POLS 229 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship, Emperor Meiji, W. M. Keck Observatory
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Mainstream parties in the uk: liberal democratic, conservative, labour. The working class begins to see themselves as the middle class once war was over. Voter base starts moving toward center- conservative party becomes powerful in the. Blair into power in 1997,changes labour party starts serving middle class. Conservative party now back in power in 2010. Right wing in the uk- the new kingdom independent party. Policy politics-policies made in the interest of the people, striking deals amongst politicians (western style) Relational politics- personal relations are the most important. Your personal loyalty will cause you to vote for someone or think in a certain way even if they aren"t fit or desirable. Countries such as china and japan hold this valuable. Japan shifts from relational politics to policy politics. Relational politics comes from confucian political culture. Teaching people with morality you are teaching them to be good members of society. Teaching by law you are simply deterring them.
