Is Democracy Still Relevant in Our Society?

ALBUKHARY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY JALAN TUN ABDUL RAZAK 05200 ALOR SETAR KEDAH DARUL AMAN MALAYSIA Students Details Name: Mohd Rafiq Bin Mohamad Mazlan Matric No: 111100075 Trimester/Year: 2/2013 School: School of Business Assignment Details Course Title: Seminar on Current Affairs Course Code: SHH1013 Assignment title: Research Paper Topic: Is Democracy Still Relevant in Our Society? Affirmation I thusly pronounce that this task is close to home work, and doesn't include written falsification or conspiracy. MOHD RAFIQ MOHAMAD MAZLAN †¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦. Date: 05 APRIL 2013 Is Democracy Still Relevant in Our Society? 1. 0 INTRODUCTIONRecently, there are numerous policy centered issues and issues that occurred in certain nations where the majority rules system framework is applied. One such model is in Egypt and Syria. Thusly, the inquiry that consistently emerges in our psyche, is majority r ules system still pertinent in our general public? In view of the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Democracy implies an arrangement of government where everybody in the nation can cast a ballot to choose its individuals. Despite the fact that a few gatherings state that majority rules system isn't important in our general public these days, I for one stand firm to state that popular government is as yet significant as it gets numerous advantages to us terms of financial matters and legislative issues. . 0 PROBLEM DEFINITION The primary reason for me to pick this point is on the grounds that it depends on my present perception. From what I watched, I have seen numerous nations which apply the arrangement of majority rules system in their nation are unmistakably more evolved than those nations which utilize other type of Government. What are the real factors behind the majority rule government framework? Does it still relevant to certain nations and what are the advantages, favorable circumstances or even points of interest of having this framework in a nation? Those are questions that consistently emerge on the off chance that we examine about vote based system system.Therefore by doing this exploration paper, it is trusted that the idea of majority rule government framework will be more clear to us by looking at it in two unique angles which are the preferences and impediments of popular government to a nation. For this exploration paper, I have utilized a strategy where the contentions are separated into three sections and in each part, there will be points of interest and burdens of majority rule government framework with some supporting subtleties. 3. 0ARGUMENTS 3. 1ARGUMENT I It is no uncertainty that popular government brings numerous advantages and focal points to a nation and yet it does likewise welcome some negative impacts on economy of a country.From Acemoglu and Robinson, a MIT market analyst and a Harvard political specialist, they refe renced that vote based system in financial aspects lead to disparity of economy to the residents. Other than that, from an article, ‘Why Democracy Is Wrong’, it referenced that vote based system has carried disparity to certain nations. In this article, it referenced that popular government has neglected to dispense with disparity at worldwide level and it additionally referenced that in some majority rule states, there is imbalance of riches and income.In option, from an examination paper, ‘Democracy and Economic Development’ by Adam Przeworski, from Department of Politics, New York University, he referenced that vote based system in a nation doesn't ensure a nation to be a created nation as he gave one model in Mali where in 1985, Mali confronted a money related emergency and had a low for every capita salary of $532 and a similar issue occurred in France where on that year France had per capita pay of $12206 and developed at the pace of 1. 43 percent. De spite what might be expected, majority rules system is certainly not an essential factor that makes a nation to have a monetary emergency. I don't accept that vote based system fundamentally prompts improvement. I accept that what a nation needs to create is discipline more than democracy† (Lee Kuan Yew refered to in The Economist, August 17,1994, p. 15). From a book, ‘Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy’, it referenced that majority rules system has helped one nation to be a created and one such model given is Singapore. Singapore was positioned in the main situation by Bloomberg Businessweek in 2009 as the most serious nation in the world.In expansion, from a book composed by Rainer Heufers, ‘The Politics of Democracy in Malaysia’, she referenced that popular government is one of the variables that have helped Malaysia as far as financial matters to be one of the most quickest developing regions in this locale. (Kurzman, Werum, and Burkha rt, 2002) referenced that popular government is useful for speculation and simultaneously it positively affects financial development as it develops in an atmosphere of freedom, free-streaming data, and property rights secure from the self-assertive intensity of the state. . 