POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Centrality, Presidential System, Arizona Transition Zone
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Cape town) divided along racial lines discrimination) democracies increase to 114, so that by contemporary times it was about 60% of world countries. What makes democracy so appealing: the people are whats most important, in democracy you have rights, these rights are: impersonal, inalienable, and often times codified in a constitution. Virtues: liberty, in democracy you have freedom, freedom of the press, freedom of association( you"re right to mobilize and associate with others and form collective groups ex. Modernization theory see increase trade and how in the end we end up with a political transformation that is democracy. Choosing democracy: democracies happen because someone chooses democracy, in the case of south korea, we see south korea choosing democracy in 1987, when in june of 1987, the incoming president be inhospitable to democracy. Roh tae woo says in a speech we are going to have democracy, we are not a democracy now but we are going to have.