POLS 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ramachandra Guha, World Policy Journal, Jawaharlal Nehru
17 Jan 2018
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Week 6: democratic states (february 15, 18 (q-day) and 27: o"neil, democratic regimes, chapter 5 in essentials of comparative politics, ramachandra guha, democracy"s biggest gamble: india"s first free elections in 1952, world. Defining democracy: democracy comes from the greek words, demos, meaning the common people, and kratia, which means power, power in the hands of the people. Democratic rule: democracy assumes that the people are capable of ruling themselves. It is defined by o"neil as follows: political power exercised either directly or indirectly through participation. Competition, and liberty. : democracy is also defined by others in procedural terms, democracy is a political system that holds relatively fair, contested elections on a regular basis . The word democracy has an inherently positive connotation for many people: things that are. Democratic" are good; things that are undemocratic" are bad. (o"neil, p. 140 5th ed.
