POL201Y1 Lecture : 01-24-11 Democratic Transitions
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N literacy, factory work, rise of middle class: brought on by revolution. 1924-1942 j 22 democracies became undemocratic, first wave over. 15 yrs after wave: imposition, germany, italy, japan. When this began only 40 democracies in world. N military and 1 party dictatorships were the norm in latin america, asia, east europe, N zj z: ecuador, bolivia, argentina, brazil. N , z: philippines, s. korea (87) taiwan (87) bengladesh (91) eastern europe. S by 1987 2 of every 5 countries were democracies. Still the regional phenomenon was not global: this changes in 1989 (berlin wall, fall of soviets 1999. Many proxy wars were fought in africa: war in angola, started in 1974, gained independence , result of portuguese coup. 3 groups of rebels struggling for power, groups that won independence identified itself as socialist. S. africa argued that angola would fall to communism becoming a security threat and threat of further communist expansions.
