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Question 1

Appeared in Year: 2014

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Explicate the features of a deliberative democracy. (Paper-I)

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A Deliberative Democracy

  • Democracy is described as a political system where people are governed with their consent.
  • it՚s a government “of the people, by the people, for the people” .
  • There are several kinds of democracy, most popular ones being representative and direct democracies.
  • In representative democracy, voters choose their representatives and l…

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Question 2

Appeared in Year: 2014

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‘India has thrown up a form of judicial democracy that has no parallel anywhere else in the world, and has nurtured a civil society that is uniquely its own’ . (Bhikhu Parekh) (Paper-I)

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India՚s Judicial Democracy

  • Democracy is often defined as a system of governance where people manage their affairs either directly or through elected representatives.
  • Representatives are elected on the basis of who got the greater number of votes.
  • India has a Parliamentary democracy where citizens elect their representatives directly into its lower hou…

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Question 3

Appeared in Year: 2015

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Difference between participatory and deliberative democracy

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Participatory and Deliberative Democracy

  • Democracy is a system of governance where laws are created with consent of the people.
  • There are several kinds of democracies such as representative, participatory (direct) , deliberative, social or socialist/Marxist democracy.
  • Participatory democracy is also called direct democracy as in this, people directly …

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Question 4

Appeared in Year: 2016

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Explicate the features of representative democracy.

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Features of Representative Democracy

  • There are several types of democracies around the world and representative democracy is the oldest and the most popular one.
  • Representative democracy is the one where people choose their own representative and put him in a position of power.
  • This representative then exercises political power on behalf of his voters…

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Question 5

Appeared in Year: 2017

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Deliberative democracy doesn՚t have its salience without participation and participatory democracy doesn՚t have credence without deliberations. Comment.

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Deliberative Democracy and Participative Democracy

  • Democracy is a political system that governs through will of the people.
  • Different cultures have had different understanding of the idea of “People՚s Will” .
  • English scholars such as Locke saw people՚s will being represented through popular representatives who make laws on behalf of the people.

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Question 6

Appeared in Year: 2018

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Critically examine Macpherson՚s views on democracy.

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CB Macpherson

  • CB Macpherson was a political scientist belonging to the Canadian Idealist school of thought. He was a passionate supporter of liberal democracies which has a basis in rationalism, humanism and individualism. In his essay, Democratic Theory, Macpherson explains the transfer and sharing of powers in a liberal democratic setup. He begins…

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Question 7

Appeared in Year: 2018

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Write Note on: Substantive democracy

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Substantive Democracy

  • Democracy is a political system where the power is held by the citizens of the state. The sovereign leaders do not govern in the name of a divine authority but do so through the will of the people. The leaders themselves are elected by the people and they serve their term based on an established Rule of Law. Democracy can be of…

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Question 8

Appeared in Year: 2019

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Deliberative Democracy

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Democracy

  • Democracy is a very ancient political system in which people govern their own affairs through consensus.
  • It is a system described as “of the people, for the people, by the people” .
  • Securing consensus among large populations is not an easy task. Hence, various democratic systems evolved.
  • Representative democracy is the oldest form, where peop…

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Question 9

Appeared in Year: 2015

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Explicate the features of deliberative democracy.

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Democracy means that participation of people. However, in the modern societies there has been emergence of the representative democracies. According to Elitists and Pluralists, these have been reduced to a market mechanism of the interest articulation and interest formation.

It՚s a democracy where deliberation is central to that of decision making. …

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