POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Authoritarianism, Modernism, Balance Sheet

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No holocaust-> no modern perception of human rights. Long 29th century is peak of liberalism"s appeal. Liberal institutions develop even where social basis is not obviously present. Had parliaments that sounded like the west, yet they didn"t function that way (hungary, poland) Social basis that exists in the west does not exist in those places yet they persist. Eventually liberal democracies that were faking" went into crisis. Hungary good example: through wwii, you had elections where they were competitive (cities), country side it was very swayed (corrupt rules); an example of how liberalism functioned in the third world; eastern part of. European continent was european third world ; extreme rich versus peasants (countryside); people started questioning liberalism and if it actually works. Working class, women, minority groups (this being the west) Rise of social democracy in western europe. Evolutionary socialism and reconciliation with liberal democracy: electoral socialism. Socialism makes way from revolutionary to evolutionary idea (in west)

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