A political party is "A group organized for the purpose of achieving and exercising power within a political system," (Gwinn 960). They obtain their power by either election or revolution. ... Early political parties, centered around aristocratic and monarchial regimes, only composed of nobles and influential people opposed to one another. ... In some countries like Saudi Arabia political parties are outlawed because with the totalitarian monarchial system of government they employ there would have no purpose. ... The United Kingdom is considered a monarchial republic though currentl...

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Plato believed that the average person can't make good political decisions and should be left out of the decision making process. ... He believed that the power should be separated into three groups: The Counsel, The Senate, and The Tribunes. The counsel would represent the interests of the monarch, the senate would represent the interests of the aristocrats, and the tribunes would represent the interests of the people as a whole. This way advice is taken from the widest range of people without giving one group all the power. ... Locke never wanted there to be a sovereign power and that t...

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With the passing of time, political views on the philosophy of government gradually changed. ... His political views were influenced by the war. Hobbes perceived that by bringing back the monarch, there would be an end to the civil war. ... Even though the power of the sovereign is accumulated from the people, the sovereign has absolute power. Locke argued that agreement to absolute political power is irrational. ...

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Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are two political philosophers; their theories were about the formation of the society and what the social contract means. ... Doubtless, both thinkers have different opinions on human nature and state of nature; the state of nature is where people were in before political government came into existence. ... One person or a group of people is given the power to protect the rest of the society. ... Conversely to Hobbes monarchial state, Locke contends that the government should be democratic. For this reason, the elected government can only rule by consent with t...

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China has seen much political change in the past few centuries. Changing from being ruled by monarchs, to imperialists, with a short lapse of democracy before the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) came to power, and ongoing from the 1970s a blend of socialism and capitalism introduced by Deng Xiaoping. ... It is important to note that this paper will not be addressing in particular the development of other areas closely affected by Chinese politics or how these other areas have had an influence in Chinese politics. ... Shortly after World War II there was a power struggle between the Chinese Commu...

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Most definitely, the politics changed. "With this political change a new idea of thought and individualism appeared in the new republic. ... It was the end of monarchial rule and getting used to a new system of government and policies. ... America was not yet ready to give women the political power that they deserved. ...

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Book I of Rousseau's The Social Contract stresses that this contract will sustain liberty and/or freedom more efficiently than the state of nature, thus, paving the way for lawful and sound political power. Rousseau says that lawful political power does not exist in nature. Instead, political power becomes legitimate by the formation of contracts built between the members of society. The only legitimate political authority found in nature is that of the authority that a father holds over his child. ... Therefore, agreement would have to be the only legitimate means by which political auth...

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Book I of Rousseau's The Social Contract stresses that this contract will sustain liberty and/or freedom more efficiently than the state of nature, thus, paving the way for lawful and sound political power. Rousseau says that lawful political power does not exist in nature. Instead, political power becomes legitimate by the formation of contracts built between the members of society. The only legitimate political authority found in nature is that of the authority that a father holds over his child. ... Therefore, agreement would have to be the only legitimate means by which political auth...

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