... 123 seats, comprise the legislative branch. Although, Cambodia is known as a multi-party representative democracy, the Cambodian People's Party (CCP) led by Prime Minister Hun Sen has held the upper hand in politics for the last 20-25 years with the opposition party, the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) suffering from various forms of political oppression. Furthermore, while Prime Minister Hun ... been a part of the Khmer Rouge Army, the CCP itself claims no ideological linkage to communist roots or in fact, any sort of political ideology. The CNRP, on the other hand, is known to ...

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... rules and procedures of an effective democratic regime, although political instability, ethnic disunity and bureaucratic corruptions still persists in Nigeria, like many other democracies in the world. On the other hand, despite China's three decades of economic reform and global trends of democratization, the political regime of China remains stubbornly authoritarian. China's historical legacy of over 2,000 years of centralized authoritarian ... there are still loopholes in the political regime of Nigeria to be considered an absolute polyarchy and further more Dahl's concept of polyarc...

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... dependent on United States financial aid, ousted all of its communist ministers in a bold move to win American support, demonstrating that on one hand it is wrong to allow such practices to occur (communist-Czechoslovakia), while on the other hand it is completely feasible (democratic), depending on which side of the fence (or ocean) to reside on. As the elections of 1948 ... ...

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... the average Americans voice, particularly on legislation, lower-class citizens are increasingly feeling like they can't make a difference in politics. Many politicians claim to have the people's best interest at hand and they ultimately decide what policies are put into place, but in reality, they are mainly concerned with influential pressure groups that will ultimately get them elected. When decisions are ... ...

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... self-management known as syndicalism. Similarly, American Anarcho-communist author Eddie Conlon stresses the potential of decentralized universal healthcare as shown in revolutionary Spain based upon mutual concern without the hand of privatization and organized based through a system of communal federations from the bottom up. Extending upon anarchical structures into existing forms, Australian political scientist Morgan Rodgers Gibson points out that ... ...

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... in rising levels of voter abstention, mass political apathy and cynicism, as well as in the declining rates of voter identification with either of the traditional parties. On the other hand, we have the case of Venezuela. Similarly to Colombia, the Venezuelan transition to democracy started with the signing of an agreement. In this case, it was the "Punto Fijo" agreement ... ...

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