... committee approved nine parties for local elections and three parties with the highest votes were allowed to contest in the elections. Each of these parties once again reflected its regional base in one of the country's main ethnic groups: The people's Democratic party representing the northern Hausa, the all people's party representing the eastern Igbo, and the alliance for democracy of ... ...

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... when it comes to their interests in almost every matter, the only way to prevent against the oppression of minorities by majority factions, while still protecting civil liberties, was through a strong national government. Realistically, Madison explained, factions will exist within the government as well, because there must be some element of interest in order for judges to make decisions, therefore ... the national government and the states, the Anit-Federalists believed that power should be firmly in the state legislatures and courts, while the Federalists obviously argue in favor of ...

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... to the application of our 'democratic standard' to countries where such political systems do not apply. Representative democracy, bound up with a strong legal system of rights, is helpful in preventing excesses of the state in terms of offences committed against the citizen and maintaining legitimacy that ... mean that in authoritarian or one-party regimes in countries with ethnic tensions or histories of tribal rivalry3 - where the regime argues that strong government is necessary to maintain the integrity and functionality of the country - could justifiably be called legitimate in...

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... discontent. In addition, other reasons for the Venezuelan political problems are compounded by the elements that were critical to the origins and long term stability of the political system, namely, strong parties, low social conflicts in a "managed" civil society, and a dominant State economically sustained only by its oil revenues. Additionally, the party systems' crisis and decay were worsened ... Venezuelan crisis can be visualized as a case where the transition has remained stagnated. Therefore, a new order of politicians is struggling to be born because the old older remained very ...

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... with secular demands (such as the Lokpal movement). The criticism of Indian democracy should be evaluated with the above perspectives. Distinction of Indian democracy from the Western system is not a strong critique in itself. Further arguments for Indian democracy being weak have been delays in policy implementation and formulation as well as populism. With regard to "policy paralysis", the ... ...

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... , has convinced legislators that its members will vote for or against them solely on this issue" (Hays). Even though a candidate, along with the majority of the population may want strong gun controls laws, the influence the NRA has in who gets elected strongly effects what position those running for Congress hold. As a result, observers of American society have become increasingly ... ...

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... individual state agencies, although, working closely together, also have to respect the autonomy of the other. In both cases the commitment to uphold the rule of law is what creates a strong governmental accountability. (O'Donnell, 1998) Overall, the three countries will be placed on the comparative democratization scale based on the evidence provided later on and its accordance with the definitions established ... ...

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... the French Specialized Court of Assizes France did not have the same concerns as Ireland when the 1958 Constitution was drawn up. It was more concerned to put in place strong institutions and a durable political regime, the Constitution of the fifth republic gave over only a minute place to the courts in its main text. The only provision which makes reference to ... ...

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... with the assemblies persistently displaying their determination to expand by refusing to pay their governors any salary i.e. payment boycotts occurred from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania throughout the 1740s. Without direct and strong political control in the colonies, Parliament increasingly lost power that the ruling colonial elite converted to their favour. Notably by 1754 Benjamin Franklin somewhat radically attempted at "The Albany Congress ... ...

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