It too was staffed by wealthy conservatives, such as Ito Hirobumi and Yamagata Aritomo, and was mostly opposed to any legislation that tried to extend democratic rights too far3. ... Individualism failed on the grounds that it was primarily opposed to the collective nature of Japanese national polity20, and was more 'related to the artist seeking personal fulfilment' than an actual commitment to individual rights, whilst egalitarianism seemed unable overcome the social prejudices of many of the 'coterie adherents'21. ...

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Dahl's purpose of Polyarchy is to determine conditions favor or impede a transformation into a political regime in which opponents of the government can openly and legally organize into political parties in order to oppose the government in free and fair elections. ... (O'Neil (2010) page 297) According to Dahl, the definition of public contestation and participation includes classic freedoms like opportunities to oppose the government, form political organizations, vote by secret ballot in elections etc.... (O'Neil (2010) Page 553) This justifies Dahl's theory about broa...

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Communism, at its most idealistic base, is a contingent of gown up responsible people that have free access to information and can therefore self govern, except for the transitional period required for the establishment of the required infrastructure. In this light, it would seem that communist coun...

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