Democracy in Brief

1. DEMOCRACY

2. Learning outcomes for people
• Understanding the concepts of democracy
• How democracy makes impacts on people
• Understand the different political parties
Democracy

3.  WHATS DEMOCRACY
 IT`S TYPES
 CLASSICAL THOERY
 IMPORTANT EVENTS
 INGREDIENTS OF DEMOCRACY
 VEHICLES AND TOOLS OF DEMOCRACY
 MODELS OF DEMOCRACY
 SUCCESSFUL DEMOCRACY
 GLOBALIZATION
 TYPES OF GOVERNMENTS
 ISSUES and DISCUSSIONS

4.  “Democracy is a political form of
government carried out either directly by
the people (direct democracy) or by means
of elected representatives of the people
(representative democracy).
 The term comes from the Greek:
δημοκρατία - (dēmokratía) "rule of the
people", which was coined from δῆμος
(dêmos) "people" and κράτος (krátos)
"power", in the middle of the fifth-fourth
century BC to denote the political systems
then existing in some Greek city-states,
notably Athens following a popular uprising
in 508 BC.

5.  Even though there is no, universally
accepted specific definition of 'democracy',
 Equality and freedom have been identified
as important characteristics of democracy
since ancient times.
 Principles are reflected in all citizens being
equal before the law and having equal
access to power. For example, in a
representative democracy, every vote has
equal weight
 No restrictions can apply to anyone
wanting to become a representative.

6.  Parliamentary Democracy
 An elected group of people that makes laws;
often, power is shared among several political
parties
 Federal Republic
 Allows shared power among national and local
authorities

7. The triple meaning:
 Democracy as source of state authority – power
of the people
 Democracy as the purpose of government – the
common good
 Democracy as a method of choosing political
leaders – by the people
 Abraham Lincoln: “Government of the people, by
the people, and for the people” (1863)
Also from Lincoln (1861): “This country, with its institutions,
belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow
weary of the existing government, they can exercise their
constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to
dismember or overthrow it”.

8.  Death of Socrates: Plato blames
democracy [399BC]
 Magna Carta 1215
 Glorious Revolution 1688
 American Revolution 1776
 French Revolution 1789

9.  Russian revolution 1917
 Chinese protracted revolution
 Globalisation
 United Nations
 European Union

10.  Freedom
(of thought, believe, expression, Speech, Debate,
Inquiry, assembly, association, legitimate profession,
movement…)
 Citizen’s Rights
( Human, political and civic…)
 Majority not majoritarism
(Majority rule with the protection of minority rights and
participatory decision making)
 Accountability
(parliamentary or democratic ways not through
discriminatory undemocratic ways like NAB in
Pakistan)
 Transparency
( Access to information, Good Governance…)

11.  Written constitution
 Democratic Political parties
 Parliament/assemblies
 Free and fair regular elections
 Independent election commission

12.  British
 American
 French
 Asian
 Islamic

13.  Basic provision of human needs of food,
shelter and security.
 Functioning independent middle class
 Functioning bureaucracy - taxation
 Free and involved civil society –
organizations independent of the government
 Strong nation state identity

14.  Are we moving to a
single global market?
 Does that mean forget
national and regional
markets?
 And does that
demand global
governance, rather
than regional or
national?

15.  Government by a single person having
unlimited power; despotism (domination
through threat of punishment and violence) .

16.  A government in which a few people such as
a dominant clan or clique have power.

17.  A monarchy has a king, queen, emperor or
empress.
 The ruling position can be passed on to the
ruler’s heirs.
 In some traditional monarchies, the
monarch has absolute power.
 But a constitutional monarchy, like the UK,
also has a democratic government that
limits the monarch's control.

18.  A country ruled by a single
leader. The leader has not
been elected and may use
force to keep control.
 In a military dictatorship, the
army is in control.

19.  Anarchy is a situation where there is no
government. This can happen after a civil war in
a country, when a government has been
destroyed and rival groups are fighting to take
its place.
 Anarchists are people who believe that
government is a bad thing in that it stops people
organizing their own lives.

20.  In a capitalist or free-market country, people
can own their own businesses and property.
People can also buy services for private use,
such as healthcare.
 But most capitalist governments also provide
their own education, health and welfare
services.

21.  In a communist country, the government
owns property such as businesses and farms.
 It provides its people's healthcare, education
and welfare.

22.  A republic is a country that has no monarch.
 The head of the country is usually an elected
president.

23.  If a government is
overthrown by force, the
new ruling group is
sometimes called a
revolutionary government.

24.  This is a country with only
one political party.
 People are forced to do
what the government tells
them and may also be
prevented from leaving the
country.

25. When a nation recognizes a god
as their ruler and the king or
leader as that god’s
representative

26.  In a democracy, the government is
elected by the people. Everyone who is
eligible to vote has a chance to have their
say over who runs the country. It is
distinct from governments controlled by a
particular social class or group
(aristocracy; oligarchy) or by a single
person (despotism; dictatorship;
monarchy).
 A democracy is determined either directly
or through elected representatives.

27.  Election Rigging
 Can government Complete it’s 5-Years?
 Terrorism Issues
 Energy Crisis?
 More Provinces?
 Local Body Elections
 Indian Interference
 Corruption
 Accountability