A case that shows corruption embodied in the appointment of political actors in order to suit the personal good of the individual, is when president Zeman pushed for his protégé Livia Klausová, the wife of previous president Václav Klaus, to take the post of Czech ambassador to Slovakia after stalling this appointment for several months. ...
In 1920, the country of Japan was beginning to show outward signs that it was embarking on a path towards political modernization and a model of relatively liberal democracy. Indeed, the previous decade had seen the nation's masses call for a 'constitutional government' and, by the beginning of t...