Year 11 Civic Edu. Week 5 & 6: CAPITAL DEMOCRACY

​Week Five: CAPITAL DEMOCRACY

Capitalist Democracy is described as a government in which power emanates from the bid and support of the majority, and this operates in capitalist economies​

CAPITAL DEMOCRACY​

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​What do you think? Is this the case in Nigeria?

1. Free and Fair Election

2. Periodic elections​

3. Freedom of the press

4. Equality before the law​

5. ​Respect for fundamental human rights

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​CHARACTERISTICS OF CAPITALIST DEMOCRACY

​Why do press freedom matter?

A political party is a group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power​

​POLITICAL PARTY

1. Their main objective is to win election and control government.

2. They contest for electoral positions to be in government.

3. Their membership cuts across tribe, religion, profession, ethics and regional divide.

4. They conduct primary elections to choose popular candidates for general election.

5. They are highly organized group with procedure for electing party leaders.

6. They carry out campaign and rallies.​

​CHARACTERISTICS OF POLITICAL PARTY

Multiple Choice

Elected officials create and vote on laws in a...

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

Multiple Choice

What does the word democracy mean?

• Freedom

• Money

• rule by the people

Multiple Choice

Direct democracy means....

• people debate and vote on every law

• people elect a representative to debate and vote on every law

Multiple Choice

Which are features of Democracy?

• Democracy is a form of government in which the rulers are elected by the people.

• Elections offer a choice and fair opportunity to the people to change the current rulers

• The choice and opportunity is available to all the people on an equal basis

• All the above

Multiple Choice

Democracy is better than other forms of government because

• it is more accountable form of government

• there is no possibility to do mistakes in democracy

• democratic governments prepare an annual budget

• people are given opportunities to participate directly in elections

Multiple Choice

When it comes to nominating a person for the office of President -

• The Constitution of the United States of America gives specific nominating guidelines.

• The candidate is nominated through their political party.

• The candidate is selected by Congress.

• The candidate can write their name on a ballot and put it in a ballot box.

1. Design of Manifesto​

2. Campaign​

3. Primary Election​

4. Education of voters​

5. Selection of Credible Candidates​

​How Political Parties Compete for Power

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​FUNCTIONS OF POLITICAL PARTIES

1. They help to promote unity in a state by bringing people together from different interest groups.

2. They provide platform for peaceful change of government.

3. They provide opportunity for people to make their choice of leaders during election.

4. They help to promote accountability of government officials in the society.

5. They provide political education for citizens in the society.

6. They help to promote good governance through their criticisms and roles as watchdog.​

​Assessment

1.   Define Political party.

2.   Highlight four features of political party.

3. Explain five ways Political party competes for power​

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