Significance of Civics 2
Significance of Civics 2
Significance of Civics 2
5. Success of Democracy:
Democracy is popular sovereignty – in Abraham Lincoln’s words,
‘government of the people, by the people, for the people’. At its heart is the
concept of the population choosing a government through regular, free, and
fair elections.
The three conditions for the success of democracy are:
6. Political consciousness:
Political consciousness can be defined as a way an individual acts, responses
and contributes in his society. Such actions of an individual are said to be
guided by a commitment towards justice, human rights along with
identifying and understanding the prevalent inequity in power in political,
economic and social systems.
The term Politics is derived from the “Polis” a Greek word which means
city-state, that is, politics deals with the life within a community. Therefore,
political consciousness inculcates a person's sense of duty towards their
community and contributing for its common good. Furthermore, it is about
standing up against injustice and also all such systems and structure within
the society by promoting togetherness and harmony.
According to Paulo Freire a Brazilian educator, political consciousness is
said to work as a tool as well as an objective. From the perspective of a tool,
political consciousness urges the society to critically analyze the distribution
of power dynamics on different levels and as for as an objective, it works as
building block to create an informed and sustained participation of citizen to
hold accountable powerful interests.
A politically conscious society is the one, which is free of self-doubt which
is often observed to be planted through social evils like discrimination,
corruption. Such a society is able to recognize the power held by each of its
citizens.