The ten merits and demerits of Democracy as listed in Political Theory and Political Thought by Arora & Aswathy (2007) are as follows
2. An ethical concept
3. Alike considerations for all citizens
4. Cooperation between the specialists and laymen
5. Public Education
6. Ennoblement of the people
7. Patriotism
8. Reduction of the danger of revolution
9. Responsiveness
10. Responsibility
2. Oligarchy of the worst type
3. Rule of the political parties
4. Rule of the ignorance
5. Cult of incompetence
6. Psychological case against Democracy
7. Government of the people - not practicable
8. Expensive
9. Bribery and corruption
10. Ill-education
It is impossible to go into everything here in any great detail therefore I will attempt to give a brief overview of some of the major tenets outlined above.
- The 10 merits of Democracy
2. An ethical concept
3. Alike considerations for all citizens
4. Cooperation between the specialists and laymen
5. Public Education
6. Ennoblement of the people
7. Patriotism
8. Reduction of the danger of revolution
9. Responsiveness
10. Responsibility
- The 10 demerits of Democracy
2. Oligarchy of the worst type
3. Rule of the political parties
4. Rule of the ignorance
5. Cult of incompetence
6. Psychological case against Democracy
7. Government of the people - not practicable
8. Expensive
9. Bribery and corruption
10. Ill-education
It is impossible to go into everything here in any great detail therefore I will attempt to give a brief overview of some of the major tenets outlined above.
- The merits of Democracy in a nut shell
- The demerits of Democracy in a nut shell