TYRANNY of MAJORITY The structure of public sphere and its relations with political sphere can give sufficient clues to describe a country’s regime. How is public opinion shaped with the effect of this relationship? Is the public opinion, as it is supposed to be, represent all dynamics in a society? Can democracy be manipulate,? How is this manipulation prevented? These questions are also important to answer after describing the structure of public sphere and political sphere in democratic countries
In a world where democracy is seen as a prevalent form of governance, where the majorities are supposed to be represented and have the ability to put forth their interests and ideas, it is hard to imagine how Tocqueville and Rousseau would react to our current state of affairs. However, their theories have helped to both shape the landscape of modern political thought or to provide an analysis for the past and present systems of government. The two authors address similar issues in terms of the
enlightening at some areas but at some point fails to stand the test of reality and criticisms. The very beginning of the book reveals Jaffrelot’s ethnocentric perspective and a contradicting view too. “India claims the status of a democracy- ‘the world’s largest democracy’-and it holds serious arguments to defend this pretension (p.1)”. India’s Silent Revolution is a compact account of the rise of the lower castes in North India, which is giving
united into the kingdom of Nepal a number of petty Hindu principalities and semi-autonomous tribal groups (Caplan, 1971). In 1846 Jang BahadurRana took over the reign and his Rana successors ruled the nation by 1951 for 104 years as a family rule. In 1951 democracy
2005, 52). They should not be enemies and as she argues “adversaries do fight – even fiercely – but according to a shared set of rules, and their positions, despite being ultimately irreconcilable, are accepted as legitimate perspective” (Mouffe, 2005, 52). And that’s an important distinction to make, they can fight, but at this point their do not fight with the same rules of the game, they do not see the
INTRODUCTION India and China are two of the oldest and still an existing civilizations .India and China are today the ‘engines’ of growth in the rapid economic and political evolution in the global economy. The economies of India and China are influenced by a number of factors like political,economic,social factors and many more.The emergence of China as a global leader in growth has produced a need of a comparison between India and China so far as economic growth is concerned.China and India
(Jones, 2001) Jones notes, in addition to the divided party control, the policy preferences of the two parties that have become increasingly polarized and how since 1990, more than half of all congressional votes have featured a majority of one party opposing a majority of the other party. (Jones,
them, authorities would surely benefit in their quest to eradicate terrorism (Spencer 2008). Spencer also gives statistics in regards of what the American populate thinks should be done regarding immigration policies to fight terrorism. A great majority of the people surveyed supports the policies, the detainment of immigrants and even the use of ethnic profiling towards men of Middle Eastern descent. In the other side of the coin we have the UN general assembly. They made a case that the refugees
Kant believed that “good actions” are those which follow your moral duty based upon the categorical imperative or golden rule which states that any moral action must be a part of the universal law. Kant’s work suggests believes that one should carry out an action only if it is recognized to be good in all circumstances. Kant’s framework would indicate that assisted suicide
The generals thrive at the pinnacle of society while the citizens of Myanmmar live on an average one dollar per day (corruption index 2). Under constant Authoritarian rule since 1962 the nation of Myanmmar has remained stubborn in reform as surrounding Southeast Asian countries continue to democratize. The military junta that oppresses Myanmmar citizens has remained so strong due to very shrewd policy creation and fear