Democracy
Subtitle: opposing viewpoints
By: Mike Wilson, book editor.
Contributors: Wilson, Mike, 1954-
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780737733150
Subjects: Democracy; Religion and politics; Elections -- United States; Terrorism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-233) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is the state of democracy? Democracy and freedom are spreading worldwide / David Lowe; title: Spread of democracy does not always result in more freedom / Fareed Zakaria; title: Spread of democracy benefits developing nations / Carl Gershman; title: Spread of democracy causes ethnic strife in developing nations / Amy Chua; title: Corporations threaten democracy / Lee Drutman, Charlie Cray; title: Corporations can foster democracy / Daniel T. Griswold; title: What should be the relationship between religion and democracy? Democracy is based on secular principles / Clark Moeller; title: Democracy is based on religious principles / Bill O'Reilly; title: Politicians should voice their religious convictions / Jordan Ballor; title: Politicians should not voice their religious convictions / Cathy Young; title: Islam and democracy are compatible / Fawaz A. Gerges; title: Islam and democracy are incompatible / Amir Taheri; title: Should U.S. elections be reformed? Electoral college should be abolished / Bradford Plumer; title: Electoral college should not be abolished / Tara Ross; title: Campaign finance laws should be reformed / Noreena Hertz; title: Campaign finance laws should not be reformed / John J. Coleman; title: Some felons should be allowed to vote / Steven Carbo et al.; title: Felons should not be allowed to vote / Edward Feser; title: Should democracy be fostered worldwide? Fostering democracy worldwide will help prevent terrorism / Jennifer L. Windsor; title: Democracy alone will not prevent terrorism / F. Gregory Gause III; title: Democracy is best for all countries / Natan Sharanksy, interviewed by Jamie Glazov; title: Democracy is not best for all countries / James L. Payne; title: Democracy will succeed in Iraq / George W. Bush; title: Democracy will fail in Iraq / Edwin Black.