It will also demonstrate that legitimacy is ultimately derived from the consent of the governed and therefore that both democratic and non-democratic regimes can be legitimate. ... We could now query why non-democratic regimes are not legitimate. ... 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. ... 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 revoluti...

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However such critiques ignore the democratic underpinnings of the Indian political system and the distinctive context of its establishment. ... They were overcome by evolution of a new model of democratic politics. ... Indian political discourse has focused on specific policy measures and client patron relationship between social groups and political parties. This reflects an underlying consensus amongst all political parties of a secular, democratic republic. ... Additionally, political representation for such groups has increased through political space in national parties and emergence of c...

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In the past Nigeria has vacillated between authoritarian military regimes and democratic civilian republics and has had a variety of federal state and local political arrangements. ... 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 north...

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Nevertheless, the question of whether the army is fit to rule Egypt under a democratic state remains the issue three years after what has been described as the biggest revolution in Egypt's modern history. ... After that, the country entered a transitional period where the supreme council of armed forces was to rule until the time that a democratic presidential election would be held, and it was this period that caused the first wave of change in the army's position. ... When the time of the first presidential elections in Egypt after the revolution finally came in may 2012, the Mu...

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The assortment of government interest parties is cultivated by the pluralism of the government at the federal, regional, and local levels. ... However, pluralism can make it difficult to get legislation enacted because different political parties need to express their varied opinions and there may be intense disagreement. ... The existence of political disciplined parties in our system is an indication of the variety of political energy in our nation. ... Sometimes the individual party's viewpoints are not in the best interest of the majority of the people, but we live in a Madisonian bu...

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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. ... The Freedomhouse only highlights the Varsovian Card as discriminating and t...

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