POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - White South African, Sam Huntington, Robert A. Dahl
12 Dec 2013
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Apartheid in africa was one of the most brutal regimes. White south africans were separated from the black south africans. This regime was run on the politics of racial segregation. Politically, socially, economically south africa was divided along racial lines. There was a lot of racism among white and black south africans. More resources available for white south african versus black. Apartheid system comes to an end in 1994. Democracy is many ways is still very new. People fight with their own lives for democracy. This is a political system that we can"t take for granted. Over the course of 35 years democracies increased from 46 to 114 from 1975-2010. Global peace can be obtained by promoting democracy. What were once traditional societies are now suddenly post colonial. Consequences of modernization economically and socially = The people is what"s most important (aristotle) Robert dahl on polyarchy- rights are impersonal and democracy provides us with them.
