The role of the Administrative Council of Mount Lebanon in the creation of Greater Lebanon: 1918-1920
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The Administrative Council of Mount Lebanon or the majlis played an important role in the establishment of Greater Lebanon after World War I. The majlis, a confessionally elected group of notables from various regional and religious sectors, became the embodiment of the expectations of Greater Lebanon's inhabitants. Through resolutions and declarations, they ventilated their goals and views and sent delegations to France to support their cause. Despite their limitations and the setbacks they encountered, the majlis' greatest legacy was their idea for a confessionally represented governing body for Greater Lebanon, which to this day survives.
Publication Name: Journal of Third World Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 8755-3449
Year: 1996
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A petition for a popularly chosen council of government in Tosa in 1787
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A 1787 petition by the samurai Imakita Sakubei in the domain of Tosa, Japan requested that the lord allow the popular election of a government council, drawn from all classes of society, to advise him and debate policy. The petition, which was composed during a time of famine, popular unrest and bureaucratic corruption in Tosa, may represent the earliest call for a popularly elected organ of government in Japanese history. The available information on Sakubei suggests his petition stemmed from a neo-Confucian image of government centered around virtuous civil servants serving a morally exemplary lord.
Publication Name: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0073-0548
Year: 1997
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The issue of state power: the council on foreign relations as a case study
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The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is a private group which has a major influence in formulating US foreign policy. The CFR is funded by large corporations and is secretive about its operations. Critics consider the CFR's unrepresentative membership as undemocratic and have repeatedly raised the issue of who should determine foreign policy. The implications of the CFR's existence and its influence on the broader issue of the nature of power and of the state are discussed.
Publication Name: Journal of American Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0021-8758
Year: 1995
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