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  1. Meaning, Features, Functions, Branches & Why We Study Government | Week 1
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  2. State; Meaning & Features, Nation, Society, Features of Society | Week 2
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  3. Basic Concepts of Government - Power and Authority | Week 3
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  4. Basic Concepts of Government Continues: Political Culture, Political Socialization and Legitimacy | Week 4
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  5. Basic Concepts of Government Continues: Communalism, Socialism and Communism | Week 5
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  6. Basic Concepts of Government Continues: Capitalism, Aristocracy, Oligarchy, Nazism etc | Week 6
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  7. Basic Concepts of Government Continues: Fascism, Feudalism and Totalitarianism | Week 7
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  8. Basic Concepts of Government Continues: Democracy and Sovereignty | Week 8
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  9. Structure and Characteristics of Government; Unitary System of Government, Republicanism | Week 9
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  10. Military System of Government and Monarchy Form of Government | Week 10
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  • Theory Questions & Answers – Democracy and Sovereignty

Theory Questions – Democracy and Sovereignty

1.
(a) Explain democracy.
(b) Discuss the features of democracy.

2. Explain the merits and demerits of democracy.

3. What are the features that can sustain democracy?

4. Explain sovereignty.

5.
(a) What are the limitations of sovereignty?
(b) Discuss any four types of sovereignty.

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Evaluation Questions

1. (a) Explain democracy.

Answer: Democracy is a form of government where the people are free to choose their leaders through free, fair and credible elections.

1. (b) Discuss the features of democracy.

Answer:

  • Periodic elections: In a democracy, elections are held at regular intervals.
  • Rule of Law: In a democratic state, the laws of the state rule and is supreme.
  • Constitutionalism: In a democratic state, the constitution of the state is strictly adhered to.
  • Fundamental Human Rights:  In a democratic state the rights of the citizens are well protected by the constitution.
  • Government Neutrality: The government maintains its neutrality and independence to be able to achieve a just society.

 

2. Explain the merits and demerits of democracy.

Answer:

Merits of Democracy:

  • Democracy allows the rule of the majority.
  • Fundamental rights of the citizens are protected.
  • Democracy allows equity and justice.
  • Democracy ensures citizens’ personal liberty.
  • Democracy allows the majority to have their way and the minority to have their say.

Demerits of Democracy:

  • Decision-making in a democracy is usually slower than in an autocratic system.
  • Democracy is very expensive to run.
  • The system imposes the opinion of the majority on the minority.
  • Elections that come with democracy might be violent and are very expensive to conduct.
  • The system focuses more on quantity i.e. numbers in majority, rather than quality.

 

3. What are the factors that can sustain democracy?

Answer:

  • The government must be ready to tolerate the opposition and its criticisms.
  • Free, fair and credible elections.
  • The state must respect court decisions and the rights of the citizens.
  • A multi-party system ensures a variety of choices for citizens.
  • There has to be press freedom to sustain the democratic tenet of freedom of information.

 

4. (a) Explain sovereignty.

Answer:  Sovereignty is the absolute power of the state to make and enforce the laws within its territory without external interference.

 

5. (a) What are the limitations of sovereignty?

Answer:

The following are the limitations of sovereignty:

  • International treaties entered into by different states are a limitation to the sovereignty of such states.
  • International laws and jurisprudence can limit the absolute powers of a state.
  • Powerful nations of the world can limit the exercise of a nation’s sovereignty power.
  • Interdependence of nations in the global system limits the extent to which a state can exercise its absolute powers.

5. (b) Discuss any four types of sovereignty.

Answer:

  • Popular Sovereignty: This is also called political sovereignty and its absolute powers of the people to choose their leaders during elections.
  • De-jure Sovereignty: This is the type of sovereignty exercised based on the laws of the state.
  • De-facto Sovereignty: This is the type of sovereignty based on the use of force.
  • Internal Sovereignty: This is the absolute power of a state to regulate its affairs internally without external interference.

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