POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - World Revolution, Liberal Democracy, Statism
10 Dec 2013
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The high point of both was the 20th century. Long 19th century is peak of liberalism"s appeal. If you did not have liberal institution, you were deemed a political savage. Liberal institutions develop even where social basis is not obviously present. Extension of the franchise (the right to vote). At first its was based on property requirements, the gender requirements, then racial requirements. Rise of social democracy in western europe. Evolutionary socialism and reconciliation with liberal democracy: electoral socialism. Lenin: the revolutionary movement under conditions of authoritarianism- russia. Up until the 20th century russia was still run by a king without a constitution. You had to have a conspiracy party that was underground because the czar would just have you arrested and shipped out. Workers only capable of trade union consciousness . Lenin thought that the creation of a welfare state was not a socialist act, but rather the opposite.
