The Role of Youth in Indian Politics Ashima Madan On the roads of Indian democracy‚ we have travelled for about 63 years now and shall continue the journey for years to come in the same rickety ancient grubby vehicle of ours that has driven us for so long. The list of travellers is an assemblage of young dazzling men and women. The blatant contrast between them arouses debates. It makes us ponder over the role of youth in Indian politics. There have been certain qualities constantly
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Democracy vs. Minority Known as the “Father of the Constitution”‚ James Madison helped to lay the framework for one of the most valuable pieces of documentation in our country’s history. The three basic branches of our government include the legislative‚ judicial‚ and executive branch. The Constitution of the United States promises to protect the rights of all citizens whether they are part of the majority or minority. In an ideal world‚ during elections and in the legislature‚ the majority has
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To what extent are Referenda Harmful in a Representative Democracy? Referendums are very harmful to a Representative Democracy. They undermine Parliamentary Sovereignty‚ allow our politicians to abdicate responsibility for major political decisions‚ prevent them from exercising their informed judgements‚ and can be manipulated by Governments. This is to say nothing of the premise of allowing important decisions to be made by an uninformed electorate that can be swayed by the Media Industry at
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Democracy: Then‚ Now & Tomorrow POLI 341(Ancient & Medieval Political Thought) 15/10/2014 The on-going debate about how transitional democracies (especially in Africa) can progress to advanced liberal democracies has received inputs from various scholars and thinkers of diverse backgrounds. While some have called for changes in the political economic institutions of these states‚ others have suggested alterations in the socio-cultural superstructure. One thing
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seats in Congress‚ rather than Rhode Island or Delaware. The states with a higher population are appointed more seats and they get those seats from the states with fewer people that are counted from the census. The effervescent image of American democracy is that of a vibrant government that is open to change and subject to will of its voters‚ unfortunately this is an illusion. The problem with redrawing lines is that it eliminates the evaluation process that the public has by preventing competitive
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In the chapter “Democracy and Political Voice”‚ the author wishes to answer the question “Is it a problem for American democracy that some have no voice and others speak loudly and clearly?”(pg. 2). Through his writing‚ he proves to readers that it is a problem that different people have unequal voices within the American democratic system but he also shows that it is reality that has a direct relationship to other sources of inequality within the United States. He makes a point that it doesn’t not
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Word Count: 308‚ excluding in-text citations POL1004F: Introduction to Politics‚ Tutorial Group #11 25 April 2014 Third Wave of Democracy Third World democracies are declining and an influential authoritarian state like North Korea shows no sign of democratization. Therefore‚ Liberal and democratic stagnation could signal the end of the third wave of democracy‚ unless reserve wave prevention policies are implemented. A wave of democratization is a period of time where countries move from
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Democracy is a government of the people‚ for the people‚ by the people. In this government‚ people are the rulers and the ruled. Government is formed through elections. All the adult citizens cast votes and elect their representatives. This democracy is run through their elected representatives. Dictatorship is a form of government in where there’s a centralization of power. All power rests in the hands of one person. The people have no say in what goes on. There aren’t very many similarities between
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are modeled after three parts of Athenian democracy. Athenian democracy implemented three institutions that ran their government. While Athenian democracy was made up of the Ekklesia‚ the Boule‚ and Dikasteria‚ American democracy is made up of the Executive‚ Legislative‚ and Judicial branch. There is a close resemblance in the Legislative and Judicial branches of American democracy and the Ekklesia‚ the Boule‚ and Dikasteria institutions of Athenian democracy. The United States House of Representatives
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Finally‚ after 61 years of ‘successful’ democratic form of government‚ every thing has boiled down to the Shoe… when an Indian slammed the India world looks up to- the largest democracy (irony intended). The shoe has definitely ignited lot of debate over the issue of the Anti-sikh riots in 1984 leading to cancellation of candidature of the candidates in question. But it has left lots of questions‚ unspoken and unanswered. Biggest of them is would any other way of registering anguish would have attracted
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