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. Although the reformist leaders in China have embraced the concept of market freedom rejecting Marx's idea, their decision to retain a closed political structure is very much in accord with Lenin's vision of the communist part-state. ... However, it does have a Communist party (Chinese Communist Party) which has been ruling the country for over 2000 years. Although China has opened up new avenues for ec...

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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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Such was the rationale of Lenin's Bolshevik (and then Communist) Party during the 1917 Russian revolution, where the party sought legitimacy as defenders of the revolution and then subsequently leading the people towards their goal, whether the people wanted it or not. ...

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