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. ... In the presidential elections of 1999, the election committee approved nine parties for local elections and three parties with the highest votes were allowed to contest in the elections. 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 nor...

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It is a political process that has started its third wave in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 and the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991. ... The case selection will be in the second and the case summary in the third sections explained, followed by a conclusion. ... Both of these terms are in some way overarching and very often underachieving as basic principles of the third wave of democratization. ... (Freedom House, 2014) Although, cases of corruption like the one of Norbert Wojnarowski who was buying votes for a favoured candidate of his by bribing pa...

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The use of mercenaries has been historically a constant phenomenon till almost the end of the XX century, when their activities were criminalized by the international community. Parallel to that phenomenon European States, during their colonial expansion over all continents, authorized two other for...

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