The Story of Indian Democracy — Sociology STD 12 Humanities — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 HumanitiesSociologyThe Story of Indian Democracy4 Marks
Question
Discuss various forms of democracy.
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Answer
Direct Democracy: Direct Democracywhere all citizens, without the intermediary of elected or appointed officials, can participate in making public decisions. Such a system is To clearly only practical with relatively small number of people. For example, in a community organisation or tribal council. In modern societies, it is difficult to practice direct democracy because of size and complexity.
Representative Democracy: Representative Democracy in which citizens elect officials to make political decisions, formulate laws and administer programmes for the public good. Ours is a representative democracy, where citizen has the important right to vote her/ his representative. People elect representatives at all levels from Panchayats, Municipal Boards, State Assemblies and Parliament.
Participatory Democracy: Participatory Democracy is a system of democracy in which the members of a group or community participate collectively in all the major decisions. Panchayati Raj is an important example of decentralized and grass root democracy.
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