Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the American model of liberal democracy?

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Date The Strengths and Weaknesses of the American Model of The Liberal Democracy

What are the strengths and weaknesses of the American model of the liberal democracy ? In liberal democracy people are not directly involved in ruling but they choose their representatives who channel their needs to the government . The chosen representatives exercise their power within the legal framework . Liberal democracy is a type of government whose actions are closely monitored and regulated by various institutions . These institutions act as checks and balances

against the misuse of power by the government . The term liberal democracy is used to describe the American political structure . Liberalism mostly is geared towards changing and improving the social political and economic status quo . My focus on this will be to analyze the weaknesses and strength of the American model of liberal democracy

The American model of liberalism has been a of discussion lately because liberalism has impacted differently on the American society . For example , in the education sector , liberalism led to the decrease in the education standards in 1960s . The most institutions that were affected were the universities where professors started urging people to launch counter culture attacks against the traditions , norms , values , beliefs and customs of the Americans . Even the most appropriate and revered practice that were of importance in schools like grading students depending on their performance , gauging student 's seriousness in class work and adherence to the rules and regulations started being less valued . According to Ruthman , Yale professor , said , Expressive individualism has become the dominant ideology of the American intellectual , servicing as a debarking tool for disassembling the status quo

One effect of the effects of liberalism is that it led to increased social ills and the solution to this is raising the criteria for those joining the nation schools . This liberalism has put a negative notion to the students that education is less important than other things and here teachers are apportioned the blame of not helping the students to attain the required grade . Other people have attributed poor performance in schools to poor socialization . They argue that when students are not properly socialized they join peer groups that are greatly influenced by the external forces in the society thought this has been thought to occur due to psychodynamic changes . If colleges are not properly managed according to some scholars , they may not alter the student 's values , it may bring together different students from different backgrounds but they may fail to nurture and promote students values and instead become forums for enforcing socially held values that mostly are not questioned

One challenge that face liberal government is on how to develop their nations ' economically . There has emerged a movement that is referred to as the neo liberalism . Which is a political group that advocates for liberalism in the economic sector as a means of advancing its performance . This ideology in the field of economies has been noted to perform well in some countries...