This brought democracy closer to the people in the absence of civil society and independent interest groups. Community mobilization also became a means of empowerment of more social groups such as the unification of Dalits under Scheduled Caste movement culminating in the formation of a political party and rich rural peasantry mobilising through the demands of reservation for Other Backward Castes. While casteism has been a negative force in Indian politics it has also seen a decline due to the expansion of private space and maturation of civil society groups with secular demands (such as the ...

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This paper will aim to analyze the challenges that Cambodia has faced on its road towards democracy by giving a brief historical insight before focusing more specifically on issues dealing with corruption, civil liberties and political freedom, as well as the lack of rule of law within Cambodian society. ... The next two decades in some sense were represented by single man dominance in Cambodian politics with king Sihanouk, dictating everything and labeling his movement as, "Buddhist Socialism," (CIA Fact book). ... The Khmer rouge movement led by Pol Pot, also known as, "Broth...

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Such tendentious revisionism may provide a useful corrective to older enthusiastic assessments, but it fails to capture a larger historical tragedy: Jacksonian Democracy was an authentic democratic movement, dedicated to powerful, at times radical, egalitarian ideals "but mainly for white men. Socially and intellectually, the Jacksonian movement represented not the insurgency of a specific class or region but a diverse, sometimes testy national coalition. ... Southerners sought low tariffs, greater respect for states' rights, and a return to strict constructionism. ... To aid hard...

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