Indian Political Democracy: A Study

Ensemble ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-248
Author(s):  
SIDDHARTHA SANKAR MANNA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Democracy ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
The Right

Democracy means the prearrangement of governance in which people can enjoy the greatest means of life. It depends on the larger participation of people regardless of caste, gender, creed, men, and women. So far, the constitution of India shaped a democratic state and ensured the right to liberty, equal rights, the notion of justice, and fraternity for all its citizens in society. The political enterprisers who uphold the various ethnoreligious characteristics, mainly the Hindu nationalist beliefs and opinions, have shaped a lot of confusion and bewilderment about the conceptual ideas of secularism. The Liberal democracy still continues as an arrangement of human governance and structure of values that keep on unwavering for millions of people. At the lower stages, the judicial organization took a large-scale initiative in some debatable and controversial occurrences.

scholarly journals The Name of God in a Constitution: Meaning, Democracy, and Political Solidarity

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Deagon
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Democratic Process ◽  
Political Space ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
Political Solidarity ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Name Of God

Abstract This article explores the idea that recognizing God in the Constitution of a modern liberal democracy benefits both religious and non-religious citizens through symbolizing transcendent meaning and facilitating political solidarity. It first argues that pure autonomous reason is not sufficient to support these benefits and any attempt to ‘translate’ the religious principles into secular ones will diminish the benefits for religious citizens. Second, recognizing God in a Constitution does not necessarily impose a religious character, belief, or practice which is detrimental to non-religious citizens. Rather, recognition alludes to a shared heritage and tradition and acknowledges that religious individuals and groups are legitimately part of and interact with the modern democratic state. Finally, and most importantly, recognition of God as a broader symbolic recognition of religion can enhance the democratic process by motivating virtuous conduct and opening up the political space to higher levels of meaning and the good.

scholarly journals Verset en rewolusie

1995 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
I. W.C. Van Wyk
Keyword(s):  
Political Process ◽  
Civil Disobedience ◽  
The Political ◽  
Reformed Theology ◽  
Church Member ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Church

Resistance and revolution. The communion formulary of the Nederduitsch Hervonnde Kerk states clearly that a church member may not take part in revolutionary activities and that he should obey governmental authorities. Two questions are asked: 1. Does this statement imply that a Christian should obey goverments, even when they are oppressive? Can a Christian do something about his fate, or is he obliged to suffer injustice?  2. How can and must we interpret this principle today in a democratic state where resistance and rebellion are integral elements of the political process? It is argued that in  Biblical Reformed theology not only the duty to obey but also the right to resist are justified. Although civil disobedience is allowed, violence is strongly condemned. This article asks the church to adhere to the communion formulary, but simultaniously to realise the vast differences between the  sixteenth and the twentieth centuries.

scholarly journals Comparing the structure and function of social-cognition-related brain areas in bisexual, heterosexual, and homosexual women and men

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Klimaj ◽  
Adam Safron ◽  
David Sylva ◽  
A.M. Rosenthal ◽  
Meng Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Brain Activity ◽  
Gray Matter Volume ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Temporoparietal Junction ◽  
Mixed Support ◽  
The Right

A small number of studies have examined neuroanatomical differences between heterosexual and homosexual men and women. These studies have yielded mixed support for the hypothesis that homosexual individuals possess sex-atypical neural anatomy. However, in addition to differing along dimensions of sex-typicality, non-heterosexual individuals’ brains may be different in other ways, potentially as a result of differences in experience. One way in which sexual minorities may differ from others is in their social experiences. Bisexual individuals in particular may occupy unique social niches and experience complex social environments as a result of sexual and romantic interactions with both men and women, and potentially also in terms of having a less-widely-recognized sexual identity than heterosexual and homosexual individuals. Based on this idea, we hypothesized that bisexual individuals may show increased gray matter volume and activity in two social-cognition-related areas of the brain: the right temporoparietal junction (rTPJ) and the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC). Contrary to our hypotheses, neither brain structure nor brain activity in the rTPJ and dmPFC were significantly greater in bisexual individuals than in heterosexual and homosexual individuals. Instead, we found larger rTPJ volumes in heterosexual women than in homosexual women. We also found larger relative volumes in the dmPFC in women than in men, consistent with a recent large-scale study of sex differences, and potentially indicative of sex and gender differences in social cognition.

(2) Convention on the Political Rights of Women, adopted by the seventh session of the General Assembly, December 20, 1952

1953 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-175
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Public Service ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Status ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right

Desiring to implement the principle of equality of rights for men and women contained in the Charter of the United Nations,Recognizing that everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country directly or through freely chosen representatives, and has the right to equal access to public service in his country, and desiring to equalize the status of men and women in the enjoyment and exercise of political rights, in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

scholarly journals KESETARAAN GENDER DITINJAU DARI SUDUT PANDANG NORMATIF DAN SOSIOLOGIS

SASI ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 154
Author(s):  
Zulkifli Ismail ◽  
Melanie Pita Lestari ◽  
Panti Rahayu ◽  
Fransiska Novita Eleanora
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Community Life ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Normative Study ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Right

This study discusses that gender equality must be paired with justice and justice, between men and women must be equal and there must be no differences or contradictions. A normative study looking at it from the perspective of the following law is that submission will discuss the rights of a woman, everyone has equal rights without exception, and those rights have existed since man is in a supported reserve. Research methods using the normative juridical method by reviewing the literature and legislation, where the findings or results have met the requirements for the rights of everyone listed in the regulations of Law Number 39 of 1999, but viewed from the point of view seen sociological that in society assumes that gender equality can occur if each party considers to be responsible, their duties and roles. While the usefulness of this research provides benefits and participation of law enforcers, the community must not represent gender differences or injustice in the community, all people have the same rights, novelty in this study agrees and then gender in community life to prioritize and prioritize there will be the right to life, because that right is a very determined right granted to all people such as the right not to increase torture, get education, health, and eliminate the perception of gender inequality in any field or area of life, because everyone is the same and supports , in the field of law, and also government.

