POL SCI 51A Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Resource Curse, Liberal Democracy, Bourgeoisie
19 Oct 2016
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No one could have predicted the fall of communism. Based on: inequality for all video (available at ayala library, sadiq article: when states prefer non-citizens , chapter 8 and 9. Countries that have transitioned away from communist systems since the end of the. A key theme is the variation in postcommunist states: Poland or slovenia, have firmly joined the west and adopted the political and economic systems of other advanced democracies. China and cuba, have maintained formal rule by communist parties even as they adopt more market-oriented economic systems. Others, like russia as well as the more extreme case of north korea, have remained generally authoritarian. For today: marxism - class struggle and structure, dialectical materialism, communist revolutions, governance under communism - economic organization, freedom and equality, political transition - soviet collapse, democratic institutions, economic reforms, social change, marxism. Set of political ideas about class and politics.
