... resulted in the French losing their foothold within Cambodia during the Second World War and consequently led to the independence of Cambodia in 1953. 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). However, in 1975, with ... emergence of a free market regime, which allowed for privatization of industries and the sale of private property, including state assets, natural resources and common resources, such as water resources and ...

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... influence of violence and corruption from the Guerrilla movement, Paramilitary groups, and drug trafficking lords. In addition, Colombia's political system has been different from other Latin American countries in the sense that it has a long history of partidist politics, usually fair and regular elections, and the respect for political and civil rights. Colombia has had two traditional predominant parties--the Liberals ... which the government was losing control over the country's rampaging violence. It was perceived that even if the Guerrillas laid down their arms, violence by narcot...

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... of legitimacy on totalitarian regimes (provided that the population is genuinely supportive of them) simply cannot be right to a Western mind. However, it is quite difficult to conjure up a normative sense of legitimacy that regimes can be judged by, and therefore one in which authoritarian regimes can be easily demonized. Whichever way the situation is examined, it is always examined through ... a respected fellow human and also a set of laws that have been worked out through the ages, be this in statute by the deliberation of legislators or societal norms designated in common law. How...

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... the majority of the people'29. This view is echoed in the writing of Matsuo Takayoshi, who states that liberal ideas were 'limited to the middle class in Tokyo; the common people in general had no political consciousness and tamely followed the government's policy of expansion on the Asiatic continent.'30 Indeed, Japanese social values of obedience to authority and respect ... the Prince Regent's life in 1923 appeared as confirmation to many conservatives within government of that which they greatly feared: subversive elements were plotting to unravel the Kotukai, Japan's collecti...

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... % of our exports go towards Pacific-rim nations, and 41% of our imports come from this region, demonstrating that democratic relationships are especially important with these specific countries. In this sense, Australia's active multicultural policies are clearly beneficial to such a cause. Clearly, its foregoing alternatives- the White Australia Policy, assimilation, and integration were discriminatory and damaged Australia's democratic relationships with many ... is reasonable when one considers that the fundamentals of membership to any group, is an identifiable characteristic (whethe...

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... justified. Two such supposed conditions are the endangerment of national security and the controversy over public morality, and they both pre-suppose that society cannot act with self-restraint and common sense. The strong defense for freedom of speech is that providing a proper education, which requires the freedom of expression and information, is a much more effective remedy against acts against national security ... ...

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An ambiguous, controversial concept, Jacksonian Democracy in the strictest sense refers simply to the ascendancy of Andrew Jackson and the Democratic party after 1828. More loosely, it alludes to the entire range of democratic reforms that proceeded alongside the Jacksonians' ... the disaffection of the 1820s and 1830s and molded it into an effective national party, they advanced the democratization of American politics. By denouncing the moneyed aristocracy and proclaiming the common man, they also helped politicize American life, broadening electoral participation to include an overwhelmin...

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