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Reduction of Inequality and Poverty

Outcomes of social Outcomes

Democracy 1- Accommodation of Social Diversity
and freedom of citizens
Dignity
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Dignity and freedom of women
Dignity and freedom of Disadvantaged group .
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The most basic outcome of democracy provide political

is to and social quality to
the citizens The democracy is
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expected to produce a government that works

according to needs and expectations of citizens .

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recognizes and enhances the dignity of the individual .

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Improves the quality of decision making .

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Provides a method to resolve conflicts .

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Allows room to correct mistakes .

Political Outcomes
The political outcome of democracy are to produce accountable, responsive and
legitimate government .

# Accountable , Responsive and

legitimate Government :
° In a
democracy ,
we ensure that the people have power to choose their rules and
people have control over their rulers .

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Whenever possible and necessary people should be able to participate in the
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decision making that affects them .

Democracy produces a form of government which is accountable to the citizens

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and is expectations
responsive to their needs and .

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Democracy ensures that decision
making will be based on norms and procedures .

So every citizen has and means to examine the process of decision

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Democracy develops a mechanism for the citizens to hold the government
accountable
and mechanism for the citizens to take part in decision making
whenever they think fit .

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# legitimate Government :
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democracy a legitimate government
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is a lawful government where all
to all its citizens and people
the laws the of equally applicable
country are
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governed fear favour as well
without or .

° A
legitimate government should be attentive to the needs and demands of
the people and people should be governed without fear or favour .
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Economic Outcomes
# Economic Growth :
Dictatorships have slightly higher rate of economic growth than democracies This .

cannot be the alone reason to reject democracy economic

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growth depends
And
situation cooperation with other countries
on factors like population size , global ,
and economic priorities .
Also , the difference of rate of Economic growth between

poor countries having dictatorship and democracy is negligible Democracy .

does not
guarantee economic development but ensure that it does not lag
behind dictatorship in this respect .

So , democracy is preferred as it has other

many positive outcomes
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# Reduction of Inequality and Poverty :

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Democracy is on based on political equality and brings the individuals in the
political arena equal footing Democracy . has not been very successful in
economic inequalities
reducing the .

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A small number of people enjoy highly disproportionate share of
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wealth and income Not only that , their share in the total income of the
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country has been increasing .

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Those at the bottom of the society have very little to depend upon Their .

income has been declining Sometimes, it is difficult for them to meet the
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basic requirements like food clothing , housing education and health

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Social Outcomes
# Accommodation of social Diversity :
Ability to handle social differences, division and conflicts is thus a definite plus
point democracy
of .

Democracy must fulfil these two conditions to achieve this outcome :

°
It is to understand that
necessary democracy is not simply rule by the
majority opinion .

The majority always needs to protect the interest of the minority , thus the
government
It is also
's function isregarded as representation of general interest .

necessary by majority does not become rule by majority

that rule
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community in terms of religion or race or linguistic group etc .

Rule by majority means that in case of every decision or in case of every

election , different persons and groups may and can form a majority .

Democracy means democracy as long as every citizen has a chance of being

in majority at some
point of time If someone is barred from being in .

majority based on birth , then democracy rule cases to be accommodative

for that person or group .
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and freedom of the citizens

Dignity
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Women had to
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fight long battles .

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Societies across the world have been male dominated It is absolutely essential
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that women should get equal treatment .

Women can now

wage a struggle against what is now an acceptable legally and
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morally .

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Dignity and freedom of Disadvantaged Groups :
strengthened the claims of the disadvantaged and
discriminated
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castes for equal status and equal opportunity .

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Still , there are instances of caste-based inequalities and atrocities , but these lack
the moral and legal
foundations .

° It is the
recognition that makes ordinary citizen value their democratic rights .

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