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Each challenge of democracy is linked to the possibility of reforms. Generally all the suggestions or proposals about overcoming various challenges to democracy are called democratic reform or political reform. So there are some that can be kept in mind while devising ways and means for political reforms in India.
(i) Legal Way of Polities: It is very tempting to think of legal ways of reforming politics, to "think of new laws to ban undesirable things. But this temptation needs to be resisted. Actually democratic reforms are to be carried out mainly by political activists, parties, movements and politically conscious citizens.
(ii) Reforms through Proper Legislation: Any legal change must carefully look at what results it will have on politics.
- Generally, laws that seek to ban something are not very successful in politics. Laws that give political actors incentives to do good things have more chances of working.
- The best laws are those which empower people to carry out democratic reforms. The right to information act is a good example to a law that empowers the people to find out what is happening in government and act as watchdogs of democracy. Such a law helps to control corruption.
(iii) Reforms through Political Parties: Sometimes democratic reforms are to be brought about principally though political practices.
(iv) Reforms through Citizens Organisation and Media: Measures that rely on democratic movements, citizen?s organisations and the media are likely to succeed.
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