created a system of parliamentary democracy. Upto 1947‚ when India became independent‚ it was still a largely feudal‚ agricultural country. The British policy was to keep us largely unindustrialized‚ since an industrial India‚ with its cheap labour‚ could become a powerful rival to British industry. The Indian Constitution was based on Western models. We borrowed parliamentary democracy and an independent judiciary from England‚ federalism and the fundamental rights from the
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The importance of Parliamentary democracy: Democracy itself is a term neither straightforward nor simple‚ but rather relates essentially to the founding principles of a governing body acting in the best interest of the People by encouraging independent thinking and personal input. The ideal presented by democracy has provided many with the platform to express their beliefs and desires; actions which have had the result of changing history. Democracy has allowed for ever-changing freedoms based
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Future of democracy in Pakistan Outline 1)What is democracy 2) Democracy and Pakistan – Present‚ Past and Future 3) Importance of democracy 4)Threats to democracy 1. Weak political institutions 2. Influence of Military 3. Economic difficulties 4. Social Norms 5. Illiteracy – lack of political of awareness 6. Unemployment and poverty 7. Image of political leadership 8. Power politics 9. Foreign interference 10. Unbridled media 11. Feudalism and racism 12. Grievances of small provinces 13. Relation
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Is democracy compatible with elitism? Introduction: To analyse the compatibility of democracy with elitism it is first important to define both the terms democracy and elitism. Democracy is in its simplest form is the rule for the people by politicians etc‚ and elitism is most simply known as ‘a class that rules and a class that is ruled’. This therefore opens up the question‚ do those in higher positions effectively rule those lower down‚ democracy within elitism‚ and the effects if elitism was
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Democracy and Human Rights Democracy and human rights are clearly different notions; “they are distinct enough for them to be viewed as discreet and differentiated political concepts.” Whereas democracy aims to empower “the people” collectively‚ human rights aims to empower individuals. Similarly‚ human rights is directly associated with the how of ruling‚ and not just the who‚ which may be the case in an electoral democracy‚ though not in a substantive democracy. Thus‚ “democracies” exist that
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intro Democracy is viewed to be an ideal form of political system and government. Several countries these days have adopted this. Democracy signifies supreme power that lies in the body of the citizens electing leaders that will represent them. This can also be defined as political system and orientation including individuals standing by the government or by the individuals they have elected to represent them. Democracy entails numerous advantages but this is also tied to some disadvantages. Advantages
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think as highly of the American regime‚ but instead establishes what he believes genuine democracy ought to be. He does not describe the modern liberal state of democracy that we now have‚ but instead states that “The tragedy of the modern democracies is that they have not yet succeeded in realizing democracy” (Maritan‚ 14). He claims America needs to “…raise up the religious and spiritual potential of its democracy to the height of the cross” (Maritan‚ 18). Claiming it has this supreme potential indicates
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Democracy Through Time Democracy as a concept has changed and evolved through the years. Lao-Tzu‚ a Chinese philosopher‚ advised a form of government that had many democratic values to his emperor. His work‚ Tao-te Ching‚ was written in the sixth century B.C. before the term democracy was even coined. Some time later‚ in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.‚ the Greeks gave this idea a name and put it into effect. In the work The Origin of Civil Society (1762) Jean-Jacques Rousseau argues
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India is the largest functioning democracy in the world. It got freedom during the most sensitive period of world history. Two global wars were fought to make the world safe for democracy. In fact‚ the second global war accelerated the process of freedom from bondage. Though the armed clash was over yet tension was mounting up due to new ideological rivalry between East and West led by the then Soviet Union and the United States of America. The newly founded United Nations grew amidst the
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Democracy: Then‚ Now & Tomorrow POLI 341(Ancient & Medieval Political Thought) 15/10/2014 The on-going debate about how transitional democracies (especially in Africa) can progress to advanced liberal democracies has received inputs from various scholars and thinkers of diverse backgrounds. While some have called for changes in the political economic institutions of these states‚ others have suggested alterations in the socio-cultural superstructure. One thing
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