Outcomes of democracy Flashcards
1
Q
state 3 points stating the outcomes of democracy.
A
- Democracy is seen to be good in principal but is not so good in practice.
- all democracies are not the same.
- democracy just creates conditions for achieving something citizens have to take advantage of those conditions and achieve goals.
2
Q
state the expectations from democracy.
A
- Promotions of equality among citizens
- enhances the dignity of individual
- improves the quality of decision making.
- provides a methods to resolve conflicts
- allow room to correct mistakes.
3
Q
State 2 conditions democracy must fulfill to accomodate social diversity.
A
- not the rule by majority opinion, majority alos need to work with minority.
- rule by majority should not become rule by majority community in terms of religion or race or linguistic group, different people should be given a chance to be in majority.