Does Democracy Produce Worse Government Than Dictatorship Produce?

Does democracy produce worse government than dictatorship produce?

Content Introduction P. 3

Definition of democracy P.3-4

Definition of dictatorship P.4-5

Does democracy produce worse government than dictatorship produce? Efficiency P.6-7 Corruption P.7-9 Leadership P.9-11 Govern the interest of state P.11-12 Political participation P.12-14

The world trend of democracy P.14-15

Conclusion P.15-16

Appendixes P.17

Bibliography P.18

Introduction:
The controversy between democracy and dictatorship is a common topic in society. In order to find which one is better, I would like to give a brief definition about democracy and dictatorship. Then, I would like to use different criteria to show that democracy does not produce worse government than dictatorship, to a certain extent, democracy even produce better government than dictatorship. Different social, political and economic condition will lead the country to adopt different type of government, but democracy is a world trend. It also can be found that democracy does not produce worse government than dictatorship.

Definition of democracy

Democracy is come from two Greek words: demos and kratein. The meaning of demos means “the people”. Kratein means “to rule”, that means democracy is ruled by the people.[1] According to Lincoln’s words, democracy is the government of the people, by the

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