Neoliberalism, the Left and the Rise of the Far Right

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Costas Panayotakis
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Democracy ◽  
Vicious Cycle ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Working People ◽  
Political Left ◽  
Neoliberal Policies ◽  
Ordinary Citizens

After analyzing the tension between capitalism and liberal democracy, this article explores two ways that the political left has tried to navigate this tension. Both these strategies prevent parties of the left and the center-left from exposing capitalism’s undemocratic implications, while also helping to discredit political democracy. Unable to unify working people and ordinary citizens against the suffering that capitalism inflicts on them, the left inadvertently makes it possible for the far right to channel people’s discontent in ways that attack liberal democracy and turn working people against each other. Last but not least, the discrediting of democracy that results from these processes gives rise to a vicious cycle by also encouraging the adoption of neoliberal policies, which further intensify the subordination of democratically elected governments to capitalist interests.

Learning from Failures Present and Past

1982 ◽  
Vol 15 (04) ◽  
pp. 585-587
Author(s):  
Margery L. Elfin
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Constitutional Amendment ◽  
The Political ◽  
Equal Rights Amendment ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Speaking Out ◽  
Previous Condition ◽  
Small Band ◽  
The Right ◽  
Fifteenth Amendment

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is not the first failed attempt to amend the U.S. Constitution to make the political power of women more equal to that of men. Nor was the first failure connected with the so-called Women's Suffrage Amendment which was ratified in 1920. Rather, it occurred 50 years and four successful amendments earlier. Despite the determined efforts of a small group of women, the Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed the right of all male citizens to vote regardless of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude” but left out women altogether.It would be foolhardy to draw neat parallels between the experiences of activist women at two times as different as 1870 and the present. Nonetheless, it can be an instructive exercise.Americans have always been suspicious of elites, and criticism leveled at the leadership of the ERA reflects that attitude. It would be unlikely, however, for amassmovement to be the propelling force behind a constitutional amendment. Looking back at the struggle over the Fifteenth Amendment, we see that a small band of educated, upper-middle-class women fought for the inclusion of women. That those women were perceived as an elite does seem to have hurt their cause. Similarly, the ERA's chances may have been damaged by a perception that its chief proponents were not typical American women.Yet, the political culture of the time is clearly of greatest importance in determining an amendment's passage. In 1870 the barriers to acceptance of women as leaders were so great that even communicating their views was no easy task for the early suffragettes. The culture was resistant to women “speaking out.”

scholarly journals Women's Civil Rights in Lebanon

1970 ◽  
pp. 19-21
Author(s):  
Alia Berti Zein
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Universal Declaration ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Right

Article 2 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms the right of each human being to enjoy all rights and liberties set forth in the Declaration without distinction of any kind as to race, color, sex, language, or religion, while Article 16 confers on men and women equal rights regarding marriage and its dissolution.

scholarly journals HAK POLITIK PEREMPUAN DALAM ISLAM

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Yuni Harlina
Keyword(s):  
Gender Bias ◽  
The Political ◽  
Women In Politics ◽  
Individual Rights ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Women In Islam ◽  
Differences Of Opinion ◽  
Political Media ◽  
The Right

There are differences of opinion about the permissibility of women's political opposite. This is due to understand the Qur'an partial and still gender bias. The divergent views associated with differences in understanding the sources of Islamic teachings, especially the verses of the Koran that talk about politics. This paper discusses how the actual political rights of women in Islam, so that people can understand and are not taboo for women in politics. Based on the identification and classification and analysis of the texts of the Qur'an and the Hadith about politics in al-Qur'an. It was found that women in politics have the right according to Islam. Men and women are obliged to commanding the good and forbidding the evil through several ways including the political media. Islam does not distinguish between men and women in individual rights and the rights of the main civic political rights. However, that should be noted is that all these rights must be placed within the limits of natural as women.

scholarly journals PEMIKIRAN POLITIK DALAM TAFSIR FATH AL-QADIR: Pembacaan atas Konsep Ketatanegaraan dalam al-Quran yang Ditulis al-Shawkany

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Yusuf Hanafi
Keyword(s):  
Political Thought ◽  
Political Theology ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Political Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Islam And Politics ◽  
Islamic Tradition ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
Right Relationship ◽  
The Right

This paper discusses about the political thought in tafsir al qadir written by al-Shawkany.It is written in the paper that in the locus of political life of the state, there is aphenomenon that muslims fell the awkwardness in solving some fundamental problems,such as how to find the right relationship between Islam and politics, how toposition of Islamic law in the context of a modern democratic state, and how Islamiclaw should be understood and practiced. The awkwardness was later implicated in thebirth of various types of political experimentation. Islamic tradition of thought inpolitical philosophy did not develop because of political thought are taught in two differentdisciplines, namely discipline of Jurisprudence and discipline of philosophy. Ironically,in the tradition of Islamic scholarship that dominates is the discipline of jurisprudence,therefore we can not get out of the paradigm of political theology (politicaltheology).

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