DEMOCRACY

Learning outcomes for people

• Understanding the concepts of democracy

• How democracy makes impacts on people

• Understand the different political parties

Democracy

WHATS DEMOCRACY

IT`S TYPES

CLASSICAL THOERY

IMPORTANT EVENTS

INGREDIENTS OF DEMOCRACY

VEHICLES AND TOOLS OF DEMOCRACY

MODELS OF DEMOCRACY

SUCCESSFUL DEMOCRACY

GLOBALIZATION

TYPES OF GOVERNMENTS

ISSUES and DISCUSSIONS

“Democracy is a political form of government carried out either directly by the people (direct democracy) or by means of elected representatives of the people (representative democracy).

The term comes from the Greek: δημοκρατία - (dēmokratía) "rule of the people", which was coined from δῆμος(dêmos) "people" and κράτος (krátos) "power", in the middle of the fifth-fourth century BC to denote the political systemsthen existing in some Greek city-states, notably Athens following a popular uprising in 508 BC.

Even though there is no, universally accepted specific definition of 'democracy',

Equality and freedom have been identified as important characteristics of democracy since ancient times.

Principles are reflected in all citizens being equal before the law and having equal access to power. For example, in a representative democracy, every vote has equal weight

No restrictions can apply to anyone wanting to become a representative.

Parliamentary Democracy

An elected group of people that makes laws;

often, power is shared among several political

parties

Federal Republic

Allows shared power among national and local

authorities

The triple meaning:

Democracy as source of state authority – power of the people

Democracy as the purpose of government – the common good

Democracy as a method of choosing political leaders – by the people

Abraham Lincoln: “Government of the people, by the people, and for the people” (1863)

Also from Lincoln (1861): “This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it”.

Death of Socrates: Plato blames

democracy [399BC]

Magna Carta 1215

Glorious Revolution 1688

American Revolution 1776

French Revolution 1789

Russian revolution 1917

Chinese protracted revolution

Globalisation

United Nations

European Union

Freedom

(of thought, believe, expression, Speech, Debate, Inquiry, assembly, association, legitimate profession, movement…)

Citizen’s Rights

( Human, political and civic…)

Majority not majoritarism

(Majority rule with the protection of minority rights and participatory decision making)

Accountability

(parliamentary or democratic ways not through discriminatory undemocratic ways like NAB in Pakistan)

Transparency

( Access to information, Good Governance…)

Written constitution

Democratic Political parties

Parliament/assemblies

Free and fair regular elections

Independent election commission

British

American

French

Asian

Islamic

Basic provision of human needs of food,

shelter and security.

Functioning independent middle class

Functioning bureaucracy - taxation

Free and involved civil society –

organizations independent of the government

Strong nation state identity

Are we moving to a

single global market?

Does that mean forget

national and regional

markets?

And does that

demand global

governance, rather

than regional or

national?

Government by a single person having

unlimited power; despotism (domination

through threat of punishment and violence) .

A government in which a few people such as

a dominant clan or clique have power.

A monarchy has a king, queen, emperor or empress.

The ruling position can be passed on to the ruler’s heirs.

In some traditional monarchies, the monarch has absolute power.

But a constitutional monarchy, like the UK, also has a democratic government that limits the monarch's control.

A country ruled by a single

leader. The leader has not

been elected and may use

force to keep control.

In a military dictatorship, the

army is in control.

Anarchy is a situation where there is no

government. This can happen after a civil war in

a country, when a government has been

destroyed and rival groups are fighting to take

its place.

Anarchists are people who believe that

government is a bad thing in that it stops people

organizing their own lives.

In a capitalist or free-market country, people

can own their own businesses and property.

People can also buy services for private use,

such as healthcare.

But most capitalist governments also provide

their own education, health and welfare

services.

In a communist country, the government

owns property such as businesses and farms.

It provides its people's healthcare, education

and welfare.

A republic is a country that has no monarch.

The head of the country is usually an elected

president.

If a government is

overthrown by force, the

new ruling group is

sometimes called a

revolutionary government.

This is a country with only one political party.

People are forced to do what the government tells them and may also be prevented from leaving the country.

When a nation recognizes a god

as their ruler and the king or

leader as that god’s

representative

In a democracy, the government is elected by the people. Everyone who is eligible to vote has a chance to have their say over who runs the country. It is distinct from governments controlled by a particular social class or group (aristocracy; oligarchy) or by a single person (despotism; dictatorship; monarchy).

A democracy is determined either directly or through elected representatives.

Election Rigging

Can government Complete it’s 5-Years?

Terrorism Issues

Energy Crisis?

More Provinces?

Local Body Elections

Indian Interference

Corruption

Accountability