Democracy in any country is based on principle of representation. The legislature is attended by elected representatives. The people (citizens) of country vote in an election. The citizens have power to vote and change their representative in next elections. It is the government of people. Democratic government guarantees freedom of thought‚ action and speech. Hence it allows the individual to grow freely. The citizens
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Dictatorship‚ Democracy‚ and Development Mancur Olson STOR ® The American Political Science Review‚ Vol. 87‚ No.3 (Sep.‚ 1993)‚567-576. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-0554%28199309%2987%3A3%3C567%3ADDAD%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H The American Political Science Review is currently published by American Political Science Association. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’ s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://uk.jstor.org/aboutlterms.html
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step into the voting booth your ballot only lists one candidate to choose from. Or perhaps your ballot lists four candidates‚ but they are all from the Liberal party. Dictatorships are one party political systems that are ruled by one leader or an elite group of people under the principle of authoritarianism. Some feel that dictatorships are the most effective form of government because decisions are made quickly and extreme nationalism benefits the military and economy. These individuals value order
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depends on the people‚ and what language they understand. Personally‚ I prefer a democracy for a number of reasons. In a democracy‚ everyone is their own master. They have the ability to practise the religion they please‚ preach the religion they want to preach‚ have the right to free speech‚ and more importantly have the right to vote‚ and choose their representatives to government. A good argument for dictatorship would be that people would do as they please‚ would not be an asset to society
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To what extent are democracy and dictatorship different? In order to answer this question we must first examine the generic basis of both democracy and dictatorship separately. The term democracy originates from the Greeks‚ and is defined as “rule of the people” coming from the words “demos” (people) and “kratos” (power). It was coined around 400 BCE‚ to denote the political systems then existing in Greek city-states‚ notably Athens. Commonly‚ two forms of democracy are recognised‚ these being
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Governments: A Democracy vs. A Dictatorship “What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?" –Piggy (91) In today’s world democracy and dictatorships still square off against one another‚ for example‚ the U.S. versus North Korea‚ Israel vs. Palestine‚ and Russia vs. Ukraine‚ just to name a few. In Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding represents both of these types of governments and leadership styles in the form of two characters: Ralph representing a democracy and Jack representing a dictatorship. The author
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An idea that was memorable in the lord of the flies was the idea of democracy vs dictator ship. This idea was memorable because it juxtaposes two contemporary governments: a democracy where a leader rules with the intention of helping others and a dictatorship where a leader rules with oppression‚ putting his own needs before the group. We are challenged to comprehend that a dictatorship uses fear‚ power and arbitrary rules in order to inflict chaos and anarchy onto society where as a democratic
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This house would rather have a strong dictatorship than a weak democracy Pros of having a dictatorship include: No elections‚ imagine not having to deal with all the political rhetoric‚ you already have your leader for life. Difference in opinions is ubiquitous and inevitable‚ and arises on every topic. For every opinion one man may have‚ there will always be another man opposing him (look at this debate‚ for example) and this may not always end well‚ maybe even resulting in potential Civil Wars
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What Is Dictatorship? Dictatorship * A form of government in which absolute and total power is concentrated in a dictator (usually one person be it military or otherwise or one political party). * Defined as an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual. * A government controlled by one person‚ or a small group of people. In this form of government the power rests entirely on the person or group of people‚ and can be obtained by force or by inheritance
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Flies author‚ William Goulding‚ represents his feelings about human nature and civilization through his characters. Jack and Ralph are used to portray democracy vs. dictatorship. Ralph tries to establish a democracy while Jack tries to establish a dictatorship. In Lord of the Flies‚ a democracy is more ideal than dictatorship because a democracy is a collaborative community‚ where citizens can choose their own leader: “Yes! Vote for chief” (Goulding 22). Most of the kids chose Ralph so he became
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