how does democracy produce an accountable responsive and legitimate government
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a) Accountable Government. A democracy makes it sure that people will have the right to choose their rulers. Whenever possible, citizens should participate in the decision- making process. This is known as Transparency. Therefore, the most basic outcome of democracy’s that it produce a government that is accountable to citizen and responsive to the needs and expectations of the citizens.
b) Responsive Government. People wish to be ruled by representatives elected by them. They also believe that democracy will listen to their problems. Democracy’s ability to generate its own support is itself an outcome that cannot be ignored.
c) Legitimate Government There is one respect in which democratic government is certainly better than its alternative. Democratic government is a legitimate government. It may be slow, less efficient but it is people’s own legitimate government.