571:(Hillsboro, Ohio, Jan 2, 1942), uses it in the sentence: "Prime Minister Winston Churchill, leader of the world's largest democracy." It is unclear how "largest democracy" is being used: a) as euphemism for the "allies" (the US had entered WW II less than a month before, so Churchill could still be regarded as "leader"), b) by including the dominions of the British Empire (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, which had self-government by then) in the "democracy," and using "largest" in the sense of area, or c) by including the entire British Empire in the "democracy,"—and incorrectly including, as well, the colonies (like India, which were hardly governed democratically)—and employing "largest" in the sense of population.
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appears to be factual and is well sourced. He states his case in a respectful manner. The only comment by another party to the dispute was by
Supreme Unmanifest, who applauded F&F's work and said he would prepare a statement. Two weeks have since passed and there has been no further input by any of the parties, other than F&F. Apparently users Supreme Unmanifest and MintCond have not edited WP during that time. Accordingly, unless responses are posted here by July 1, 2008, I intend to close this mediation.
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from "terra contrata" i.e. "land opposite"; whereas "city" comes from "citizens" i.e. "people"; so "largest country" meant "largest land," but "largest city" meant "largest population (among cities)"). In addition, before the advent of national censuses, "largest" (by default) would not have been associated with population (for countries). Now, however, "largest" seems to be used as a superlative applied to countries to mean both land area and population.
787:: Others might object to the point above about literacy and argue that formal literacy is not needed to process information, as long as information about politics, governance, etc. is available to all the citizens in some medium, say in the form of radio or television. However, they too might be sobered by the statistics that in 1947, only 1500 of India's 700,000 villages—where 85% of its population lived at that time—were electrified (see
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809:: One could object to the above point as well with the argument that information in the form of newspapers, radio, television, while useful, is still not essential for democracy, as long as representatives of different political parties representing differing political viewpoints can be heard by all the citizens. However, in 1998, 50 years after India's independence over 50% of all villages in India were still
1127:"Some parts of the world received substantial numbers of British emigrants and developed into what were called daughter nations. These colonies eventually became self-governing areas called dominions. Canada, Australia, and New Zealand fit this pattern. For a long time India was the most important colony in the British Empire, but after a long anticolonial struggle with Britain, independent India today is the
777:.) During the period 1951-2001, India's population had increased from 361 million to 1.028 billion. That means, for example, that the number of illiterate citizens actually increased between 1951 and 2001 (even though percentage illiteracy dropped greatly). For another example, the number of illiterate citizens in 2001 in India was greater than the entire population of the
373:, when comparing India's population to that of other countries, says, "With roughly one-sixth of the world's total population, India is the second most populous country, after China." In other words, it uses "most populous" instead of "largest" to compare population (and provides an example as well to provide more context or information).
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In my understanding, a hundred years ago, a time when people were more aware of the Latin roots of
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Does explicit mention of democracy in either sentence, but especially in the latter—with its emphasis on the details—properly belong to the lead paragraph (geography and population) or is it more appropriate in the third paragraph (government and economy), where, in the context of other descriptions
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of a democracy was applied only to third world countries (and later to ex-Eastern Block countries), where parliamentary democracy was not a given and not expected to survive (and was therefore more of a miracle). Thus Google search for exact expression "world's largest democracy" (India) turns up
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More than enough time has elapsed since this MedCab case was opened (on June 10, 2008) for the parties to have registered an opening statement. To date, only Fowler&Fowler has done so. In essence, he argues against use of the term "largest democracy" because of its ambiguity. His presentation
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There is evidence that the expression "world's largest democracy" is of recent vintage. Although, as we have seen above, references to the "democracies of
Ancient Greece" go back to the late eighteenth century (in Google Scholar), a search for "world's largest democracy" in articles or scholarly
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Please add your opening statement below. Fowler and Fowler has established his format. You may follow this sort of format or choose your own. If you need to reach me with a question or comment, please contact me on my talk page or e-mail me. I am here most days.
791:). These numbers increased as follows: 3,061 in 1951 (at the time of India's first elections); 21,750 in 1961; 106,931 in 1971; 273,906 in 1981; 481,124 in 1991; and 474,982 in 2004. In addition, the availability of electricity in a village does not mean that
1177:, and we have been linked by decades of close friendship." (That certainly can't be interpreted as pejorative or negative, or reflection of system bias, since it was said by the Russian minister to the Indians at the signing of the historic agreement.)
522:), define democracy to be both a form of government (OED 1.) and the country so governed (OED b.). In the Google scholar search for the expression "democracies of Ancient Greece" among scholarly articles published between 1600 and 1950, there are
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Fowler and Fowler has done quite a bit of work here on an opening statement. I haven't yet seen anything from the others. I'm wondering whether they will check in anytime soon. Would
Supreme Unmanifest and MintCond be willing to check in?
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I made just one change: I removed a remnant right parentheses. I too had first formatted in a fashion similar to yours—started a new paragraph at the same spot and enumerated the three meanings from OED, ... so this is great! Regards,
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2501:, states in its lead, "... By far the world's largest country, it covers nearly twice the territory of Canada, the second largest." The ambiguity is often resolved both in Knowledge and other encyclopedias by reserving "largest" for
773:. The literacy rate increased to "18.33 per cent in 1951 (at the time of India's first elections), to 28.30 per cent in 1961, 34.45 per cent in 1971, 43.57 per cent in 1981, 52.21 per cent in 1991, and 64.84 per cent in 2001." (See
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PS I have removed the "I believe ..." or "I feel ..." statements; if you'd like me to put them back, please let me know. Also, this is not exactly a brief paragraph (:)); if you'd like me to prune it, please let me know as well.
