Word: dynasticism
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Durability is right. Kim had been in power only a few years when the famine struck, but it didn't shake his grip. Ever since then, China has been pressuring him, unsuccessfully, to reform his economy. Kim has been able to resist such demands partly because North Korea is dynastic...
Not everyone is so gung-ho. Over the past few days, the legitimacy of a Kennedy senatorship has been hashed and rehashed by pundits, politicians, and the people themselves. Still, if Kennedy is to be handed the seat, American voters should be concerned, and not just because the prospect reeks...
Other countries are blighted by dynastic democracy, in which the same families - the Bhutto-Zardaris in Pakistan, say - act as if it is their birthright to lead, and the electorate duly votes them in. Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the Philippines have all elected daughters of former leaders to helm their...
What’s not to love about Caroline B. Kennedy ’80 ? From the iconic photograph of her toddler self dancing in the Oval Office for her father—the president—to her op-ed in The New York Times last year in which...
Finally, there's Bush's family. Bush's wife is reportedly (and understandably) not fond of the political circus. Then again, the family issue can work both ways for the Bushes. Jeb's Senate chances, if he does run, could be dampened by the fact that his brother is leaving...