How is government in the United States today different from government in ancient Athens? How did American democracy change in the 1820s? How did the Peloponnesian War affect democracy in Greece? How did the trial of Socrates influence Athenian democracy?
said this situation is different because the Oct. 7 detainees are being held in Israeli territory and are subject to Israeli law. That includes judicial oversight on their
How did the Peloponnesian War strengthen Greek culture? How did the direct democracy work in ancient Greece? How did the Peloponnesian War affect democracy in Greece? How is Thucydides' historical method different from Herodotus' method? What are some ways that ideas are influential in national gov...
(Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Marie McAuliffe, Head, Migration Research, International Organization for Migration (IOM) The world is in danger of
e.g., “decreasing partisanship is good for democracy” or “personal mentorship can help students learn material more effectively” -How I became aware of my ideal -Cultural factors that influence my ideals -Important people who influenced my ideals -How I know my ideal is on the right track...
Democracy's a very fragile thing. You have to take care of democracy. As soon as you stop being responsible to it and allow it to turn into scare tactics, it's no longer democracy, is it? It's something else. It may be an inch away from totalitarianism. — Sam Shepard 19 Just ...
Sudden death stories of democracy do us a disservice. The truth is that democracy can be destroyed in multiple ways, at different tempos. The slowest of these – environmental degradation – is a consequence of the anthropocentric ideal underlying democr
How did Herodotus describe democracy?Herodotus:One of the great travelers of the ancient world, Herodotus was a Greek who was probably born in the city of Halicarnassus around 484 BCE. In his travels, he spoke to many people about their local customs....
“The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media.”— William Colby, former CIA Director, cited by Dave Mcgowan, Derailing Democracy “There is quite an incredible spread of relationships. You don’t need to manipulate Time magazine, for example, because there...
Though it may be oversimplistic, the model raises a real question is what an “adequate” amount of military spending is, given that every extra dollar spent above the necessary level is a loss to public spending on any other purpose. In a democracy, that issue is debated by publicly elect...