What is Antibiotic Resistance and why is it a problem? General Background. About bacteria & antibiotics; About antibiotic resistance; Multi-drug resistance; Antibiotic resistance: a societal problem ; What can be done about antibiotic resistance? When and how to take antibiotics; Antibacterial agents; Bioterrorism & stockpiling antibiotics; The Cost of Resistance
Republicanism is one possible ideology of governing a society or state as a republic. The key point is that the people hold popular sovereignty, rather than the people being subjects of a king. Many countries are republics, but only those which adhere to the ideology of republicanism are covered here.
First published Wed Jan 10, 2001; substantive revision Tue Sep 11, 2012. Constitutionalism is the idea, often associated with the political theories of John Locke and the founders of the American republic, that government can and should be legally limited in its powers, and that its authority or legitimacy depends on its observing these limitations.