POLSCI 1G06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Authoritarianism, Planned Economy, Modernization Theory
15 May 2016
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Political science 1g06 2015 lecture 12a transitions to democracy. Path to democracy hasn"t been entirely linear. According to samuel huntington"s the third wave of democracy, democracy has expanded in 3 major historical waves. Surges of democracy upward, peaking, then crashing. Surges upward, if we look at just this wave it makes us imagine that democratic rule is inevitable. Reverse wave beginning in 1922 12 democracies. Lost democracy in italy, germany, japan, country after country. Begins again to surge upward, democracy emerges in a number of diff locations (europe had fashcist states, then defeated by american allies after wwii, after devestation of wwii democracy seemed to be a good idea) Reverse wave throughout 1960s and early 1970s 30 democracies. Africa ex: states that gained their independence and became democratic ended up autocratic. 122 states (freedom house as of 2013) Doesn"t just stay there spreads across the world. Begins in 1974 portugal, spain, greece part of europe becomes democratic.
