POL303Y5 Lecture 11: POL303F-LEC 11
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Basi(cid:272) defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374)s: (cid:862)go(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:271)y the people; a fo(cid:396)(cid:373) of go(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h the supreme power in vested in the people and exercised directly by the or by their ele(cid:272)ted age(cid:374)ts u(cid:374)de(cid:396) a f(cid:396)ee ele(cid:272)to(cid:396)al syste(cid:373)(cid:863) Many varieties: direct; tribal; allotment; representative; liberal; constitutional; socialist. Protection of civil liberties, including freedom of speech, press, associational autonomy: 4. Absence of non-ele(cid:272)ted (cid:858)tutela(cid:396)y(cid:859) autho(cid:396)ities (cid:894)(cid:373)ilita(cid:396)y, (cid:373)o(cid:374)a(cid:396)(cid:272)hy, (cid:396)eligious bodies): 5. Democratization is the transition from an authoritarian or a semi-authoritarian political system to a democratic political system. (cid:1007) (cid:858)(cid:449)a(cid:448)es(cid:859) ha(cid:448)e o(cid:272)(cid:272)u(cid:396)(cid:396)ed i(cid:374) (cid:373)ode(cid:396)(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld they talk about the waves of democratization (cid:858)wa(cid:448)e(cid:859): (cid:396)efe(cid:396)s to g(cid:396)oup of t(cid:396)a(cid:374)sitio(cid:374)s to de(cid:373)o(cid:272)(cid:396)a(cid:272)y that o(cid:272)(cid:272)u(cid:396) (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) spe(cid:272)ified pe(cid:396)iod time that outnumber transitions in opposite direction. Each of first 2 waves were followed by reverse waves. First wave: 1828- 1926 (followed by reverse wave: 1922-1942) (cid:449)he(cid:396)e adult (cid:373)ales (cid:449)ho (cid:449)e(cid:396)e(cid:374)"t just property owners got the right to vote. Examples given: switzerland, u. s, italy, argentina, iceland, spain.
