Outcomes of Democracy

7.Outcomes of Democracy

1.Why democracy is better than other forms of government?

Ø Promotes equality among the citizens

Ø Enhances  the dignity of the individual

Ø Improves the quality of decision making

Ø Provides a method to restore conflicts

Ø Allows room to correct mistakes

2.When people blame democracy?

Ø If some of our expectations are not met, we start blaming the idea of democracy.

Ø Democracy is just form of government. It can only create conditions for achieving something, the citizens have to take advantage of those conditions and achieve the goal.

3.Efficiency (or) Decision making

Ø Non democratic rulers do have to bother about the consultation, people opinion and also majority in assembly where as in democratic system each decision will be taken only after the consultation and judicial reviews.

Ø  Non democratic governments takes quick decision but democratic countries taking good decision. So people in the democratic system accept the decision majorly.

4.Transparency (or) Accountable

Ø Democratic governments are accountable to the people but we cannot expect this from non democratic systems.

Ø Democratic system believes that people have the right to know what is happening inside the government or in other words people have the rights to know how decision taking process takes place in the government. Ex: Right to information Act 

5.Elections

Ø In non democratic countries holding regular election nearly impossible even though elections conducted the fairness will not be there.

Ø Ex: Military rule of Myanmer denied the victory of Aung Sun Su Ki in the elections.

Ø  Whereas if you take country like India we do not have any problem in conducting the regular election but political parties and people try to violate the code of conduct in the elections.

6.Debate

Ø Public expression of dissatisfaction is not possible in the nondemocratic countries. Debates never encourages in that system, authoritative rulers try to implement their decisions, where as in democratic system the public issues will be debated in the media and all social platforms, may be all issues are not properly debated in India but the debate is exist in democratic system.

7.Economic growth and Development

Ø Democracy is not a economic policy. Democracy is not guaranty for economic growth. Democratic system stands behind the non democratic system. But democratic governments are not very much behind the non democratic governments.

Ø Little bit of difference exist, it can be acceptable because the people in democratic systems enjoy more privileges then others.

Ø All democratic regimes achieved the growth of 3.95 %

Ø All nondemocratic regimes achieved the growth of 4.45%

8.Reduction of inequality and poverty:

Ø Democratic countries are not much successful in reduction of inequality and poverty.

Ø    Countries	Ø    Top 20 %	Ø    Bottom 20%
Ø    South Africa	Ø    68%	Ø    2.9%
Ø    USA	Ø    50%	Ø    4%
Ø    UK	Ø    45%	Ø    6%

9.Accomodation of social diversity

Ø The democratic systems are best suited to produce this outcome. Non democratic systems try to suppress the minorities.

Ø The democratic systems not only accommodate the social differences but appreciate the social differences.

Ø Democratic systems has the ability to handle the social differences in a better manner than the non democratic governments.

Ø But there two condition to achieve the accommodation in democratic systems (a).The majority need to work with minority. The government should work in a general view and majority and minority views should not be permanent.

Ø (b) The majority rule means not a rule of majority community or religion or linguistic group rule, majority rule means  rule majority opinion each and every decision or election there should be possibility for all the group to attain power.  Democracy remains democracy only as long as every citizen has the chance of being in majority at some point of time.

10.Dignity and freedom of the citizens

Ø Democracies stands much superior to any other form of government in promoting the dignity and freedom of the citizens. In democracies every individual has the rights to get respected by the fellow citizens.

Ø There the guaranty through the constitution for the weaker section of the society. The violations will be considered as the crime.

Ø Dignity of women, protect of minority religions and SC/ST people in India are now protected through the constitution.

Ø There  is legal base for them to protect their rights if they think that their rights are denied.

Ø We made many laws to protect the dignity of every citizen. Ex: Eve Teasing Act, Domestic violence Act, SC/ST act etc.,

11.Examination never gets over in democracies

Ø Yes examination never gets over in democracies. The government or a society cannot be satisfied with democratic approach one issue. Each and every issue and each and every step the government need to  prove that they are democratic in policies.  If the government passes in one issue democratically other issues are waiting the queue to be resolved democratically. Democracy should become habit in the system.

12. The fact that people are complaining is itself a testimony to the success of democracy (or) A public expression of dissatisfaction with democracy shows the success of the democratic project.

Ø One of the fundamental aims of democracy is allowing the struggle against the injustice and giving the opportunity to the people to raise their voice against the mighty in the society.

Ø When people are in ignorance even though rights are there in democratic system they don’t live as democratic people but when democracy creates the belief that they can bring their desired change, we could able to see people fight for their justice.

So we can conclude where ever we see the struggle of people against the decision of the government we can understand that democracy progressing towards the betterment
R.Ayyappan