Politics: Political participation of Indian women‚ though on a small scale‚ started with the freedom movement. Mahatma Gandhi was mostly instrumental for arousing political consciousness in the educated women of the upper classes as well as the illiterate women of the lower classes and making them take part in the freedom movement. Political participation may be defined as voluntary participation in political affairs through membership‚ voting and partaking in the activities of the political parties
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right to exercise political power. Another key role of backbench MPs is to act as cross-section of the larger society and therefore represent their interests in Parliament. However‚ the increase of power held by the government further supports the Burkean view that an “elective dictatorship” has formed considerably in the UK political system. In addition to this‚ many people have argued that backbench MPs have limited power in actually calling the government to account due to the party system‚ which
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than one thousand political parties are taking part in this jumbo fair of democracy. To choose 543 members of the Lok Sabha‚ it is estimated that the political parties will spend ten thousand crores of rupees. This amount is far ahead of any other elections held at any part of the globe. It is estimated that rupees two thousand crores will go in giving cash to voters and paying for their liquor parties in order to allure them to cast their precious votes for a particular party. The other eight thousand
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Demerits of Democracy More emphasis on quantity than on quality: Majority party holds the reins of government. Inefficient & corrupt‚ who have neither intelligence nor vision‚ get themselves elected. Rule of the incompetent Democracies are run amateurs. In it‚ every citizen is allowed to take part‚ whereas everybody is not fit for it. Locke calls it the act of running administration by the ignorant. He says that history records the fact that a few are intelligent. Universal adult
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differ greatly from what was seen in the 90s. Where the ideal President would not act along party lines‚ the Presidents of the past sought to draw themselves into party struggles in which weakened the nation in numerous occasions. The ideal President would act only on the best interests of the nation and not act as part of any sort of political agenda that would seek to gain power for the President’s political party or from a desire to return to the office for prestige. The character of my ideal President
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GREECE POLITICAL STRUCTURE Greece is fundamentally a Parliamentary state with President as the Head of state. The president is elected by the parliament for a period of 5 years. Powers of President mostly include ceremonious duties like declaration on war‚ signing peace treaties etc. The members of parliament are elected through general elections held every four years or earlier if the previous parliament is dissolved. Prime Minister (PM)‚ head of government‚ is generally the leader of party having
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military officials on a quest for power led by Nur Mohammad Taraki‚ a distinct military general. To replace Duad Khan‚ two Marxist political groups fill in. The Khalq‚ or the people’s political group‚ and the Parcham‚ the Banner Party. “The new government‚ which had little popular support‚ forged close ties with the Soviet Union…”(Britannica pg.1) These new political parties‚ had a deep hatred for Muslim community and the anticommunist groups and organizations. These‚ shunned by the new Afghan government
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India won her independence in 1947 and for winning this independence Congress‚ as a political party‚ played the predominant role. The leaders of the Congress party‚ then‚ were great leaders — stalwarts — really dedicated to the cause and to the party which they served. Mahatma Gandhi was the undisputed leader and there were leaders of such caliber as Jawahar Lai Nehru‚ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel‚ Dr. Rajendra Prasad‚ C. Rajagopalacharya‚ Pattabhi Sitaramayya‚ Sarojini Naidu‚ Subhash Chandra Bose
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The main threat to the stability of the Weimar republic in the period 1919-1923 came from the political violence of the extreme right. How far do you agree with this judgement? In the early years of the Weimar republic Germany had emerged from a humiliating defeat in the First World War‚ and hatred from the new state came from both the far left‚ who wanted a revolution to create a communist state‚ and the far right‚ who wanted to restore imperial Germany‚ stop all reparations and reverse the treaty
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FACING OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTIES IN ZAMBIA In any political system are structures that have different functions to ensure an effective and smooth running of things in that particular political system. This is why this essay will discuss the problems faced by opposition political parties in Zambia using the structural functionalist theory. First it will explain what structural functionalism is‚ then it will define structures‚ functions‚ a political party and an opposition party then before giving
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