"But this control exists largely through the political minister placed by each administration at the top of the bureaucratic hierarchy. What has never happened in German history is the wholesale distribution of government offices to party workers as a matter of political patronage, as occurred in the"
"It is of course impossible to predict the long-term consequences of theArab Spring, However, those observers who criticize the chaotic results ofthis upheaval and argue that they cannot lead to a good democratic out-come in the long run often fail to remember what a long, chaotic, and vio-lent proce"