Essential Concepts and Principles of Democracy. The Correctional Bill of Right State of Maryland (PDF)

Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Law - Public Law / Constitutional Law / Basic Rights, grade: A, Walden University, language: English, abstract: Equality and due process are two fundamental democratic principles that influence overtime the formulation of public policy on the issue of the existing inequality in US. On one hand, the process of equality has transformed the American society. Inequality process hurts the general moral of the entire society so that philosophers reject discrimination and advocate equal opportunity. Public policy makers take into account this view point.

Nowadays; women, blacks, and other minorities can vote and hold office. In the US Amy, blacks and whites fight in the same units. According to the Supreme Court, all children, regardless of their origin should be educated in the same school. On the other hand, the due process enhances the equality of all citizens before the court. The two principles are interconnected and are suitable to promote a fair employment practice, an ideal work environment and generate diversity in the workplace.

From the same perspectives, this paper examines a case scenario in which the actors, members of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) -State of Maryland Public Employees section, fought for employees rights especially, the equality and due process. History repeat itself and AFSCME Maryland has won many battles that strengthened the solidarity and the unity of all its members.

Of Course the State of Maryland Government itself led by Governor O'Malley, state senators and many non profits organization got involved in that query of good governance in favor of public employees. This paper used a framework set forth in the guidelines for case scenario. In this article, both the theoretical and the conceptual framework are used by the researcher to answer the research questions. The author drew the conceptual framework from the disciplinary fields of public policy, sociology, economy and management.

The theory used in this study is the incremental policymaking insight that emphasizes on the best outcomes. This paper is articulated around a background of the study, the variables involved and the relationship among them.Finaly, the researcher took position by drawing conclusion from the data collected through observation, contents analysis and interviews of some experts.