it is very tempting to think of legal ways of reforming politics'. Analyse the statement
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Democratic reforms can be achieved through the following:
a. Through the passage of various laws like Right to recall , A law must be passed empowering people to recall political representatives who fail to perform or deliver.
b. Political parties must come under the ambit of right to information and share details like who funds them, how much money they spend and how they select candidates for elections to the public.
c. Quick disposal of cases related to corruption related scams involving politicians. Setting up of fast track courts for corruption related cases.
d. Active and vigilant citizenry can go a long way in attaining democratic reforms. People can pass resolutions, put pressure on parties through petitions,protests demanding parties to be more transparent in their functioning.People can make use of media to question parties and their leaders on various policy matters.
e. Recourse to Legal ways of reforming Politics which aims at bringing about necessary laws/ legislation or by making changes in the existing laws so as to make system more transparent in its functioning and more responsive to the needs of the people. One may give example of Right to information, Anti defection law, Jan Lok Pal etc which are surely an attempt to bring about good governance.
f. Through independent media.
Democratic reforms can be achieved through the following:
a. Through the passage of various laws like Right to recall , A law must be passed empowering people to recall political representatives who fail to perform or deliver.
b. Political parties must come under the ambit of right to information and share details like who funds them, how much money they spend and how they select candidates for elections to the public.
c. Quick disposal of cases related to corruption related scams involving politicians. Setting up of fast track courts for corruption related cases.
d. Active and vigilant citizenry can go a long way in attaining democratic reforms. People can pass resolutions, put pressure on parties through petitions,protests demanding parties to be more transparent in their functioning.People can make use of media to question parties and their leaders on various policy matters.
e. Recourse to Legal ways of reforming Politics which aims at bringing about necessary laws/ legislation or by making changes in the existing laws so as to make system more transparent in its functioning and more responsive to the needs of the people. One may give example of Right to information, Anti defection law, Jan Lok Pal etc which are surely an attempt to bring about good governance.
f. Through independent media.
SquareRoot256:
These are not the specific points from the book. In the board examinations the key points which are in the book have to be given.
In the chapter challenges to democracy (Class 10) clearly 4 points are mentioned.
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Yes, it is very tempting to think of legal ways of reforming politics but laws alone cannot change politics. This is due to the following reasons-
(1) Any law can be made, but simply making a law cannot bring political reform. Laws have to be brought to effect by politically active citizens, political parties, pressure groups, etc.
(2) Sometimes laws can be detrimental if they seek to ban something, eg. In many states it is banned for people who have more than 2 children to vote in elections but this has led to lack of democracy for them. Laws should instead empower the people like the RTI act.
(3) It also needs to be seen who is going to implement laws. It is unlikely MPs and MLAs will pass a law against their interests. Laws should instead give them incentives to carry out reforms.
(1) Any law can be made, but simply making a law cannot bring political reform. Laws have to be brought to effect by politically active citizens, political parties, pressure groups, etc.
(2) Sometimes laws can be detrimental if they seek to ban something, eg. In many states it is banned for people who have more than 2 children to vote in elections but this has led to lack of democracy for them. Laws should instead empower the people like the RTI act.
(3) It also needs to be seen who is going to implement laws. It is unlikely MPs and MLAs will pass a law against their interests. Laws should instead give them incentives to carry out reforms.
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