The army's image in front of the Egyptian people was completely shattered; there were many errors in the management of the country, because the military is simply not trained to run the internal affairs of a country, as well as many violations of human rights, for instance, the crackdown on the NGO's and the arrest of its employees, except for the foreigners who were sent safely back to their country. ... This was followed by a number of other totalitarian measures, for instance, Hisham Kandil's government drafted a protest law to limit the demonstrations and pacify the people&#...

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Indeed, the previous decade had seen the nation's masses call for a 'constitutional government' and, by the beginning of the 1920's, elected politicians had come in from the peripheries to wield considerable, actual power. ... Why then, by the end of the decade, had the tide of democratic process receded, and how had Japan's conservative and authoritarian elements reined back power from the hands of the people? ... Charges and counter -charges between factions of the Diet did little to aid its reputation, 'with opposition politicians who schemed to destroy ...

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The overwhelming majority of states go further than this in redistributing some of the nation's wealth to ease the lives of the poorer members of their society. ... The difference comes with the West's general liberal stance which prioritises the rights of the individual over the collective good – a societal attitude that has developed over centuries and has been shared with nearby countries via our interactions with them over the years. ... Lipset's definition, however, comes into conflict when considering the international relations of political states. ... This paternal...

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