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Democracy promotes equality, enhances dignity, improves decisions, resolves conflicts and allows room to:Read the answer and worked solution →How many countries today claim to practise some kind of democratic politics?Read the answer and worked solution →The first step in judging democracy's outcomes is to recognise that democracy is just a:Read the answer and worked solution →The most basic outcome of democracy is a government that is accountable and:Read the answer and worked solution →Democracy is based on the idea of deliberation and:Read the answer and worked solution →A citizen's right and means to examine how a decision was made is known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Which practice would you look for to measure an accountable government?Read the answer and worked solution →In one respect democratic government is certainly better than its alternatives: it is:Read the answer and worked solution →Between 1950 and 2000, which regimes had a slightly higher rate of economic growth?Read the answer and worked solution →Among poor countries, the growth difference between dictatorships and democracies is:Read the answer and worked solution →In South Africa and Brazil, the top 20 per cent take more than what share of national income?Read the answer and worked solution →In South Africa and Brazil, the bottom 20 per cent get less than:Read the answer and worked solution →Which countries are cited as much better on income equality?Read the answer and worked solution →Democracies are based on which kind of equality?Read the answer and worked solution →In which country does more than half the population live in poverty, per the text?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country is cited for successfully negotiating differences among ethnic populations?Read the answer and worked solution →To accommodate diversity, a democracy must see that it is not simply rule by:Read the answer and worked solution →Rule by majority must not become rule by majority community in terms of religion, race or:Read the answer and worked solution →Democracy stands superior to other governments in promoting dignity and:Read the answer and worked solution →The passion for respect and freedom is described as the basis of:Read the answer and worked solution →Most societies across the world were historically:Read the answer and worked solution →The dilemma about democracy is that it is seen as good in principle but not so good in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the democratic outcomesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the democratic practicesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the outcome numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the democratic valuesRead the answer and worked solution →Democracy or dictatorshipRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the outcomesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Outcomes of democracy bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Democracy promotes equality, enhances dignity, improves decisions, resolves conflicts and allows room to:

  1. Correct mistakes
  2. Punish dissent
  3. Delay decisions
  4. Avoid elections
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Correct answer: A. Correct mistakes

1. These make it better than dictatorship. 2. Democracy allows room to correct mistakes. 3. These were the points from Madam Lyngdoh's class. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 7, Outcomes of Democracy._

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How many countries today claim to practise some kind of democratic politics?

  1. About twenty
  2. Over a hundred
  3. About fifty
  4. Over two hundred
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Correct answer: B. Over a hundred

1. They have constitutions, elections and parties. 2. Over a hundred countries claim democracy. 3. They differ greatly in social conditions. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 7, Outcomes of Democracy._

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The first step in judging democracy's outcomes is to recognise that democracy is just a:

  1. Form of government
  2. Moral ideal of life
  3. Economic system
  4. Cultural tradition
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Correct answer: A. Form of government

1. It only creates conditions for achieving goals. 2. Democracy is just a form of government. 3. Citizens must use those conditions. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 7, Outcomes of Democracy._

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