Multiple choice

The case for local self-government rests on the premise that

  1. it facilitates a non-partisan approach

  2. it makes for better administration

  3. it reduces corruption

  4. it is a training ground for democracy
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The case for local self-government rests on the premise that it is a training ground for democracy. In 1935 Phoebe Cusden wrote “ The greatest contribution of the nursery school is that it is a training ground for democratic citizens - citizens who will have learned not what to think - but how to think . . . (The) exercise in self-reliance, unselfishness and willing co-operation, which are also features of the nursery school, will go far towards producing the kind of citizen so vitally necessary if democracy is to be capable of the tasks that devolve upon it - or even to survive.

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