Election of 2014 in Bangladesh

From a perilous beginning, Bangladesh has attained notable advancements in economic and social development in about four decades. Since it won its independent in 1971 following a bloody war, many, in the international community were doubtful about the country’s long-term economic sustainability. Some observers predicted a state of continuing aid dependency, while others believed if a country with such enormous and innumerable development problems as Bangladesh could make strides in development, then possibly other developing countries could as

I will be taking viewpoints from both sides of each party and to identify whether they acted democratically in terms of how they promoted themselves to the public. Additionally, how public opinion is persuaded through political discourse will be theorized through the works of Habermas and Lipmaan.

The public trust in government has declined over the years, and now the people think they can do little to influence the government actions. According to the book We the people by Benjamin Ginsberg, in 2013 only 19 percent of americans reported trusting the government with their decisions in Washington. On the contrary, compare to 1960s and 1970s americans had a lot of more respect and trust for the american government due to the fact that the government did what was best for the people. But now, the trust that his great nation once had has been declining in a

Although the increase in ideological polarization in the legislative body of our nation has tracked the decline in political trust of the general public over the past several decades, their causal relationship goes in both directions. In other words, congressional polarization is the consequence, as well as the cause, of low-level political trust observed in the mass population. Together, they create a political “death spiral” that can render our legislative body of government dysfunctional. This paper will discuss the definition of political trust, its important role in the well-being of the nation, and its two-way causal relationship with congressional polarization.

O'Connor, K., Sabato, L. J., & Yanus, A. B. (2015). American Government, 2014 Elections and Updates Edition, 12th Edition. Retrieved from:https://kaplan.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781323241622/cfi/4/6!/4/2/12/18/4/2@0:100

_party incontives and sanctions for or against loyla and disloyal party members appears to be central to the control of the lefislature by the excutive in emerging democracies.

The maturity of the political system in Britain has gradually shaped the British community. Britain at present is considered to be a Liberal Democratic state and one main component is the capacity of the government to conduct an election to allow the people to voice their needs in the national level. Election is the heart or the core of a democratic state , removing this would deprive the people of their right. After five years or if the Parliament was dissolved by the Queen with of course the Prime Minister's advise, there will be an election using the "First-past-the-post" electoral system. Here the candidates can win seats in the Parliament by plurality of votes that the candidate received in his or her district. But then this

With the electorate choosing the President, an alternate situation could have arisen where a popular candidate like Mulcair was selected for the job rather than an executive nominated collectively by the party the electorate chose to represent the majority (Reznick). Moreover, while the voter under the parliamentary system puts great emphasis on a party’s manifesto, the presidential system puts more emphasis on the individual candidates perceived abilities and past performance as an indicator for future performance. For example, Fearon (1999) argues that voters have to make a decision about about the qualities of the politician from observed outcomes and that the purpose of elections is to provide the electorate with an instrument to remove politicians believed to be worse than the expected quality of an untested alternate (APA CITATION). Thus, Harper’s unpopular rule with a gap between his promises and performance on almost every front would not have helped in retaining the executive branch under the presidential system with an early election call even though he had the most experience campaigning as a federal leader. That is because strategic voter choices are influenced by factors such as the number of votes allocated, the way preferences may be ordered or the manner of distributing votes among candidates (APA). Since voting behaviours would

Lastly, the public’s view of Congress is the lowest of all three branches. In September 2016, thirty-five percent of Americans trusted Congress a great deal or a fair amount. More alarmingly, only three percent of Americans trusted Congress a great deal of the time in this survey. These results suggest that Americans have very little trust in their elected representatives, which is unsettling. Although Americans view Congress so unfavorably, the institution had a reelection rate of ninety-two percent in 2016. In other words, Americans do not trust their elected representatives, but continue to reelect them in large numbers. This paradox suggests that dissatisfied Americans are not actively pursuing changes in their government. As Hetherington suggests, this principle threatens the core of democracy – as “a lack of public trust in government makes the federal government a less viable option” to pursue solutions to problems. If Americans are distrustful, they will not pursue their political requests through their elected representatives, jeopardizing the very basis of representative

From Mubarak’s term lasting 29 years, elections in Egypt are pseudo-democratic. He and his party maintain their power by force but rationalize their rule with pseudo-democratic arguments. In the years 2005 and 2008, elections were held, but the party often nominated or approved only one candidate. In 80% of the contests, the NDP’s candidates ran unopposed. Moreover, the regime had cracked down hard on his opponents, so that it was difficult to register or campaign; this lack of opposition led to a low voter turnout which was estimated at only 3%. Nour experienced to evidence Mubarak’s political intimidation. He took part in the elections and strongly condemned Mubarak’s pseudo-democratic government; Mubarak created trumped-up charges against Nour so that his

Analysis of a long period (1947-1971) needed for the independence of Bangladesh is mainly depicted in this book. Analysis of why a

In order to paint a comprehensive picture of elections as a catalyst of violence and discord it's important to distinguish this type of political violence as it differs in its timing and motivation. Election violence experienced in the democratization process of african states can be categorized as either incidental or strategic. The latter can take place pre or post elections and the former may occur as a result on pre existing tensions that is often triggered by an incident. Incidental violence is which can occur pre and post elections and often triggered by political impropriety and forms on the basis of timing, intent, target and actors and without much strategy and lack thereof planning a clash between protesters or rival

Today it is clear to all as to why this upheaval, madness, blood-shed starts as the Election-process gets underway? Isn’t it a manifestation of some politicians’ insecurity? Affliction of narcissistic personality-cult? To whom facts, in Orwellian terminology, becomes ‘un(non)facts’, persons ‘un(non)persons’. When convenient unpersons and unfacts are revived. The personal vectors are conveniently promoted, conversely if situation demands, demoted. Their governing principle: ‘Truth is the political line of the day.’ In their need to hold onto power, making of a dictator, tyrant, despot and overbearing autocrat is a requirement of the time. Psychologists might say, such requirement is a compensation for inner vulnerability. Afraid to face the inner-Shadow, in Jungian terms, they project that Shadow onto others who then become their enemies and thus represent everything that stands in the way of success and comfort.

Elections are a prominent feature of modern politics, an essential element of consolidated democracy. Elections function as the democratic tool that allow for peaceful transfer of governance within political systems as well as a tool for holding political elites accountable to their publics. Elections also give the citizens of a country the opportunity to exert an influence over the political system through their representatives governing the state (Przeworski, Stokes, and Manin 1999). According to Rapoport and Weinberg (2000) elections are important mechanism by which democracy manages conflict through nonviolent processes where ballots serve as a substitute for bullets. However, the reality is that most elections in Africa are full of violence. Electoral violence has been experienced in Kenya, Nigeria, Togo, Zimbabwe, and Ghana just to mention a few. Major forms of electoral violence in these countries include assassinations, riots, assaults, arson, looting, bombing and hijacking of electoral materials at gun point. These forms of electoral violence undermine the effectiveness and the transformational power of democracy. This project proposal is intended to focus on the role of political parties in electoral violence.

A general election will be the next election for the 16th Lok Sabha in India. Voting will take place in all parliamentary constituencies of India to elect Members of Parliament in the Lok Sabha. The current 15th Lok Sabha will complete its constitutional term on