Yat-sen believed that the Chinese reconstruction would follow a progression of stages: military government, tutelage under the Kuomintang, and popular sovereignty (Palmer 356). ... Between 1913-1916, Kai-Shek helped attempt to overthrow Yuan Shih-kai's government. Sun Yat-Sen formed the Guangzhou government in 1917 and chose Kai-Shek as a military aide. ... China's history is filled with revolution. ... Communism---a well-planned act designed to do away with Chinese attempts toward capitalism or democracy. ...

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(Dahl (1971) Page 2) Since it is almost impossible for a government to be responsive to all of its citizens, Dahl calls our everyday conception of democracy Polyarchy. ... 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. (Dahl (1971) Page 2) Now considering the political Regime of Nigeria, I can say that it presents a struggle to institutionalize stable governments. ... On ...

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However, democracy in America is not as simple as "power to the people", but is actually a complicated system of government and politics. ... Chinese consumers became rapidly addicted to this drug so China wanted to ban this trade. ... The Chinese lost and the government was the forced to pay Britain 21 million silver dollars. ... Also, the Chinese exclusion act of 1882 limited further Chinese immigration. ... They were anti-federalists who believed in strong localized governments. ...

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Certainly, a substantial amount of wealth in this type of system would grant any successful capitalist the ability to afford to pay lobbyists to leverage their government for their own gain. In such a system wealth would even allow a successful capitalist to run for office so that they could influence government directly and possibly even for their own gain. ... This, however, is not a problem for China given that the autocracy that rules their nation does not guarantee any equality at all. ... The authors draw strong comparisons between China and the USSR noting that it too was once an emergi...

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First the government controls the source. ... The political system determines the exact relationship between the media and the government. ... They have no say in the decisions the Government make. ... Individual media outlets are given much more freedom to criticise the government. This is not so in countries like Cuba, China and North Korea. ...

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Today, North Korea's dictator Kim Jong Un has threatened to attack the United States, and has not gotten support from his allies, Russia or China. ... The theory of democratic peace is proven through the government and actions of North Korea. ... Any opposition to the government is prohibited. Several people are routinely arrested and imprisoned, with the government frequently charging them for "subverting the State", "endangering State security" or attempting to "overthrow the "People's socialist government". ... The Internet is heavily censored, most sites that show anti-communist...

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As such this essay will discuss different subsets of legitimacy judging whether they are mutually exclusive or complementary whilst avoiding the conflation of 'more legitimacy' with 'better government'. ... Whichever way the situation is examined, it is always examined through the prism of a mind which has grown up and been socialised into thinking that their system of government is the best. ... Following on from the previous acknowledgement that those in our society have been socialised into considering democracy the best form of government for our society, we can state...

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Traditionally, Hobbes is seen as a defender of absolute monarchy, a government system where the power is held  in the hands of one man, the Monarch. ... Once involved in this vicious circle of revolutions, the most important was the fall of the government in power without having thought enough about the perspectives of the future, leaving the country in a social and political chaos. ...

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