2456:? For example, you might summarize claims 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7 into a brief paragraph or two. If you agree to do this, I would suggest that we then move the discussion to the article talk page and continue the discussion there.
347:, begins its second paragraph by, "Russia is a land of superlatives. By far the world's largest country, it covers nearly twice the territory of Canada, the second largest." And these are two perfectly reliable sources!
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2212:). I believe that major encyclopedias either do not use the expression "largest democracy" unqualified or use another less ambiguous expression such as "most populous democracy" (for example, in the lead of the
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is essential for democracy, and that literacy is essential to processing it (to read newspapers, news magazines, etc.) will be sobered by the following statistics: At the time of India's independence in 1947,
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in the lead paragraph. However, if another sentence can be added, I propose not mentioning "democracy" in the lead paragraph and, instead, adding the following (in boldface) in the third paragraph:
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households in that village are electrified: in 2001, only 40% of all rural households in India were electrified; at that time 70% of India's population was rural. Thus, even if one assumes that all
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1965:) the first paragraph in the lead has been primarily about geography (and secondarily about population). Later, when the third paragraph was added, the division of content (approximately) became:
1163:- especially to those Indians who live amid their country's manifest cruelties and injustices, and who watch bemusedly its smooth elevation, by a glib commentariat, to almost-superpower status."
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the most populous of all nations that practice democracy." In addition, the phrase "largest democracy in X" (where, X is some large region) has been applied most often to
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with caption: "An Indian election official teaches workers at a tea plantation how to use a new electronic voting machine, in
Siliguri, West Bengal State. India is the
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put in a sentence about the form of government in the first paragraph, it does suggest, in my view, that the precedent, both in the recent (two-year) history of the
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At the end of this year, "liberal" was again removed by someone, and it went back to "most populous democracy," for another six months, at the end of which the
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when responding to another participant, speak directly to them. It is a good idea to paraphrase what they have just said to show that you have understood them;
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Mediation can be a way to improve our skills in collaborative authoring and enrich our time here on WP. If we succeed at this, WP will be the better for it.
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says, "With roughly one-sixth of the world's total population, India is the second most populous country, after China." Similarly, the
Knowledge article on
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Knowledge article on
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In the Google News advanced archive search, the first use of the expression "world's largest democracy" in the news media goes back to around 1940. Of the
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628:"Citing the country as the 'world's largest democracy' the Americans hoped to establish India as a show-case for American-sponsored development ..." or
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democracies of ancient Greece were quite as prone to go to war and quite as desperate fighters as their contemporaries who were ruled by tyrants," (see
613:"... major reason why, despite her extreme socioeconomic contrasts between the haves and the have-nots, claims to be the world's largest democracy," or
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largest social state in which all have equal rights, without hereditary or arbitrary differences of rank or privilege," in addition to (OED b.) "
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largest social state in which all have equal rights, without hereditary or arbitrary differences of rank or privilege," in addition to (OED b.) "
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My fifth claim is that (although newspapers and news magazines use the expression "world's largest democracy" freely, and often perfunctorily),
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to a small (in area) city-state with a large population or a large (in area) city-state with a small population?" is not obvious, in my opinion.
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2208:). In addition, "largest democracy," by implying "largest democratic system of governance," introduces POV issues that could be disputed (
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just before the main clause, which then provides the context, "territory" or area, in an example. Similarly, the Britannica article on
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on India says in its introduction: "The political system responsible for these gigantic successes and failures has been democratic;
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Here, in compressed format, are some other reliable sources and well-known people who have used the phrase. Among the users is
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or collections that have survey/review articles on countries, either don't use the expression "world's largest democracy" or
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Would each of you be able to begin with an opening statement? I will suggest some groundrules for our discussions.
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Fowler&fowler: Would you be willing to make a brief summary here that would be suitable to users who frequent
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with a brief introduction. Then, I can facilitate any further discussion on that page. How does that strike you?
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Hi Sunray, I was away for a few days and have only just seen this. I will post a summary later today. Regards,
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I have read the statement. Thank you F&f for the good work. I will prepare the statement as soon as I can.
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the most populous of all nations that practice democracy."
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calls China the "world's largest country," whereas this
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its anomalies in some fashion (for example, the 40-page
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has jumbo growth prospects. Here's how to invest now."
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has used the expression "most populous democracy" in
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The following have proved useful in past mediations:
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764:: Those who believe that unhindered availability of
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2852:I've copied your summary and will add it to the
2248:for statements about politics to be part of the
1187:President of the European Parliament: "India is
137:From my perspective, there are two main issues:
1927:Since there are many forms of democracy (even "
1261:"India turns 50: Interview with Shashi Tharoor"
2720:, the phrase can have the following meanings:
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1969:Paragraph 1: Geography (and population).
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889:Congress (Congress--see Glossary)."
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528:one were unaware of the precedent
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394:list of countries by population
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158:country, and the most populous
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1640:Democratic confederalism
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132:Statement of the dispute
108:Participants' statements
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1961:For two years now (see
1800:Tyranny of the majority
1735:Political demonstration
1645:Democratic peace theory
1620:Deliberative referendum
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1720:Ochlocracy
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539:Example 1:
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