... inequalities also exist in terms of the sectors of American society that are represented in the interest group system. "The interest group game is dominated in sheer number and weight of activity by corporations, business trade associations, and professional associations. These organizations account for over two-thirds of all associations that have a lobbying presence in Washington" (Rutledge). Politics is ... ...

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... interwar Japanese politics. The first focus of this essay will be on the official side to Japanese democracy – the elected legislature. Party politics had, after a two-decade struggle, finally become a weight 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 ... ...

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