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प्रश्न
"Democracy produces an accountable, responsive and legitimate government". Support the statement with arguments.
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उत्तर
- Since it is the government of the people, a democratic government is referred to as a legitimate government.
- Democratic governments have a very good record when it comes to sharing information with citizens and are much better than any non-democratic regime in this respect. Democracy is attentive to the needs and demands of the people and is largely free of corruption.
- There is one respect in which democratic government is certainly better than its alternatives: democratic government is legitimate government. It may be slow, less efficient, and not always very responsive or clean. But a democratic government is people’s own government.
- People want to be governed by representatives they have chosen. Democracy gains credibility by being able to gain support on its own.
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