Why do we expect lot from democracy?
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This is a big question, and there are many ways of answering it. The most popular way is to simply say what you, yourself, expect of government, and attribute this to the population at large. We hear politicians and opinion-makers doing this all the time. 'What the people of Australia expect of this government', John Howard will typically say, before he will then go on to answer with his own preferred version of what he thinks they should expect.
In this brief talk, let me try to answer the question another way. What I want to suggest is that people generally expect governments to be engaged with content. They expect government to be engaged with the content in the policy areas that have been established as a consequence of our political processes, with the content of the problems that affect the lives of the citizens they lead and represent, with the content of the issues that affect the interests of the nation in general over which they exercise authority.
These scarcely seem unreasonable or controversial expectations. To say that people expect governments to be engaged in the content of their job might strike you, not as an answer to the question posed by this topic, but as evasive sophistry. Instead of answering the question, you might think that I've merely re-stated it. What does government do if it's not engaged in the content of the areas over which it has authority and responsibility?
What I will suggest is that, in many areas, perhaps most, government has abdicated from an interest in content in favour of governing according to formula. Instead of governing according to content, government has been reduced to method. What this means is that, instead of a democracy, we have a technocracy; instead of a government that really knows what things it's doing, we have one that only knows how to do things.
In this brief talk, let me try to answer the question another way. What I want to suggest is that people generally expect governments to be engaged with content. They expect government to be engaged with the content in the policy areas that have been established as a consequence of our political processes, with the content of the problems that affect the lives of the citizens they lead and represent, with the content of the issues that affect the interests of the nation in general over which they exercise authority.
These scarcely seem unreasonable or controversial expectations. To say that people expect governments to be engaged in the content of their job might strike you, not as an answer to the question posed by this topic, but as evasive sophistry. Instead of answering the question, you might think that I've merely re-stated it. What does government do if it's not engaged in the content of the areas over which it has authority and responsibility?
What I will suggest is that, in many areas, perhaps most, government has abdicated from an interest in content in favour of governing according to formula. Instead of governing according to content, government has been reduced to method. What this means is that, instead of a democracy, we have a technocracy; instead of a government that really knows what things it's doing, we have one that only knows how to do things.
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yes my is neither short nor too long.
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because it provide hospital to the people.
it works in construction of canal , road.
people select that who will govern them.
it fight against criminals.
it ruled over country very properly..
mark me as branliest please
it works in construction of canal , road.
people select that who will govern them.
it fight against criminals.
it ruled over country very properly..
mark me as branliest please
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