EQUALITY AND DEMOCRACY
EQUALITY AND
DEMOCRACY
South Asian countries have fundamentally regarded economic development as a political matter.
Another thing that differentiates South Asia is her commitment to egalitarianism in terms of planning.
In terms of guiding beliefs, there is a similarity between South Asia and the West. However, a time dimension is involved.
During West Asia’s development period, social welfare was still in its early stages.
Social welfare was part of abstracts by scholars and even rebels but since the ruling class deemed it as a threat, it was excluded in government policies
In South Asia, an egalitarian doctrine is an act without historical precedent outside the Soviet sphere.
In all development plans, the egalitarian ideology is prominent.
Since the state is directed to economic growth, the emphasis is on equal distribution of income and wealth as well as a more widespread ownership. Social and economic equaliy is explained as a widespread, intellectualized feeling that is an intristic good.
Implication: Rational motivations would support the quest for greater equality even if it were attainable only at the cost of slower economic development.
Inequality in South Asia hampers economic progress so an amount of levelling would have an instrumental and independent value for development. Traditional inequalities found in social stratification are obstacles in development.
(e.g caste system in India
Also hinders feelings of compassion and brotherhood which are important virtues attributed to equality
It is a common agreement that greater equality should be the primary goal for planning but the actual development goes to increased inequality.
In such a situation, economic progress comes first before the realization of equality.
Observed in historical economic development (West,
Japan)
Inequality is natural in developing countries as economic progress leads to greater concentration of wealth and income.
These observations
DEMOCRACY
South Asian countries have fundamentally regarded economic development as a political matter.
Another thing that differentiates South Asia is her commitment to egalitarianism in terms of planning.
In terms of guiding beliefs, there is a similarity between South Asia and the West. However, a time dimension is involved.
During West Asia’s development period, social welfare was still in its early stages.
Social welfare was part of abstracts by scholars and even rebels but since the ruling class deemed it as a threat, it was excluded in government policies
In South Asia, an egalitarian doctrine is an act without historical precedent outside the Soviet sphere.
In all development plans, the egalitarian ideology is prominent.
Since the state is directed to economic growth, the emphasis is on equal distribution of income and wealth as well as a more widespread ownership. Social and economic equaliy is explained as a widespread, intellectualized feeling that is an intristic good.
Implication: Rational motivations would support the quest for greater equality even if it were attainable only at the cost of slower economic development.
Inequality in South Asia hampers economic progress so an amount of levelling would have an instrumental and independent value for development. Traditional inequalities found in social stratification are obstacles in development.
(e.g caste system in India
Also hinders feelings of compassion and brotherhood which are important virtues attributed to equality
It is a common agreement that greater equality should be the primary goal for planning but the actual development goes to increased inequality.
In such a situation, economic progress comes first before the realization of equality.
Observed in historical economic development (West,
Japan)
Inequality is natural in developing countries as economic progress leads to greater concentration of wealth and income.
These observations