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State the merits and demerits of democracy

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Answered by Mohit0007
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MERITS OF DEMOCRACY :

 

1. The participation of the individual members in the government facilitates to enlist their sympathy and co - operation to the success of the government.

 

2. It is an effective form to educate the public about political, economic and social affairs.

 

3.     it is helpful to promote patriotism among the people and prevents occurrence of violent revolutions.

 

4.     It helps to make progress and development and enables changes to take place in a peaceful manner.

 

5.     It ensures to the people freedom of speech, conscience, assembly and action.

 

6.     It guarantees liberty and equality, which are necessary for human development.


DEMERITS OF DEMOCRACY :

 

1.     It sometimes leads to establish the majority view over the minority view. 

2.     Party leaders and political office holders in government control the citizens and the members of the party.

3.     It does not encourage individuals to give their opinions. 

4.     It is a very expensive form of government because elections have to be conducted periodically to various office.

6.     It is difficult to prevent corruption and malpractices.

7.  It is also known as government by amateurs and lead to domination of masses.

Answered by Shuddhi
16
MERITS
(1) It is more accountable form of govt.
(2) democracy improves quality of decision making.
(3) democracy provides a method to deal with differences and conflicts
(4) democracy enhances the dignity of citizens.
(5) democracy is better than other forms of government because it allows us to correct its own mistakes

DEMERITS
(1) leaders keep changing in a democracy which leads to instability.
(2) Democracy is all about political competition and political power play. Thus there is no scope of morality.
(3) So many people have to be consulted in a democracy that leads to delays.
(4) elected members do not know the best interest of the people and this leads to bad decisions.
(5) Democracy leads to corruption for it is based on electoral competition.


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