Were most have failed democracy has triumphed‚ to a certain extent at least as "of the people‚ by the people‚ and for the people “Lincoln. This concept of democracy is at its finest and most pure in a direct form. Unlike direct democracy‚ the representative form is controlled by the wealthy who ask for the majority of the public’s consent to do as much as they can for the people’s interest. Contrary to this concept is a dictatorship. In two forms (oligarchy‚ autocracy) both run on absolute control
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Democracy in Bangladesh Bangladesh returned to electoral democracy in January 2009 after two years under a military ‘caretaker’ government. An alliance led by the Awami League (AL) secured a landslide victory in freely conducted election held in late 2008 under the auspices of the caretaker system. There were hopes that the political crisis and political crisis started in 2006. Constitutional Change On 30 June 2012‚ the Bangladesh Parliament‚ in the absence of opposition members‚ passed the Fifteenth
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Porumbeanu Andra-Irina Aspects of memory The way in which the human mind functions has always held a place among the most controversial issues‚ highly debated across the world. Mainly due to their very complex nature‚ some of the brain’s processes have not yet been fully understood and explained. The memory is probably the most fascinating of them all because of the vast number of factors involved in creating a single piece of information which has to be stored for a short or long term. It is
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Democracy without discipline is a body without soul. If there is no discipline in the country‚ democracy will degenerate into a monocracy i.e.‚ a Government by a unruly crowd. In fact‚ in Greek ‘Demos’ means crowd. The word ‘curacy’ is from the Greek word ‘Krait’ or ‘Cratos’ which means power. A lack of discipline in democracy justifies Plato’s criticism that democracy is the divine right of the ignorant people to rule ignorantly. 6It is true that democracy is based on the free will of the people
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Industrial Democracy By Bertell Ollman Democracy‚ industrial‚ is the application of the doctrines of democratic theory to people’s lives as workers. Democracy is always rules by the people‚ and the key questions it raises are which people? Over what range of problems are they to rule? How much power should they have? And through what mechanisms and procedures should these powers be exercised? Industrial democracy is the attempt to supply answers to these questions in regard to people’s lives
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So‚ the question asks are elections good for democracies? When I analyze this question‚ I immediately think about the word democracy and the type of democracy that is implemented within the U.S. The website “whatisdemocracy.net” describes democracy as the government by the people. The website also explains how people should be able to have their say in one way or another in everything that affects their lives. Which Is why democracy is either direct (by every member of a community having the possibility
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The Philippines And the struggle for democracy The second half of the 20th century brought many new countries in Southeast Asia. A majority of these countries began to use western democracies to shape their government. The Philippines is among the newly democratized developing states. The Philippines has been directly influenced by the United States in developing its autonomy as a democracy. Because of continuing corruption and dynastic rule‚ contradictions in political culture‚ and semi-authoritarian
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ail In Pakistan‚ democracy has been tried several times‚ and each time it has failed‚ there is no doubt about that. It has failed to provide people with necessities of life‚ provide security and uproot poverty and corruption. There have been several reasons given to us repeatedly for its failure such as weak judiciary‚ lack of education‚ strong military influence in the country etc. However‚ we must realize that these are not the reasons for the failure of the system; rather these are problems emanating
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The first basic concept of a democracy is the recognition of the worth of every individual. The government respects every single person and appreciates his or her existence. On top of that‚ they also recognize that they must do what is right for the common good. A democratic government cares about the common good‚ while still valuing each individual. This is evident in each decision the U.S. government makes. The next belief is the equality of all people. A Democratic government should give
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GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRACY IN PAKISTAN: WEAKNESSES‚ STRENGTHS AND PROSPECTS Abstract Pakistan had no worthwhile civil society and hardly any middle class in 1947 due to rampant illiteracy and absence of an independent media. The masses were poor‚ the country was described an “economic desert” and there was an unprecedented influx of refugees. The country lacked the necessary infrastructure and institutions. The capability to develop them was lacking. The external and internal threats to the security
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