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Group members:
Anum Tariq Ayesha Jamshed Bina Ahtisham Ayesha Butt
Topic:
Democracy
Date:
4 may, 2010
Presented to:
Dr.Dean
DEMOCRACY:
Democracy is derived from the Greek words demos which means the people and kratos which means the rule.Democracy, therefore means the rule of the people.
Definitions:
Aristotle defines democracy as that form of government in which supreme Power is vested in the hands of the many instead of one or few persons.But he called it a policy if good and democracy if bad or corrupt. President Lincoln of U.S.A defined as the government of the people for the people and by the people. Dicey democracy is that form of government in which the governing body is comparitively large and fraction of the entire nation. Seeley government in which everybody has a state.
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TYPES OF DEMOCRACY:
Direct democracy Indirect democracy or representative government
Direct democracy: It is directly ruled by people.They assmble in a public place where they decide public affairs determine government policyadopt new laaws for the country, decided the expenditure of the state and appoint public officials.this kind of democracy can exist only in a state with small territory. Indirect democracy or representative government: J.S.Mill defines democracy as the whole people or numerous portions of them, exercise the governing powers throng s deputies periodically elected by themselves. Modren democratic states are of the indirect or representativ type.
STRUCTURE OF DEMOCRACY
Structure consisit of four basic elements:
A political system for choosing and replacing the government through free and fair elections. The active participation of the people, as citizens, in politics and civic life. Protection of the human rights of all citizens. A rule of law, in which the laws and procedures apply equally to all citizens. The Limits and Requirements for Democracy.
Democracy requires compromise. Groups with different interests and opinions must be willing to sit down with one another and negotiate. In a democracy, one group does not always win everything it wants. Different combinations of groups win on different issues. Over time, everyone wins something. If one group is always excluded and fails to be heard, it may turn against democracy in anger and frustration.
Pakistan may remain a transitional democracy untill we have had at least three peacefull transfers of power through electiopns. Our elected representatives have a heavy burden to disprove the sceptics inside and outside the country of forming coalitions as they have and by building national consences on different issues. Democracy is a natural system for an ethnically diverse and culturally pluralistic society like Pakistan. And this is why after every failed dictatorship we have returned to democracy. Yes, we have democracy but not comparable to other countries following social and economic development. We need to make our democracy better in the interest of common man. It is collective social enterprise that cannot leave to dominent elites.
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