Class X - Democratic Politics Book
contents
CHAPTER I
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EMOCRAC ACY DEMOCRACY IN THE NTEMPORARY WORLD CONTEMPORARY WORLD
CHAPTER 2
22
WHAT EMOCRAC ACY WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? EMOCRAC ACY WHY DEMOCRACY?
CHAPTER 3
40
NSTITUTIO ESIGN CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN
CHAPTER 4
56
ELECT POLITI LITICS ELECTORAL POLITICS
CHAPTER 5
78
WORKING INSTITUTIO WORKING OF INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER 6
96
EMOCRATIC RIGHT GHTS DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS
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CHAPTER I
Democracy in the Contemporary World
VERVIE VIEW OVERVIEW
This book is about democracy. In this first chapter we see how democracy has expanded during the last hundred years to more and more countries in the world. More than half of the independent countries in the world today are democracies. The expansion of democracy has not been smooth and straight. It has seen several ups and downs in different countries. It still remains an unstable and uncertain achievement. This chapter begins with different stories on the making and unmaking of democracy from different parts of the world. These stories are meant to give a sense of what it means to experience democracy and its absence. We present the pattern of the spread of democracy first with a series of maps and then with a short history. The focus in this chapter is on democracy within a country. But towards the end of the chapter, we take a look at democracy or its absence in the relations among different countries. We examine the working of some international organisations. This allows us to ask a big question: are we moving towards democracy at the global level?
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EMOCRATIC LITICS D EMOCRATIC POLITICS
President Salvador Allende (wearing a helmet) and his security guards in front of La Moneda, Chile’s Presidential Palace, on 11 September 1973, hours before his death. What do you read on everyone’s face in this photograph?
EMOCRAC ACY 1.1 TWO TALES OF DEMOCRACY
“Workers of my homeland! I have faith in Chile and its future. Chileans will overcome this dark and bitter moment when
CHAPTER I
2
EMOCRAC ACY DEMOCRACY IN THE NTEMPORARY WORLD CONTEMPORARY WORLD
CHAPTER 2
22
WHAT EMOCRAC ACY WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? EMOCRAC ACY WHY DEMOCRACY?
CHAPTER 3
40
NSTITUTIO ESIGN CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN
CHAPTER 4
56
ELECT POLITI LITICS ELECTORAL POLITICS
CHAPTER 5
78
WORKING INSTITUTIO WORKING OF INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER 6
96
EMOCRATIC RIGHT GHTS DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS
1
1
CHAPTER I
Democracy in the Contemporary World
VERVIE VIEW OVERVIEW
This book is about democracy. In this first chapter we see how democracy has expanded during the last hundred years to more and more countries in the world. More than half of the independent countries in the world today are democracies. The expansion of democracy has not been smooth and straight. It has seen several ups and downs in different countries. It still remains an unstable and uncertain achievement. This chapter begins with different stories on the making and unmaking of democracy from different parts of the world. These stories are meant to give a sense of what it means to experience democracy and its absence. We present the pattern of the spread of democracy first with a series of maps and then with a short history. The focus in this chapter is on democracy within a country. But towards the end of the chapter, we take a look at democracy or its absence in the relations among different countries. We examine the working of some international organisations. This allows us to ask a big question: are we moving towards democracy at the global level?
2
EMOCRATIC LITICS D EMOCRATIC POLITICS
President Salvador Allende (wearing a helmet) and his security guards in front of La Moneda, Chile’s Presidential Palace, on 11 September 1973, hours before his death. What do you read on everyone’s face in this photograph?
EMOCRAC ACY 1.1 TWO TALES OF DEMOCRACY
“Workers of my homeland! I have faith in Chile and its future. Chileans will overcome this dark and bitter moment when