2ARGUMENT II Democracy likewise assumes a huge job in keeping up a decent and a stable political condition in one nation. Then again, it additionally acquires some negative effects governmental issues of a nation. In an article composed by Manali Oak, she referenced that not all residents know about the political situation in their own nation accordingly this by one way or another settles on individuals settling on an off-base decision during political decision and from Christopher Ryan Maboloc, a Chair of the PhilosophyDivision at the Ateneo de Davao University, he referenced that vote based system in legislative issues is powerless in light of the fact that the chosen party that has won the political race does n't ensure a nation to be a created nation in one term. What's more, from Alessandro Pellegata, an alum from School in Social, Economic and Political Studies, Universita degli Studi in Milano, in his paper, he referenced that majority rule government framework may prompt higher political defilement contrast with certain fascisms and absolutisms. This is on the grounds that a few government officials or priests in a nation may have some concealed motivation for their very own advantages and purposes.For model, from the yearly audit of debasement in Asia by the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) in March 21, 2012, India as the world’s biggest majority rule government nation is recorded as the most undermined nations in Asia and this followed by Indonesia and Cambodia. Be that as it may, then again, majority rule government helps a few nations in making their nations become stable. This is demonstrated from an article by Tusha Gupta, where she referenced that vote ba sed system helps in making a steady government as it depends on people’s trust and support.Again, she referenced that vote based system will make a nation turns into a reasonable and an only nation, as it depends on the rule of equity. This is on the grounds that the ‘real democracy’ implies the correspondence and opportunity everything being equal and having equivalent access to authoritative procedures and are commonly secured by a constitution (The Democracy Sourcebook, 2003). This can be demonstrated from the vast majority of the nations where popular government is applied are created nations. From World Bank in 2010, it expressed that there are thirty two nations recorded as created nations and the greater part of them are vote based system countries.A majority rule government nation has three preferences. There are politically steady, financially steady and globally steady. This is on the grounds that most evolved nations don't experience the ill effects of genuine decreases in economy and they don't have numerous issues, for example, wars with different nations on account of the solidness in legislative issues and financial aspects and this outcome to a serene nation (Richard Bruce, 2011). 3. 3 ARGUMENT III what's more, popular government does somehow or another give negative effects on the good and moral angles. From Tusha Gupta, she referenced that vote based system will bring down the good standard.This is on the grounds that the applicants will utilize any sorts of ways despite the fact that the ways are considered as exploitative for what it's worth to guarantee that they will win the political decision. One such model is cash power works inseparably to guarantee that one will win and beat the contenders. Other than that, majority rules system could likewise give terrible impact by the ideological groups. From an online article by Pearson, it referenced ideological group is a segment and key of a majority rule government framewo rk however lamentably in some cases the gathering individuals neglect the enthusiasm of the state to support their own party.In request to guarantee that they will get the force, they will here and there training the corrupt ways, instigating scorn and furthermore spreading standing sentiments. This will influence and give an awful impact on the national character. Unexpectedly, a few academicians and government officials accept that vote based system can help in making a decent, good and develop resident. From Alexis de Tocqueville, an extraordinary French political scholar and logician, he referenced that majority rules system is the primary school of good citizenship. Residents take in their privileges and obligations from birth till death in it.This is on the grounds that majority rules system makes an appropriate situation for the advancement of character ingraining great propensities among the residents. From Mansi Chitransi (2009), he referenced that majority rules system is a piece of a social duty towards their country. This is a decent virtue where individuals accomplish the feeling of commitment for their nation through choosing the ideal individuals to lead the nation. They will get the opportunity to stand up their perspectives through democratic. This will likewise make the sentiment of belongingness towards their general public and its well-being.From my sincere belief, vote based system brings advantages to the individuals of a nation. In view of my experience, majority rule government makes a develop and savvy individual in intuition. This is on the grounds that one of the components in vote based system is we are allowed to pick and to choose anybody for be our agent and so as to pick an individual, we must be extremely basic in our choice and know about the present circumstance with the goal that we can pick the correct individual to run the administration. 4. Taking everything into account, popular government has been viewed as a significan t impact in modernizing a nation. It is demonstrated that majority rule government has changed numerous nations from a third orld nation to be a first world nation and it is demonstrated by the article from The Council on Foreign Relatio