media‚ outcries banning political dynasty in local and national level political posts and calling for national legislators to enact an enabling law espousing the critical issue which many assert “detrimental to nation’s progress and a blight of democracy”. The term is also known as oligarchy‚ an equivalent term in political science and is coined to describe a practice‚ or even a tradition referring to family members or people within the same bloodline‚ next of kin‚ or lineage who run for public office
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responses depending on the environment that one has grown up in; and what his ideal world would be. I agree with Laura when she says that everything depends on the people‚ and what language they understand. Personally‚ I prefer a democracy for a number of reasons. In a democracy‚ everyone is their own master. They have the ability to practise the religion they please‚ preach the religion they want to preach‚ have the right to free speech‚ and more importantly have the right to vote‚ and choose their
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jail. A former Prime Minister had to appear before the court a number of times in connection with bribing of M.Ps. Another former Minister was remanded to judicial custody while facing charges of aiding and abetting smugglers. It seems as if Indian democracy has become a breeding ground for crooks and cheats. Another disconcerting aspect of many state administrations is an increase in state sponsored bandhs paralysing life and activities in many parts of the country. Thus we have West Bengal‚ Tripura
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The Jeffersonian Democracy was a movement in the first decade of the nineteenth century led by Thomas Jefferson‚ and they felt that the people made the best choices in choosing a leader with the greatest abilities (Dictionary.com‚ n.d.). Thomas Jefferson‚ a democratic- republican‚ took a different political stance than his Federalist counterparts. He felt that it was ideal to deal with the citizens directly‚ which quickly made him popular. The Jefferson democratic-republicans created newspapers
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Democracy In Colonial America There were many democratic and undemocratic features in Colonial America. The democratic features were representative government‚ rights of the poeple‚ and people was the source of power. Some undemocratic features were king and queens and no rights. The democratic features worked out more than the undemocratic features which made democracy in Colonial America. Maryland’s Act of Toleration is a very good example of democracy. What more is better than having peace by
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In “Democracy in America‚” Alexis de Tocqueville argues that the biggest danger of democracy is the feeling of‚ what he coins‚ “Individualism.” Tocqueville states when introducing the concept of individualism that it is “of democratic origin” and may spread with the “same ratio as the equality of conditions” (Volume 2; Part 2; Ch 2.). His primary reason for this is that in an equal society men are no longer attached to other men. He compares it to an aristocracy‚ where every man is a link in a
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The United States prized themselves on having a democratic country. They adopted the concept from the Greek who coined the idea of democracy. A government for the people by the people. The main purpose of democracy is to avoid corruption and tyranny. Yet America has flaws in their system of democracy. America creates contradictions to the very government they have protected. Yet through all the flaws America government checks and balance the people to ensure a democratic government. The citizens
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Media in Nepal after Democracy - Narendra Maharjan After the Restoration of democracy in 2046 B.S. a drastic change came in the Nepali Media particularly in the private sector. Liberal provision and guarantee of press freedom enshrined in the constitution opened up avenues for the private sector to involve on media sector. The 2046 ’s democracy yielded by the People ’s Movement also established rights and freedom of the press. After the success of people ’s movement‚ new constitution (Nepal ’s
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Title – Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of representative vs direct democracy Democracy is a word known to most persons today‚ in the Western world atleast‚ and almost always has positive connotations associated with it. Indeed from far left to far right‚ democracy has been proclaimed and embraced by political parties‚ indeed for a party to profess democracy is seen as necessary to its claim of legitimacy. The word democracy derives from the Greek prefix ’Demos ’ which could be seen as ’people
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The source of Socrates’ suspicion of the democracy stems from the argument that the general public is ignorant and therefore lacks the knowledge or truth to make the best decision for government. The foundation of democracy is based on majority rule‚ however because the majority is unaware of what truly is good for them‚ by virtue of their ignorance‚ the masses are not capable of electing a leader fit to run the state or government. Socrates contends that due to mass ignorance‚ the majority will
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