POL201Y1 Lecture : lec. jan. 24

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There have been 3 waves, where democratization increases, there is a peak, and then there is a decline in decmoracies, then there is another wave and so forth. The first wave was a long wave n lasted from 17 to 19 century. Democracy was achieved through long processes and was done through britain and france. In the firstwave the cause was modernizataion, demands for voice and political participation, urbanzaition, rise of middle class, etc. democracy came about as a result of revolution because people rose up from below and demanded representation. After wwii, the 15 years or so thereafter, where countire became democratic through. Imposition where demoracy is imposed by the winning powers of wwii. The bigger story is the story of decoloiniation, the formation of new countries, most new democracie that arised as a result of the second wave, became democratic through decolonization. So that"s the 2nd wave, and that also explains how and why it happens.

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