Social campaigns usually strive towards a particular goal, and liberation movements, for example, aim to free specific groups from discrimination and obtain equal rights. For example, the primary purpose of the 1950s and 1960s Civil Rights movement was to eliminate racial segregation in the United States at that time (OpenStax, 2015). However, such public activity would be unjustly impeded in the case of a monarchic type of government, preventing it from succeeding. Monarchy is defined as a governance form during which one person rules a country until one’s death, and one receives the throne by hereditary succession or self-assigned divine appointment (OpenStax, 2015). If that individual possesses an unmitigated power, it is called absolute monarchy (OpenStax, 2015). For example, Oman still lives in an oppressive regime, where one sultan has ruled since the 1970s (OpenStax, 2015). If the Civil Rights movement happened in such a country, it would be violently stopped, and people who organized it would likely be arrested and executed.
Democratic regime ensures that the citizens of a country are treated equally in terms of legislation and can elect their government through voting. For a society to be viewed as democratic, the nation’s leaders should have limited power and constitutionally controlled terms (OpenStax, 2015). Ideally, people living in a democratic regime should vote to pass all laws and policies (OpenStax, 2015). However, most states prefer to elect officials who represent the interests of their voters (OpenStax, 2015). Moreover, democracy implies that people are given freedom of speech and assembly. Individuals in a democratic society should have equal rights regardless of their race, ethnicity, religious views, gender, age, or class. For instance, the United States is a country that provides all these freedoms to its citizens, and it has a representative democracy. Overall, a democratic society is only possible if people can participate in fair elections, freely express their ideas, and are identical in the face of the law.
Reference
OpenStax. (2015). Introduction to sociology (2nd ed.). OpenStax.