Does democracy creates stability in a society?
A democratic society is one where freedom of choice and speech is practiced. The people also have power to choose their leaders and make decisions directly or indirectly by voting a representative.
Democracy creates stability socially in a society. People in a democratic society have freedom of speech, and in times of conflict over matters, people will have a say over the decisions of matters. Not only that, people will also have to respect one another and treat each other equally. This will lead to lesser conflicts and riots as most conflicts can be solved through peaceful means such as feedback and voting. An example is Singapore, a partly democratic society; Singapore is a multi-racial society where social stability is hard to maintain. Yet handling most social issues democratically solves most of the problem. Singaporeans complain to greater authority in conflicts instead of resulting to rioting and violence means, also they respect those from different races leading to no conflicts among races.
A democratic society will also be more peaceful. The leaders only run the country but do not own it, as such they will less likely decide to go to war as it has no benefit to them, also, there will be lesser struggles for power among the leaders as it is the people who decide who would run the country. Most of the developed countries in the world today are using a democratic system, and that may be the reason why our world has been relatively peaceful compared to the past, such as the period of World War 2, where Japan and Germany were ruled by dictators. Therefore democracy can create a peaceful and as such stable society.
However democratic societies are not stable economically. As it is a free market, the government does not interfere with prices of goods, it is left entirely to supply and demand. Merchants may then deal with prices of goods and charge people on their liking. This may have disastrous results. Furthermore, a democratic society is not a welfare state; the government provides little or none services to the people’s welfare. In the case of America before the Great Depression, as the government did not interfere, with the sudden inflation and control the stock market’s rise, the inflation eventually caused a world wide depression. As such, in some times, the government has to interfere with economic issues, which is does not happen in democratic societies.
I agree to a large extent as democracy does create stability in a society. A form of governance must be able to achieve political stability before all else as if not, it may be overthrown by both external and internal threats and may not even be able to implement its policies. Then they will have to achieve social stability which will gain the support of the people and the society and government will be mostly stable. Economic stability comes last as it does not directly affect the stability of the government nor does it affect everyone.
