Causes And Disadvantages Of Democracy

We know that democracies are common among the economically urbanized countries and rare between the very deprived ones. The reason we scrutinize this pattern is not that democracies are more probable to emerge, as a result, of economic development but that they are to a large extent more possible to survive if they occur to emerge in most urbanized countries. The paths to democracy are diverse. Indeed, they appear to follow no unsurprising pattern. But once democracy is conventional, for whatever reasons, its endurance depends on a few, easily particular, factors.

From the early 1840s to the present day, a democracy can be described as a flawed establishment which has been shaped by the power of wealth and control, complex social relations, and most importantly the people’s desire to live a fulfilling life. Throughout this time period the principles of democracy, such as equality, protection of the people’s interest, and promotion of human rights were shifting in order to increase the democracy efficiency. Therefore the continued importance of the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and Constitution remain significant since, in American today, democracy is a system that is continuously being shaped by the people within it.

America’s democracy is an important part of our history and what has made this country what it is today. There are many pros and cons in relation to how our country is run when it concerns the U.S. Constitution. Something that is important is that America is how the framers came up with the idea of what democracy is to help this nation to succeed and to help provide a good model to be followed throughout the world. There are different parts of our government which has powers yet they must consult with the other powers before following through and executing their proposals. Another factor that has played an important role in the development of our American democracy is where there is a big separation of government and religion. Our American democracy has our U.S. Constitution which relies on the three branches of government where the political parties have candidates which are voted into office. This paper will discuss how federalism is incorporated into our Constitution and what the purpose is in having three branches of government, the reason behind having the political parties and how this is incorporated into our American Democracy.

The United States is perhaps the most well known examples of a democratic society in the modern world. In spite of this, it is largely flawed and rife with divergences from the true definition of democracy. First, the power is not in the hands of the people nearly as much as it is claimed to be. In contemporary America, “the influence of money undermines the one-man one-vote ideal. Gerrymandering renders most congressional elections utterly uncompetitive” (R.L.G. 1).

Adding to the illusory state of our well-being is the idea that the United States is a democracy. In a scientific study set to be published in the Fall of 2014, in the academic journal Perspective on Politics, researchers Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page posit the theory that the United States, for all intents and purposes, is an oligarchy. They conclude:

Countries such the United Kingdom, Germany, and India followed a common theme of having undergone a process of democratization that has entailed a divergence from or acceptance of authoritarian rule before embracing a consolidated democratic system of government. Each of the countries listed also experienced a level of economic instability or turmoil that is connected to their past conflicts with authoritarian rule that acted as the catalyst to an eventual acceptance of an improved democratic system that would yield greater economic stability. Countries such as Mexico, Brazil, and Nigeria all followed the concept of being afflicted by influences of past or present corruption that has prevented the governments of each country from yielding a more consolidated democratic format. Regional identity divisions and unequal distributions of power and representation for electoral arrangements have put each of the listed countries at risk for a democratic breakdown if changes are not enacted for the sake of veritably hindering the causes behind such instability. Moreover, countries such as China Iran, Russia both follow the concept of operating under a system of creeping authoritarianism

America is synonymous with the word freedom, even being dubbed “the land of the free” by its own national anthem. But, what makes America so much more “free” than other countries? Some would argue that it’s America’s system of democracy, despite the fact that democratic governments are now the most common form of rule found in countries around the world. American democracy, although effective, is not the best democracy style for all nations; because, like many other countries, its government contains many flaws, including: its low voter turnout, two-party political parties creating division and deadlock in congress, and government positions of power being bankrolled and controlled by the rich.

