The Electoral College (Gateways to Democracy: An Introduction to

Textbook is Gateways to Democracy: An Introduction to American Government, Fourth Edition (Greer, Herrera, Schiller & Segal) Your paper should include a comprehensive overview of the Electoral College, explaining how the process works to elect the President and Vice President. Your paper should consist of AT LEAST 1,500 WORDS of substantive academic writing, and include […]

Assignment: Application: Critiques of Democracy

The United States often is singled out as a shining example of democratic governance; however, the U.S. system of governance is not immune to criticism. Scholars from the right and the left point out flaws in the U.S. system from its founding to its present state. An interesting feature of democratic governance is that loyal […]

Critically Assess at least 2 Arguments Used Against Democracy

Critically Assess at least 2 Arguments Used Against Democracy Dahls 3 Transformations argument of a progression towards a less democratic society Ancient city states Nation states (federalist republics and representative democracy) Supranational/international orders (European union) Jean Jaques Rausseau + + + Robert A. Dahl: ‘1989 – the second democratic transformation: from the city state to […]

Policy Memo: Electoral Democracy III: Voting Rules

The policy memo will be addressed to a client—a head of a government agency or international institution, or a policy strategist at a firm or NGO—and will briefly summarize the state of play of existing policy, outline the policy options, and explain how to choose among them. The idea behind these memos is not to […]

Democracy

Description Why has forcing democracy worked in some situations (such as Japan), but not in others (such as Iraq)? What does this say about the ability to spread democracy elsewhere?Compare two cases (of your choice)to illustrate your argument. please no too old sources. this is just an outline and of the actual essay will assign […]

How is violence interlinked with democracy and neoliberalism in Latin

• A clear and coherent structure, including a clear standpoint of the student with regard how he/she will answer the essay question • Depth of understanding of theoretical concepts and their application and interpretation in the discussion developed in the essay (i.e. you are encouraged to write about one or two examples) • Engagement with […]