Category: Democracy

Introduction Sara Holbrook’s poem “Democracy” is a thought-provoking piece that challenges conventional notions of democracy and raises questions about its true meaning and practice. In this critical essay, we will explore the various themes and techniques employed by Holbrook in her poem, analyzing the underlying messages and implications of her words. Analysis Holbrook’s poem “Democracy”…

Outline the central functions of political parties in liberal democracies. What factors help to explain the reduction in political party members? A political party is defined as a group of people who are organized to gain and exercise political power. Political parties emerged in their modern form in the United States and Europe in the…

The word democracy roots can be traced back to Ancient Greece, it is derived from the Greek term ‘kratos’ meaning power and ‘demos’ refers to the people implying that its meant to mean ‘rule by the people’ the notion attached to democracy seems to be false in this period of time, democracy now is a…

The Interdependence of Democracy and Human Rights Democracy and Human Rights Democracy gives people living in the state the rights to choose their own government officials through the voting process. Human rights are the fair treatment of all people no matter their race, gender and religion. The people are protected under the constitution in the…

In this essay, I will be supporting the argument that states that there is lack of diversity information in Canada and how it is a threat to democracy. I will begin this paper by defining diversity of information, then provide different examples to justify my argument, and towards the end of this paper I will…

Inclusive participation in the political process: The new constitution of Nepal embraces the concept of multi-caste, multiculturalism and multilingualism. Article 18 (3) provide special provisions for the protection, empowerment or advancement of women, dalits, indigenous peoples, marginalized, medhasi groups etc. It ensures 33% representation of women from each party in both the houses of the…

Even though America may be considered a Democracy, could it be falling into a Plutocracy? In fact, it very much could, A study named Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens (2019) implies and gives evidence to show that it could be a Plutocracy. The evidence given was a database of…

Knowing the past allows to better understand the present and predict the future. Most of the traditional leadership theories are dated before 1990. Many new theories or sub-theories have been derived from those theories with the ambition to more or less develop the original theories or to compensate for their shortcomings. The rapid development of…

Populism has emerged as a prominent feature of liberal-democratic political landscapes across the world . These populist surges have drawn significant impact on the systems they gained traction against, and many have questioned whether populism threatens or strengthens liberal-democracy. This potentially ambiguous relationship drawn between populism and liberal-democracy has been connected to the duality within…

The most common belief amongst people all over the Globe is that the United States is the World’s biggest democracy. However, whenever these beliefs change slightly, it always points out detrimental exceptions to foundational principles or core principles. For example, many critics argue that the loss of democracy in American history is a result of…