The creation of the Soviet Union and its communist government led to a fear in the U.S. that communism could spread in America and the U.S. government would be overthrown just as the Russian government and its Tsar (the Russian King) had been replaced (Tsar Nicholas II was eventually murdered by the Communists along with his entire family). ... Eventually, the government began to crackdown against these groups. ... Constitution and rule of law" which has always guided the U.S. and insured our free society were suddenly now pushed back. ... The communists or the “Redsâ€"...

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This aimed at creating the impression of an honest Government serving exclusively the welfare of the country and a modern, westwardly oriented ruling party as well as at presenting an altogether positive report on the Government's activity in all areas. ... Furthermore, the Romanian Government has skillfully played its cards close to its chest in as far as comments on last year's strained political circumstances in the Re-public of Moldavia are concerned, whose communist government had repeatedly ac-cused Romania of interfering in its internal affairs. ... To what extent, however,...

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Through the past few decades there has been a rise in citizens voicing opinions out against the policies of the government. ... For example a prosperous business entrepreneur incentivized by the government may feel that the trade regulations are just and proper, however an economics professor may feel that regulations are excessive and biased according to his belief in economic philosophy and the government needs to change these laws. ... The belief that some have is that no matter how capitalistic, democratic, or spiteful the people will become of the government, will not change a thing becau...

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NPC has extensive power including the amendment of the constitution, passage and amendment of legislation, approval of economic plans and government work reports, and appointment of top state and government leaders. ... As to lawmaking, all important laws, constitutional amendments, and political laws submitted to the NPC or its Standing Committee must have prior approval by the party center. ... Party core groups are the mechanisms to promote party leadership over leaders in their government host structure. ... Rule by Law: the principle of "rule of law" is the protection of individ...

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There will always be scandal and corruption in government. ... The fundamentals in which their society is based on reminds me of those of any democratic form of government. They have certain laws that form the core of their society; this can be compared to our Canadian constitution. ... The most important law that exists in the Seven Commandments is the seventh commandment. ... This gives the chance for debate in their government. ...

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As well, all of the nations involved shared the common goals of implementing democratic systems of government and moving to market economies. ... While tremendous changes are evident in both the governmental and economic arenas in Europe, these changes cannot be assumed to always be "mutually reinforcing" (Preuss 47). ... Many of the Federal Republic's laws immediately applied in the GDR (Gloebner 153). Article 146 of the Basic Law, put simply, allowed for the annulment of the Basic Law, to be replaced with another governing system, without previously binding the people...

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Arguably, equality is the goal of many governments today. ... Liberty Liberty can be defined as limited only be laws established on behalf of the community . ... Among these freedoms is also the freedom of religion and freedom from unreasonable searches by the law. ... Many new nations today are making the switch to democratic government. ... From that, a government system must adhere to developing a form of government which encompasses the values of a working society. ...

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System of Government d. ... The application of these principles is regulated by law.' ... System of Government -There is a very important relation between positive government system and intraparty democracy. ... Legislation - Turkish constitution, political parties code, party by-laws are the main legislation in intraparty democracy. e. ... Because those decisions are also accepted in parliamentary and government. ...

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The government was dictating what they should believe in. ... The Constitution of the Soviet Union had the church separated from the government, but those words were only on paper. These laws were never exercised, and in reality, the government had full control over the church. ... In the early 1970s, new laws were passed concerning those attending the church. ...

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Communism is a theory of government in which the people are all considered equal. The government owns the businesses and pays equal wages to all. ... There could be a government which practices the Communist ideas of the government ownership of business while having the democratic ideals of checks and balances with the people voting for officials. ... The private ownership of business allows for the formation of large companies which can impair the fair processes of the law (an example of this is lobbyists). ... Even the socialist governments of the world take responsibility for the health ...

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It consists of free and fair elections, separation of powers, rule of law, recognition of human rights, equality, government of the people, by the people and for the people, pluralism and others features of democracy. ... Plato then came with the second best form of government which is timocracy, this is the form of government ruled by warriors in which all the political decisions aim to bring military power and status. ... Timocracy, according to Plato, is a kind of government that arises when aristocracy starts to degenerate. ... He goes to rate tyranny as the firth, and argues that democrac...