Democracy related to our lives by looking for the right thing to do, for every one of us have equality and freedom of speech, we could have multiple ideas it might change the ideology of the country, we also could related the democracy by looking at the facts. The facts are Free Elections, Political Participation, Civil Liberties, and Functioning Government. The democracy is one of the most common types of the government in the modern world. Which give us clear idea of who defied the democracy even in different countries. Moreover free elections could related to democracy by having free election that anyone could share his experience with the others and create an idea to fix any problem. Also this could direct a message to the citizen to know what the elections doing. Political participation, to each one who is adults and have some awareness of the social issues or votes. By participation we could have more diversity and through that diversity we could develop our economy and our awareness of different cultures. Civil Liberties, the essential of democracy and also important for the UN legally guarantees to all of the people. Civil liberties will include freedom of speech, because individuals allowed to communicate for their own different view in a debates from each others. Functioning Government, to establish a law that individual could respect and also to limited the power

In deciding which government is best, autocracy or democracy, one must first define their understanding of “best.” Should one be looking for structure, order, or longevity, then a reasonable response would be some variation of autocracy. However, if one is looking for a form of government which maximizes involvement from the general public and is flexible, then democracy may be a better option. Both autocracy and democracy style governments can be divided into further subcategories, such as a constitutional monarchy or modern-authoritarian autocracy, and all of the options will be considered, analyzed, and understood in terms what they are best for. To create a framework for the discussion, “Why We Shouldn’t Judge a Country by Its GDP” by Michael Green (2015) and Economist article “What’s Gone Wrong with Democracy” (2014) will be summarized and used to compare Russia, China, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Relevant terms, such as modernization, legitimacy, and consent, will be intertwined with the discussions of forms of government to understand how governmental structures operate in relation to people. In conclusion, I will argue that the best form of government is a federal parliamentary republic.

The relationship between democracy and economic development has taken a substantial attraction in recent years. Most of the analysts debate whether the relationship between democracy and economic development is close with contradictory hypothesis and findings. Both the arguments defending and opposing this relationship exists. Some scholars claim that democracy promotes and hinders economic development; others argue that economic development improves or slows democracy. There exists a third group of scholars who claim there is no relationship between democracy and economic development.

As diverse as states were in ancient Greece, their forms of government evolved along with them. States like Sparta kept oligarchic form of government for the most of its history, while Athens changed from somewhat monarchic state what we know as democracy today. So it’s worth examining each form of government in order to better understand their pros and cons.

From May to Putin to Trump, democracy has become a defining feature of the so called “Free World” with governments across the world boasting freedom, choice and strength due to this system of government. However in recent years I have steadily come to the realisation that democracy in its most basic form can never work, and repeatedly demonstrates its inability to function in our society on a daily basis; the latest installment in the saga of democratic failures being the June elections, resulting in a minority Tory government. As this is the case, I present to you 10 reasons why democracy doesn’t work.

That democratic nations are more peaceful than any other regime type has been a topic of debate for many years. From Kant to Clinton, political thinkers and statesmen have hailed democracy as a weapon of peace. In this essay, I will discuss the definitions of democracy and peace, the democratic peace theory, and the reasons why democracies are more peaceful and thus how promoting democracy is a means to promoting peace.

Every state starts off with democratic instability. However, what each state all have in common are the chances of success and the potential of becoming a stable democracy. To be a stable democracy, the government must be able to compromise with their constituents’ demands for a democracy and supply such democratic institutions. A democracy is dependent on receiving their support from copious amounts of people, but these people come along with their definitive interests in various aspects such as land reform, labor, religion, etc. Each one of these aspects listed are capable of bringing people together as an organized collective that could result in pro and anti democratic coalitions. These pro and anti democratic coalitions are then strengthened and have great potential of becoming an institution as a political party, movement, or even an interest group. These institutional formations can result in divergence of either democratic stability or instability. With divergence, comes great opposition. The opposing positions of the pro and anti democratic coalitions both have an extremely polar attitude that could increase the chances of an occurrence of a civil war (Magagna, 2018).

Some scholars have argued that democracy hinders growth as a result of a collective action problem, while others argue it is the democratic institutions constraining government, and providing individual property rights which allows for economic growth (Montesquieu, 1748; Smith, 1776; Buchanan and Tullock, 1962; North and Thomas, 1973; North, 1981, 1990; Hall and Jones, 1999; Easterly and Levine, 2003; Rodrik, 2007). The former approach focuses on the role of leadership in a nondemocratic regime, specifically in how a good leader can affect the economic development in a region. The latter approach focuses on how investor risk aversion that results from the lack of property rights, corruption, inefficiencies, and political instability in a