Democratic empire
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A democratic empire is a political state which conducts its internal affairs democratically (i.e. with respect for its citizens and their collective will) but externally its policies have a striking resemblance to imperial rule.
Democratic imperialism as such may in fact be a misnomer, as empires express themselves with aggression abroad and repression at home. The concept of a democratic empire can likewise be an instrument of social control as with ideology and ideological conditioning generally.
Examples of empires that have been described in this way are:
- the British Empire[citation needed]
- French colonial empire[citation needed]
- the Roman Republic[citation needed]
- the United States of America based on some of its foreign affairs history (see American imperialism).[1][2]
References[edit]
- ↑ Giddings, Franklin Henry (1900). "The Democratic Empire". Democracy and empire; with studies of their psychological, economic, and moral foundations. Macmillan & Co. pp. 3–12. OCLC 8770114. Search this book on
- ↑ Münkler, Herfried (2007). "A democratic empire?". Empires: the logic of world domination from ancient Rome to the United States. Polity. pp. 154–161. ISBN 978-0-7456-3872-0. Search this book on
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