... order entirely. Why then, by the end of the decade, had the tide of democratic process receded, and how had Japan's conservative and authoritarian elements reined back power from the hands of the people? This essay will attempt to answer these questions by looking at the respective movements trying to attain democratic rule, and on the opposite side, the forces of ... in government, but not without compromise. The lower, elected house of the Diet was given less power than that of the House of Peers, to which membership was hereditary or gifted by imperial will, and this upper house man...

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