return to a supposedly original core Islamic praxis as a way of overcoming the west. Both movement of modernism and Islamism are now still thriving. Western democracy considered conducive to achieving the aspirations of living in modernity by rule out the divinity concept from the state. This is seemingly incompatible between Islam and democracy if the discourses are involving Islamism and democratic
INTRODUCTION . Democracy. Democracy means ‘rule by people’ taken from a Greek terms, Demos (meaning people)and Kratos (meaning “rule”) .It is a political concept and form of government , where all people are supposed to have equal voices in shaping policy(.Andrew , H,2007.politics.3rd ed, New york: Palgrave Macmillan).Democracy is defined in numerous ways. Definitions aligned to democracy are seen as follows: A system of rule by the poor and disadvantaged. A system of decision making based on
in the world, in terms of the technology, military power they owned in hand (Cold war history, 2009). As United States political system is practicing democracy, it stressed on liberalism and freedom. Democracy is a system whereby the government is rule by people and for the people, so more and more country transform their political system to democracy for example, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom and so on (Marc
Antoine Simon (1179141) Democracy in Theory and Practice Definitions of Democracy and Theories of Government Having a look through History at the different type of governments which have been used, Democracy, with all its imperfections, seems to be the best that came up so far. The meaning of Democracy hasn't stopped to vary with the time and space and has therefore become a “semantic jungle”1. Originally, the term comes from Greek, it means
and hijacked by vested interests and those who resist change. Challenges to Indian democracy India is a country with diversity – linguistically, culturally, and religiously. There were huge regional disparities, poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, and scarcity of almost all public welfare means at the time of independence. There are number of problems that the country faces in terms of fulfilment of expectations of various sectors of society. The challenges come both from prevailing domestic and
against Western Democracy The first norm of Thailand that has a substantial effect on the country’s perception about Western democracy is Thai Buddhism. Religion has been proven to have a significant influence on a state’s political system as Andrew Nathan, a Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, argues that, “Religion forms an important component of political culture, and, thus, should have a powerful democracy.” As per one’s understanding, a powerful democracy that is meant by
What is ‘Governance’? The concept of "governance" as old as human civilization. But recently the scope and the meaning of the term have been much expanded. . The first definition is exclusively related to the Exercise of political power to deal with the nation’s affairs. The Focal point of the second definition is the use of power in the Management of a state’s social and economic resources for Development. To sum up governs is a process of decision making and the Procedures by which decisions implemented
N POLITICAL SCIENCE DEMOCRACY AND DIVERSITY TABLE OF CONTENTS Sr. # Topic Name Page # 1. Democracy and deversity 3 1.1 Diversity in Society 1.2 Diversity and Unity 1.3 Diversity and democratic politics 1.4 Diversity and inequalities 1.5 Inequality between Men and women 1.6 Religious Diversity and Democracy 1.7 Diversity and Share in power 1.8 Distribution of power in Federation Diversity in Society Meaning People inhabit in a town or city from Different
“Democracy is a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly” . This definition does not explicitly determine who “the people” are. Realistically, in a democratic form of government the majority among the people has the power to make decisions binding upon the whole . The question that naturally arises when analysing the ideas expressed by Rousseau, Mill and Tocqueville is the following: to what extent the rule of the majority in a democracy
Manin, (1997)74 in his work “The Principles of Representative Government" discusses the thoughts of Rousseau and examines the complex relationship that exists between the ideal of democracy and the representative government. He discusses at length the western political thought starting from the Athenian Democracy and the various political practices that existed in the western world. The result of this study is a deep and thoughtful exploration of the relationship that existed between the democratic