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In his well-received but controversial book, The No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy, Richard Swift asserts that politics in today's age suffers from something he calls "weak democracy". Specifically, Mr. Swift (2002) maintains throughout his text that self-serving political classes and powerful economic power-brokers have monopolized the decision-making process for themselves. The following paper will look at such concepts as "strong democracy," "democratizing the economy," and "democratizing democracy" with an eye towards exploring the strength of Swift's definition of what constitutes a "weak democracy" and a "strong democracy". With that in mind, the ensuing paper will outline the problems Swift sees in contemporary democracies; the paper will also highlight where Mr. Swift's arguments appear to lack some merit in this regard (using the United States as the obvious example). In addition, the paper will look at the deficiencies of a more interventionist model of government favoured by Mr. Swift because of his belief that it will facilitate greater economic equality (and thus democracy) and there will be a brief discussion of what this writer, as opposed to Mr. Swift, would do if he was in a position to secure change. In the end, a more involved electorate and a stronger tradition of local governance might be just the answer.

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What is a "weak" democracy and what is a "strong" democracy? A Look at Richard Swift's 2002 text In his well-received but controversial book, The No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy, Richard Swift asserts that politics in today's age suffers from something he calls "weak democracy". Specifically, Mr. Swift (2002) maintains throughout his text that self-serving political classes and powerful economic power-brokers have monopolized the decision-making process for themselves. The following paper will look at such concepts as "strong democracy," "democratizing the economy," and "democratizing democracy" with an eye towards exploring the strength of Swift's

Tags:swift, richard, democracy

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In this paper, the contrasting values of reasoning and Enlightenment values in the utopias of Voltaire and Swift dictate the error of human arrogance over animals, but they invariably are different in their construct. The horses of Houyhnhnm are civil, rationale, and reasoning creatures in Swift's understanding of the placement of animals to humans; Voltaire invariably provides the human utopia that satirizes the arrogance and woeful behavior of humans toward one another.

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Tags:voltaire, swift, utopia

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The paper tries to determine Swift's political stance by looking at his personal goals as reflected in his writings. The paper further inspects his religious and political writings and tries to determine if he adhered to the Tory or Whig vision of church and state. The paper concludes with an examination of the reason and driving force behind Swift's political behavior and how it affected his writings.

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"To put it simply, party politics in England during the 18th century were practiced in two different camps - Tory and Whig. Globally, the differences of opinion between the two were based on three key topics - (1) the origin of government, (2) the position of the Church in society and (3) the role England was to play in Europe. Thus, the Tories were the high-church party, which upheld the divine rights of kings, defended Anglican orthodoxy and negotiated the peace treaty of Utrecht that ended the Spanish War. The Whigs were the low-church party, supported the theory of contract between rulers and ruled, and decried the Utrecht treaty, which they attempted to block through their majority in the House of Lords. The early ministry of William III was predominantly Tory but it was gradually replaced by the Whigs. Later on, Queen Anne dismissed some Whig ministers, replaced them with Tories and created new Tory peers in order to stop the War of the Spanish Succession. From 1714 on, the Whigs gained in influence and the governments of Walpole and Pelham called themselves "Whigs". However, during the period 1714 - 1760 the Tories retained a considerable presence in the Commons."

Tags:allegory, art, church, commons, europe, government, gulliver, lords, politics, queen, religion, state, swift, tory, war, whig

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The paper relates that traditionally, women have transformed themselves in private, primping and preening behind closed doors, emerging scrubbed and manicured as if by magic. The paper discusses how Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) destroyed the mystery of the woman's dressing room and of her process in his poem "The Lady's Dressing Room," a poem published somewhere around 1732, around 13 years prior to his death in 1745.

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"Traditionally, women have transformed themselves in private, primping and preening behind closed doors, emerging scrubbed and manicured as if by magic. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) destroyed the mystery of the woman's dressing room and of her process in his poem "The Lady's Dressing Room," a poem published somewhere around 1732, around 13 years prior to his death in 1745. "The Lady's Dressing Room" has been debated over the past two and a-half centuries by its readers over two conflicting responses. Some find the poem a light-hearted view of the male perspective on the ways of women."

