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DEMOCRACY
SANKALP SHARMA
DATED- 26/10/2015
Siddhartha Law College, Dehradun
Project submitted for the partial
fulfilment for the degree of B.A.LL.B.
BATCH: 2015-20
Submitted to
Submitted By
Dr. Ateeq-Ur-Rahman
SANKALP SHARMA
(Faculty of Political Science)
(BA.LLB 1st Semester)
DEFINITIONS OF DEMOCRACY
Lord Bryce defined democracy in these words, The
word democracy has been used ever since the time
of Herodotus to denote that form of government in
which the ruling power of a state is legally
vested,not in any particular class or classes,but in
PRESUMPTIONS IN A DEMOCRACY
There are certain presumptions in a democratic
state. One presumption is that the individual is
rational and he has the capacity to think and discuss
the general problems of the community and also
take decisions . hum,an beings are egoistic . their
happiness is purely personal. The individuals is
sovereign over his body and mind . there is no scope
for the use of physical force or violence in solving
problems . very human being is fallible and can make
mistakes. There is no conflict between the good of
the individual and the good of the community
individuals do not resort to violence to get their
grievances redressed .
FORMS OF DEMOCRACY
According to Sartori, there are four major forms or
types of democracy.
1. Social democracy- is neither capitalist nor
socialist. It is partly liberal and partly socialist.
It aims at social equality and welfare of the
people.
2. Karl Marx replaced political democracy with
economic democracy as the determining factor
of politics. it is the economic democracy which
determines political democracy and not the viceversa . True democracy is one where in addition
to political democracy; there is economic
democracy which in other words is economic
equality. There cannot be absolute equality but
there should not be too much of economic in
equality in society.
3. Industrial democracy- is basically a guilt
socialist idea and Cole was its exponent. Its aim
is the management of industry by workers on
self-governing lines.
4. The term peoples democracy is commonly used
by communist states. It is intended to put
emphasis on the politico economic, macro
KINDS OF DEMOCRACY
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MERITS
DEMERITS
1. DEMOCRACY is a very expensive form of
government .in democracy ,everyone has
to be cared for and consequently it
requires a lot of money to satisfy the
needs of all.
2. The paraphernalia of democracy is very
costly.compared to monarchy or
dictatorship,democracy is expensive
because the government machinery is
complex and complicated
3. Democracies are proverbially slow and
sluggish in their movement. They take a
lot of time to execute their plans.
Democracy is governed by consultation
and criticism and hence it takes a lot of
time to arrive at decisions.
4. Democracy is the cult of incompetence. It
means an irresponsible government .it is a
government by amateurs by those who are
hopelessly amateur.
Conclusion
In spite of the elitist theory contains
truthb regarding the working of Western
democracies.it cannot be denied that
there is political apathy among the
people.all democracies are controlled by
the elites of one type or another.Veney
writes, General and equal participation
seems indeed almost like a temporary
aberration. Inequality preached by the
elistist theory is a universally accepted
fact.elite control in a liberal democracy
and in a communist state do not mean the
same thing . to quote Verney, elite rule
appears to be more tolerable when elites
are open and not closed,that is to say
when there is comparative freedom to
access the elite for those who merit or
demand it. In spite of its criticism, the
concept of Michaels holds good. Whether
it is a law of beaurocracy or organization,
it has not been invalidated. What was true
of the German Social Democratic party in
1940 was also true of all other European
Acknowledgement
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PROFESSOR DR. ATEEQ UR
REHEMAN, FOR ENLIGHTENING ME ON THE ABOVE
TOPIC. I FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING AND
ENLIGHTENING.
Bibliography
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