... the upper class bias seen in interest groups members does not promote democracy, with there being a sharp inequality with regards to access to interest groups. Additionally, the education level and social status of interest group members and lobbyists give them an immediate advantage in influencing Congress. "Many of Washington's top lobbyists have close ties to important members of Congress or were ... direct access to congressional leaders" (Ginsburg, Lowi, Weir, Tolbert 447). The stable hold of power by the elite upper class seen in lobbyists and interest group members restrict lower...

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... . Again, the constitutional makeup of the Japanese state meant that the role of the military and imperial court could easily outweigh that of civilian government, any serious questioning of the social order was crushed without mercy, and any liberal measures that were passed 'were accompanied by others that seemed to point in the opposite direction17.' To illustrate the last point, although ... labour rights, reform of industrial relations and changes to the social structure were by no means non-existent, and that there was some degree of political consciousness being stirred up within...

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... (Chinese Communist Party) which has been ruling the country for over 2000 years. Although China has opened up new avenues for economic and social mobility, membership in the Chinese communist party remains essential for acquiring political influence and status. After the death of Mao, Deng Xiaoping included professionals, scholars and intellectuals in the party along with workers and peasants as he believed ... rise to a change in the composition of political leadership, especially those who gain office by means of elections. As new groups are granted suffrage in Nigeria, candidates clo...

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... representative democratic regimes can be legitimate, after all, that is what is familiar to citizens of the modern Western world and humans, being creatures of habit, will often accept the status quo as that which is right. However, it is necessary to examine on what grounds democratic regimes acquire their supposed legitimacy and whether other types of rule can be legitimate ... with the people. Green's ideas of the legitimate state echo this sentiment saying that although 'supreme coercive power'6 may reside with the state, its exercise is subject to the social norms and customs ...

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... before the law. This shall not be held to mean that the State shall not in its enactments, have due regard to differences of capacity, physical and moral, and of social function." 15 The principle of equality of citizens before the law does exist in Ireland therefore, which is also legally binding on the judiciary 16 and has been reaffirmed several ... crimes and lesser offenses, as well as sentences that are to be associated with them, the criminal procedure, amnesty, the creation of new organizations of the court system and the status of the magistrates". It is therefore the legislato...

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