Agree!@!

I think democracy can bring stability to a country. Rather than thinking of democracy as a form of goverment whereby the country suffers from unrests from protests, I feel that a democratic country is more of a process to stability, thus brings stability in a sense. Let me try my best to explain...

Democracy need not bring stability overnight, but it can bring stablity, or at least increase stability through phases of progression and nurturing. For example, because i do not know my case studies well... lets talk about the one that i know best - taiwan(Republic of China).

Taiwan can be considered as a young country in terms of democratic development. It saw the transision from a capitalist state into a democratic goverment in the 1990s. However, due to the fact democracy was young and the generation had gone been through the "white horror (martial law) " era, many did not understand the idea of democracy. Using a more recent case, in the 2004 elections, there has been cases of buying votes and protests which resulted in conflicts. Politicians tried their best to win votes at the expanse of segregation of communities which supported different parties. However, in 2008, these signs are not evident as before. There has been fewer reported cases of buying votes. Even when the outcomes of the elections were not desirable, no malicious protests were made. Thus we can see this as a sort of stability in itself. According to analysits, Taiwan's democracy has progressed into a state whereby people can decide for themselves and conduct themselves appropriately as a citizen of democratic state. Democracy has made its people more politically conscious and people have the say in things, not the goverment. Democracy involves a process of going through a phychological change of the citizens whereby they are made rational in their thinking before they act. Thus, when the people are rational and more self controlled, stability can be ensured. Thus democracy brings about stability through process.

Also, from the US point of view, due to the nature of democracy which states that all people should be treated with equal accord and provided with equal opportunites, the blacks in the 1960s have demanded their rights to be treated equally. In martin luthur king jr.'s speech, he had the desire of eradicating racism and conflict and that all men will become brothers. As a result, USA has become one of the most racial harmonious nation, due to the fact that democracy emphasises on equality. With tolerance, there will be less conflicts as people will set aside their differences and progress as a nation. Thus democracy can bring stability in the racial point of view.

Thus, democracy brings stability to a country.

Ps: haha i finish in time!! because you ppple have covered like all the factors in a prodedness delivery, i oso follow suit... lol... nvm... so i just write 2 factor nia.. aiyoh jeremy who ask u to spam so much, more enthu than i do to my blog sia =P

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