Democratic Ideals for Political, Economic, and Social Development in a Pluralistic African Society: The Case of Kaduna State

precis: This essay discusses how democratic ideals will foster political, economic, and social development in a pluralistic African society, by demonstrating how Kaduna State can achieve such development. Democracy is essential for uniting people of diverse cultures, ethnicities, and religions identities to achieve common goals and objectives, resulting in developing the society politically, economically, and socially. In an ideal democracy, when an inclusive government is practiced, people are free to participate in politics whatever their class or social status, and citizens have control of the agenda. Debate is valuable and should be employed when there is an issue, as well as in reaching a decision at the end of a process. Everybody must have the right to bring forward arguments about style, method, and implementation in the debate process. An exploratory research design was used in this study. Since achieving political, economic, and social development is central in this essay, "deliberative democracy" theory was utilized. The essay considers democratic ideals, civic dialogue, and how to achieve political, economic, and social development through democratic ideals. Finally, recommendations are offered on how these ideals will be sustained in achieving such development.