increasing number of media conglomerates as well as its transnational features and diversity. Additionally, global media markets has three-tier system; first, second and third, wherein the first-tier firms are the major media producers that are known for its global distribution networks, the second-tier firm are the ones catering to regional markets, while the third-tier firms are the small companies
This article sets out to investigate whether ethnic favouritism has an effect on the distribution of the public goods in Sub-Saharan Africa and if the onset of democracy decreases this behaviour. The article address the concepts of ethnic favouritism, described as ‘a situation where co-ethics benefit from patronage and public policy decisions and thus receive a disproportionate share of public resources, when members of their ethnic group control the government’ (Miguel, Morjaria and Miquel, 2014)
In the chapter “The Puritans: Orthodox or Diversity?” Perry Miller and Thomas H. Johnson share a disparate view of Puritanism compared to Philip F. Gura. Miller and Johnson argue that Puritanism is a creed that opposes the humanizing of religion, and one that imposes this belief into all aspects of life, both emotionally and intellectually, with no tolerance to those who stem from this. Therefore, they view Puritanism as an Orthodoxy. They contend that despite the commemorations of Puritans for
governance between local authorities and stakeholders to ensure equitable provision of municipal services and alongside promoting diversity within and capacity development of the local government organization.The project will be spread across four years to ensure effective implementation and will include the formulation of participatory forums, research and analysis , Set up of diversity committee, capacity building and research support to identify key indicators and problem areas to assess the NMC for improved
In Wars, Guns, and Votes, Paul Collier argues that there is a vital role for political leadership and that “leaders must build the nation before they can build the state” (Collier, p.52). What does it mean to build a nation, and in particular, what is its relationship to building a state? Well first, a nation is a group of people who share some sort of common identity like a language, religion, ethnicity, or shared history (Clark, p. 88). Where as, a state is an entity that relies on coercion and
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
government in filling the vacuums of loopholes and making a system more accountable, responsive and citizen-friendly. A democracy without media is like a vehicle without wheels. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru called media ‘the watchdog of our democracy’. This handed the media a huge responsibility in the functioning of our society. Thus media plays the role of communicator in democracy. They make people aware and conscious of their state of affairs by providing them with in depth insight on important issues
minority and majority group(s) present within it, where they are often referred to as minorities due to being an under-represented group while the majority is referred to the group of a larger representation. The majority tend to possess a leading role in ruling and decision-making over minority groups, based on the principle of majority rule, which often leads to the omission of the minorities’ rights because of their status. As such, minority rights should be protected to alleviate the oppression
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
there will come a time when the necessity of democracy will be realized and hence the dictatorship will end. The main reason of the dissatisfaction and political instability is that the government was unable to deal with public issues such as crimes, inequality among the people of society, and poverty. However, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay are being considered as examples of consolidated democracy. In this paper, socio economic factors affecting the democracy will be discussed with respect to Chile