POLI 474 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: John Stuart Mill, Berlin Wall, Neoliberalism
3 Feb 2017
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Democracy + poverty / equality: aristotle, type of regime affects development outcomes. State of democracy: 1970 - onward, s. huntington, category of countries that were democratic = scarce (1970s - fall of communism) + developing countries in africa / asia: collection of colonia regimes, wave 3: 1974 - coup in portugal / spain / l. am. 1986: 1987/1988 > s korea, taiwan. Late 1980s: fall of berlin wall: 2013: 123 democracies present. Hold some form of elections, relatively free + fair. 24-01-2017: 1990s: 69 electoral democracies present, what do these numbers mean? (caution) Different levels of democracy: minimum threshold: competitive elections (free and fair, dahl. Polyarchies against democratic legitimacy (control competitive elections : minimum level. Level 2: certified liberal institutions / rights: eg. civil r. / rule of law / etc, ensure political accountability of executive. Level 3: equality: does something for common people, relative equality, expresses significant political equality.
