Sunday, September 1, 2013

Explain three challenges of democracy.

Another
challenge to democracy is that even a
free and fair election of leaders does not necessarily
guarantee good and
honest leaders who will do well for the people in a country.  A leader can be

elected with dire consequences, corruption, unequal enforcement of law, repression of
rights
such as freedom of speech or freedom of religion, control of the
media, military law, or any
number of other measures that most democratic
nations believe are an anathema for a true
democracy.  There are leaders who
were voted in and did away with term limits, leaders who have
imposed
theocratic governance, and elected leaders who maintained their power through

intimidation. This is why a democracy without a constitution upheld by its courts is not
a
fully...

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