Question

How did Nelson Mandela’s vision of democracy compare with that of Mikhail Gorbachev? Is there one, singular form of democracy today?

Answer 1

In 1944 Nelson Mandela joined the African National Congress to resist the racist policies of the White-led goverment of South Africa. Later this struggle would be exacted into aperthied and his fight would turn into a life long struggle. Nelson Mandela's vision was of a nation of lively citizens, Allowing the Africans to go ahead from years of weakening policies suffered under colonialism and apartheid. Mandela choose to inspire them instead of giving them answers and allow them to think that if they work together, all of them will have a better life. His hard work and long journey to freedom let them understand that the roads that they still have to go travel more for freedom. The South Africans as well as the world will remeber him for that. He teach his people to dream, to think, to speak, to debate, to write , to keep on searching for a solution that will benefit for all. He show the light of a world where all have equal rights, voice, regardeless of sex, caste, gender, religion or race. Mandela show his power in reawekening South Africa and bringing the diverse divided people together. He taught us that democracy can survive only where all citizens have equal right to agree and disagree . He educate us that one man could not drive the ideals of democracy. The real participation of common citizens in the system of democracy was shown by him.In 1993 he was awarded with nobel peace price.

Meanwhile, Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985 came into power in Soviet Union and launched "glasnot" and "perestroika" reforms to bring more democracy in communist Soviet Union. He tried to reform the Communist Party in Soviet Union and formed a democratic party of reform. Gorbachev was very proud of and show 'perestroika' (restructuring) as his main achievement . perestroika was to reforming Soviet Union politically and economically. It also restructured the international relations based on the rejection of forcible intervention abroad and nuclear disarmament. infusing of democratic elements into the Soviet Union's single party government was the first step to democratize Soviet Union.

By making way to end Cold war by ending Moscow's grip in eastern Europe in 1989, Gobachev won Nobel price a year before he lost power when Soviet Union itslef demolished in 1991.
DEMOCRACY.
The democracy is a form of government by the the people ,especially the rule of majority. In the current era there are mainly two type of democracy, presidential form of democracy and parliamentary form of democracy. in presidential form of democracy the people can elect the president directly whereas in parliamentary form of democracy the Prime Minister will be from party having majority seats in the parliament.
Singular democracy.
singular democracy is a type of democracy in which a group or person dominates and influence policy.
effectively there is no singular democracy exists