free and fair elections, inclusive suffrage, the right to run for office, the freedom of expression, alternative information sources, and associational autonomy to include political parties or groups. MS states that polyarchy is a second standard of democracy for Dahl, though easier to achieve (MS, Loc 904 of 6694). Comparing the Greek and Roman democracies to MS’s typology, we see how they directly influence how democracy is characterized today.

Edward Gibbon, was a Modern historian of ancient Rome, his work has some extreme biases against Christianity but other than that he is thesis seems a little clouded to me besides the fact blaming Christianity for the on stability brought on to the ancient Romans. However, The point of view that he is trying to get across I also see his theories as being true just as much is Heather 's theories. Giddon, may not have brought up significant reasons behind the economic reasoning behind the loss but he did see barbarian tried as a force that needed to be dealt with early and often. But he does explain as well that the loss of the Roman military power was a major reason behind their lack a fight against these border tribes. Like Heather he brings

Two changes I would make in the constitution both fall into the second article. This is the article concerning the presidential election process and duties. While other articles could of course be modified in some way or another, I find that the two changes I came up with could be agreed with by almost everyone. I tried to make these decision not based on how I feel about politics and my beliefs, but instead I made my decisions based on what is best for everybody. I wanted to put my political affiliation aside for this question because in the grand scheme of things what I will suggest are things that could legitimately be addressed without too much complication.

Democracy and equality changed over time in the Roman Republic, but their government served as an example to later nations. The United States government is influenced by the Roman Republic. Our forefathers and writers of the Constitution had studied Roman government. They had included ideas of government first used by the Romans in our government. Like the Romans consuls, the president of the United States has the power to veto decisions.

Other systems like run-off election and direct popular vote show a better picture of what the people want. In “One Vote For The Electoral College" the author goes into detail and explains direct popular election. “This successful and satisfactory system, one that has worked with only a few close calls, would dissolve with the abolition of the Electoral College, exposing the nation to dangerous forces that could tear it apart” (Turner 414). Besides the direct popular election, there is also the run-off election. It is functioned around making sure the people’s vote does not go to waste.

After the Revolutionary War, the rewriting and ratification of the Constitution, and the inauguration of George Washington as president, the nation still had many political issues to deal with, however different groups in the government had very different opinions and strategies about how to solve them and how the new government should be run. This lead to the development of political parties. The two first parties were the Federalists and the Democrat-Republicans. One way the original political parties in America differed was their thoughts on whether or not our government should be “ruled by the wealthy class” versus “ruled by the people”. The Federalists party, founded by Alexander Hamilton, believed that the government should be ruled by the wealthy.

An individual vote should be counted. (another word for according) to the 14th amendment that states “”, meaning that the citizens of the United States need “fair representation”. Because of the Electoral College, it is not (another word for happning). This (another word for misinterpretation) has been (another word for proven) in at least two elections and people are getting (another word for fed up) with the failure of democracy. The Declaration of Independence states, “Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government”.