Humanities & Social Sciences

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Merits of Democracy:
1. The participation of the individual members in the government facilitates to enlist their sympathy and cooperation to the success of the government.
2. It is an effective form to educate the public about political, economic and social affairs.
3. it is helpful to promote patriotism among the people and prevents the occurrence of violent revolutions.
4. It helps to make progress and development and enables changes to take place in a peaceful manner.
5. It ensures to the people freedom of speech, conscience, assembly and action.
6. It guarantees liberty and equality, which are necessary for human development.
Demerits of Democracy:
1. It sometimes leads to establish the majority view over the minority view.
2. Party leaders and political office holders in government control the citizens and the members of the party.
3. It does not encourage individuals to give their opinions.
4. It is a very expensive form of government because elections have to be conducted periodically to various
5. office.
6. It is difficult to prevent corruption and malpractices.
It is also known as government by amateurs and lead to domination of masses.