SS and English Assignment On Democracy (post 1)

Hello and welcome to this blog. Once again, here is another assignment that I have been tasked to do. I am going to host a discussion on democracy and will cover areas that include the pros and cons of this system. The statement that the discussion will revolve around is as follows:
"Democracy creates stability in a society".
This discussion will involve the thoughts and voices of the following students: Low Kah Khang, Ho Xian Zheng, Tay Yi Yan and myself, Amrish.

Now we shall move on to the discussion.

Since this is the first post, I shall do what a good introduction of any discussion would do--define the motion and set things straight. First of all, the political system or ideology we are looking at is democracy, where the citizens of the state exercise their right to vote for their preferred leader, or to voice out their opinions on any issues (freedom of speech).

The next key word that warrants a definition is "stability". What exactly, do we mean by stability? Since the answer to this question can indeed be very subjective, I will attempt to set out the criteria for stability for this discussion.

Stability can be split into three predominant aspects, namely the social, political, and economic stability. Social stability simply means peace and prosperity brought about in the community. This could be in terms of welfare and satisfaction, services provided by the government, and the reduction of feuds and 'class struggle'. Polticial stability refers to a consistent government that can carry out its duty of leading a nation-state well. Abstinence from corruption, making the right decisions, reduction of multi-party struggles that might tear apart this important body, and things along this line. Last of all, economic stability implies a booming and prosperous economy fo the nation-state. While good growth figures are important, the other side of this aspect is closely linked to the social aspect. That is, economic stability also implies good socio-economic staus of the people. This matters for things like welfare, which define the social aspect. Examples of this include Closing up the income gap, and a general improvement of GDP per capita.

Now, we have laid out the fabric for the net that is going to hold this discussion. Is this definition okay for the rest of this group? If so, the main part of this discussion will soon commence.

Amrish.