For and against points for ‘people power’ the key to achieving a democratic society
- Keywords: ‘To what extent’ and ‘people power’ and ‘key’ and ‘democratic society’.
- Democracy is supposed to bring Equality and Accountability
- Can remove repression/dictatorship (e.g. Arab Spring)
- There is little alternative if the country is undemocratic (e.g. Libya)
- Violence – innocent victims (e.g. Syria and Yemen)
- Power vacuum
- Opportunity for the military/fundamentalism to take over (e.g. Egypt)
- Can fail (e.g. Bahrain/Zimbabwe)
- Democratic elections do not always give power to the people
- Electoral colleges give as much weight to the few as the many