Defining politics today has different meaning from 20th century. Littrë in his 1987 dictionary defined politics as the science of government of states'. Robert in 1962 defined it as the art and practice of government of human societies'. ... Success and failure of political ideology and ideological, material limitation of consumerism in democracy will be main element of my argument. ... This significant historical fact shows limits of ideology. ...

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Democracy can be very hard to define, as there are many criteria that deem to be essential to some political thinkers, yet hardly relevant to others. ... It is clearly evident that by looking at three great political thinkers and their ideologies on democracy, all three are very different, having certain criteria and criticisms about democratic definition. Although there are different definitions about what it is to be democratic, there are still obvious criteria that democracy has, and an authoritarian government does not, which enables us to discuss the transitions from authoritarian gover...

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But none so them could define the exact meaning. ... But in this way, the society isn't prepared for the socialism, especially the economy basic and the ideology. ... Take the USSR for example, the Communist Party obtained their strength and power by the revolutionary path, subverting the political, social, and other orders in the old era. ...

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It appears that the Diet's lower house was little other than a constitutional nicety, its wings easily clipped by the conservative elements in Japanese politics – the structural makeup as defined by the Meiji constitution made it so. ... What can be seen as a driving force in the progression of political thought in 1920's Japan were the currents of liberal, individualist, rights-based ideology that had sprung from recourse to both Western philosophy and more traditional Japanese ideas of disobedience and resistance to authority. ...

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