Essays on Democracy

The NITI Aayog, established in 2015, is one of Indian democracy’s youngest institutions. It has been entrusted with the mandate of re-imagining the development agenda by dismantling old-style central planning. As the Indian economy rapidly integrated with the global economy contradictions arose between central planning...

This article can best be interpreted through the dynamics of conflict theory. The ruling party is attempting to assert their authority over those whose political leanings are non-congruent with their stated values, and is inflaming discord among the voting populace by fanning the flames of...

Increase in power of the executive branch, the judiciary becoming politicized, various offensives towards the independent media, using public office to obtain personal benefits—the signs of democratic recession are well known. What is surprising is where we are seeing this phenomenon. As Fareed Zakaria put...

A resemblance between modern day Western democracy and the systems of political administrations practiced in many pre-colonial African kingdoms is that the presence of a leader, although they had different titles, still served a similar purpose as being the representative of society. In centralized federations...

Political participation is important for democracy for the improvement of human advancement. The future of a nation as well as other elements rely upon the willingness of the general population. The accomplishment of a democratic society requires motivation of the general population to be sovereign....

Democracy has been what defines the United States since the founding of the country. The first Americans to inhabit the new nation wanted to have freedoms from Great Britain. These freedoms include religious persecution, and freedom to do and say what they please. The Declaration...

There are many different historical events that have shaped Greece into what it is today, but the most dominant one would be is the start of democracy. Greece has a long history of struggling with the Government. Still to this day they have problems with...

There’s a lot of literature that suggests that there’s a negative relationship between growth and debt. The authors look at 17 OECD countries to see if this true. A key factor in this is that all of the countries have high levels of democracy. One...

In countries around the world and across many time periods, people living in oppressive societies have desired change. This desire has often evolved into revolution. Unfortunately, much of the time people revolt in an unorganized manner and are so focused on ousting a current regime...

When I read the topic of this essay, I wasn’t confident in my naive political views. I began to educate myself on politics and our current political climate. I concluded the idea that liberty, equal opportunity, and democracy could be further improved given our country’s...