Answer these questions in 4-5 lines each:
Q1. How is people's participation and accountability of government to people ensured in a democracy? Explain.
Q2. Explain the system of checks and balances. How does it strengthen democracy?
Q3. Why is public opinion vital in a democracy? Explain in brief.
Q4. How do conflicts arise in a society? Explain.
Q3. How is equality and justice ensured in the Indian democratic system?
Answers
Q1) Democracy is accountable and responsive to the needs and expectations of the citizens because:
1) In a democracy people have the right to choose their representatives and the people will have control over them.
2) Citizens have the right to participate in decision-making that affects them all. This ensures that the working of the government is transparent.
3) Everybody expect the government to be attentive to the needs and expectations of the people.
4) It is expected that the democratic government develops mechanisms for citizens to hold the government accountable.
5) The opposition parties can also question and criticize the government policies. They keep a check on the ruling party and make sure that it does not misuse the power.
Q2) The system of checks and balances is an important part of the Constitution. With checks and balances, each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the others. Each branch “checks” the power of the other branches to make sure that the power is balanced between them.
Q3) Public opinion consists of the desires, wants and thinking of the majority of the people. For the first time, it became important what people thought as forms of political contention changed. Democracy requires public opinion because it derives authority from the public.
Q4) It arises primarily from a clash of interests within groups and societies and between groups and societies. Conflicts also ensue as a result of the difference between the rate of change in the moral norms of a society and men's desire, hopes, dissatisfactions and demands.
Q5)The Indian Constitution enacted in 1949 and adopted in 1950 enshrines equality and social justice as the cardinal principles of the Indian democratic system. Article 16(1) guarantees equality of opportunity for all citizens in matters relating to employment or appointment to any office under the State.
1. Democracy is accountable and responsive to the needs and expectations of the citizens because:
1) In a democracy people have the right to choose their representatives and the people will have control over them.
2) Citizens have the right to participate in decision-making that affects them all. This ensures that the working of the government is transparent.
3) Everybody expect the government to be attentive to the needs and expectations of the people.
4) It is expected that the democratic government develops mechanisms for citizens to hold the government accountable.
5) The opposition parties can also question and criticize the government policies. They keep a check on the ruling party and make sure that it does not misuse the power.
2. The system of checks and balances is an important part of the Constitution. With checks and balances, each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the others. ... Each branch “checks” the power of the other branches to make sure that the power is balanced between them.
3. Public opinion consists of the desires, wants and thinking of the majority of the people. ... For the first time, it became important what people thought as forms of political contention changed. Democracy requires public opinion because it derives authority from the public.
4. It arises primarily from a clash of interests within groups and societies and between groups and societies. Conflicts also ensue as a result of the difference between the rate of change in the moral norms of a society and men's desire, hopes, dissatisfactions and demands.
5. The Indian Constitution enacted in 1949 and adopted in 1950 enshrines equality and social justice as the cardinal principles of the Indian democratic system. ... Article 16(1) guarantees equality of opportunity for all citizens in matters relating to employment or appointment to any office under the State.