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  Encyclopedia: Nazi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
It is considered to be the polar opposite of a democracy.
democracy as a destabilizing force, because it placed power in the hands of In sociology and in voting theory, a minority is a sub-group that is outnumbered by persons who do not belong to it.
The rejection of democracy, with as a consequence the ending the existence of political parties, labour unions, and free press.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nazi   (12694 words)

  
 Democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Democracy is a form of government in which policy is decided by the preference of the majority in a decision-making process, usually elections or referendum, open to all or most citizens.
Democracy is sometimes a de facto form of government, while other forms are technically the case.
In modern democracies, the territory is the nation-state, and since this corresponds (in theory) with the homeland of the nation, the demos and the reach of the democratic process neatly coincide.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Democracy   (4022 words)

  
 Re: Condorcet Voting and Supermajorities (Re: [CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT] Disambiguation of 4.1.5)
In a democracy, everybody can vote; everybody is enfranchised, and the poeple who came out on the minority might well come out on the majority tomorrow when the next decision comes up.
The reason I bring this up is that people often think that the advantage of democracy is that one will get one's way, and that if you don't get what you wanted, the system must somehow be unfair, as, for example, a dictatorship certainly is unfair.
Democracy is not where everyone gets their own way, it's where the group decisions are made by majority.
lists.debian.org /debian-vote/2000/11/msg00160.html   (510 words)

  
 Athens Democracy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Between the13th and 15th centuries the city was fought over by the Byzantines and the French and Italian knights of the Latin Emp...
Democracy is a form of government under which thepower to alter the laws and structures of government lies, ultimately, with the citizenry.
Under such a system, legislative decisions are made by the peoplethemselves or by representatives who act through the consent of the people, as enforced by elections and the rule of law.
www.bodawg.com /point/37221-athens-democracy.html   (567 words)

  
 Free China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Free China Movement, a coalition of about 30 pro-democracy and human rights organizations promoting a "free China" (as part of the Chinese democracy movement).
In this context, "Free China" means to liberate China from the rule of the Communist Party of China.
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Free_China   (165 words)

  
 Belgian Democracy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
A further qualification is that, realistically, in elections, decisions are not made by the whole of "the people", butrather by most of the people who actually participate.
In contemporary usage, democracy is often understood to be the same as liberal democracy.
This contemporary understanding of democracy to a large degree differs from howthe term was originally defined and used by the ancient Greeks inthe Athenian democracy political regime.
www.daikaiju.com /edge/10686-belgian%20democracy.html   (461 words)

  
 Yamato (disambiguation)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
DEMOCRACY A PARTNERSHIP This illustrates how the Food Administration sought cooperation.
It showed the nation what true.html">true.html">true that the President had large powers to enforce observance of the exceptional case of the individual consumer and producer who to use the power.
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 polylog / themes / focus / Kwasi Wiredu: Democracy and Consensus in African Traditional Politics. A Plea for a ...
It was a democracy because government was by the consent, and subject to the control, of the people as expressed through their representatives.
Parties under this scheme of political things are organisations of people of similar tendencies and aspirations with the sole aim of gaining power for the implementation of their policies.
Under a system of majoritarian democracy this means that, even with all the safeguards, they will consistently find themselves outside the corridors of power.
www.polylog.org /them/1.2/fcs2-en.htm   (4970 words)

  
 Democracy (disambiguation) - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Modern democracydemocracy implemented within constructs that protect individual rights and maintain a balance of power.
Liberal democracy — the ideals behind modern democracy, specifically with respect to representative democracy.
Athenian democracydemocracy as originally invented; a majoritarian model.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/wiki/Democracy_(disambiguation)   (196 words)

  
 For other uses see United States disambiguation ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
:"For other uses see United States (disambiguation)" The "United States of America" ("U.S.A."), also referred to as the "United States" ("U.S."), "America"¹, or "the States", is a federal republic in North America and the Pacific Ocean (the islands of Hawaii, and the Aleutians).
It extends from the Atlantic coast in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west.
The country was founded under a tradition of having the rule come from the people under the representative democracy model.
www.geodatabase.de /U.S.   (304 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
'''Second''' has a number of different meanings: Angle: :Unit of Angle: The arcsecond arcsecond or second of arc (symbol: ″) :Unit of Angle: The second of right ascension (symbol: s) Democracy: :In relation to democracy democratic procedure: :*To second (democracy) second is to support a proposal.
Duelling and fighting: :The second is the agent of the person who submits a challenge to someone who proposes a duel or the agent of the person responds to said challenge.
There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Second (disambiguation).
www.mauspfeil.net /Second_%28disambiguation%29.html   (239 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Rally for Democracy and Progress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rally-for-Democracy-and-Progress   (115 words)

  
 Best Democracy Money   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Money is an agreement within a community, to use something as a medium of exchange, which acts as an intermediarymarket good.
When an object is in demand primarily for its use in exchange -- for its ability to be used in trade to exchange for otherthings -- then it has this property.
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 Re: Condorcet Voting and Supermajorities (Re: [CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT] Disambiguation of 4.1.5)
The usual decision making process in Debian is (supposed to be) one of reaching consensus on an issue, not one of democracy, per se.
I tend to look at consensus as an attempt to disenfrachise (by ignoring their objections) no one, and voting as an attempt to disenfranchise up to 50% of the people concerned (and dictatorship as an attempt to disenfranchise everyone else but one).
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lists.debian.org /debian-vote/2000/11/msg00159.html   (913 words)

  
 Securities and Exchange Commission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Democracy and finance; the addresses and public statements of William O. Douglas as member and chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission
For other uses of the acronym SEC, see SEC (disambiguation)
The Securities and Exchange Commission, commonly referred to as the SEC, is the United States governing body which has primary responsibility for overseeing the regulation of the securities industry.
www.news-server.org /s/se/securities_and_exchange_commission.html   (382 words)

  
 etymology.ca - Definition of Democracy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
THE GENERAL DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY What is democracy?
AlterNet: War on Iraq: The Bush Definition of Democracy
The Bush Definition of Democracy By Rahul Mahajan, AlterNet.
www.etymology.ca /Definition-of-Democracy/reference/search   (35 words)

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