POLS 241 Lecture Notes - Landslide Victory, Neofunctionalism, European Parliament
14 Dec 2013
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Exam question: how can cb mcpherson and linz (pg. 295) help us understand the emergence and special characteristics of democracy in latin america, russia and africa. How is ti different than the european experience (focus mostly on la, russia and africa) We"ve been talking about africa: leaders are increasingly arguing that africa should be left alone to create its own democracy. 3 example of how africa has dealt with democratizations. 1) most difficult (nigeria: half of the african population lives in nigeria, what happens here will set the tone for the rest, military take over in 1966. Created a series of military regimes (1966-1999=33 years: have stabilized the democratic process y providing regional groups the opportunity to govern some of their own affairs. Using federalism (not a democratic features, but it works for democracy: not predisposed to be a winner of the democratic game, 1999. Elects a president, oba sancho of the people democratic party.
