Polarized politics : issues and challenges of democracy in Pakistan
 

What is your take on the outline ? Any CSP ?

(1)Introduction

(2)understanding the key features of democracy

(3)Issues and callenges of democracy

a) skewed civil military dynamics lie at the heart of democratic crisis
b) ossified education system is posing grave threat to democracy
c)Centralized power dynamics has resulted in political polarization
d)The contemporary wave of nationalism has given rise to ‘right wing politics’
e) Global sectarianism has spill over effects for democracy in pakistan
f) Economic disparities also resulted in political polarization
g) low political participation of women resulted in political polarization
h) baised role of media
i) weak judicial system

4) The scandinavian model :a true reflection of functional democracy

5)The other side : hopes for democracy in pakistan
a) Decentralization post 18th amendment will reduce Political Polarization
b) Succesive democratic governments
c) inclusion of opposition in institutional appointments

4) conclusion

Before making any judgement, I'd like to know what do you understand by "Polarized Politics".

basically political differences , lack of consensus , disparities in power distribution and resource distribution

Yes!
-Polarized politics means lack of tolerance for opposing views/beliefs turning democracy into a limited democracy or autocracy.
(like in Pakistan where government is coming hard on dissent and media)

-Polarized politics means politics exercised through the lens of identity politics where each identity plays a politics on the basis of zero sum game thereby making democracy non-inclusive.
(Like in Pakistan the wave of radical feminism or the politics by majority against the minorities)

-Polarized politics emanates from dynastic political framework making democracy non-participatory.
(Pakistan is replete with examples of dynastic politics)

-Next point that comes into my mind is that of penetration of post-modernism into the democratic framework. ( Here i cannot think of any example that pertains to Pakistan)

So all in all, I found the essay to be a difficult one to attempt because it was not just about democracy but to argue over the challenges faced by democracy due to polarization of politics.

I was short of arguments on this in exam.