One party government weakens accountability and breeds hubris.

When the DPJ came to power in September 2009 it ended half a century of de facto one party rule by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

But one party rule breeds complacency, corruption, and political sclerosis.

Japan s one party state, under the conservative LDP, was a product of World War II and the Cold War.

The Labour Party had a single party majority in the Storting from 1945 to 1961.

If you want the benefits of the former, you cannot allow the latter.

The Chinese democracy movement (), abbreviated as Minyun () refers to a series of loosely organized political movements in the People's Republic of China against the continued one party rule by the Communist Party.

He was the last prime minister of the single party era in the politics of Turkey.

The economic boom is the only source of legitimacy that the one party state has left.

During his first period as President, he headed the single party regime of the Congolese Party of Labour (PCT) for 12 years.

By modernizing the seminaries following a single party model, the revolutionaries gained control over them.

This leaves unification as the last tie to Mao's revolution and justification for one party rule.

A firm rejection of the one party state will also reverberate far beyond Japan s borders.

OSAKA Yesterday s landslide general election victory by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) terminated the one party dominated system that the catch all Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has controlled almost without interruption since 1955.

Only one party rule would guarantee the continuing rise of China and put an end to centuries of national humiliation.

The old Assad feared that open borders and the end of the politics of conflict might erode his one party system.

China may be unique in many ways, but its one party rule is hardly exceptional.

Indeed, it has often been said, by Japanese as well as foreign commentators, that a de facto one party state suits the Japanese.

Moreover, the LDP was plagued by a string of minor scandals and consistent bungling. The LDP s need for three different prime ministers in the space of little more than a year made plain that the party s power nucleus had melted down.

Indeed, under the LDP led one party dominant system, this extra constitutional mechanism became an integral part of Japan s government polity.

Like Singapore, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan in their first few decades of modern growth, China has been ruled by a single party.

As a result, they have little direct appreciation of the worst aspect of one party rule a rapacious, legally unrestrained elite.

Indeed, the fight against corruption is at war with itself, because Xi is simultaneously seeking to buttress one party rule.

Other economies, such as China, are seeking ways to establish the rule of law by strengthening the institutional framework within the framework of one party rule.

Instead of democratic transition, China has witnessed a consolidation of authoritarian rule the strengthening of a one party regime through organizational learning and adaptation.

India, with which Pakistan shares a similar background, went through 40 years of dysfunctional democracy with a one party system.

While Mussolini formally declared fascism to be anti democratic, Putin does not openly reject democracy, or explicitly advocate a one party state.

But Zhao was also the only CCP leader to propose a political reform package to tackle China s system of one party rule.

But those who believe that the CCP can defy both the internal degenerative dynamics of autocracy and the historical record of failed one party regimes might benefit from reading Leon Trotsky, who knew something about revolutions.

If there were no alternative ideas to one party authoritarianism, military rule, or nationwide chaos, the future of China would be very bleak indeed.

To maintain single party legitimacy and thus the ability to govern those narrower interests must be overridden in favor of the general interest.

But Hu s administration invariably slams on the brakes whenever their put people first initiatives begin to threaten one party rule.

From its first years, government in the Soviet Union was based on the one party rule of the Communists, as the Bolsheviks called themselves, beginning in March 1918.

Upon gaining independence it became a single party state under the presidency of Hastings Banda, who remained president until 1994, when he lost an election.

China, too, most likely wants to retain, at least for a while, the benefits of single party rule, and delay the transition to messier governance influenced by multiple voices.

If multi party democracy leads to violent and uncompromising electoral blocs, then most reflective people will prefer one party rule that ensures social stability.

The dissolution of the Soviet Union had a significant impact on Mongolia, where the one party state grew into a multi party democracy, and with that, media freedoms came to the forefront.

One feature common to most of these developments was the extensive use of campaigns of civil resistance demonstrating popular opposition to the continuation of one party rule and contributing to the pressure for change.

By contrast, in China s one party state, they find it is easier to do business with officials who can make quick decisions and implement them almost instantly.

Since the 1990 s, therefore, nationalism has replaced Communism as the justification for the one party state, which requires stirring up anti Western above all, anti Japanese sentiment.

Yet nowadays divisions between candidates for office are deeper than ever and are even sharper among party activists.

Two weeks later, on May 31, Blair and Brown met in a small restaurant in North London, and debated who should take over the party leadership.

In China, the one party system has been effective in delivering strong growth, but it must now address the rampant corruption and excessive bureaucracy that has crowded out the private sector and limited creativity and innovation.

What if the bargain struck between the Chinese middle classes and the one party state were to fall apart, owing to a pause, or even a setback, in the race for material wealth?

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