democracy

Presents an abridged edition of twenty-five-year-old Alexis de Tocqueville's account of America's social and political characteristics, which he observed in the early 1830s while visiting from France.

The linkages between freedom and peace and between tyranny and terror are explained. The author compares the successful ending of the cold war with the stalled peace process in the Middle East; Helsinki with Oslo.

Examines the Bush administration's justification for the war in Iraq and policies that silence dissenting voices and maintains that muting those opinions of the war contributes to the erosion of democracy.

Examines important political issues in United States history that led to equal rights and government participation by all.

The story of the growth of democracy, its heroes and heroines, its enemies, and its failures and successes from classical Greece to Northern Ireland.

Our Goverenment: A Call for Freedom, July 4 Celebration -- A plan for our Country -- All ABout Laws, The Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Citizenship, Democracy in Action, Being Fair -- What can citizens do? Chart and Graph skills, Picture graph, Around the world, Mauritius. -- Our leaders, Mayor Abdul Haidour, Map and globe skills use directions -- Symbols of our country.

A study of how democracy is suffering from the forces of consumerist capitalism, which has broken down the borders between countries, creating a global village of communications, information, entertainment, and commerce; and religious and tribal fundamentalism, which is splintering the world into small, intolerant factions.

Classic and modern speeches, essays, poems, declarations, and documents on freedom and human rights worldwide.-Subtitle.