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Outcomes Of Democracy

Question
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Explain the meaning of the following
(a) Authoritarianism
(b) Civil liberties
(c) Social dimension of democracy

Solution

(a) Authoritarianism: It is a form of government in which the authority is vested in the hands of a dictator.

(b) Civil Liberties: These are freedoms or rights thought to be vital to the functioning of a liberal and democratic society e.g., freedom of spech, freedom of religion and thought, freedom of movement, freedom of association, the right to a fair trial and freedom of the person.

(c) Social dimension of democracy: It includes making a society free from discrimination based on gender, religion, caste or colour etc. The society does not believe in stereotypes and prejudices through righteous and unbiased policies, programmes and schemes.

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Nannu is a daily wage earner. He lives in Welcome Mazdoor Colony, a slum habitation in East Delhi. He lost his ration card and applied for a duplicate one in January, 2004. He made several rounds of the local Food and Civil Supplies Office for the next three months. But the clerks and officials would not even look at him, leave alone do his job or bother to tell him the status of his application.Ultimately, he filed an application under the Right to Information Act asking for the daily progress made on his application, names of the officials who were supposed to act on his application and what action would be taken against these officials for their inaction. Within a week of filing application under Right to Information Act, he was visited by an inspector from the Food Department, who informed him that the card had been made and he could collect it from the office. When Nannu went to collect his card next day, he was given a very warm treatment by the Food and Supply Officer (FSO), who is the head of a circle. The FSO offered him tea and requested him to withdraw his application under Right to Information, since his work had already been done.
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