POLI 227 Lecture Notes - Russian Civil War, Iranian Revolution, Democracy Index
Document Summary
News story: there was a coup in mali (north-western africa) by lower officers. It was flawed democracy and the trigger was that the military thought it was getting enough money to fight the insurgency that is fuelled by the influx of arms from the libyan civil war. It does not appear to have been a general"s coup, it seemed to be lieutenants, captains and officers. Donors have responded by cutting off a lot of aid to force coup leaders to step down, but this may not be sustainable in the long wrong because the citizens of mali bear the burden of cut aid. It is a classic guardian coup- it is not hugely reformist or to protect old privileges, it is very particular dissatisfactions within the military. News story: the elections in senegal (north-western africa) resulted in a successful handing over of the presidency: political rigidity- as result of decolonization (particularly when leaders didn"t want to lead- ex.