compatible with democracy. Seemed as a simple question‚ such an inquiry requires an in-depth look at the matter at hand. When one asks whether Islam is compatible with democracy‚ one needs to analyze the definition of democracy. According to Webster’s Dictionary‚ democracy is “a form of government in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or their elected agents under a free electoral system.” Such is the definition that mainly pertains to western democracy and western
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themselves as a “democracy”. The term democracy is derived from the Greek words demos (the people) and kratia (power or authority) and may be used to refer to any system of government that gives power to the people‚ either directly‚ or indirectly through elected representatives. Democracy is hard‚ perhaps the most complex and difficult of all forms of government. It is filled with tensions and contradictions‚ and requires that its members labor diligently to make it work. Democracy is not designed
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To me Democracy is the regular and consistent consultation of a peoples in order to reach a decision. Democracy truly is a government of the people ‚ by the people and for the people. It is an inclusive platform in which an entire nation‚ every citizen down to the most proletarian becomes a contributing member of the government of their country. Democracy symbolizes the voice‚ the ability to express one’s self‚ to make one’s self heard without fear of persecution or reproach‚ but above all Democracy
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Chapter 4 Ancient Greece Democracy: Then and Now In modern conversation‚ when people hear the word democracy‚ most people immediately think of the late 1700’s when a group of people in what is today the United States of America‚ separated themselves from a tyrannical king in England‚ declared their independence from his rule‚ and fought a war to defend their right to be free. Many people associate the type of Government these brave American’s created as a new idea of democracy. But was it really a
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ranking list of WorldAudit.org‚ a leading observer in the field of democracy‚ corruption and human rights. It seems to be a truly democratic country‚ but is it really democratic? Or is it just a country that is not too undemocratic? We will evaluate this‚ by looking at what democracy precisely is and how it is implemented in the Dutch society. The robustness of the Dutch democracy will also be looked at. Definition of democracy According to Locke‚ humans are naturally free‚ equal and independent
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Dance of Democracy An era of change has begun. In 1950‚ a democratic government in India was formed. Democracy - a form of government which is for the people‚ of the people and by the people. Democracy - a form of government where the ultimate power resides with the people. Democracy - a gift to our country. Most people reading this would by now have added another exclamation. Democracy – What a joke. In today’s day and time the idea of democracy is dead in the minds of the people. We have
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Elements of Democracy I believe Canada does not have a true democracy. Canada does not exhibit three of eight elements of democracy: political equality‚ common good and human dignity. One of the elements of having a democracy is political equality. Political equality is when every citizen has the right to vote and run for office and to speak on public issues. However the requirement to be able to vote and run for office in Canada is you must be a Canadian citizen and be above the age of 18. I think
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Although the people of Athens clearly knew and recognized that they lived in a democracy‚ Pericles goes out of his way to remind them of this as a means of praising and extolling the uniqueness of Athens and its system of government. It also supports the argument that Athens has a way of life that is superior to other poli within Greece‚ and its people must therefore fight for it and the values it upholds as a democracy. In fact‚ one way of looking at Pericles’ ancestor reference in the previous
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Did democracy exist in the colonies during the eighteenth century before the American Revolution? Democracy is rule by the people‚ simply put. This on a large scale is nearly impossible. How could all the people of America‚ then or now‚ or even of a decent size town today all come together to vote on issues. We today have a representative Democracy‚ which in itself is a logistical compromise on a true democracy. In analyzing the government they had in the colonies and comparing it to the "Democracy"
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Essay on Democracy – Its Merits and Demerits (free to read). The English word ‘Democracy’ is derived from two Greek words ‘Demos’ and ‘Kratia’ or ‘cratos’. Demos means crowd and ‘Kratia’ or ‘cratos’ means power. This is why the critics of Democracy have described it as Mobocracy. But in reality Democracy is not mobocracy but rule by majority of the people according to certain rules and regulations which are accepted by the people of a country. In the beginning there was direct Democracy. For
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