Democratic governance and its merits and demerits
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Merits and demerit of democratic governance :
Merits:
1. It offers representation to people.
Democratic officials are elected nationally and locally. That said, residents of the community will be confident that their cities have elected officials they can go to. With the knowledge that they have a representative willing to serve and be their voice, the citizens will have more participation in the affairs of the government even on a national level.
2. It gets the people involved.
A government which is democratic lets the people pick the leaders of the nation and give them a sense of belonging and self-worth. With the freedom to vote, a person can feel he or she is significant and relevant to society. This also shows that every voting citizen can make a difference in the country he or she lives in.
3. It promotes equality.
In a democracy, there is equality among the citizens since anybody of legal age and a citizen of a country has the right to vote regardless of status, gender and religious affiliation. This also goes for any citizen who wants to serve the city or the country as an elected official.
Demerit :
1. It makes voting a personal choice.
One of the disadvantages to be thrown at democracy is the freedom not to vote. With the right to choose an individual’s preference for a leader also is the right not to vote at all. This is a setback, according to critics, since voting is a privilege and not an obligation. As such, there might be people who will choose not to practice their right to vote for lack of motivation or awareness. Also, there might be some voters who will not take elections seriously since they think whoever they choose will not make an impact since the majority always has an edge.
2. It takes time to make decisions.
Another disadvantage of having a democratic form or government is the fact that unlike in a monarchial form of government where decisions are made by one individual, this type of government follows protocol when it comes to decisions and law-making. Since coming up with decisions will undergo processes, time is needed to do so and this can take a long time.
3. It favors the majority.
Since elected officials are given the chance to be in office by way of the number of votes or a majority vote, members of the minority might not be given the voice. This is a downside because shrewd officials can make use of their money and power to persuade the majority of the voters to vote for them. And for the minority members that have relevant issues, they might not be able to be represented well because the majority will always win.
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Merits and demerit of democratic governance :
Merits:
1. It offers representation to people.
Democratic officials are elected nationally and locally. That said, residents of the community will be confident that their cities have elected officials they can go to. With the knowledge that they have a representative willing to serve and be their voice, the citizens will have more participation in the affairs of the government even on a national level.
2. It gets the people involved.
A government which is democratic lets the people pick the leaders of the nation and give them a sense of belonging and self-worth. With the freedom to vote, a person can feel he or she is significant and relevant to society. This also shows that every voting citizen can make a difference in the country he or she lives in.
3. It promotes equality.
In a democracy, there is equality among the citizens since anybody of legal age and a citizen of a country has the right to vote regardless of status, gender and religious affiliation. This also goes for any citizen who wants to serve the city or the country as an elected official.
Demerit :
1. It makes voting a personal choice.
One of the disadvantages to be thrown at democracy is the freedom not to vote. With the right to choose an individual’s preference for a leader also is the right not to vote at all. This is a setback, according to critics, since voting is a privilege and not an obligation. As such, there might be people who will choose not to practice their right to vote for lack of motivation or awareness. Also, there might be some voters who will not take elections seriously since they think whoever they choose will not make an impact since the majority always has an edge.
2. It takes time to make decisions.
Another disadvantage of having a democratic form or government is the fact that unlike in a monarchial form of government where decisions are made by one individual, this type of government follows protocol when it comes to decisions and law-making. Since coming up with decisions will undergo processes, time is needed to do so and this can take a long time.
3. It favors the majority.
Since elected officials are given the chance to be in office by way of the number of votes or a majority vote, members of the minority might not be given the voice. This is a downside because shrewd officials can make use of their money and power to persuade the majority of the voters to vote for them. And for the minority members that have relevant issues, they might not be able to be represented well because the majority will always win.
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Merits :
i) Democracy provides a method to deal with conflicts and differences.
ii) Democracy is better form of govenment as it allows us to improve its own mistake.
iii) Too many peoples has to make desicion in a demoncracy thus it improves quality of desicion making.
iv) Democracy inhances dignity of its citizens.
Demirits :
i) Democracy is all about political power play their is no scope for morality.
ii) Leaders keeps changing in a democracy this leads to instability.
iii) Many peoples has to make a desicion , this leads to delays.
iv) Leaders dont knows the best interest of people this leads to bad desicion.
v) Ordinary people dont know what is good for them they did not decide anything.
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