Tags:swift, celia, strephon

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This paper examines the place and use of language in Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" and George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" , essays concerned with the role of language in politics and society. The paper notes, however, that the two essayists approach their tasks in very different ways.

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" Jonathan Swift's 'A Modest Proposal' and George Orwell's 'Politics and the English Language' are both essays concerned with the role of language in politics and society. However, as will be shown in this essay, the two essayists approach their tasks in very different ways. Swift's essay is one of the most challenging and disturbing essays in the English language. Swift brilliantly deploys a particular type of the..."

Tags:orwell, swift, satire

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An examination of Swift's perception of Ireland in his work "A Modest Proposal".

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"In "A Modest Proposal", Swift offers a satirical solution to the problem of poverty in Ireland. Beginning with the issue of poverty and the inability of the poor to feed their children, Swift takes the reader through a series of options that might solve Ireland's problems. These include putting the overpopulation of children in slave work camps and the ultimate suggestion-eating the children. Swift's proposal is not at all modest. In fact it is his flagrant recommendations that make the story a compelling satire..."

Tags:swift, gulliver, ireland, a modest proposal

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This paper examines Jonathan Swift's satiric treatment of war in his novel, "Gulliver's Travels" and targets of his satire including political and religious institutions and aspects of human behavior, with numerous examples from the text

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" In Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift launches an elaborate satire on many aspects of human behavior as well as against the political and religious institutions of his day. His assaults against thinly veiled and therefore easily ..."

Tags:Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift, war, satire

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The paper analyzes James Joyce's short story "Araby" and Jonathan Swift's essay "A Modest Proposal" as substantively different in both tone and subject matter, yet maintains that there is an important link between the two. The paper explains that in each work the author relates a voyage of disillusionment.

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"James Joyce's short story "Araby" and Jonathan Swift's essay "A Modest Proposal" are substantively different in both tone and subject matter and yet there is an important link between the two. In each work the author relates a voyage of disillusionment, in each tale he presents us with a story of despair."

Tags:Swift, Joyce, Irish, hope

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A discussion of satire and Jonathan Swift. This paper argues the modesty of 'A Modest Proposal?' It studies how irony works and the similarity to the arrogance of most colonizing races in this book and in the entire world. Finally it concludes that the proposal displays pretentious and idle pomp, through the use of witty ridicule, it is the iconoclast protest against the exploitation of the Irish by the English.

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""A modest proposal", first published in 1729, is claimed to be one of Jonathan Swifts most drastic satirical pieces , where he suggests that Irish children be fed to wealthy English aristocracy. Swift immediately creates sombre and depressing surroundings caused by begging women and thieving children. From the first paragraph we imagine poverty and famine, which can only be escaped when one emigrates or turns into a professional thief. Before Swift makes the actual proposal, he overemphasizes this state of poverty and the effects it will have on society."

Tags:angela, ashes, colony, ireland, irish, irony, jonathan, modest, proposal, satire, subjugation, swift

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This paper analyzes Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" and how it is an indictment of humanity. The paper explains that, in "Gulliver's Travels", Swift seeks to condemn human nature as being a state that is assimilated by all in terms of unthinking servitude to individuals' own desires and needs, which conflict and contrast to create a sort of messy chaos that is not ruled by reason or logic. The paper relates that Swifts condemnation of human nature is not light satire. Rather it is a general indictment of humanity as being naturally loathsome and horrible to behold. That is, Swift does not see any saving grace in civilization, but instead concentrates on the innate debasement of humanity.

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"When the narrator accepts that the horses are his social superiors and masters, he does so after some amount of discussion, having learned their language enough to give a rather proud account of his native land, which is summarily dismissed by the horses as being typical of Yahoo behavior. The horses remark that it is not unheard of in their land to also see Yahoos squabbling and killing each other over certain minerals, and that the dominant Yahoo is also surrounded by fawning subservient attendants who herd female
Yahoos into his camp and help to clean the lead Yahoo's feet and behind."

Tags:houyhnhnms, yahoo, condemnation, ignorance, salvation