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Truman ordered the dismissal of any government employee whose loyalty appeared questionable. ... Government agencies used the list as a guide to help determine the loyalty of employees and of people seeking jobs. ... Many employees, to keep their jobs, were required to take oaths of loyalty to the government. ... Laws would hold no meanings and innocent people would so easily be accused. ... Which lead young educated people, not to go into the government. ...

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Subject: China, a country in transformation; from a communist government to the opening of the Chinese market. ... And a law was created to abolish the domination of landowners: it was the beginning of the collectivization. ... The Chinese government created a Federal Bank and Chinese discovered for the first time Chinese shares and bonds. ... Instead of modifying the interest rate, the government decides some restrictions to limit the speculation. ... The Chinese government has decided to eradicate the corruption. ...

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Rivalry of Culture Fear; the strife between the capitalist and communist governments resulted in this. ... The U.S. government also took it into its hands to launch a huge propaganda to raise the Cold War scare and keep ideology the same and uniform. ... The U.S. government violated their rights by interrogating "suspects" and asking if they were communists or ever had been. ... The U.S. got involved with Korea and Vietnam, both communist nations, and tried to occupy and convert them with new governments. ... Martin Luther King and other demonstrators displayed to the public their har...

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A country that thrived on freedom and was kept in tact by laws would become a country that was moved by fear alone. Laws would hold no meaning and innocent people would be accused (Feuerlicht, 154). ... The blacklists continued in Hollywood while in the Government offices more than 2,000,000 men and women were subject to loyalty investigations no matter what their status was. ... The government continued its "snooping" by putting wire taps on telephones with no court approval. ... One of McCarthy's victims was quoted saying that "to write freedom into a law is not enough. ...

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In addition to this it will state the collapse of communism and why thee countries have chosen a democratic' government rather than an authoritarian government etc. ... It will focus on government issues, such as the constitution, elections, executives and legislatures, enabling us to see the different levels of democratisation, each country has met. ... Although there are different definitions about what it is to be democratic, there are still obvious criteria that democracy has, and an authoritarian government does not, which enables us to discuss the transitions from authoritarian g...

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Solidarity, an anti-Communist trade union and social movement, had forced Poland's Communist government to recognize it in 1980 through a wave of strikes that gained international attention. In 1981, Poland's Communist authorities, under pressure from Moscow, declared martial law, arrested Solidarity's leaders, and banned the democratic trade union. ... The movement simply went underground, and the rebellious Poles organized their own civil society, separate from the Communist government and its edicts. ... In Hungary, the Communist government initiated reforms in 1989 th...

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Another key reason why investors will remain in China is the Chinese government structure. ... Certainly, there are both pros and cons regarding those two different types of government structures.Within communist countries people are worried mostly about the independence in law which leads to corruption within the country. ... In the 1970s, the Chinese government launched a project to establish the Special Economic Zone near the coast of China. ... " (Weige China) With this said, the advantages that China's communist government has over the democratic governments of the other countri...

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This is perhaps the most problematic aspect of this issue, for the solution depends on the coordination and cooperation of all major governments, regardless of political differences. ... Through the Agrarian Reform Laws (1959, 1963), land was distributed to more than 200,000 peasant families, and 70% of the Latifundio lands (large estates) passed into state control. The new government now responsible for all aspects of its citizens' lives, and eager to show its incontestable superiority, followed the trends of the time. ...

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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. ... (O&...

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Archie Brown notes that "Gorbachev has the political will to make significant innovations in both Soviet domestic and foreign policy"1, and German biographer Christian Shmidt-Hauer states that "the new leader is ambitious for power- not power for its own sake, but power to improve his own society"2.3 Anyhow, his personal attractive qualities and his remarkable profile of a Young Communist League member and a Law graduate from the Moscow State University, presented him as the most suitable Party Leader the USSR needs in order to optimize the unstable economic situation he i...

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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. ... In leading the people in struggle against the enemy, the Party must adopt the tactics of advancing step by step slowly and surely, keeping to the principle of waging struggles on just grounds, to our advantage, and with restraint, ...

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Within these documents were the names of the people involved and their positions within the government. ... Its duty was "to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilization of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law." ...

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