evident that democracy is the best political system which we have. Currently there are 3.1 billion people who live in democracies and 2.66 billion people who do not (Schlesinger‚ 1997: 1). Thus‚ more people currently live under democracy as opposed to any other political system. This is a clear indication of how desirable democracy has become in the world. While democracy is not perfect‚ the positive aspects have led to a call for democracy in various countries in the world. Democracy is undoubtedly
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While democracy in the Asia and Pacific has been growing rapidly‚ maturity of its democracy is still being questioned. Maturity of democracy is determined by high quality of democracy through where three main areas are in place including law enforcement‚ economic development and consolidated democratic institutions. The problem with third wave of democracy (Huntington‚ 1991) is that the change of political system from authoritarian to democracy does not automatically follow with the change in
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The Origins of Democracy Democracy is defined as a government by the people. Many people often only think of the United States of America when they think of democracy. Others think democracy only refers to voting or politics. Democracy however is more than just an American term or idea. Democracy has changed countries‚ and history effecting countless numbers of people across the world. Democracy in earliest form can be traced all the back to Ancient Greece around 500 B.C. The Greeks
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was established with the idea of democracy. It was meant to be ruled by the people with no leader with too much power. Democracy was introduced to have equality before the law. Throughout the history of Greece‚ many relationships and correlations were formed through democracy. Greek Democracy built relationships with the military needs and social class division of Greek City-States. In Greece‚ military needs were drastically changed through democracy. Before democracy‚ there was a greater power which
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a Citizen in a Democracy A Democracy is a type of government that is for the people to choose their leaders and to hold their leaders accountable for their policies and their conduct in office. The people are the ones who decide what they want and who they want to represent them‚ usually by a majority vote. But who exactly are these people? We refer to them as citizens of where ever they are from. We are citizens of the United States of America and we also live in a democracy. As citizens in
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Although Democracy in the United States serves as a model for many other nations‚ it has many flaws that choke its true potential. Some authors‚ like Carl Schmitt would argue that from its outset‚ democracy in America is inherently flawed‚ while others like Thomas Jefferson believe that simple adjustments should be made for a more efficient democracy. It is important for the flaws and challenges that plague democracy in American democracy to be addressed‚ as there are many. It is particularly important
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Failure of democracy in Pakistan: Pakistan‚ since its day of inception‚ has faced several challenges to establish a true democratic system‚ which could guarantee its survival‚ stability and development. Unfortunately‚ the plant of democracy has not taken its roots deep enough to make the country‚ “a durable democratic state”. Pakistan was conceived on the Islamic ideology which is truly democratic both in letter and spirit‚ but we remained incapable of sticking to the guiding principles of Islam
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Democracy as a Universal Value Amartya Sen Copyright © 1999 National Endowment for Democracy and the Johns Hopkins University Press. All rights reserved. Journal of Democracy 10.3 (1999) 3-17 In the summer of 1997‚ I was asked by a leading Japanese newspaper what I thought was the most important thing that had happened in the twentieth century. I found this to be an unusually thought-provoking question‚ since so many things of gravity have happened over the last hundred years. The European empires
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Democracy is a form of government that gives the people who are ruled by its laws and policies certain rights over the actions and careers of those in power. Canada operates on democratic principles. Citizens in the representative democracy such as Canada allow elected representatives to make decisions on their behalf. The main principles of democracy are equality and freedom. All citizens are considered to be equal because everyone follows the same law and this shows that no one is above the law
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It is not a recent suggestion to say that freedom and democracy seem to be in conflict. The many different ways freedom and democracy seem disagree vary from person to person. In my role as a citizen I see these conflicts in everyday life through my family life‚ school‚ and the technology. A family is a form of democracy in itself. As a child or young adult we are governed by our parents. They provide the laws and decide on the appropriate punishment if we break these laws. There is not as much
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