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To what extent can the Meiji political reform be called as democratic?
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His 1105: History and The Historian Assignment one: Researching A Specific Topic Research topic To what extent can the Meiji political reform be called as democratic? Reference Works Relevant (Secondary) Sources Brief Description of the Research Topic A democratic constitution should fulfill the following requirements: the emperor being checked, the well-defined division of power, the power for the diet to check the executive, and last but not least, public participation in politics. Considering the period when the Japanese Constitution was written, the feudal background of the men in control of the government and the nature of Japanese society and politics, it established perhaps as liberal a system of government as could have worked in Japan at that time. The Meiji political structure had been described as Tennosei meaning that Tenno was unimpeachable and semi-divine. His supremacy was presented as dogma. However, he did not exercise temporal power by himself, restricted by constitutional law, e.g. his power to...
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