To ‘govern’, in its broadest sense, is to rule or exercise control over others.'(Andrew Heywood) History has generated and produced different types of regimes which citizens of a country remain structured and cohesive. As mankind has adapted, governments have willingly followed and thus become updated with 21st century. Although there have controversial issues, society has adapted from the ancient Greek times to modern 21st century, one type of government which still exists even today is known as, democracy, which has proven to be the most effective and adaptive type of governmental system. As quoted by (Winston Churchill) ‘democracy is the best form of government that has existed’. Personally, I believe this is a true statement this is because democracy is reliant and thrives on the needs of society which makes an impact to a country; therefore, giving them the ability to maintain the right to choose, over time it adapts and fixed concerns, leading to people having the right to elect the person they see appropriate and worthy of leadership and they can even remove them from power once they believe they no longer live up to expectation or believe that the country is need of a better leader.
Democracy, is known as Parliamentary styled democracy, it is thoroughly relied on by the citizens. Seeing that the desired party as a mass is voted in, debatable issues and disagreement is not an issue in comparison to other democratic styles. Therefore, the ‘volume of people who can achieve power is confined so democracy can be considered to be just. If the head of a political party has a concerning mask, being voted is unlikely. The head of a party leads the party, instead of the party representing him which produces a fair government’ (Blais Andre)
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In addition, democracy preserves the right of preference. These components have the highest control this is because people can codify decisions based on their cultural, religion and interpersonal beliefs that outline who they are. People want a political party that shows what the population interprets themselves and in order to achieve this, the party must principally base their policies on the people’s desires and needs. The party most suited to the demographic concerned, are the ones voted in and become the chosen party.”
”Also, instating the right to vote and choose a country leader encourages the citizens to speak out against an unruly and worthy leader thus express their voice and allow change to take place. When majority citizens disagree, or are distressed with a particular party’s policies and beliefs, they can remove their title of leadership from them. Just because a party is elected, does not mean that they will remain in power for the entire length given to them, this can be seen to happen to (Margret Thatcher). The presence of foreseeable change is crucial as this helps improve the degree of satisfaction associated within societies and their current governmental system. For example, in (Spain in 1982), ‘when the Prime Minister of Spain Leopolodo Calvo Sotelo was removed from his party because he supported what the people wanted, the people in office forcibly made him resign’.”
Finally, democracy is a government that is capable and can adapt to change. The high courts, allows adjustments to be feasible, for example, if the majority hinders on a minority groups’ rights, over time, the legislature will adjust and adapt, which therefore establishes the number of those who were previously attacked. Overall, democracy makes the necessary clarifications needed in order to be kept updated with societies development.
(Eliasoph Nina), discusses in the book ‘avoiding politics about political apathy, that is not natural in people’. She pleas that analysis is power. By conducting a variety of studies in the bay area to see why people are not politically educated and why they do not value politics. The key aspect of democracy is the overall participation and commitments from the citizens in politics. Majority of citizens do not understand the power of a simple vote and the impact it has on democracy. Within the study she realised that people do not engage in because they believe that they can’t make a difference and no matter how much they preach their voice will not be heard and their views will not be listened to, thus why they do not participate, they feel they don’t have power. According to the author, norms, culture and values play a vital act in the way of thinking which is why people don’t talk about politics. If a society doesn’t interact with politics a democracy can never expand, the citizens within a country are the main source of democracy, and without the people’s voices democracy would not exist and we would currently be under a dictatorship regime.
The type of government that has power for decades with success is autocratic communism; therefore, communism is the best form of government to be compared with democracy. Communism was centered on a revolution that was absolutely necessary for the country to spread from capitalism to socialism (Kopstein, Sept 26). In addition, communism execrate peoples desires for material goods, making them disposal (Kopstein, Sept 26). Primarily, by demolishing the opportunity of choice, almost instantly produces a sense of fear among citizens which deters them from speaking out against their current ruler due to fear. The purpose of communism is advancing industrialization to move forwards with socialism. (Janos, Andrew C)
Unlike democracy where elections are highlighted, the proletariat rule in communist regimes (Kopstein, Sep 26). The proletariats are the ones working in factories, and factories influence the production of industries, which in turn increase industrialization. Having a selective focus, such as industrialization, prevents a regime from being adaptive. Apparent faults with the system are not addressed, so the people are alternatively forced to adapt.”
Communism is not widespread today because they unreservedly ignore people ‘needs. People do not want to live in a society where they are limited in choice. Democracy is more valuable to citizens because of the participation involved in making decisions; thus, making it the best governmental system to use.
Democracy has its flaws and issues this is because democracies are gradual, and they slowly adapt to citizen’s needs. For example, ‘the United States handled African Americans rights;’ (Harowitz, Donald L.) however, the procedure of these people achieving rights was lengthy, this is because tailoring towards democracies is demanding, therefore the process was exceptionally slow. Even though the problem was resolved, due to the time it took for it to take place, several people were abused and mistreated leading to some lives lost.”
Furthermore, democracy can be known to be corrupted (Sen, Ronojoy). For example, in (India) the politicians are voted in based on the castes of hierarchy statuses and prosperity. The citizens do not have certainty on their politicians because the results are determined by internal factors that have no relationship with politics and policies which effect the citizens of the country or the countries overall needs. Nonetheless, India has made some improvements towards resolving these perplexities. Because India is known to be democratic they are recreating trust between the people of India. Despite the fact the procedure is slow and not swift, India is improving their current living situation and therefore becoming more democratic.
Ultimately without governments, the world would be in a mess. Applicable norms and values that oppress people would not subsist. Alternative approaches of bureaucracies have been formed but the one that seems to be most effective is democracy. Democracies central burden is the needs of the people thus known as for the people by the people. After all the regiment is adjusted on the people who live within it, it can be modified to adapt to the current required needs, by producing responsible leaders, rejecting unreliable leader, and just to new societal requirements. Other branches of government, such as communism, are not as practical because it is, unreliable on choice and rights, and produces fear in people and their rights.
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