POL 161 Lecture 11: oct 6 notes

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11 Oct 2017
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Most important upheaval in international political order. Begins in december 2010 & protests against kleptocratic governments sprung up around the middle east. Generational shift > youth bulge" [westerns explanation: highly educated people are unemployed and cannot get jobs [neither public nor private sector employment available] Relative deprivation: driven by overqualified and unemployed citizens facing hardships. Behavior of the rulers: nepotism: people in high power hire their friends/family. Morocco aspired to have an english model of constitution [more say and voice in government: ideal & what people aspire for.