It is impossible to define Indian democracy as liberal, participatory or deliberative
It is impossible to define Indian democracy as liberal, participatory or deliberative
- Democratic institutions- in a country as culturally diverse and as populous as India, reliance on democratic institutions has been a birthright ever since…
The objective of this project is to study democracy as a form of government in totality. Defining representation and participation in democracy has lead to a comparative study between three distinct world democracies – Switzerland, USA and India.…
In his article, Democracy as a Universal Value, Amartya Sen asserts that democracy is a universal value. In order to develop his argument Sen needs to state his definition of democracy and define what he means by universal value. In the course of Sen's argument he gives his view of the relationship between democracy and the economy. He then defends his view of democracy as a universal value against a main argument that deals with cultural differences between regions.…
In Sen’s example of “The Indian Experience” he clearly indicates that democracy continues to thrive despite religious and communal differences. Arguably, this was not the case for Fiji during its 1987 and 2000 coup, both of which had underlying issues of cultural and ethic indifference. In these examples democracy in Fiji failed to meet the challenge of a legitimate non-indigenous prime minister. From an ethical stance, what seemed to bring about the most happiness (democracy) in one country (India) didn’t work so well for another (Fiji).…
these kind of incidents happen if the majority of the population in the country is ignorant , caused by illiteracy, poverty and other factors. This is the situtation faced by us. So dont come to the conclusion that democracy is responsible for illiteracy, the reasons are different. Being a democracy the will of the people works: in the previous general election the previous BJP coalition had achieved several milestones: the economy was booming, GDP growth was above 7% annually, second behind China, unemployment was at its lowest. A rosy picture for someone like me, who is frankly doing a lot better than 99% of the country. However, the bigger picture was that the farmers, and workers, who form the backbone of our industries were not happy, and hence the government fell. Compare that to a dictatorship, would it have been possible to bring about a change; Dictatorship gives one-man rule and hence quick decisions and lesser corruption, whereas democracy, prevents the misuse of power by one man (offcourse misuse would be there, nevertheless) and all the discussions are carried out after thorough…
India and the US are undoubtedly the two biggest democratic countries of the world today, the basic difference between them being the parliamentary democracy of the former and congressional or presidential democracy of the latter. Ironically both these countries have their roots in the British parliamentary democracy which have a long and remarkable history of democracy. For a country that gave the ‘magna carta’ to the world it is a great reward for it when the proponents of democracy achieve greatly in giving the people what they need, their rights and freedom. If any distinctions and comparisons are to be made between the parliamentary and presidential forms of government, these two countries are the best examples.…
Council of States came into being in 1919, under the Government of India Act, 1919. The name Rajya Sabha in Hindi was adopted on August 23, 1954. The total number of members in Rajya Sabha is 250. Out of these 238 members will be from different States and Union Territories while the remaining 12 members are nominated by President. Each member is elected for six years.…
We reasonably take pride that we are the largest democracy in the world. Parliamentary democracy, which is the basic foundation of our Constitutional setup, presupposes the sovereignty of the people. As a prerequisite for a functional parliamentary democracy, the Constitution of India has provided for’ separation of powers’ for securing the basic rights of the people and has consciously introduced a scheme of checks and balances in the exercise of powers, with a very important object of ensuring that the power is not concentrated in any particular organ of the state, which can assume undesirable proportions.…
The word socialist was added to the Preamble by the 42nd amendment act of 1976, during the Emergency. It implies social and economic equality. Social equality in this context means the absence of discrimination on the grounds only of caste, colour, creed, sex, religion, or language. Under social equality, everyone has equal status and opportunities. Economic equality in this context means that the government will endeavor to make the distribution of wealth more equal and provide a decent standard of living for all. This is in effect emphasizing a commitment towards the formation of a welfare state.…
India is the largest democracy in the World. Since 1947 then free and fair elections have been held at regular intervals as per the principles of the Constitution, Electoral Laws and System. The Constitution of India has vested in the Election Commission of India the superintendence , direction and control of the entire process for conduct of elections to Parliament and Legislature of every State and to the offices of President and Vice-President of India.…
Democracy, it is generally believed, had its roots in Ancient Athens. We know it spread its stems to most of Europe and later to parts of Asia by mid 19th century , mostly in the form of parliamentary democracy. But in the context of this paper,we are not interested in the histrocity of the idea or concept of democracy, but in the idea itself. That is to say we want to analyze the meaning of democracy and its different forms, study its efficiency (so to say), ponder over its limitations and compare it to other forms of government. Whether democracy was conceived of in Athens, Sparta or India is not a topic of interest in this paper (although there may be references to historical events in the evolution of the idea when pertinent).…
The second obstacle in the way of democracy is the culture of feudalism. Democracy cannot develop in the suffocating atmosphere of feudalism. The history of feudalism in the subcontinent…
Being an Indian we take pride on being a part of worlds biggest existing democracy . but today our is under the shade of doubts. Our so called is democracy is actually democratic or is dictatorship in the skin of democracy ? is this democracy able to fulfill all those promises which it does in it’s the vary basic text “constitution of india” . part III of our constitution states freedom of living , right to equality too is our basic right but the question is that does every one in this nation actually given equal rights ? equal opportunities to live their lives the way they want ? does everyone get the equal share of “right to freedom” ?…
An implementing legal system that accords primary legitimacy, authority, and official power to the majority’s will (via its elected representatives or otherwise) as determined by valid elections.…
well this is a famous statement made by john kennedy.. n its applicable to the citizens of each n every country..…