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Published on: 28/09/2019
What is Democracy? Why Democracy?
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1.
What distinguishes democracy from other forms of government?
2.
Define : Democracy
3.
Write a response to the following arguments against democracy?
Rule of the majority means the rule of ignorant people. What we need is the rule of the wise, even if they are in small numbers.
4.
Explain the concept of one person,one vote,one value.
5.
How election in India are different then Mexico?
6.
After how many years does Mexico hold elections for electing its President?
7.
Here is some information about country. Based on this information how would you classify each of these countries. Write 'democartic','undemocratic' or 'not sure' against each of these
Country C : Ruling party has lost in the last three elections
8.
Here is some information about country. Based on this information how would you classify each of these countries. Write 'democartic','undemocratic' or 'not sure' against each of these
Country A : People who do not accept the counntry's official religion do not have a right to vote
9.
Why is Zimbabwe not considered a democratic country?
10.
What steps were taken by PRI to win election in Mexico?
1.
Democracy depends on active political participation by all the citizens. Other forms of Government like monarchy, dictatorship, or one party rule do not require all citizens to take part in politics. In democracy the fate of the country depends not just what the rulers do but also on the actions of the citizens.
2.
Democracy is a form of government in which the rulers are elected by the people. The word democracy comes from a Greek word demokratia. In Greek 'demos' means people and 'kratia' means rule. So democracy is rule by the people.
3.
Rule of majority is democratic as it represents the views of all sections of the people.
4.
The concept of one person.one vote,one value means that all the citizen of a country irrespectively of their background have right to vote.Each citizen has one vote and the value of each vote remains same for everyone.
5.
In India, election is conducted under a supervision of Election Commission,and the process of election,is largely free and fair as compare to Mexico.
6.
Six years
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Democratic
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Undemocratic
9.
(i) Zimbabwe attained independence in 1980 and since then the country has faced several elections
(ii) All the elections has been won by ZANU-PF,under Robert Mugabe
(iii) President Mugabe is popular but also uses unfair in elections
(iv) Criticism of government's action is not allowed.
(v) The citizens have no right to freedom of speech and expression
10.
PRI(Institutional Revolutionary Party) won every election Mexico since 1930 to 2000 because.
(a) Opposition parties did not have any chance to win election
(b) The PRI used all kind of manipulations and employed dirty tricks to win elections.
(c) Government servant and teachers were forced to influence voters
(d) There was no independent media.
(e) Sometimes the polling booths were shifted from one place to another in the last minute, which made it difficult for people to cast their votes.
(f) The PRI spent a large sum of money in the campaign for its candidates
(g) People seemed to really have a choice but in practise, they had no choice and could not the ruling party.
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