There has been an erosion of the middle class to near non-existence, and the economy is completely dependent upon oil, a market that is very volatile and unstable at times (Sterngold 3). ... To begin with, there need to be drastic changes made to the economy of Iraq, so that the country may be able to prosper, and its people along with it will gain wealth, and create a strong middle class. ... The three main divisions within Iraq are those of the Kurds in northern Iraq, the Shiites in southern and western Iraq, and the Sunnis in eastern and central Iraq. ... And after all this planning, the...

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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. ... This paper provides a comparative analysis of the democratic performance of three countries- Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland- of the post-communist region of Central Eastern Europe, to lay the ground for further research into why their performance scores where it does on our scale. ... Overall, the Czech Republic scored on the comparative democratization scale in the middle compared to the two other countries...

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However, over the years Nigerians have developed a number of important components of successful democracy namely the fourth Republic which includes a diverse and vigorous media, an educated and often critical elite, outspoken human rights organizations, a growing middle class and a respected legal profession and judiciary. ... Thus when the narrow suffrage of a competitive oligarchy has been extended to the middle class and minority groups, the number of party leaders and members of parliament drawn from the middle class and minorities has increased, thus establishing inclusiveness and competi...

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