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Javed Chaudry |
Dear Aziz Sahib,
In my
paper I have identified several reason for the absence of the
democracy along with various factors which strongly help to
establish it. One of the factor is the willingness and the
commitment of the elites, section 5.9, partially reproduced below. I
have also given the example of India as you have, in your recent
post. Please take a look below.
Regards,
Javed I.
Chaudry
April 7,
06
{Copied
from my April 2 presentation}
5.9
Elites’ commitment to democracy
The
single most important requirement to establish a democracy is the
commitment and the willingness of the elites of the society to bring
about this change. We have seen in the European historical examples,
the elites are always reluctant to share their power and privileges
with others. They would like to hang on to the power as long as they
can. Today, the elites in various Muslim countries are hanging on to
the power. These rogues do not believe in building a nation but they
would rather build a strong circle of personal friends and family to
keep the democracy at bay for as long as they can.
At the
time of partition of Indian subcontinent in 1947, The Indian elites,
Nehru and Gandhi, did the right thing to start off on the right foot
and started an excellent example of democracy for that country. It
is generally speculated that Jinnah would have done the same for
Pakistan if he had lived for another few years.
April 07, 2006