Question

“Democracy is seen to be good in principle but felt to be not so good in
practice.” Justify the statements.

Answer 1

Answer:

For the following reasons, it is true to say that democracy is seen to be good in principle but felt to be not so good in practice:

 1. Democracy is responsive and accountable but it often frustrates the needs of the people and often ignores the demands of a majority of its population.

2. If democracies are expected to produce good governments, then it is not fair to expect that they would also product development. Evidence shows that in practice, many democracies did not fulfil this expectation.

3. When we see many developed, underdeveloped and developing countries throughout the world, overall, we cannot say that democracy is a guarantee of economic development.

4. It is expected in a democracy that there will be a just distribution of goods and opportunities. In actual life, democracies do not appear to be very successful in reducing economic

inequalities.

5. In democracies, all individuals have equal weight in electing representatives. Parallel to the

Process of bringing the individual into the political arena on equal footage, one can see growing economic inequalities. Rich people are becoming richer and among the poor, poverty is increasing.