In 1924, a coalition including Communists adopted Yat-sen's theory, based on the Three People's Principles developed by San Min Chu I. ... Yat-Sen died in 1925, and for a while, Kai-Shek followed his predecessor's policy of cooperating with the Chinese Communists. He even accepted Russian aid until 1927, when he reversed his beliefs, and so began the civil war between the Kuomintang and Communists. ... Mao Tse-Tung also wrote, "It is also clear that the Communist Party must not be impetuous but that it must have well-selected cadres working underground, must accumulate streng...

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In spite of China's economic liberalization, its Communist party-state retains the essential organization structure that the Chinese communist party adopted from the Soviet Union. ... The parties also change in structure and organization. ... 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 the western Yoruba.... However, it does have a Communist party (Chinese Communist...

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It is currently a communist state under the dictatorship of Kim Jong Un. The political system is originally modeled after the communist Soviet Union. ... According to cia.com, the communist Vietnamese government is also usually described as authoritarian. Vietnam ruled by the Vietnamese Communist Party, the only legal political party in the country. Decisions and laws are made solely by the Party, with the general public having absolutely no power in the decision-making process. ...

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In 1938 the Popular Front Party was created through a coalition of Communists, Radicals, and Socialists. ... From 1952 until 1973, different parties led Chile every six years with every new election. The parties included; the Popular Liberation Alliance (APL), the Conservative Party (PC), Christian Democratic Party (PDC), and the Socialist Party of Chile (PS). ... The parties included the Accion Democratica (AD), Christian Democratic Party (COPEI), and the Villas (URD). ... In 1957 the three main democratic parties formed a coalition excluding the communist party. ...

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This separation was further increase by the left wing system; The left wing system is more of a radical and socialist section of a political party or system. Up until recently this view point has change; Human rights and democracy do belongs together, without human rights society would eventually move towards the extreme left wing of the political spectrum hence a communist society would be formed and living in a communist would not be a very pleasant one. ... The use of periodic and fair elections by the use of secret ballots to vote for the ruling party to government them. ... Politicians ha...

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This separation was further increase by the left wing system; The left wing system is more of a radical and socialist section of a political party or system. Up until recently this view point has change; Human rights and democracy do belongs together, without human rights society would eventually move towards the extreme left wing of the political spectrum hence a communist society would be formed and living in a communist would not be a very pleasant one. ... The use of periodic and fair elections by the use of secret ballots to vote for the ruling party to government them. ... Politicians ha...

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The Social Democratic Party was the leading party in the creation of the Weimar Republic. It was the only party with sufficient credibility and acceptance by Wilson to negotiate an armistice agreement. ... This meant making it easy for small parties to gain representation in the Reichstag. ... For example the Sparticast uprising was due to communists who wanted to overthrow the Weimer regime and set up a communist state. ... The Weimer constitution was yet another problem the republic faced there were so many parties that no one single party got a majority ands under the constitution a coal...

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Also what I found to be very democratic about their society is that there are multiple parties in control of their society. ... What's more it reminds me of stories told by my family when they lived in communist Vietnam. ... In the book the society is a communist one because there exist no classes and everything produced is commonly owned. ... It was during this time that socialist and communist ideas were rampant in Europe. One of the major communist powers at this time was the U.S.S.R.. ...

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Party politics had, after a two-decade struggle, finally become a weight in government, but not without compromise. ... One example of their power is that the Prime Minister of the House of Representatives was essentially picked by the Genro, and they made sure that the will of nonparty elites was not trodden on by the actions of the elected parties.4 As the parliament's 'position still depended on the Genro and House of Peers', there could be no 'constitutional adventures'5. ... Criticism of the lower house often stemmed from the fact that it was quick to co...

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DEMOCRATIZATION PROCESS A civil society, democracy at the grass roots, and a political culture were needed for the transition from a Communist system. ... The leading role of the Communist Party was taking away the right of social and political initiative. ... The turning point in Latvia came in 1988 with the founding of the Popular Front as a coalition movement between independent groups and party reformists. ...

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Communist theory will the our focus. ... Freedom of speech in communist countries are restricted, almost none at all. ... Therefore the people of communist countries are being fed and are puppets to the Government. ... In these countries, the party exercises control, freedom of press belongs to the state, not to the media. Communist countries feel that it is necessary to speak with one voice, and anti-government or anti-praty criticism is forbidden. ...

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This paper provides a comparative analysis of the democratic performance of three countries- Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland- of the post-communist region of Central Eastern Europe, to lay the ground for further research into why their performance scores where it does on our scale. ... The three countries- Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland- all have very similar historical backgrounds having some sort of democratic institutions present previous to the establishment of the communist rule in the region. ... Nevertheless, corruption and the lack of political agencies' autonomy ...

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These include public opinion, political parties, interest groups, the mass media, and elections." ... Freedom of choice implies that the alternatives are genuine, however in elections, Moore claims that the two political parties competing for the government positions "look alike, sound alike and funded alike by the same exact wealthy donors." ... Presently, critics of government claim that there are actually no threats of terrorism using the WMD, but the government just uses the issue to pursue an undemocratic, personal or party policy. ... Even the Russian Communists claimed that they were th...

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This shift allowed for more freedom of speech as well as opposing parties to run for office. Not only were other parties running for office, but also they were winning. ... Violence was initially used as a solution by the communist government. The communist government believed that the revolution could not proceed without violence, therefore used violence to control European society. ...

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This would 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 the eyes of proponents of Western Liberal Democracy as long as the majority of regime's citizens were supportive of it too. ... There is no need to rely on the benevolence or nous of an authoritarian ruler to provide what we need and want as we vote for the party with the policies we most desire. ... Su...

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