Democracy refers to a government of the people, for the people, and by the people.”(Abraham Lincoln). Democracy emanates from a Greek word Demokratia which translates to the rule of people. In other words, power rests with people in democracy. (Britannica.com). Democracy is a form of governance in which the supreme powers are vested in the hands of people and is exercised by them indirectly or directly through a system of representation usually involving periodic fair elections (http://www.zesn
Democracy emanates from a Greek word Demokratia which means the rule of people. In Geek context, it excluded slaves, foreigners and women. It was only men participating however the trend changed (Britannica.com). “Democracy refers to a government of the people, for the people, and by the people.”-Abraham Lincoln. Democracy refers to a system of governance in which the supreme powers are vested in the hands of people and is exercised by them indirectly or directly through a system of representation
Democracy emanates from a Greek word Demokratia which means the rule of people. In Geek context, it excluded slaves, foreigners and women. It was only men participating however the trend changed (Britannica.com). “Democracy refers to a government of the people, for the people, and by the people.”-Abraham Lincoln. Democracy refers to a system of governance in which the supreme powers are vested in the hands of people and is exercised by them indirectly or directly through a system of representation
decision-making; enhancing democracy; to promoting child protection; enhancing children’s skills; empowering and enhancing self-esteem Sinclair and Franklin (2000), as cited in (Sinclair, 2004:108). Therefore, for child participation to be meaningful, the process should contribute to the above mentioned prosepcts. In Kitante, the children won a school bus through the debate and quiz competitons, they also participated in Bank of Uganda essay competitions and won 1 million Uganda shillings equivalent
beginning of Soeharto’s period until the end of Soeharto’s period, Indonesia centralized the national regime. Indonesia determined to apply a policy of decentralization that became effective on January 1st, 2001. This essay would explain the failure of Indonesian decentralization, whereas this essay only has one area of focus, the failure of distribution of power. Why decentralization in Indonesia has failed? The main factor of this failure has been started in the first time Indonesia apply decentralization
around 200.000 Tutsi fled to neighbouring countries following discrimination, persecution and mass killings . Some of them gathered into armed groups (the so-called ‘inyenzi’) and launched unsuccessful attacks in Rwanda . The issue of Tutsi refugees in Uganda was also central to the creation of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) in 1979 and to their invasion of Rwanda in 1990
express the needs and aspirations of the people. Local government is defined as the government at grassroots level entrusted with performing functions that concern day to day public needs such as roads, water supply and sanitation (Lekorwe, 2000). This essay will look at the importance of local government. Furthermore, the writer will also discuss why improving the local government is so significant in the development process of developing countries. Local government is important in every nation that
of them being intrastate. Nations have either been under threat, in the midst of civil war or on the road to negotiating peace. The effects that come with armed conflicts have been damaging to nation’s growth and security (Akokpari, 2008: 92). This essay is going to argue that the question of citizenship and what it means to be a citizen is closely associated with African conflict and therefore one of the ways to explain its causes. However this does not reject other causes that are a result of African
mechanism for increasing female representation is the creation of gender quotas with respect to the number of female representatives within a parliment. Numerous arguments have been put forth for and against the introduction of gender quotas. This essay will discuss the arguments for and against gender quotas aimed at increasing the percentage of women in national parliaments and analyse the different types quota systems based on this discussion.As an example special reference will be made to the
This essay will try to analyze the main causes of violent conflicts, making reference to the literature and taking into consideration the theories of greed and grievance. Furthermore, structural violence and its relation to violent conflicts will be discussed, to make an analysis on how well the literature explain the connection between the causes and the dynamics of the conflict. On the second half of the essay, the role of different actors in conflict resolution will be discussed, with particular