Bla Essay Research Paper The democracy we

Bla Essay, Research Paper

The democracy we have in America today is very complex. This

democracy starts out with political .parties whose main purpose

is to gain control of the government by winning elections.

Appelbaum and Chambliss(1997:366). .In the United States, unlike

in most other democracies, there are only two political parties

with any substantial influence over government policies.

Appelbaum and Chambliss (1997:366). Third parties are also

apparent in elections. These third parties are often successful

in smaller elections, but when we are dealing with national

elections it is very difficult for the third party to survive the

bigger two due to the lack of funding and publicity of the PAC.s

and other interest groups. However, third parties serve a very

good purpose. They provide us with more candidates giving us

more choices which is what democracy is about. According to my

class notes (lecture on government) third parties are sometimes

chosen when people are opposed to the candidates from the other

two parties. Third parties stand as a sign of choice as well.

Voting for a third party is also seen as voting for a better

selection of candidates rather than voting for the usual two

candidates from the other parties. The president of the United

States is not chosen on the popular vote of the people alone but

on the Electoral College .whose vote is determined by the popular

vote of each state. Appelbaum and Chambliss (1997:367). This

Electoral College is in a sense a vote of the people but at the

same time it keeps bigger states from becoming to powerful

overwhelming the smaller states. The United States also has

three branches of government the legislative, judicial and

executive branches. .The constitution of the United States

provides a system of checks and balances. Appelbaum and Chambliss

(1997:369). This system of checks and balances puts a limit on

the amount of power a single branch may have which protects both

the people and the individual branches government from one

another. I believe that the United States has a very efficient

form of government. It has many rules sewn into the constitution

to keep things running efficient and fairly.

.Democracy is a form of government in which citizens are

able to participate directly or indirectly in their own

governance, literally means the rule of the people. Appelbaum and

Chambliss (1997:366). According to my class notes (lecture on

democracies) this does not seem to be the case. It seems in some

cases that the rich or the elite have more influence than do

other citizens in the governing of out country. For example,

funding moneys and interest groups. The elite are able to donate

funding to their particular candidate or party in the form of

interest groups. They give money to interest groups, which is

then given to candidates for campaigning purposes that help the

candidates funds for president. For the most part this money is

not freely donated. The elite want to make sure that if their

money is donated to a candidate that their ideas and beliefs will

be supported in office if they do become president. With these

kind of issues in mind many others especially the poor will often

refrain from voting because they feel that their vote will not

count anyway.

This idea is very much a reality. .The cost of campaigning

has gone up significantly in recent years, and today candidates

spend vast sums of money on political campaigns. Appelbaum and

Chambliss (1997:370). As said by Phil Gramm, people who give

money are the best friends a politician can have and the one that

spends the most money wins. So the impact of spending through

interest groups and PAC.s are very important.

There are many differing opinions on the issue of changing

families in the last forty to fifty years. I believe that if

someone were to look at today.s families in the same way as one

would have forty to fifty years ago they are going to be in for a

surprise. We have to realize that not only family has changed

but our culture and economy too have also changed. .The idea of

family is a group of people who identify themselves as being

related to one another, usually by blood, marriages, or adoption,

and who share intimate relationships and dependency. Appelbaum

and Chambliss (1997:390). Our society.s language and definitions

have changed so much over the last forty to fifty years. For

example .the meaning of nuclear family has also changed since

then. Appelbaum and Chambliss (1997:391). According to my class

notes (lecture on family) we used to classify a nuclear family as

a family with two biological parents and their children usually

more than one. Now in today.s times we classify the nuclear

family as .a social group co

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