NCERT Class 9 Political Science Working of Institutions
Working of Institutions HOW IS A MAJOR POLICY DECISION TAKEN? Pensions, signed the Order. It was quite short, barely one page. It looked like any ordinary circular or notice that you may have seen in school. The government issues hundreds of…
NCERT Class 9 Political Science What is Democracy
OVERVIEW The stories and the analysis in the previous chapter gave us a sense of what democracy is like. There we described some governments as democratic and some as non-democratic. We saw how governments in some of those countries changed from one form to the…
NCERT Class 9 Political Science Electoral Politics
Electoral Politics 4.1 WHY ELECTIONS? government would waive the loans of farmers and small businessmen. He promised that this would be the first action of his government. The people were unhappy with the existing government. They were also…
NCERT Class 9 Political Science Democratic Rights
OVERVIEW In the previous two chapters we have looked at two major elements of a democratic government. In Chapter Four we saw how a democratic government has to be periodically elected by the people in a free and fair manner. In Chapter Five we learnt that a democracy…
NCERT Class 9 Political Science Democracy in the Contemporary World
Democracy in the Contemporary World TWO TALES OF DEMOCRACY “Workers of my homeland! I have faith in Chile and its future. Chileans will overcome this dark and bitter moment when treason became dominant. You must never forget that, sooner rather than …
NCERT Class 9 Political Science Constitutional Design
CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN 3.1 DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTION IN SOUTH AFRICA “I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons…