POL201Y1 Lecture 3: Lecture 3 (Jan. 24).rtf
25 Apr 2012
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Create conditions for regimes to take root, make it difficult for democracies to hold. Existence in democratic politics = democratic institutions in presence of weak democratic practice. Minimum level of equality to produce democratic unknown. Also question of basic level of national unity. Debate over boundaries a problem, especially in africa where boundaries created externally during decolonization. Modernization needed for creation of middle class, but ome argue instead the working class is most important. I. e. protestantism better for democracy than catholicism due to hierarchy involved. Culture should be condusive to democratic culture. Collapse of fascism in portugal and spain led to collapse of economy. 3rd wave of democracy, late 1970"s to mid 1990"s. Groups that form ruling elite start fracturing. Divisiveness over how to maintain control, the use of wealth gathered, etc. for example. Main dynamic is interaction between hardliners, radicals, and moderates. Type of transition emerges from this interaction. These political factors exist in an economic space.
