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Originally Posted by out of place
Not many people seem to have done the democracy wala essayy...but this is the one i did.."Democracy is a culture rather than a process"
Length: 15 pages
The gist of my essay was:
" Democracy is a broad concept. It cannot be confined to a process of
elections or parliaments. Democracy is a culture. It comprises of a
set of values, norms, beliefs, customs, habits and traditions. It is
not just a process and thus it cannot be exported or replicated
throughout the world. Instead, it has to grow from within. Like any
other culture, it has to strike roots in the psyche of the people.
Only then does it stand a chance to succeed. "
but the outline was little brief, i guess:
Outline:
1- INTRODUCTION
2-CONSTITUENTS OF THE CULTURE OF DEMOCRACY
a) will of the people
i) elections: form
ii) no authoritarianism: essence
b) some other core values of the culture of democracy
(inside these, i wrote a few paragraphs on values such as equal opportunities,
tolerance, pluralism, transparency, accountability, justice, freedom,
rule of law etc)
3- FLOURISHING DEMOCRACIES: DEMOCRACY AS A CULTURE
a) U.K
b) U.S
4- FLAWED DEMOCRACIES: DEMOCRACY AS A PROCESS
a) Pakistan
b) Iraq
c) Egypt
5- CONCLUSION
( which, by the way, was spread over almost 1.75 pages
i-e almost 2 sides of one paper and had a bit of recommendations- to
the effect of letting the culture of democracy to grow, education,
awareness etc- fitted into it too)
so what say? any comments on my attempt?
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Well. it's nice approach. What I did, was on scientific grounds as applied the Deduction theory of scientific method by classifying the characteristics of both first then fitting Democracy in one frame. U.K, U.S, French, Pakistani Democratic cultures are also included in my Essay in reasoning by examples of the features. Btw, according to the topic outline must be precise and brief and page count too of same quantity: 15 or so. Let me paste the outline here.
Objective: To support the stance
1. Introduction (Thesis statement underlined: having the route of writing in that).
2. Definitions
...a. Culture
...b. Process
3. Differences between Culture and Process
...a. Diversity
...b. Flexibility
...c. Permanence
...d. Evolutionary being
4. Democracy fits into Cultural frame
...a. What Democracy is!
...b. How it is a Culture rather than a Process
.....i. With Historical and Contemporary events (Examples from the Political history and Current developments)
.....ii. Opinions of Political Scientists
.....iii. Logical Reasoning
5. Criticism and Answers
6. Conclusion (Concluding Remarks underlined)