will always come up with more expectations, and many complaints. The fact that people are complaining is itself a testimony to the success of democracy: it shows that people have developed awareness and the ability to expect and to look critically at power holders and the high and the mighty. A public expression of dissatisfaction with democracy shows the success of the democratic project: it transforms people from the status of a subject into that of a citizen. Most individuals today believe that their vote makes a difference to the way the government is run and to their own self-interest.
The above cartoon and graph illustrate a point made in this section (Dignity and freedom of the citizens). Underline the sentences from this section which connect to the cartoon or graph. I am anxious about my board exams. But democracy has so many exams.
And millions of examiners! Source: SDSA Team, State of Democracy in South Asia , Delhi: Oxford University Press, . Rosa Parks Still Inspires © Pat Bagley - Cagle Cartoons Inc. Belief in the efficacy of vote is placed above the calculus of utility Those who say that their vote makes a difference...
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