PPT-Democracy & Human Rights

By Dr Subir Kumar Roy Associate Professor Department of Law amp Registrar Addl Charge Bankura University T he core object of democracy rests upon the idea of equal human worth or dignity and human self determination or autonomy. Big Idea: . The people of Athens tried many different forms of government before creating a democracy. Main Ideas: . Aristocrats and tyrants ruled early Athens. Athens created the world’s first democracy. Democracy is both a sacred and a promiscuous word. We all love her but we see her differently. She is hard to pin down. Everyone claims her but no one can possess or even name her fully. To give any definition for a class to learn would not be particularly democratic. To have any open-ended discussion about possible meanings could be reasonably democratic. Perhaps like ‘. characterisation of democracy. (with additional features by KK. ). • basic value of democracy 1: . the principle of equality. - the equalisation of conditions. - as a strife to treat everyone as equal (≈ equally valuable as human beings). “If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost. .” . Atistotle. Civics. Political Economy of the Global South. Prof. Tyson Roberts. What is Democracy?. “that institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the people’s vote” (Schumpeter 1947). JYOTI. Assistant Professor. Department of Political Science. PGGC-11. Chandigarh. Democracy is the most popular and the most talked about form of the modern era.. Dicey, “Democracy is the form of government in which governing body is comparatively a large fraction of the entire nation.”. Daily Dilemma #4: . Which is better, a government that is highly responsive to public opinion on all matters or one that responds to organized groups that argue their case effectively? . Introduction. Democracy in EU Policy and MENA Perceptions After the Arab Uprisings. The Arab . Transformations . Project: Political, Economic, and Social Transformations in the Middle East and North Africa. Andrea Teti. Guiding Question – What are the basic concepts of democracy?. Student Objectives:. Understand the foundations of democracy.. Analyze the connections between democracy and the free enterprise system.. Democracy: Rule by . the People. . Two Types:. A. Direct (pure): rule by the people . themselves.. B. Indirect (representative): rule . by elected representatives.. Why did democracy give way to militarism in Japan? L/O – To identify and examine how Japanese democracy was undermined and why it collapsed in 1932 Japan between the Wars Between 1918 and 1932, Japanese politics went through a period known as ‘ Presented by Mrs. Franca . Ofor.  . ECOWAS was founded by the Treaty of 26 May 1975 entered into by 15 West African States. . The overall objective of ECOWAS is to promote co-operation and integration in order to create an economic and monetary union aimed at the economic growth and development of the sub- region.. in Korea. Presentation at Korea Law Center of Berkeley, Aug. 30. th. 2018. Prof. . Kuk-Woon. LEE, Handong University, Korea(S). 1. A Musing upon Candlelight . Rally 2016-7 in Seoul. 2. 1. . A Trinitarian Theory of . Early Democracy vs Modern Democracy. Common claim: . Europeans invented democracy.. But. . if we see the ‘consent of the people’ as the defining feature of democratic rule, then democracy is a relatively common system of rule in human...