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Democracy
- 2. Democracy Government by thepeople; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
- 3. Democracy originated morethan 2,400 years ago in ancient Greece.
- 4. The principle purposeof democracy is not just establishment of democratic government by being able to vote but the actual idea is of protection and promotion of the rights, interests, and welfare of people.
- 5. Democracy A state ofsociety characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges.
- 6. The overall conceptof modern democracy has three principal parts: ‘Freedom’ ‘Control’ ‘Equality’.
- 7. Democracy Principles •Freedom Function •Control Function •Equality Function Individual liberty Rule of LawPublic sphere Competition Mutual Constraints Governmental Capability Transparency Participation Representation
- 8. Freedom The power orright to act, speak, or think as one wants as far as it is right.
- 9. Equality All people areequal in all political and social processes. All have equal rights.
- 10. Control It is twodimensional. People control their representatives in order to secure freedom and equality. The governments control in order to provide freedom and equality to their people.
- 11. Democracy Principles •Freedom Function •Control Function •Equality Function Individual liberty Rule of LawPublic sphere Competition Mutual Constraints Governmental Capability Transparency Participation Representation
- 12. Do we havedemocracy?
- 13. Will we havedemocracy?
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