POL114H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Military Dictatorship, Totalitarianism, Authoritarianism
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Schmitter and karl: what constitutes a democracy, what makes democracy, thrive, work. No democratic bargain: winners change the rules. State captures all space (both public and private) No do(cid:373)ai(cid:374) (cid:449)here state is (cid:374)ot prese(cid:374)t (cid:894)(cid:862)the state has it"s hea(cid:448)y ha(cid:374)d i(cid:374) telli(cid:374)g people (cid:449)hat to do(cid:863)(cid:895) Example (a french and russian film called east west) Authoritarian vs. totalitarian (a) for authoritarian (t) for totalitarian. X = cambodia under khmer rouge (1975 1979) Y = cambodia under untac (1992 1993) Z = cambodia under hun sen (1993 present) Defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374): (cid:862)a non-democratic regime that conducts regular multi-party elections at multiple le(cid:448)els (cid:271)ut (cid:448)iolates de(cid:373)o(cid:272)rati(cid:272) sta(cid:374)dards i(cid:374) serious a(cid:374)d syste(cid:373)ati(cid:272) (cid:449)ays(cid:863) Democratic institutions present: elections, judiciary, legislature, media, but used in undemocratic ways. Legislature: fragmentation (divide and join parties for own political gain (in multi-party system), bribe or intimidate legislative arm of government.
