Opposition in Asian constitutional systems: characteristics and potential for democratic consolidation
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Opposition parties are still in the development stage in most Asian governments because the preconditions to enduring opposition presence have not been satisfied in most nations. Some political scientists believe that opposition to the party in power is an essential component of democratic government. To be considered a stable and enduring force, the opposition must accept the manner of governance but question the policies of the dominate political party. India and Japan have developed opposition presences, but in most other nations, opposition parties are still working for access and support.
Publication Name: Government and Opposition
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0017-257X
Year: 1996
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Machiavelli and the duck/rabbit problem of political perception
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Some political issues are subject to contrary perceptions and understandings because of indeterminacy and not merely because of descriptive manipulations. In politics, opposing forces often characterize the same activity differently, such as referring to a tax as either a poll tax or a community tax. Some differences in perception are more intractable, such as how one perceives a drawing that could be seen as a duck or a rabbit. The differences in perception in those cases cannot be attributable to differences in values or to political manipulation.
Publication Name: Government and Opposition
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0017-257X
Year: 1996
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Politics and morality in the thought of Karl Popper
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Karl Popper's beliefs about morality were based in a larger context on his notion of scientific hypotheses' relation to political action. Because their was no absolute set of morals within Popper's thought, it has been claimed that he lacked a moral base, He actually saw morality as the ability to make the right, meaning fully realized and thought-out, decision in a particular circumstance. On a political level, this allowed for change, though no absolute ideal political or moral stance.
Publication Name: Government and Opposition
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0017-257X
Year: 1995
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