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Disadvantages Of Liberal Democracy

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Table of contents: 1. Cover page: Page 1 2. Table of contents: Page 2 3. Introduction: Page 3 4. Body: Page 4 5. Conclusion: Page 6 6. Bibliography: Page 6 Introduction: This an age old argument on whether the people should be ruled by one single all powerful leader who isn’t challenged or a leader who is democratically elected into power. In this academic piece I will be looking at the benefits and pitfalls of each form of government as well as give a few examples of each and decide if they were successful. Multiple sources will be used from print media to internet sources to give a thorough look into what ‘Totalitarianism’ and ‘liberal democracies’ are. Conceptual Orientation: • Democratic: Government by the people, …show more content…

It also entails that the leaders have to be elected and therefore given permission to rule the people (Governmentvs.com, 2017). It puts individualism, freedom, toleration and constitutionalism, reason, consent, and toleration (Heywood, 2013) amongst other key ideas within liberal democracy first. Disadvantages of Liberal Democracy: The disadvantages of liberal democracy are far and few, but there are disadvantages. One of these is how slow its processes are because there are many people who make decisions this is due to the lack of power concentration (Governmentvs.com, 2017). These the two biggest disadvantages are very big thorns in liberal democracies side. Examples of totalitarian states: The two biggest and most recent examples have to be Hitler’s Nazi Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Russia (USSR). To give an idea if they were successful we have to look at pre, during and post …show more content…

TheFreeDictionary.com. (2017). liberal. [online] Available at: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/liberal [Accessed 31 Mar. 2017]. 3. TheFreeDictionary.com. (2017). totalitarian. [online] Available at: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/totalitarian [Accessed 31 Mar. 2017]. 4. Reference. (2017). What are the advantages and disadvantages of Totalitarianism?. [online] Available at: https://www.reference.com/world-view/advantages-disadvantages-totalitarianism-4122c09ee9d8b844# [Accessed 31 Mar. 2017]. 5. Anon, (2017). [online] Available at: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-benefits-of-being-under-totalitarian-rule [Accessed 31 Mar. 2017]. 6. Heywood, A. (2013). Politics. 4th ed. London: Palgrave Macmillan, p.71. 7. Governmentvs.com. (2017). Characteristics of Totalitarian. [online] Available at: http://www.governmentvs.com/en/characteristics-of-totalitarian/model-58-3 [Accessed 31 Mar. 2017]. 8. Governmentvs.com. (2017). Characteristics of Liberal Democracy. [online] Available at: http://www.governmentvs.com/en/characteristics-of-liberal-democracy/model-53-3 [Accessed 31 Mar. 2017]. 9. Dictionary.com. (2017). the definition of individualism. [online] Available at: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/individualism [Accessed 31 Mar.

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